About Us

Dean Muthig has been training his own hunting dogs for 20+ years, and handling and training tracking dogs for the past 17 years. He is seen as an expert in the field and has been asked to speak at multiple events and podcasts. You can hear Dean talk about training blood tracking dogs on the WI BHA Report podcast.

We are proud members of the Klub für Bayerische Gebirgsschweißhunde-Group North America (KBGS-GNA). Sway and Kate passed the club's Vorprufung late February, 2022. The testing includes a tracking test, several apsects of obedience, and conformation. 

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Over the course of his career, Dean has trained dozens dogs of various breeds. He started training professionally in 2021.

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2022 Tracking Season Year in Review:

Tracks taken by my personal dogs: 246

Animals recovered: 127 (52%)

Animals jumped alive: 45

Average track length on recovered animals: 440 yds

Average track age: 15.7 hrs

Only 8 tracks taken after Dec 1. 

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2021 Tracking Season Year in Review:

Tracks taken by my personal dogs: 234

Animals recovered: 129 (55%)

Average track length on recovered animals: 597 yds

Average track age: 15.7 hrs

Most requests to track in a 24 hr period: 50. We had 110 requests in a 3 day period and well over 600 throughout the season.