1.) "Valley of Death" Equipment: -
Four decoys, preferably all in bitesuits -
Four hiding places (minimum) -
Two non-threating hand held items (large cooking pan, flower pot, boombox, book, small folding umbrella, etc.) -
Two high-threat hand held items (baseball bat, gun, crow bar, large chain, piece of pipe, etc.) "Valley of Death" Scenario: -
K-9 Team waits at starting position. -
At judge's signal, they begin to heel through an area designated as the "Valley of Death" that has four hiding places spaced out along the way. -
The judge has instructed each decoy to either be a real threat or a non-threat as the K-9 team passes them. -
As the handler passes through the "Valley of Death", he must decide which decoy is a real threat, and which isn't. -
The handler must control his K-9 when the "threat" turns out to be nothing and send his K-9 to defend him only when the threat is real. -
At judges signal, first decoy appears, either a threat or non-threat. He handler must react accordingly. -
The second decoy then appears a short time after the first and again the handler must decide in the appropriate manor. -
The third decoy and then the fourth decoy repeat the threat or non-threat process as they were directed by the judge. - Order of threat / non-threat decoys are left to the judge's discretion.
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Handler must not loose control of his K-9 partner or make a mistake by sending his K-9 on a non-threat decoy. -
As with any man work scenario, with any bite the K-9 must release on command and guard the suspect while the handler searches the suspect. -
There may be no bites, a recall thrown in, or even a real threat bite on all four decoys. Be ready for all possibilities.
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