Nosework Diary: Practice – June 30, 2011
So my boyfriend works at a vending machine company with a warehouse to store there drinks and snacks, he lets me bring the dogs and practice nosework! So the whole warehouse was mine to search with the dogs! So I went there today and did a bunch of different kinds of hides for both dogs … Read more
Nosework Diary: Field Trip – June 11, 2011
So after what seemed like an eternity without nosework (almost an entire month!), my lovely teacher Michele agreed to set up a field trip for everyone. Unfortunately some of our regular group couldn’t make it, but Dax and I were there! I even helped pick the place! We met at an elementary school. We pretty … Read more
Nosework Diary: Class – April 30, 2011
Dax is continuing his rockstar career as a nosework dog in his K9 Nosework Class: Continuing Nosework III (Week Four) with Michele Garlick in Castro Valley, CA. Today, everyone kept the dogs out of our “classroom” which was a gym area. Michele prepared two hides in opposite corners of the room. We had to search … Read more
Nosework Diary: Practice – April 5, 2011
Upon suggestion of my love nosework teacher, Michele Garlick, I put a tin with a few birch q-tips in my bathroom and let it age for a few hours, then I let Dax search the room. I watched a completely different dog hunt! The whole room smelled of birch and I think I blew his … Read more
Nosework Diary: Practice – October 25, 2010
So for once, I have really gotten into having Dax practice some hides. So after his agility class, I took out my magic case of odor and placed a few hides in my bedroom: It was so interesting how much different Dax acts at home versus in class. He seemed much more demanding with the … Read more
Nosework Diary: Class – October 23, 2010
Dax started the next level of K9 Nosework Class: Continuing Nosework (Week One) with Michele Garlick at the East Bay SPCA in Dublin, CA on October 23, 2010. It is so exciting to see how far he has come in such a short amount of time. He can find the birch odor just about anywhere … Read more
