Evidence of dogs pointers

**sousa1** · 05-12-2012, 21:49

Good night what it takes to be able to enter into evidence dogs pointers in south africa?

**Grim** · 06-12-2012, 10:03

What's the difference beween a duck?

One of it's legs are both the same...

**Springer** · 06-12-2012, 10:06

Originally Posted by sousa1

Good night what it takes to be able to enter into evidence dogs pointers in south africa?

Huh? If you're asking about where to get pointing dogs from, please refer to the numerous responses and advice in your previous queries.

**Praetor360** · 06-12-2012, 10:41

spam bot maybe?

**Skaaphaas** · 06-12-2012, 10:51

No. Just not an English 1st or 2nd language speaker, I guess. The meaning is there but the grammar seems to come from a different language.

**Springer** · 06-12-2012, 10:51

Originally Posted by Praetor360

spam bot maybe?

Damn! - I feel so used *sob*

**Wanderin' Zero** · 06-12-2012, 10:58

Originally Posted by sousa1

Good night what it takes to be able to enter into evidence dogs pointers in south africa?

Unfortunately, there is no simple answer. The law of evidence is a very complicated area of law.

**KingMST** · 06-12-2012, 11:45

Evidently, it's a very bad idea to entertain dogs using a laser pointer!

Not knowing this a couple of years back, I pointed a laser on the carpet and made my Jack Russel chase it, it was very amusing.
After putting away the laser my dog kept on patrolling the carpet in search of the dot for about two hours.

I am afraid this made my dog get OCD, she now patrols around sniffing everywhere for a couple of minutes after seeing a torch, shadows or even just a click as made by the laser pointer button.

A better idea would be to get a lunge whip and tie a toy to the end and drag it around, they love chasing that too, and when you're done playing, you can untie the toy and let the dog chew on it, this way the dog doesn't feel the need to search for it afterwards eliminating the OCD effect.

**Mothboy** · 06-12-2012, 11:52

Hahahahaha...

**ikor** · 06-12-2012, 12:27

While I cannot speak from direct experience in SA, my guess is that, like most places, IF a court will accept a dogs alert as evidence in a case, the training records and past performance of both the dog and handler will have to be qualified or stipulated to first.

I also have not seen or heard of SA courts allowing some of the Canine ID 'lineups' and other things that many European courts have.

Is that what you are asking? Coz this is in the Sporting Dog section, after all...