DO YOU SPEAK DOG ? PART TWO- DOG SPEAK ~ What is your dog telling you about odor in the search ?
Find Your Fix- Sport Dog Scent Detection Podcast- Training Tips and More !Show Notes
PART TWO- In our Train to Trial and Trial to Train Communication Series we started with DOG to HANDLER communciaton ! DO YOU SPEAK DOG ? In Part One we explored our thoughts and ideas of how our dogs' communicate various odor attributes and presence or absence of odor in the search. In PART TWO we continue this fun discussion and explore a bit more about hide placement and how training may build dog commuicaiton CLARITY for DOG and HANDLER for imporved Handler observation and understanding.&...
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