Notice the antennas pointing out from her head. They are part of her radar. They send out the signal from transmitter to the receiver to find out where she is located in the hunting in the wilderness.
She was not set run free in the woods yet despite it was possible. Because we tested what she liked about the shooting I needed to be able to control her. That's why she wore her normal leash and harness we use also for her swimming training. If she had been afraid of it would have been possible to control her "ESCAPE" reaction.
She wore her radar for the first time with the meaning to condition the radar, shooting and hunting in her mind to be part of the big picture. At first she was a bit annoyed about the antennas and transmitter when we put them on at home but when she got into the car she forgot it all!
BigBangs are horrible sound to dogs hearing so it is important she gets familiar to it otherwise she could get terrified in action. Now I only had to control her not to run to the shooting area. We started from 300 meters distance and got closer slowly. At the end we were able to shoot right next to her and she didn't mind at all.
We are so pleased with her.
