What the dog does when she finds
the victim. This would be barking
in disaster work and picking up
her bringsel in wilderness work.
Alert Box
A tool for teaching beginning
disaster dogs to bark at scent.
It is a box for a person to crouch
in with a guillotine (sliding) door
that can be opened very quickly
when the dog barks; this gives the
dog access to the person and a reward.
Bringsel
A leather "hot dog" attached to
a dogs collar during wilderness
search.
Find
When the dog actually locates
the victim.
Go-Out
A command. The dog is given a
direction by her handler and is
expected to run out in that direction
40-60 yards.
Handler
A working dogs partner.
Helper
see Victim.
Interest
A search dog's body language "shows
interest" when she picks up a whiff
of human scent. She will still have
to "work it out" or "follow it up"
to find the person.
Mission-Ready
or Certified
A team that has passed all the
tests necessary to be used in a
real search.
Owner Runaways
When your dog is held by another
handler and you run away and hide
in the woods.
Re-Find
In wilderness the dogs action
in leading her handler back to the
victim.
Rights and Lefts
A beginning exercise for wilderness
dogs. The handler walks a straight
line through the woods and sends
the dog out to search on either
side - alternating send-outs
to the right and left.
Send-Out
Basically the same as a go-out
but this term is used more when
the dog is being sent out to search,
rather than to go out and come right
back.
Take and Hold
Another set of commands. Usually
the first ones a new wilderness
handler teaches his dog. The dog
must "take" whatever is held out
to her, and then "hold" it in her
mouth until told to "give".
Trainer
Someone who knows what the handler
should be doing. They can be the
same person.
Victim
The new candidate who waits patiently
in the woods for two hours so the
advanced dogs can have a long search
problem.
