Match Interior Video

Again I'm finding that my memory of what happened doesn't exactly match reality.  Gimme does a nice job on both these interiors.  I'd totally forgotten that the judge suggested Gimme needed her Wheaties in the morning to give her more energy for nosework...

To give you another idea of how out-of-it I am regarding my surroundings - I didn't think we'd even get video's for the interior searches.  The rooms were so small that I was sure there wasn't enough room for a videographer.  Nevermind that there was one standing there taping the whole time.  Duhhhhhh...

We haven't done the food distraction practices for a couple days... so I was determined to do it today.  Naturally it was pouring down rain.  I went to Costco for gas and groceries, hoping the rain would stop, collecting a Beef Taquita sample for a distraction.  Then went to McDonald's for some more distractions.

We lined the bags up down the length of a covered walkway outside a office building that is closed for the weekend.  It was still pouring rain and so Gimme only got a very short potty walk.  We went up the line six times...  Gimme was only distracted by the rice krispies the first time, because she hadn't figured on the possibility of french fries or a McChicken.  She didn't seem impressed by the Beef Taquita.  I had fries and the rest of the McChix for her treats.  She quickly figured out that the good food that she could actually HAVE was tied to the two odor bags.  Of course, the minute we finished and I was packing up the bags and such, the rain stopped and the sun came out.  Next time I'm hoping we'll have more room so I can try this setup in a mixed circle.

BTW Joyce has announced that we'll be doing this exercise in class, a week from this Wednesday.  By then Gimme will be an expert and its a good thing, since four days between class and our trial wouldn't be enough to get her ready...