I was gone for a long weekend and haven't worked with Duece for over a week. Today we hid some scent and let him work awhile. There were a lot of distractions with the neighbors dogs and the rest of our dogs barking. I didn't do the hide very smart and the wind carried the scent into the fenced back yard making the hide too close to the fence with Duece's buddy Ziva barking right by the fence. It was awfully distracting for Duece. He found it once, but didn't sit so he follwed me as I walked on by it. Later I circled back around and he found it and sat down and got his treats and praise.
Duece's Blog where we keep track of Duece's training. Duece is an Australian Shepherd found at about 3 months old at the Circle of Friends Humane Society in Grand Forks, ND in December, 2008. His name when put up for adoption was "Moon" but because he's our second cadaver dog, we named him Duece and when I found out it was spelled wrong, we left it like that.
We thought we would blog our training experiences as Duece grows up and is on his way to becoming our cadaver dog and other things that Duece teaches us as we go along. Comments and suggestions are welcome.
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