Find Your Fix- Sport Dog Scent Detection Podcast
DO YOU SPEAK DOG ? "Hey- the hide is HERE !!!"
Learning to read our dog working ODOR is no easy task. Our next PODCAST will jump into the deep end and explore Canine Communication ! Everything from our dog's communication of odor, to environment, to distraction and more from search start or release to search finish and search reward.
In our TRAIN TO TRIAL & TRIAL TO TRAIN series we have explored the concepts of source and sourcing, odor pathways, handler observation and Tools to Trial by. Our next series is to TALK COMMUNICATION. Dog to Handler, Handler to Dog and Team Speak !
Everything we DO, everything we SAY and even what we THINK, FEEL and SEE is part of the communication process from start line to finish between ourselves and our dog as a nose work team when we train and trial. To say communication is KEY is an understatement. Lets explore this fun topic and unlock our TRAIN TO TRAIL and TRIAL TO TRAIN potential in our next podcast and beyond.
LISTEN ON DEMAND- Wednesday August 28 2024 via your favorite Podcast App or at https://k9scentfix.buzzsprout.com/
Mountain Dogs LLC
Jill E. Kovacevich, CNWI
mtnnosework@gmail.com
Find Your Fix- Sport Dog Scent Detection Podcast
To Reward or Not Reward- That is the Question .....
TO REWARD OR NOT REWARD- THAT IS THE QUESTION - GOT THAT ONE !
How do we train MOVING ON v REWARD AT SOURCE in training ? Does this change for trial day ? Does our dog have clarity of a prior found hide or prior found odor ? Is this a handler construct to fit our scent detection sport for effective and efficient trial performance searching ? All these questions and more- in this insightful discussion inspired by a recent trial where as a handler I got "lost" between two mirror hides and thought a not yet found hide or new hide was potentially a prior found hide and later asked myself does that matter ? Does my dog differentiate found odor from not found odor ? New odor from old odor ? Conundrum or maybe not ?