Cause and Cure for False Alerts: Interior Searches Webinar Christina Young NACSW-certified instructor Tony Gravley breaks

NACSW-certified instructor Tony Gravley breaks down the essential handler skills that directly influence performance

direction or other odor cues and determine what odor may or may not be doing in the search as the search unfolds

Training loose leash walking not only will make your walks more pleasant

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Cause and Cure for False Alerts: Interior Searches Webinar Christina Young NACSW-certified instructor Tony Gravley breaksAt 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