What is a fringe alert?
The dog is not at source. The dog could be close to source but has not accurately pinpointed source, the highest concentration of odour.
What causes fringe alerts?
Too much emphasis has been placed on the final response. This leads the dog to believe he is correct due to his behaviour, as opposed to due to actually finding source.
The dog is caught in pooling or trapped odour.
The dog is guessing.
What is a false alert?
The dog indicates when no target odour is present.
What causes false alerts?
The dog is guessing about what you will reward.
Your movement tells the dog they are at source (e.g. you take a step forward, reach for your treat pouch, etc.)
The dog wants to make you happy.
The dog is uncomfortable and wants to end the search.
Understanding source
The dog can pinpoint source and get as close as possible to source. This needs to be coupled with driving in to source because they undersand that getting to source means a reward. It is a mistake to focus only on the final behaviour. The process in its entirety is important.
Problem solving
Dogs learn to problem solve air currents through experience. The dog's brain learns patterns based on the informaiton they gather. Thoughtful hide placement and knowledg eof how odour moves in the enviornment help set our dogs up for success.
Desire for odour
As desire increases, atraction to distractions decreases. As desire icreases, the dog becomes more intense, resilient, and fcoussed. Value for odour is related to the dog's desire for the reward but not only for that. It is also related to the dog's interest in searching.
Independence
We imped the dog. We cannot see the scent plume the dog is following. Scent plumes are unstable.Therefore, the dog needs to work independently to solve the scent puzzle.
Independence, desire for odour, problem solving,
understand source
The dog is not at source. The dog could be close to source but has not accurately pinpointed source, the highest concentration of odour.
What causes fringe alerts?
Too much emphasis has been placed on the final response. This leads the dog to believe he is correct due to his behaviour, as opposed to due to actually finding source.
The dog is caught in pooling or trapped odour.
The dog is guessing.
What is a false alert?
The dog indicates when no target odour is present.
What causes false alerts?
The dog is guessing about what you will reward.
Your movement tells the dog they are at source (e.g. you take a step forward, reach for your treat pouch, etc.)
The dog wants to make you happy.
The dog is uncomfortable and wants to end the search.
Understanding source
The dog can pinpoint source and get as close as possible to source. This needs to be coupled with driving in to source because they undersand that getting to source means a reward. It is a mistake to focus only on the final behaviour. The process in its entirety is important.
Problem solving
Dogs learn to problem solve air currents through experience. The dog's brain learns patterns based on the informaiton they gather. Thoughtful hide placement and knowledg eof how odour moves in the enviornment help set our dogs up for success.
Desire for odour
As desire increases, atraction to distractions decreases. As desire icreases, the dog becomes more intense, resilient, and fcoussed. Value for odour is related to the dog's desire for the reward but not only for that. It is also related to the dog's interest in searching.
Independence
We imped the dog. We cannot see the scent plume the dog is following. Scent plumes are unstable.Therefore, the dog needs to work independently to solve the scent puzzle.
Independence, desire for odour, problem solving,
understand source
