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Our internet is down, they are coming right away to fix it….on Nov 10. So I’m sitting out in the RTV, in the highest point of the field,...

You are walking along a sidewalk and a $100 bill is laying on a crack. You grab it and keep walking. Another one appears, and then...

I can’t read my dog….I have to learn to read my dog….and other dog reading conundrums I can’t even come close to knowing how many times a...

https://www.science.org/content/article/all-dog-noses-whether-pug-s-or-bloodhound-s-are-created-equal

This is worth a read. I believe Science is one of the premier peer reviewed journals—Jen? https://www.science.org/content/article/all-do...

I put this in for Mary Ann and Bean today. This is a legal, reasonable, and somewhat common TDX obstacle. You must have a good stop-wait...

It's kinda funny how things change year to year. Last year, I was reminding you the goal is to train the dog to follow the track and...

Love it (me) or hate it (Kelly)....it's something to think about. A couple of years ago I judged in Ann Arbor, MI. Between the time the...

Sitting here, watching football with Clint, and reading Tom Mitchell's "How to be a Concept Trainer," one of my favorite training books. ...

I watched the thread regarding using GoogleEarth to identify track locations with curiosity. I don't think it's coincidental that the...

Many of you are finding the same challenge, and (if this makes you feel any better) this is a standard intermediate handler challenge....

I loved everyone's comments on the challenging track I put in for Fletch. Your comments raise some points for discussion. Many of you...

Picture this.....handler gets the dog out of the car, and starts to walk to the track. The dog is running crazy circles around the...

Fletch's track turned out to be way, way more challenging than I anticipated. I don't think the age or the weather were factors--when he...

Sitting in the car, enjoying the sound of rain, tracks in for both dogs. Fletch: goal was to work on turns. Rain might add challenges as...

This may be one of the most interesting podcasts I've ever heard. Betty and I listened to it while driving, and it was full of "wow, I...

I talked about this yesterday, and it's important enough to put into print. Short story--your tracking dog needs to be trained to work...

I put a track in for Fletch this morning, with clear intent to make each turn a challenge. I ran it at about 20" old. Start is on the...

When we have the tracklayer stay a full leg behind, we are testing, not training. How can we bridge the gap between those two? I have 2...

Both T and X dogs ideally are fluent in this sort of cover!