This was our last class before all the social distancing stuff started. We thought it would only be a couple weeks, but just learned it's going to be another month. My instructors are starting an online homework group. To give us all ideas we can work on. I've already signed up and it starts tomorrow, March 30th. Those of us who want to can video our homework and share it with the group. So I'll be blogging about that. Gimme will be verrrrry happy to do some nosework.
Interior 1 video - Gimme was busy all over the room before she decided to settle on the tables. I do think the odor was channeling a bit to the left side of the crack - you will see her stop at the end of the crack and look at me. In a trial I might have called "alert" there, so this was a good opportunity for me to wait her out until she went to source. I was surprised to see her spend 1:25 on this search.
Interior 2 video - She finds the first hide in just 14 seconds this time - apparently much easier. When I said "you can't be serious?", it was because Gimme went under the wheelchair and was crouching as if to jump into the area where the hide was. I wouldn't normally expect her to jump into a spot she couldn't see into, but sometimes she can be damned bold and classmate August (GSD) did jump in right there. So they added the wheelchair, but there was still enough space for her to physically make the jump. I was glad she opted out. When she came around she found the way in.
Interior 3 video - Gimme finds the first hide in just a few seconds, but doesn't really commit to it until 13 seconds in. From there she decides to go check out the hide in the corner maze. When she comes out she gets right to the hide on the chairs.
I guess I should have blogged about this sooner, as I have no memory what all the laughter was about. At least you can see Gimme pays no attention to it. She can be very focused when she's hunting odor.
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