Rozzie Posted August 28, 2016 Share Posted August 28, 2016 The tree was amazing. Considering Fern is 10 inches tall and the scent was 3 feet up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rozzie Posted September 4, 2016 Share Posted September 4, 2016 None today, the park we train at is underwater. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Papillon Kisses Posted September 4, 2016 Share Posted September 4, 2016 The tree was amazing. Considering Fern is 10 inches tall and the scent was 3 feet up. That is fantastic! It can be hard for dogs to progress to air scenting. Malcolm has now progressed to Intermediate Nosework. They have taken away the boxes! Last class we were getting them into the habit of checking the perimeters and corners of the field before tackling the insides. I am finding having a dedicated Nosework harness helpful as he switches off better once it is removed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skip Posted September 4, 2016 Share Posted September 4, 2016 I just finished intermediate and enrolled in advanced to introduce scent. Looks like my Kelpie wants to do it all. I look like a strange one ATM as each day I drive her to whatever I can find, lay some hides, harness her, find them and on to the next site. Currently using picnic tables and exercise equipment setups along the large lake nearby. I do my car too and she sometimes moves to another car nearby but I have to redirect her back. Not sure people would like her under or on their cars! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Papillon Kisses Posted September 4, 2016 Share Posted September 4, 2016 Love it Skip. :D We walked past some cars on our walk yesterday and Malcolm started doing a search. :laugh: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rozzie Posted September 11, 2016 Share Posted September 11, 2016 Hopefully there will be some pics of today's session. I love the way their noses go when they catch the scent. There was a slight breeze this morning but they found upwind as well as downwind. Next week is graduation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dotdashdot Posted September 11, 2016 Share Posted September 11, 2016 I'm really interested in the idea of Nosework, for Cleo and for my future pup. Being in a regional town, I'm probably best off doing an online course like Fenzi I'm guessing? I'd love to teach this in my puppy school classes to a degree, I'm always harping on about enrichment, entertainment, keeping brains active. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rozzie Posted September 11, 2016 Share Posted September 11, 2016 My regional town is substantially smaller than yours and we have courses for all sorts of things. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scottsmum Posted September 11, 2016 Author Share Posted September 11, 2016 I'm really interested in the idea of Nosework, for Cleo and for my future pup. Being in a regional town, I'm probably best off doing an online course like Fenzi I'm guessing? I'd love to teach this in my puppy school classes to a degree, I'm always harping on about enrichment, entertainment, keeping brains active. Where are you roughly Dot? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dotdashdot Posted September 11, 2016 Share Posted September 11, 2016 Im in Coffs Harbour, i just asked a friend from the dog club and apparently we may be having a seminar soon, i mustn't be the only one keen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scottsmum Posted September 11, 2016 Author Share Posted September 11, 2016 Im in Coffs Harbour, i just asked a friend from the dog club and apparently we may be having a seminar soon, i mustn't be the only one keen. OK. Cool! I know Marion and co. travel occasionally too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rozzie Posted September 11, 2016 Share Posted September 11, 2016 Today Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scottsmum Posted September 11, 2016 Author Share Posted September 11, 2016 Awesome Rozzie! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Papillon Kisses Posted September 14, 2016 Share Posted September 14, 2016 It's a terribly grainy photo, but here's Malcolm last night. His 'indicator' when he's found the source is to scrunch up and do his best impression of a fat cat. :laugh: (I swear he isn't rotund it must be the stance.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rozzie Posted September 14, 2016 Share Posted September 14, 2016 Lol, that's cute. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scottsmum Posted September 14, 2016 Author Share Posted September 14, 2016 Naw. I love Mal, the little fat cat. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Papillon Kisses Posted September 17, 2016 Share Posted September 17, 2016 (edited) How are you signaling to your dogs that search time is over? I have tried having a celebration/making a fuss/big verbal reward and "all done", then taking off his harness, then putting him into a room (and have tried a couple of different rooms) and onto his mat or bed and with or without a treat. I then remove all the boxes in his absence. This isn't working: he goes straight into full on search mode the moment he is released. Last night he went into search mode each time he walked into the room where we train. It seems to have worsened since we moved up to Intermediate where all the boxes have been removed. We only use boxes at home. I ignore it as instructed, but we've been told we need to work on this as it devalues the game if searches are fruitless and can lead to frustration. Previously I've praised / "all done!", removed his harness, and then packed up the boxes in his presence. This seemed to work better: he was still inspecting boxes while I'm packed up but wasn't working the room as such. But the instructor said I need to take him out of the room and keep experimenting. I feel like putting him in another room is a trigger for him to think I'm setting up for another round, as happens in class. Oh and I have created a box inspector monster. Amazing amount of excitement and drive to inspect boxes whenever they appear! Yesterday I had to hide one away as even when it was on top of a table and out of sight he was still swanning around underneath. Edited September 17, 2016 by Papillon Kisses Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scottsmum Posted September 17, 2016 Author Share Posted September 17, 2016 (edited) Hrm... PK.... Back when we did more I always just used "all done" with palms out/down - which is something we use a lot. Harness on and off too - always and boxes were always put up and away out of sight. It was my understanding that - especially when you're on odour that they're less likely to hunt all the time and on the occasion they do - like when they think they want to search a car outside of NW - you just need to move them on. Have you introduced the cue/go word yet? If not - that might help. I don't think any of that specifically helps - especially because Mal is... um... a very special boy ;) (you know I mean that lovingly) - Luckily Scottie only ever searched when he was doing NW. All that said - we've only done basic NW recently and since Scottie has gone deaf the "no more / all done" didn't really work - he wanted to keep going. edited to add - I'll ask in the closed Fenzi group I'm member of if they have any ideas. Edited September 17, 2016 by Scottsmum Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Papillon Kisses Posted September 17, 2016 Share Posted September 17, 2016 Haha, yes he is a special boy. Sniffing is one of his coping / destressing mechanisms too. We have a go/start word: "find it!" The "all done" is paired with that hands thing too, forgot about that. Initially having the harness as a cue really helped... but not recently. With the relaxation protocol I'm doing all done / good boy / hands thing then specifically calling him away and seeing if he wants a drink. If I don't he will continue sitting on his little mat, because who knows me going upstairs and down again or opening the fridge or sitting on the lounge might be part of it. :D Darling boy. Thanks for asking in your Fenzi group. Are you in any other Nosework groups on Facebook? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scottsmum Posted September 17, 2016 Author Share Posted September 17, 2016 (edited) Uh. I'm in the fenzi one, a closed one for the group I was in in Sydney and one for NZ - but nothing more open and general. I don't think. Edit: There's this one: https://www.facebook.com/groups/494783473883909/ I think the harness worked well for Scottie because it was the only time we ever ever used one. and he's extremely good at working - when he knows it's time. Edited September 17, 2016 by Scottsmum Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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