Your Dog Can Indicate But Won't Search

In this video, Ed addresses a critical problem he's seeing in the detection dog training community—trainers are prioritizing passive indications over their dog's ability to commit to searching for target odor. This backwards approach is creating dogs who can perform beautiful alerts but lack the fundamental drive to actively hunt and locate odor independently. | Links mentioned: Three Day Foundations of Detection Seminar - https://leerburg.com/kevin-sheldahl-scentwork-seminar.php | K-9 Detector Dog Training - https://university.leerburg.com/Catalog/viewCourse/cid/186