Training with Known Hides | SOURCE Short Set

Bang bang, what's up guys? Welcome to our short set today. We're going to talk about knowns, so come on, follow me. So known hides are an awesome opportunity for the handler to actually learn to read their dog. As we know, dogs exhibit a change in behavior when they come into contact with the odor. So we want our handlers learning how to read that. So to do so, we run what's known as known hides. That's where the handler either sets the aids themselves so they know where they're at or they're told where they're at. So for this set, we had one of our handlers go ahead and set her own hides so she can look and learn observe that dog when they are close to odor to see what kind of characteristics they exhibit once they hit that scent cone.

Find it. Step back. Other way. Better girl. No.

There, girl. So this affords the handler the opportunity to get to learn that dog without any real pressure. When we get into more progressive training and we run single blinds or double blinds, Or even on live deployments, the handler is able to read when their dog is in odor so they can get them close to that source. And so they can actually go out there and find dope or bombs or whatever it may be. So thanks for joining us today. I hope you guys enjoyed the video. Like and subscribe, comment on our videos, leave us beautiful comments. We love it all. Thank you, guys. Ah!