Pure Dog Talk

Falconry: Historic Relationship of Human, Dog and Bird of Prey Steve Layman with a Siberian Goshawk. Steve Layman, raptor expert, shares the fascinating history of falconry and its symbiotic relationship between man, dog and bird of prey. Natural history Layman, a zoologist who has worked with raptors and dogs for nearly 60 years, said that the teamwork between bird, handler and dog bridges the mists of time. “It’s a natural history moment,” said Layman, a noted speaker on the training of raptors. He uses operant conditioning methods to train the birds of prey to return to him. But he said the birds often help train the dogs. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JAcIqqqniYQ From Medieval Falconry: “Records of ...taking prey with a trained raptor.... have been found from as early as 2000BC. It is generally accepted that the origins of falconry began in China and Mongolia and then came to Europe later on. In the records of the Spanish Conquistadors, evidence was found to suggest that the Aztecs used trained