He needs to understand the information conveyed by the dog's behavior and give the proper responses, and when on assignment it is up to the handler to implement the searches at the worksite.
他要非常瞭解狗兒各種行為傳達的訊息，並給予適當的回應，出任務時也是由領犬員帶到工作地點進行搜索，「兩者就像千里馬和伯樂，領犬員能適時引導和鼓勵狗的表現，也需要解決狗兒在工作上所遭遇的各種問題。」