The video that follows is Gimme finding the first hide in roughly 50 seconds. I found it very hard to keep her in the field of view and handle the line at the same time (I'll try to get a classmate to do a better video for us this week). Watch and you'll see an impressive "snap back" at around 44 seconds into the video. Its very clear that she'd smelled the scent at that instant and was all over it.
If you look carefully, you can see the edge of the tin sticking out from under the steel lumber support with a small piece of cheese on it. The tins have little magnets in them and the lid is perforated to let the scent out. So we stick them all kinds of places, such as on the sides of metal things and under the chairs, etc.
BTW after all our worries, Gimme has never once tried to retrieve the tin. Once I thought it through and realized all the different clues, I was certain she would figure it out.
Here's a video of her working this aisle. She did run over time by thirty seconds, but as I said, cut lumber is a strong smell for her to work through (especially given her limited experience). At one point she let me know that she didn't think it was there, so I encouraged her to try again and she then found it. I think that is a good experience in the overall scheme of things.
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I like the way Gimme is working--looking both up and down. She really gives you a great indication when she first scents the 'article'. Nice harness color for her, too.
I am pleased with how she works both up and down. For awhile she was just looking high and so was having difficulty finding the low hides. Fortunately she has figured out that she needs to do both. She is pretty definite when she is on odor and then there is nothing stopping her. I have a number of questions for Joyce tomorrow...
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