08/15/2026
Believe it or not, this is the first time weāve thrown toys at the dogs as a form of distraction.
Weāve tossed cardboard boxes, clothes, etcā¦ but not toys. When people commented about the decoy rewarding the dogs with the ball in our other videos, we had to do a lil show nā tell!
The handlers will vary how the dogs are paid, depending on what they are training.
If the purpose of the training is to reward the dog for finding human odor, the payment can come from anyone. If they were training the dog to find a suspect and apprehend the payment is the apprehension.
This video shows the dogs are given major distractions: tugs on the floor, toys thrown in their face, handlers dangling balls in their peripheral view and making noises while tugging the leashā¦ they stayed target locked like they should!
The reward?! Biting, aka apprehension. And trust us, they were happy even if they didnāt get a single toy on the floor.
What distraction should we try next?! āChimkenā?! šš
