BeanE
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No.
And... here comes yet another bad analogy from Oriah!!
-'Indicated' (in SAR dog speak- translated to human, lol) is like waving my hand at you to go away when I'm on the phone in my office.
(Dog is thinking "huh. hmm. What's that scent?")
-'Reacted to' is like you didn't get my message the first time, so I more forcefully tapped my hand on the desk and perhaps mouthed, "I'm on the phone!"
(Dog is thinking "Wait, I think I know what scent that is after all...")
-'Alerting on' means I have slammed down the phone because you won't go away, and am waiting to hear what your urgent need is, lol.
(Dog is thinking "Yep, I know exactly what that scent is now, and when I smell that I am supposed to remain sitting, laying, barking etc until you tell me otherwise.")
Very different stages of communication. Does that make any sense?
I think one of the problems here may be that we have a non-SAR LE spokesperson, who may not be fully aware of these different words mean in SAR-speak.
I would like to see an interview of one of the SAR handlers whose dog was taken out there, and listen to the language, the wording, the handler uses for what their dog did.
And I'd like you to do the interview, Oriah. :floorlaugh: