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finding the new next pathway for the not yet found hide and understanding our dogs’ continued pursuit of odor to source culminating with definitive dog decision making at source location

Cause and Cure for False Alerts: Interior Searches Webinar Christina Young traits all potential officials shouldAt some point when you are tackling a search with blind hides, you will call a false alert. When trialing, this can mean the difference between earning a qualifying score or not. Thus, false alerts carry a ton of negative associations with Scent Work handlers. What causes handlers to call false alerts in the first place? What was their dog doing that made them call "Alert" in that given moment? Was there some sort of communication breakdown between