MANTRAILING: THE SECRET LIES IN OBSERVATION

During training we often have doubts that are sometimes difficult to resolve:

Are we sure that our dog is using his nose to follow the scent of the runner? Or does he try to use his eyes to search?

Or he just runs to see if he’s lucky and finds the runner? Or does he run because we inadvertedly push him running behind?

Are we able to detect when our dog is distracted? Or when he loses the scent and starts searching for it?

Does our dog enjoy trailing? How can we know?

Is our dog trailing slowly because he is unmotivated or simply because he does not understand what is expected of him?

Or maybe he feels unsafe and not comfortable at the start, during, or at the end of the trail?

Are we helping our dog without realizing it? How can we know?

These are some aspecte we cover in this webinar.