When you go to a trial on a new field, what is your approach if you discover hazards in the field, such as a deep ditch that the dog wouldn’t be able to see from the post? Thank you!
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!