👇Read this if your dog misses corners when tracking. You’re not alone. LOTS of trainers struggle with corners because their dogs just rush through them. But here’s how to solve the problem almost INSTANTLY: #1 Surprise the dog: Don’t always start your tracks in the same direction. One day left, the next day right. This forces the dog to slow down and carefully search instead of just charging forward. #2 Don’t correct: If the dog blows past the corner, don’t correct it. Just let it search back a

👇”The ZERO” tracking exercise… This exercise isn’t that well known… But it’s still one of the MOST important exercises in my tracking system. The goal is to teach your dog to calm down when it can’t immediately find the track. Because, often… Dogs are very excited at the start of a track and take off like rockets… So you have to teach the dog to immediately use its nose to find the track from the very beginning. Here’s how to do that… You place an object – but there’s NO track. You give your do

Start tracking with your OWN scent. Anything else will truly stall your progress. Here are the advantages: #1 Autonomy: You don’t need a training partner. You don’t need someone else to walk a track for you. You can be SO much more consistent. #2: Scent Familiarity: Dogs are masters at recognizing scents. Your dog is (obviously) already used to your scent. That familiarity removes confusion and helps the dog focus 100% on learning the exercise, not trying to decode the odor. #3: Track knowledge: