I LOVE it when Denise Fenzi posts something about Obedience and it's actually about Nosework 🤣.... This is a post in the FDSA Alumni page... In Nosework I refer to "Flow".... which is the intentional shift of focus between Environment - Task (Search) - Handler.... which is made possible and easy by the magical use of ROUTINE in our case.... everything is done on purpose and Routine occurs from the moment you take your dog out of the van or crate and only stops until your dog is finished with the party and goes back into the van or crate.... Routine covers the entire staging process while you wait for your turn and again in how you reward effort on the way back, after the search. In the search, Flow also refers to the full engagement of the dog in searching (not all sniffing is searching....) and how we reward for hides so that we ease into the next hide and sustain a single behavior chain. The result of Flow and Routine.... is a Confident and Engaged dog.....
SAVED for further discussion re: Medical Alert work.
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