The challenges for this class were puzzles the dog needed to solve to to get into where the odor was. There were three puzzles and the way in was changed between searches. Gimme thought this was huge fun.
Interior 1 search, no video - There was a search in the foyer, one hide. Gimme found the hide very quickly, but I didn't believe her. The hide was in the weather stripping under the door and I thought she was just smelling odor from the other room. So I wasn't responding to her indication, no matter how vigorous it got. I think I would have believed her if it had been the door to the office. Trust your dog!
Interior 2 search video -
The co-instructor was taking our videos and while she said she was ready, the beginning of Gimme's first puzzle was cut off, so you don't get to see her figuring out how to get in. You can see she had no problem working without me right there. On the second puzzle by the time Gimme got into it, she was frustrated, so it took her a bit to settle down and source the hide. There were two hides out of puzzles on the carts. I don't know what the deal was with the bathroom - she seems to not like this bathroom lately. It has never been a problem before.
Interior 3 search video -
I was mistaken about the hide on the cart, I thought it was under the center of the top. It was supposed to be inaccessible and as you can see, Gimme clearly accessed it, getting her whole head under the cart. With all her parkour work, I'm betting I could have given her a "below" cue to go under the ladder into the first puzzle, but she quickly found her own way in. On the second puzzle, the fencing kept me back from the table so Gimme had to bounce up to see I was there. When she goes in the bathroom, she starts in then stops to look back and make sure I'm going to be there. As our friend Janet said, "This girl doesn't work for nothing." All the dogs found the opening for the bathroom puzzle while approaching from the right side.
These were long searches and Gimme really enjoyed them. She had a nice long snooze after we got home.
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