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theycanbeausefultrainingandlearningtool.WhatIam sayingisthatwecannotdomarkedorknowntrails forthemajorityofourtrainings.Theybecomeacrutch,mostwilbegintoguidethedogandfailtoreadthe dogsnaturaltracking/trailingbehaviors.Thebadthingisthatthemajorityofhandlers/trainerhavenoideathat thisishappening.Trainingrecordslookgreatwithalsuccessfultracks/trailsloggedbuttheteam can’tfind anyoneonthestreet!Whyisthistakingplace?Because,wearenotbeingtruthful.Now,Idonotbelievethat Ibelievetheydon’tknowanybeterbecause,hereitcomesandIhateit,“It’sthewayitsalwaysbeendone.” Wehavetostartchangingourways.Itcan,itwilandithascostlives.
I’m notjusttalkingaboutlawenforcement,everything IhavestatedneedstobeappliedintheSearchand Rescue(SAR)communitiesaswel.From thetragic incidentinTennesseeIwasapartof,whichhappened tobethelargestsearchIhaveeverseen,Iwasableto takeawaymanylessons.Itisalsothereasonforme tobewritingthis,Ifeelitneedstogetout.Thereisso
absolutejunkthatiscomingoutfrom the,“K9 KeyboardTrainers,”it’strulyismind-boggling.Iwilnot go too deep into the search and whatactualy happened. The investigation is com pleted has not beenreleased(atthetimeofthewritingofthisarticle), duetothelargenatureofit. Therewereliteraly thousandsofpeopleinvolved.
WhilethereIsaw severaldiferenttypesofdog teams.Teamsthatappearedtobeprofessionaland teams that,wellets justsay much less than professional.Whileworkinganassignedsearcharea wewouldmeetdogteamsthatwerenotsupposedto beinourassignedsearcharea.Teamsthatnotonly didn’thaveproperequipment;GPS,firstaid,water,
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Thisisnotfairtothefamilyandagaingivesfalse hopewhentheyhearthenumberofK9teamsinthe woodsworkingtofindthevictim.Now,Iam alsoaware thatthesearevolunteersandtheirheartmaybeinthe rightplacetherehastobeasystem,training,andthen certificationstobeabletowork.Whenatincidentyou are representing the entire working K9 community
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