Cycle of the Hunt: Reading the Full Search Sequence Webinar Dog Sport Skills How situational awareness of the

How situational awareness of the handler supports the dogs ability to search

Strategic use of various hide types (primary

Bill Gaskins and Caroline Oldham - FOCUS: Handlers

when to help

Through practical examples of outcome and process goals

Cycle of the Hunt: Reading the Full Search Sequence Webinar Dog Sport Skills How situational awareness of theA Scent Work search often gets reduced to one question: did the dog find the hide? The dog is doing much more than finding or not finding. A full search includes a sequence of behaviors: hunt, odor recognition, sourcing odor obedience, sourced, decision, communication to the handler waiting for response, reward cycle, and return to hunt when more work remains. In this webinar, Judith will break down the Cycle of the Hunt and explain how each phase