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Trailing |
Glossaries: K9 SAR Glossary
Trailing (Dog): dogs are scent specific and require a scent article, with a track. Visualize the dog's Nose Down and Up, working some distance from the actual footsteps.
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VSRDA Glossary
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Back-Chaining
Back-Chaining: A teaching methodology, where the training of the chained behaviors occurs in reverse order. The final behavior is taught first, and the second-to-last behavior is added and taught next -
Behavior Chain
Behavior Chain: a series of learned behaviors, carried out, after one command. -
Blank Search
Blank Search: A training or certification exercise in which the target odor is not present -
Blind
Blind: A training exercise is considered Blind if the person person searching does not know the location of odor(s), and/or if any are prescent, BUT the accompanying Instructor/Evaluator DOES know.