Dog Training (sage study)
Dog training is a sage study in the field of Animal Training, which encompasses a broad spectrum of abilities essential for working with canines as both companions and functional partners. The ability involves expertise in various aspects such as domestication of wild dogs and wolves, hunting techniques, protection training, assisting in prey capture, tracking skills, sheep-herding proficiency, obedience to verbal commands, attacking on command, scouting duties, search and rescue operations, scent detection for specific substances, identification of potential threats and guarding roles.
Furthermore, dog training includes the development of dogs with enhanced physical prowess and intelligence through selective breeding and specialized training programs. This comprehensive skill set equips individuals to effectively communicate with, nurture, and utilize dogs across a wide range of tasks and environments.
Sage Abilities
The sage abilities below are those acquired by a character through the study, according to status.
Amateur Status
- Canine Handling I: provides knowledge about the training and use of companionship dogs, working dogs and war dogs, with notes regarding species and additional benefits available to the character.
- Dog Feeding & Diet: provides the character with knowledge about what dogs eat, how much they should eat and how to tailor their diet for various circumstances.
- Domesticate Dogs: gives knowledge of how to nurture puppies to full growth, as well as the transitioning of both feral and wild dogs in order that they may be used as though tame.
Authority Status
- Canine Handling II: provides greater control in managing the dog's form of attack and general use in battle conditions.
- Dog Physiology: includes the maintenance and restoration of health in dogs.
- Truffle Dog: enables the training of a dog or swine to hunt and root out truffles; the character must also possess the mushroom hunt ability.
- War Dog Training: inculcates basic war dog training into ordinary dogs, enabling them to perform effectively in combat.
Expert Status
- Canine Grip: enables the control of two or more dogs in combat simultaneously.
- Dire Handling: allows the character to accept dire wolves as a trained canine companions.
- Dog Breeding: allows the selective breeding of dogs with superior physical attributes, size, temperament, health and intelligence in the creation of high-quality bloodlines.
- Dog Whispering: facilitates silent communication through subtle cues and gestures, fostering a partnership in which the dog responds with near-telepathic capacity.
Sage Status
- Enhanced Canine: provides dogs with heightened agility and reflexes, enabling them to perform nearly supernatural acrobatic feats gracefully.
- Ride Canine: permits the character to ride a dire wolf or worg, provided the character's size is within the creature's boundaries, which may require the breeding of a large enough canine mount.
- Unearthly Nose: empowers the dog with an ability to detect traces left by unnatural creatures, to uncover threats beyond the realm of the ordinary. Includes some ability to detect invisible creatures.
- Worg Handling: allows the character to accept worgs as a trained canine companions.
See also,
Assassin Sage Abilities
Fighter Sage Abilities
Paladin Sage Abilities
Ranger Sage Abilities
