Starting Nosework class next week - Page 2

katdog5911 · 01-13-2013, 06:07 PM

I did nose work with both my dogs. Both really enjoyed it. I stopped because the way it was done seemed like not enough bang for my buck! Dogs had to be in crate or in car while other dogs had a turn. Each dog had 3 turns. Seemed like a lot of waiting and running up and down the stairs to get the dogs, instead of actually nose work! But maybe this is how it is done. I am very tempted to try it again but don't know if it is worth the few minutes the dogs are actually doing something.

**Liesje** · 01-13-2013, 09:17 PM

Ours is done that way as well but I'm used to that with flyball and Schutzhund.

At home, Coke actually did better than Nikon. If Nikon didn't find the reward in the first box he checked he would platz with his paws on a box, lol. He's still in tracking mode so right now I'm just working on freeing him up so he's not trying to indicate.

**Lauri & The Gang** · 01-13-2013, 09:42 PM

That's how we work also but the dogs are crated (or in Mauser's case, x-pen'd) in the room where we train.

With only 4 dogs we each got 4 (or maybe 5?) turns. It was more than enough for Mauser as he was getting bored.

Jason L · 01-13-2013, 10:26 PM

Nicely played, Coke! We just might make an offer for Coke to be a bomb dog then!

**Liesje** · 01-14-2013, 08:07 AM

As long as it's a on-leash activity!

katdog5911 · 02-20-2013, 03:08 PM

We are back at nose work with Stella after taking a looooooong break. For some reason it seems much more fun this time around. We have been to 2 classes and she is doing great. She really seems to like it. Started pairing birch with food this last class, and moving the hide from just boxes and objects in the middle of the room, to the perimeter. She will keep playing this game forever....

My homework is to start hiding the food off the floor. Did that today and she figured it out very quickly. I need to get some birch scent and tins etc.

This is really a great sport for Stella as reactivity is an issue. (although that too is a work in progress). The trainer said that dogs that need their space wear red bandanas at the trials. I like that idea.

Is this how drug sniffing, cadaver dogs, sar dogs start training?

I am curious why birch, anise and clove are used?

01-13-2013, 09:17 PM	#12 (permalink)
Liesje Moderator Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Grand Rapids, MI Posts: 16,432	Ours is done that way as well but I'm used to that with flyball and Schutzhund. At home, Coke actually did better than Nikon. If Nikon didn't find the reward in the first box he checked he would platz with his paws on a box, lol. He's still in tracking mode so right now I'm just working on freeing him up so he's not trying to indicate. __________________ Liesje & the K9s Nikon (GSD) U-CH SG Alta-Tollhaus Bono SchH1 KKL T1 FO PA TF-III FDCh-S CL1-R UJJ U-CA HIT TT CGC Coke (All-American) VPC's Coca-Cola CGC, couch warmer extraordinaire Indy (All-American) Blue Horizon's Indigo Girl, flyball star in training Rainbow Bridge Kenya (GSD) U-CH Alta-Tollhaus-Krieger Lamb Chop CL1-R CL1-F RA HIT TDI TT CGC vom Blauen Horizont / Blue Horizon GSDs

01-13-2013, 09:42 PM	#13 (permalink)
Lauri & The Gang Moderator Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: SouthEastern WI Posts: 13,809	That's how we work also but the dogs are crated (or in Mauser's case, x-pen'd) in the room where we train. With only 4 dogs we each got 4 (or maybe 5?) turns. It was more than enough for Mauser as he was getting bored. __________________ Lauri & The Raw Fed Gang Raw Dog Ranch Winnie CGC - Corgi Mix Chimanes Spice it Up Piquin (Kaynya) - Chinese Crested Nator von Triton HIC CGC (Mauser) - LC GSD Piquins Some Like it Hot (Spike) – Chinese Crested Piquins Too Hot To Handle - (Fuego) - Chinese Crested Piquins Wasabi (Sabi) - Chinese Crested Piquins Super Hot (Clark) - Chinese Crested Banzai, Cloe, Mocha - Felines Extraordinaire Neke, Tessa, Remi, Sadie, Riggs, Sasha, Tazer - DK, Mozart, Zoe - Gone but not forgotten

01-14-2013, 08:07 AM	#15 (permalink)
Liesje Moderator Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Grand Rapids, MI Posts: 16,432	As long as it's a on-leash activity! __________________ Liesje & the K9s Nikon (GSD) U-CH SG Alta-Tollhaus Bono SchH1 KKL T1 FO PA TF-III FDCh-S CL1-R UJJ U-CA HIT TT CGC Coke (All-American) VPC's Coca-Cola CGC, couch warmer extraordinaire Indy (All-American) Blue Horizon's Indigo Girl, flyball star in training Rainbow Bridge Kenya (GSD) U-CH Alta-Tollhaus-Krieger Lamb Chop CL1-R CL1-F RA HIT TDI TT CGC vom Blauen Horizont / Blue Horizon GSDs

02-20-2013, 03:08 PM	#16 (permalink)
katdog5911 Elite Member Join Date: Sep 2011 Location: New Milford Ct Posts: 1,146	We are back at nose work with Stella after taking a looooooong break. For some reason it seems much more fun this time around. We have been to 2 classes and she is doing great. She really seems to like it. Started pairing birch with food this last class, and moving the hide from just boxes and objects in the middle of the room, to the perimeter. She will keep playing this game forever.... My homework is to start hiding the food off the floor. Did that today and she figured it out very quickly. I need to get some birch scent and tins etc. This is really a great sport for Stella as reactivity is an issue. (although that too is a work in progress). The trainer said that dogs that need their space wear red bandanas at the trials. I like that idea. Is this how drug sniffing, cadaver dogs, sar dogs start training? I am curious why birch, anise and clove are used? __________________ Kathy Stella-GSD 6/17/11 Ruben-Newfie/? mix 7/2003

01-13-2013, 06:07 PM	#11 (permalink)
katdog5911 Elite Member Join Date: Sep 2011 Location: New Milford Ct Posts: 1,146	I did nose work with both my dogs. Both really enjoyed it. I stopped because the way it was done seemed like not enough bang for my buck! Dogs had to be in crate or in car while other dogs had a turn. Each dog had 3 turns. Seemed like a lot of waiting and running up and down the stairs to get the dogs, instead of actually nose work! But maybe this is how it is done. I am very tempted to try it again but don't know if it is worth the few minutes the dogs are actually doing something.

01-13-2013, 10:26 PM	#14 (permalink)
Jason L Knighted Member Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Grand Rapids, MI Posts: 2,990	Nicely played, Coke! We just might make an offer for Coke to be a bomb dog then!

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