Threshold Hides: From Terrible to Terrific Webinar NASDA Program Let's face it: handlers are

Let's face it: handlers are the ones who drive their dogs to group in-person classes

This can include what to do when things go south and how to salvage the situation and make things right

A handler can seize on this and use the opportunity for a dog to perform a trick as a reward for doing something else well

or even if the environment is a tad too much for them

CONCLUSION

Threshold Hides: From Terrible to Terrific Webinar NASDA Program Let's face it: handlers areThreshold hides. Those pesky hides that are within the first five or six feet of the start line in any element. Your dog could rush by them! You could inadvertently push her by them! How can we train these ideas so that we and our dogs are ready when they are encountered? Lets look at a systematic approach to building threshold skill, including getting a thinking dog at the start line, and how we as the handler can help! Mostly, our dogs miss