Hi Scout, one of the reason we always walk the course is to evaluate it from our dogs perspective.
Because their welfare comes first we’ve been to trials where we’ve scratched a dog do to a hazard on the drive that couldn’t be avoided. Also, we’ve sent on the outrun a less advantageous direction to avoid a hazard that was on the other side of the field—we’ll do whatever necessary to act in our dogs best interest!
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