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: gives the ability to use war dogs in various wartime practices, including tracking, search and rescue, and providing security.
- Dog Feeding & Diet: provides knowledge in these matters, ensuring the continued vigour of canine allies.
- Domesticate Dogs: gives the basic training to dogs, enabling them to respond to basic commands in order to perform as working animals.
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 a dire wolf as a trained canine companion.
- 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 a worg as a trained canine companion.
See also,
Assassin Sage Abilities
Fighter Sage Abilities
Paladin Sage Abilities
Ranger Sage Abilities
