Nosework class (2/35)

As you can see, I am behind in blogging again, or maybe it's still-behind.

During the winter we usually get a lot of container searches in class. The pattern of the boxes, which isn't obvious in video, is shaped like a Christmas tree. We all were tasked to bring containers with distractors in them. I brought three Christmas gift bags, with stuffed Christmas decorations in them. I don't think they were as distracting to her as they might have been, since these "toys" have been where she had easy access.  She checked one of mine in the second search, but didn't seem to notice any other distractions.

Container 1 search video - This first search was blind with two hides. Gimme finds the first one in 13 seconds. I took her around finish checking the search area and she found another hide close to the beginning, which she'd missed as she overran and rounded the first corner a bit.

Container 2 search video - Gimme ran to where the threshold hide had been in the prior search, which slowed her enough to pivot right to the hide. Gimme found the next two hides easily. Gimme did notice the stuffed singing reindeer in one of the bags and just had to check it, sticking her head in the bag.

Container 3 search video - For this search the shape was changed to a star. All the acute points made it a bit "messy" to search and Gimme rounded the points. She finds the first hide in 9 seconds. She finds the next two hides quickly.

Container 4 search video - Gimme assumed there would be a hide at the far point (there was for the first three searches), then she moves on instantly and still has the first hide in 16 seconds. From there she finds the other two hides very fast. She was clearly excited about this search. She's always loved a challenge.

Gimme did a great job with her indications. Usually boxes and containers get her more and more excited and she gets rough with them. This night she was controlling herself and giving nice moderate indications. Looks like my plan is working. Yayyyy for us...