Sorry should have said dummy, not decoy.
What you say about the dog becoming familiar with you own scent, that's exactly what I'm trying to avoid. I want my dog to find deer and ducks not my bloody cellphone or hairpin. If introduce the target scents from an early age and have him focus on deer and ducks while training with a dummy as opposed to distractions like rabbit and possum. Seems logical to me that I'm channeling his focus on those species I want him to target!?!?
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