TRAINING DISTANCE ALERTS
Laurie, you've likely posted about this elsewhere, but I would love to know more about how you trained Willow & Co. for distance. (We're still working on live alerts, so it's a bit early, but I'd still like to plan for it.)
Followed Rachel's lead on distance alert training with involving all family members during real low events.
Expanded the distance training using technology and setups for the dog. If we know we have a low through texts or distance monitoring we can watch and reward the dog for alerting accurately when the T1 is not closely accessible.
What if there is only a closed door between the dog/parent and the T1 with a low? The dog can't touch or see the low t1 but the dog can use its alert signal to the person they have access to.
If the dog can hit a scent sample or confirmed low and alert consistently then the game can extend in many creative ways but only after when in close proximity consistency has been achieved.
