The best truffle dogs do still have the squirrel issue. Squirrels tel rate higher than the truffle, so they're in ther different dumb philosophies. There sort of a european philosophy of dog training which is much more strict and it's like a working relationship. Then there's the american philosophy of truffle training, which is make truffles, big hunting truffles,. the most fun thing you could possibly do, and just make your dog want to do it all the time.
Journalist and author Rowan Jacobsen talks about his book Truffle Hound with EconTalk host Russ Roberts. This conversation has nothing to do with chocolate. It's about the strange world of underground fungi, found in the forest by specially trained dogs and used by chefs and home cooks around the world. You will learn about truffle oil, cooking with truffles, truffle hounds, and the economics of all of the above.