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Maria Sandoval

Handler · Shiva

Sep 21, 2025, 11:55 PM EDT

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Handler burnout real talk

Some weeks the work feels heavy. This community helps more than I expected.

6 Comments

VinScullyFan
How long was the wait before things clicked? We celebrate tiny wins with Blue too — cheese cube protocol.
Sep 26, 2025, 2:55 PM EDT
SnooAndScout
Scrolling past and had to stop Rest days for the team are training days in disguise. Any gear change that helped — harness vs cape? (two weeks ago for us).
Sep 27, 2025, 9:55 AM EDT
Sara Ibrahim
Community threads like this matter more than people say. eval nerves never fully go away. Respect for sharing the rough parts too.
Sep 27, 2025, 10:55 AM EDT
QueryDog
You are not alone in the spiral weeks. We figured it out before our first flight.
Sep 27, 2025, 6:55 PM EDT
Luke Parker
Lowkey jealous of how smooth that sounded, eval nerves never fully go away — self-checkout lines test patience more than dogs.
Sep 30, 2025, 1:55 PM EDT
Priya Nair
Shared this with my partner — they do not get handler life but Koda does. Also pharmacy lines move slower than training progress.
Oct 6, 2025, 1:55 AM EDT

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