This class was just last week. Gimme was bored to tears as I was working on taxes and annual filing, so she was verrrrry eager to get to class. I haven't told her yet, but next week is a skip week.
Exterior 1 video - Gimme races from the startline to the first hide and indicates in 4½ seconds! It takes her much longer to find the other hide. The breeze picked up making it a very messy scent picture. Plus the second hide was only a few feet from the first and higher, so scent from it would have fallen on the first one. Note how Gimme goes back to the first one a couple of times and the second time she moves on by herself going right to the other hide. She's so smart.
Our interior searches focused on suspended hides again.
Interior 1 video - She finds the first hide in 18 seconds - clearly her nose is recovering from the pollen. Once we're at the back of the room, you can just barely see the suspended hide against the blue wall and to the right of the orange divider. Gimme is smelling scent in many places where it's falling and you'll see her sometimes look at me, not as an indication, but to see if I think it's there. Note how right before she indicates, she sniffs low on the green chair and then her nose goes in a straight line to indicate the hide. It took her nearly 2 minutes to solve the puzzle.
Interior 2 video - She races in the room and you'll see her tip her nose up to the hide, but for some reason it wasn't enough to indicate or she just overshot her nose because she was moving too fast. She wanted it to be on the cart. Then she goes back to the suspended hide, indicating in just 38 seconds. Amazing!
The last search was composed of regular hides. Dogs tend to get patterned train and Gimme especially so.
Interior 3 video - She finds the hide on the upturned table quickly and shows she's not the least bit concerned about walking on the icky surface. After Gimme finds the table hide, you'll see her sniff high where she found the last suspended hide. Then she quickly goes to the other hide. She gets both of them, including reward time in 33 seconds.
She was clearly on fire...
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