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EOD K9 question
Hey everyone. First time posting. I've been a handler for 6+ years. Currently partnered with my second dog, a 2 year old lab. I work primarily in a public setting at the admissions area of a national tourist attraction.
My previous partner, in a 5.5 year career, helped me identify a dozen or so CCW. My new guy is a CCW stud! In the 4 months we've been partnered, he's already doubled those numbers. This brings me to my first question...
How do I continue to encourage this behavior? Obviously, he isn't getting rewarded when he locates a CCW in real time, like when doing a training scenario. My fear is that the frequency in which he is finding them will actually work against us in the long run (continual non-reward for work).
Second question:
Why do some CCW seem to interest him more than others?? Part of my job is to check-in outside LEO who are carrying on property. Many times my K9 will be completely uninterested in these. Why??
Third question:
How do I discourage interest in other dog odor? We have been successful in finding CCW in part because I 'give him his nose' but occasionally he will show odor recognition behavior and take me to a family that has no CCW and after checking them out and talking I find they left their pup in the camper right before coming ect. ?? How can I continue to let him lead with his nose if his nose sometimes leads somewhere I don't want him to?
Thanks in advance for your input! Feel free to cover one or all of my issues.
My previous partner, in a 5.5 year career, helped me identify a dozen or so CCW. My new guy is a CCW stud! In the 4 months we've been partnered, he's already doubled those numbers. This brings me to my first question...
How do I continue to encourage this behavior? Obviously, he isn't getting rewarded when he locates a CCW in real time, like when doing a training scenario. My fear is that the frequency in which he is finding them will actually work against us in the long run (continual non-reward for work).
Second question:
Why do some CCW seem to interest him more than others?? Part of my job is to check-in outside LEO who are carrying on property. Many times my K9 will be completely uninterested in these. Why??
Third question:
How do I discourage interest in other dog odor? We have been successful in finding CCW in part because I 'give him his nose' but occasionally he will show odor recognition behavior and take me to a family that has no CCW and after checking them out and talking I find they left their pup in the camper right before coming ect. ?? How can I continue to let him lead with his nose if his nose sometimes leads somewhere I don't want him to?
Thanks in advance for your input! Feel free to cover one or all of my issues.
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