MENTAL GAME ON TRIAL DAY - PART TWO ! TRAIN TO TRIAL- TRIAL TO TRAIN
Find Your Fix- Sport Dog Scent Detection Podcast- Training Tips and More !Show Notes
JANUARY 27 2025 TRAIN TO TRIAL - TRIAL TO TRAIN MENTAL GAME ON TRIAL DAY ! Our 2025 NOSEWORK SEASON is off and "running" ! Lets chat about TRIAL DAY and all the tips and tricks to be the BEST TRIAL TEAM we can be AND the BEST handler to our amazing search canine ! In this PODCAST we discuss taking our TRAINING TO TRIAL and supporting our dogs and ourselves for a FUN and PRODUCTIVE trial day. From once your IN the trial, thinking of travel, lodging, time frame to get to tria...
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