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== Introduction == [[File:SplashScreen.jpg|thumb]] This app will help you keep track of your training exercise details and generate the text for use in your training log forms. The database is stored locally on your iOS or Android device. No connection to the internet is required. Several different types of logs are available depending on your needs and capabilities of your dog(s). These include Air Scent (Live Find), Human Remains Detection (HRD), Trailing, Articles, and GSAR (General Search and Rescue). In addition, a simple log for documenting search missions is also available. The workflow is as follows: At the beginning of each training session, you open a new Mission. Each Mission contains one or more Exercises. Each Exercise has conditions such as the weather and environment. Set the conditions at the time you work the Exercise. Subsequent Exercises during the course of a single training session might have different conditions e.g. raining vs. not raining so you can adjust them as you go along. Each Exercise has a discipline log associated with it. Pick the discipline you are working on and then set the details of that discipline. For example, if you are working an HRD Exercise, you would specify things such as how the source is positioned and what type of source it is. You then work the exercise with your dog. When you complete the Exercise, you can enter information about you and your dog's performance along with notes for what went well and what you need to work on going forward. After you finish the Exercise, you can create additional Exercises. The software pre-populates the user interface with the previous Exercise's settings (which you can adjust as needed) to make the process faster. Finally, when you are finished the training for the day, you would close out the Mission. Once you have a Mission with Exercises associated with it, you can review and edit the information. You might not have some piece of information at the time you worked the Exercise. For example, if you are working a blind HRD problem, the person who put the source out would know when it was placed, where it was placed, and the type of source but since it's blind, you would only get this information later. When the logged information is complete, you can export the information to the mobile device's clipboard which you can then paste into whatever app or document form you use for long-term log keeping. For example, you could paste the log text into an email or a PDF form.
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