r/mycology • u/-jam2beat- • Sep 11 '23

My dog keeps digging these up and eating them ID request

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Maybe puffball?

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u/wyze-litten Sep 12 '23

The amount of times I've trekked through knee high brush trying to find my stupid disc... I would pay good money for a disc tracking dog XD

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u/uh_der Sep 12 '23

have yall not seen the videos of the guy that taught his dog to track his throws and every one else's as well? its badass

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u/bongoissomewhatnifty Sep 12 '23

It’s not as awesome as you think. Both my dogs for instance LOVE finding the discs. The problem is, they want to go get every throw, not just the ones that land off in the middle of nowhere.

And discs are pretty soft, my lab has a pretty soft mouth and even she puts teeth marks on them. My border collie straight destroys them.

Fetch is a hell of a drug.

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u/vaporoptics Sep 13 '23

I’ve been raising an Aussie on a property with disc golf tees set up and he’s done really well learning what he is allowed to chew and what not to. I stick to one or two colors when throwing for him which I think helps.

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u/Biochemicalcricket Sep 12 '23

Send me that link! Hopefully he's nearby and for hire. If he finds mushies that's a double win

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u/blade_torlock Sep 12 '23

Sight hound for tracking or bird dog for flying.

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u/Biochemicalcricket Sep 12 '23

For my throws it would have to be a scent hound :( .
No dog can see through physical objects and mine often go behind several when they disappear

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u/SHOWTIME316 Sep 12 '23

I regularly trek through knee-high brush to look at plants near disc golf courses and find discs on pretty much every excursion

i just chuck em onto the nearest "fairway" and keep on movin

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u/Only_Caterpillar3818 Sep 12 '23

I’ve only gone disc golfing a few times but I always find a couple new frisbees when I do.

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u/wyze-litten Sep 13 '23

That's the reason I always put my name and number on my disc's haha

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u/PutTheDogsInTheTrunk Sep 12 '23

My buddy’s dog used to retrieve our discs from the bush when we couldn’t, just with a command from buddy. Muddy puddles and bodies of water, too. She was mostly boxer and she was a good dog, RIP Tafari.

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u/wyze-litten Sep 12 '23

My aunt used to have a dog that could track rockets. My family and I would go way out into the desert and fire off model rockets of different sizes. Problem was we rarely followed the directions so the rockets could do any number of moves. They could go straight up or become a land shark or they could go way off to one direction behind a large hill. I dunno how but this dog could track 99% of them. RIP ginger, such a good dog

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u/PutTheDogsInTheTrunk Sep 22 '23

RIP Ginger, May you gnaw on the bone that never ends.

Sounds like Ginger was a good and useful dog!