Y’all know by now I’m enamored of all things canine scent detection. Nose Work, Barn Hunt, Tracking, Earth Dog-yep all of it.
So I’m embarrassed to admit I’ve let Jack’s Nose Work training slide over the winter. All kinds of excuses slithered across my brain. Too cold. Too tired. Too much trouble with all three dogs. Not fair to work with Jack, but not do something with the other two. Too hurried.
Yeah, you get what I’m saying.
I even used the excuse that I’m not going to trial him in Nose Work so why bother training. Yep, yessiree, I even used that gem.
And while that’s true-I will likely never trial in Nose Work-that’s no reason not to train. Especially not when Jack and I both love it. Well, maybe he enjoys it, and I love it.
So yesterday I broke out the birch, and we did a little work outside. Vehicles and exterior.
And, bonus! I used my GoPro with my new chest strap mount. Learned a lot from that exercise. But that’s a post for another day.
Anyhoo-here are two very, very short clips from yesterday’s work. These are the “source/alert” moments from two of the searches.
Two things I learned from yesterday’s video are: 1) you can learn A LOT from videoing your training sessions, and 2) Jack’s tail is part of his tell.
Colletts on the Move 
I will look into getting a gopro as Ellie is often too fast at finding people for us to note where or how she has tracked them.
I love mine. They are not inexpensive but worth the price to me for training. I’ve learned a lot by watching. Definitely need to work on my [lack of] editing skills.