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Feeding stations are based on the same idea as the
kitty buffet
for cats. There are just a few differences that will take place when
using the feeding station for dogs.
Use the
visual aid
below to help show you where to set up your station.
Your goal is the
same, you are trying to lure the pet into one location, and get them to stay
there. You want them to be comfortable with location, and get them into a
routine where they are coming daily, and they know there will be food and
water provided. Once you have accomplished this, you will then move into
trapping
them, or using other
means to capture, or lure them to you.
The most important thing you can do with your feeding station is,
be consistent.
Make sure to provide fresh food, and water at the same time everyday. Do not
leave old food at the station.
You may also provide something that is familiar to the pet, or has familiar
scent that the pet will recognize, and leave it at the station.
I have had clients, that have pets that were used to a
crate, and the pet felt very safe and comfortable in them; the owner set up
a feeding station around the pet's crate, walked up and found them fast
asleep in their own safe haven.
Don't leave out any other food, except at your feeding station! Jack
Mackerel really smells, and it won't take long -- maybe a few days -- before
all animals in the area that like fish will show up. Be very
consistent in everything you do.
As you would with the kitty buffet,
except for a few minor changes, you will
buy a whole lot of cans of Jack Mackerel, chicken, or canned dog food, or
better yet all three, and each night, after most of the traffic has quieted
down, about 7 or 8 -- choose a spot close to a darkish corner, somewhere
your dog will find inviting -- against a building, near the edge of
the woods, or if applicable, the very last place your dog was seen. It is
more likely that your feeding station for your dog WILL NOT be near your
home. Therefore, use of the
surveillance camera
is necessary. Find a flat rock, brick, or some surface to put the food
on; one that cannot be carried off by the dog, and place your food
there, using the juice for making trails of fish scent towards the areas
where you think the dog may be coming from. Or, you can even make your own
spray to make longer trails leading out from your feeding station by
following these directions:
Grab a can of canned tuna in water.
Get about two cups of hot water.
Dump the tuna into a bowl, and the pour the hot water on top.
Give it a good stir; bust up the chunks, and use plastic wrap to cover it,
or if your bowl has it's own cover even better! (Just so you won't smell
your refrigerator up.)
Place in the refrigerator for about two hours.
After this has set you will take it and strain it to remove the flakes of
tuna.
Save the flakes; you can use it in your feeding station.
Take your strained tuna juice and pour it in a spay bottle.
You will use this to spray a path to your feeding station.
Make a path with the tuna spray so that it
all comes and meets it's self to one spot, at the feeding station, as shown
below.
Scenario....
The marked house has reported a sighting of
your dog, and you now need to set up a feeding station. It might look
something like this....
You need to take into consideration the air flow, and
placement of your feeding station to best make use of the scent that it is
going to be ejected throughout the area. This placement gives your caller a
clear view of the station, and also, if they are not able to be there to
watch for you; you have an area that is very accessible to place a
surveillance camera. It also provides air flow so that the scent of the
feeding station can flow out in either direction thus lessening the work in
making scent trails with the spray. I would still advise you to use the
spray as shown though.
The blue lines represent your tuna juice spray lines.
Action Step -
Look for evidence
