Multi-Hide Searches Webinar

As human handlers, we easily fall into patterns. We may start introducing our dogs to hunting for more than one hide in a given search area, but then cap it off to a certain number. Keeping our dogs guessing as to just how many hides there may be in a search area can be a great way to keep the game fun!

WEBINAR DETAILS

Our dogs are experts of picking out patterns. This can be problematic if these patterns creep into our training. For instance, if you consistently only put out three hides when you are training, your dog may struggle with a search that has four, five or more hides within it. Introducing a variable number of hides in our searches can help cultivate our dogs love for the game as there are more and more opportunities to earn reinforcement (cookies!). However, having a balanced approach to our training is crucial!

In this webinar we will discuss the benefits of using multi-hide searches as well as some of the common pitfalls to avoid.

RELATED WEBINAR

Be certain to also check out the Single Hide Searches Webinar.

CEUS

This webinar has been approved for 2 NACSW CEUs. We have also applied for CPDT and KPA CEUs, stay tuned.

WHAT OUR CLIENTS ARE SAYING

"Great topic, great conversation.  Great points, I will point my students to this as an additional resource. Enjoyed the videos." Teresa F.

"I am always hoping to get faster and more accurate at finding multiple hides.  Bogey is in Summit and he has huge enviormental issues.  Even though his drive to search is super high we still run into it slowing us down.  There are some really good exercises that you showed which I think might help.  

Now for my other dogs and students all the exercises are are great.  I really like the sitting in chairs while they search for mulitple hides and not just one hide.  It seems like people want to feed their dogs less and less so that is always a challenge.  I really liked you incorporating hide placement in your webinar and how we can work up to more challenging hides.  All the seminars on hide placements have been so good.....  My friend and I are setting up hides now and are trying to call out what is going on in the search so I think we will need to incorporate pooling, cataloging, trianglating and distractions out loud too.  Thank you!" Terri G.