Monday, August 27, 2012

Nose Work - Day 3

Today we only had one short session in the evening.

SESSION 1:
Set 1:
I set Nad out of the room and had my two other dogs in the room on their bed.  I used 4-5 pieces of kibble for the first session.  We did 6 reps.  I realized the fan was on after the 4th rep.  He eagerly sniffed around the room until he found the kibble.  On the 5th rep I put them close to an open door and possibly the outside smells carried in (in know, speculation).  The 6th rep I moved them in and he got them in a new place under a dog bed corner by the wall.  I am now seeing him search pretty much the whole room.

Set 2:
I read Sue's suggestion after my first set, so I used hot dog for the 2nd set.  He still sniffs in a fairly calm fashion, however, i did see him get 'hooked' into the scent where he'd sniff, turn around and then whip around back to the scent - way cool!  I only did 4 reps (one hot dog, 4 big pieces :)   Even though he enjoyed it, I could see more drive with using the hot dog.


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