I'm. Not objecting to giving a dog a job, or that working on something like this together can improve the dog/human bond in a lot of ways but. That doesn't mean the dog will suddenly develop brilliant recall in all situations.

Someone doesn't understand tracking.

No shit.

Tracking dogs turn up at stranger's houses all the time in the country because they got lost. That's why hunters put GPS collars on them.

also tracking =/= search and rescue =/= nosework.

and all of it involves 'work independently away from handler and wait for them to catch up (or not)'

And this person (did someone mention they're claiming to be a retired police dog trainer?) clearly doesn't know the difference between tracking and SAR.

Now I do believe SAR dogs work closer with people than, like, hunting beagles. But it's still not a very human-dependent skillset.

They can. Depends on the terrain. And dog. Like bloodhounds are also often SAR dogs

and they're just out of there.

Yeah, it's a pretty widely varied job depending on the needs.

(Lots of compnents of SAR from what I've gathered)

yes, that

A lot of civilian SAR dogs in Norway get called out for finding people in snow. Which is different than a bloodhound trying to track a lost kid in the woods.

(sometimes UNDER snow...)

but then this is the guy who's like "You don't need treats! Just be more interesting!" ...because that's helpful.