We've been searching in the basement the past few days. It's really wet outside and I have to get rid of this cold/cough. He's getting better about working inside and is even starting to pay attention to my 'detailing' with him. He is still afraid of things like a parked, shut off, vacuum cleaner but we're working on it.
On Wednesday we went into town and tried something different. Put a harness on Duece with a long lead and had a trail runner tease him with a treat and then run away and hide behind a tree. He used his eyes instead of his nose but it's a start. Duece had a blast, got a lot of treats and we all got wet in the snow.
Duece's new harness/vest arrived today from Ray Allen. I'd post a picture but he gets too excited if I put it on him as he wants to search and I don't need an excited Aussie in the house this evening.
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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