Turtle Dogs find 26 turtles in one hour

John Rucker and his Turtle Dogs locate box turtles by their scent and other cues that only the dogs know. John and his dogs find turtles for conservation, research, rescue and environmental education purposes.

For more information on John and the Turtle Dogs check out their website at: www.turtledogs.org

Editing by Steve O'Neil @www.earthshinenature.com

Music by: John Mason @ www.blueridgebreezes.org

Category:

Education

Tags:

• box
• turtle
• dogs
• turtledogs
• eastern
• ornate
• boykin
• spaniel
• reptile
• turtles
• wildlife
• nature
• conservation
• education

[pugstar7]

can i borrow your dogs please? PLEASE? I LOVE TURTLES

[thepokegirl100]

great name for a dog!!! SPARKLES!!!! :DDD

[diamondbp]

thats a fantastic video!!, ive been wanting to train my dog to do the same thing so i can do some extensive research on louisiana box turtles, this video made my day

[speedinglimitless]

how do u mark your turtles? i have a pet turtle and still fairly young and can be released to the wild after winter...but i want to mark him somehow incase i find him again

[snakesteve68]

I have seen these dogs in action and they have a truly amazing ability to find turtles. It is so heartwarming to know that their work finding turtles is done for the cause of the conservation and preservation of an animal that cannot adapt well to the ways of man. Thank you John Rucker and your Turtle Dogs for all that you do to help our native wildlife survive the onslaught of man and his machines.