Nosework class (2/37)

This is last week's nosework class, with an Easter theme.

Exterior 1 video - We did this search in a light rain. Gimme immediately found the hide in the tree, while it was the last hide found for all her classmates. While she went by the next hide and to the right leaving the search area, as it turned out - when I swung her back in, it was aimed right at the next hide. She had one false alert and I don't know why. She does find the nearby hide, but I don't understand why the scent would blow uphill to drift onto the other, especially since it was cool out.

Interior 1 video - This is a very long search for just one hide. It's suspended and it may be hard to see; though it gets moving at one point and then you'll notice it. Before then, while it's in the foreground, it's aligned against the orange panels near the far wall. I never see any evidence of Gimme noticing it before she pops right up and indicates it. Suspended hides don't act like other hides, so they can be extra challenging to solve.

Interior 2 video - This time they moved the hide to hang off the track near the back of the room. At 1:07 Gimme pops up to smell the fish-line near where it attaches to the chair, she would be smelling the hand scent of the instructor and possible scent transfer from when she handled the hide and then the line. At 2:17 she points her nose right up at the hide, but whatever the reason wasn't enough for her to make a decision. You will see she spends most of her time in the area of the hide, but then does the thing she often does, moving out of the area, so she can define the edge of the scent cone. She is then drawn to the front of the room by the sound of a chair rolling across the room, but then works her way back to the same area. At 5:20 she gets caught up in the fish-line, causing the hide to go a foot higher than it was. Fortunately she is resilient and such things don't bother her. She keeps searching and finally makes the decision at almost exactly 7 minutes! That's a very long search.

I love-love-love how persistent she is. She never gives up and doesn't even show any signs of frustration. She has always enjoyed a good challenge and she was certainly determined to solve this one.