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Hi Alana, I have not yet introduced Zoey to wood or cement blocks. I have been using 3 identical plastic boxes and the tea balls. Over the holidays, I didn’t practice much with her, so I am getting back into it again. I think she may be starting to figure out the scent thing, as she is more consistent picking the correct box. She still knocks them all over, but I feel she will become more thoughtful as she gains more success.
I do have a question about the “verbal cue words” that are introduced in Lesson 3. I watched the video with Ryu where you are using “Zuch” as a cue word to begin hunting. I decided to use that word, as it won’t interfere with anything else we have used. The question is, when I say Zuch to begin the hunt, am I to say it again after she finds the target?
Just had an awesome indoor hide training session with Zoey. Used cold scenarios and hot scenarios. She still starts every session visually, but when she doesn’t see the hide article, she starts using her nose. Am going to attempt an outdoor session this afternoon and have it recorded. This will be a total challenge for her, she distracts easily. I will post later.
Zoey’s first outdoor hunt attempt. Am going to load 4 videos in order of our progress. We are still not very good at our camera and didn’t think to make just one video with pauses in between each attempt.
2nd attempt
3rd attempt
final attempt
I appreciate the feedback on the videos. I had no idea that I was putting the truffle in the 3rd target each time. Not sure why I did that. It’s not what I’ve done in the house. I wish I had the last 2 searches I did that day on video. I hid the hot target in harder places to find, and she was awesome. The harness was a good purchase. She gets excited to wear it, and she is already associating it with “work”. I know she really enjoys doing something that makes her the center of attention.
First outdoor “blind” hide today. My assistant made the last hide a little tricky, so I had to ask where it was. The first 2 hides were pretty darn good, though. As soon as I can figure out how to edit my video, I’ll post it.
Had to edit the video into 3 parts so it wouldn’t take so long to load. This is the very first attempt at an unknown hide for her and I.
Second unknown hide.
A bit too much was cut off of the front of this 3rd session. It took her a bit to get to this hide. I finally asked where it was so I could intervene a bit. She first checked the other 2 hide locations prior to me asking and starting to direct her.
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