Nosework class (2/44)

Container 1 video - There were 4 hides and we weren't supposed to go back if they missed one.  Given Gimme's issues with pollen right now, I went back for one of them anyway.  

Container 2 video - This time there were 3 hides and she caught every one right away. I think she has to work harder with the pollen issue, and it just takes her a bit to get her brain in gear.  She has a long history of it being easy, so perhaps she just expects easy and then has to remind herself to work at it.  I'll never know, since she doesn't tell me these things.

Container 3 video - With just two hides, this was easy peasy.

Container 4 video - Dorothy thought I was lunging Gimme around the containers giving her permission to check all of them - whereas I was thinking in terms of not getting between her and the one hide.  There's no guarantee she would have searched different if on a shorter leash - we don't know.  In a trial I wouldn't know where it was, so probably would go with her.  Hard to say.

Vehicles video - Three vehicles and 4 hides, nothing on the first truck.  You can see Gimme pays no attention to it.  She gets right to the first hide under the trailer bumper.  She follows the scent out and then right back to the hide on the trailer tires.  Gimme gets the truck license plate hide as soon as she gets to the front of the truck.  The only real challenge was the trailer hitch hide.  I think she would have gotten it faster, but she saw me getting treats out of the pouch and then she assumed she was close enough.  I just had to wait her out and then she got to source.

Overall she did very well.  I've started her on bee pollen and hope it will help her soon.  I usually start her on it in late march and end in October, so this is late to start it, but I just couldn't get it sooner.