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TitlesandPhD’sarenowbeingusetosupporttheagedtraildiseasesimplytoperpetuatethelie.Thereis alwayssomeonewilingtogetonthepayroltosupportabusinessventure.Andbelieveme,trailingisa businessventure,nowmorethaneverbefore.Ifatrainerhassoldtheirprogram onmultipledayoldtrailsto policeandothergovernmententitiestheynowhavetofindawaytosupportwhattheystarted.Theyhaveto dothisbecausetheagenciesthatboughtintotheprogram arebeginningtoseethatthedogsfailfarmore oftenthannotandinmanycases,trailedcompletelythewrongwayoridentifiedthewrongsuspects.Rather
nfacingthetruthandchanging,someofthesetrainersmustholdontotheliesimplytosurviveandan atempttosurvive.
Asthe16thcenturywesternworldbegantoembracethetheorythattheearthwasindeedspherical,sotoo wilmoremodernK9handlersbegintoacceptthattrailsmanydaysoldarenotrealyviableafteral.Maybe theremightbespecialfindsfrom timetotimebutforthemostpart,almostalofthosefindswilbechalkedup toothervariablesthatinfluencedtheoutcome,(notnecessarilyfolowingmanydaysoldhumanscenttrails), whentheworkofthedogistrulydissected.
Whenahandlertrulyembracesthecapabilitiesofthedogbasedonrealtestingandtrainingitwilforcethe handlertobecomeabeterreaderofthedogandlessaguide.Whenthishappens,thedogteam wilbecome moresuccessfulandmissingpeoplewiltrulybefound.
Ifahandlersubscribesonlytoblindfaithbasedontheoryorhearsayandnotfact,thehandlerwilhavea tendencytoguidethedogbasedonthehandler’sbelief.Thedogbecomesandextensionoftheblindfaith a n d n o t n e c e s s a rily a fre e fu n c tio n in g s e a rc h a s s e t. W h e n th is h a p p e n s , th e K 9 w o rk b e c o m e s o n ly subjectivetheoryandpeoplewilnotbefound.
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