There is no typo, we are thankful for big trailers at my house! It may sound strange, but when we see odd vehicles, trailers, or machinery, we think nose work. Lately, almost every one of our trials has started with a vehicle search. Mom has a fear of vehicle searches, so it is not the best element for us to start with. To overcome her fear, we need to practice, and reassure her that we can search vehicles.
Sunday was cold, twelve degrees, and super windy. Mom put out the hides and let them sit for about an hour. Odor travels differently in different temperatures. In cold weather, it tends to drop or stay put, heat causes it to spread. Even shade on a warm day can cause differences in how odor spreads. Bailie was first up to search. With the strong wind going from the back to the front of the trailer, she caught the odor from way down the road. She is really good at using wind.
Big trailers provide the opportunity to place several hides on the vehicle. Mom put out four hides on this one. With so many hides and the strong winds, it also created converging odor problems for us to solve. Bailie had no trouble locating all four hides in no time flat. As you can see, she was pretty proud of herself after finding the last one behind the wheel.
Wind doesn’t help me out the way it does Bailie, but I found all four hides fairly quickly. I was a bit distracted by the smells of the area at times. It seems I often have trouble staying on task in vehicle searches.
Madison found three of the four hides really quickly. This one on the back end of the trailer, she worked from both ends in, and then to the middle where the odor was located. She did a great job of bracketing it, as it had spread out along the seams and cracks.
Mom is super proud of Madison because she is pretty fearless. The wheel hide was back behind the wheel. We are supposed to get our noses to the source, and if it is inaccessible, then as close as possible. It was no big deal for Madison to wedge her head in that small space to get right to the container in the back. She is really doing well with her nose work for a beginner.
Now do you see why we are thankful for big trailers? Yesterday, we added two cars to the trailer on a much warmer day, and we are going to bring our car over for a two vehicle search on the weekend. Such fun stuff, if you are into nose work!
We are joining Brian’s Home Blog in the Thankful Thursday Blog Hop!
That’s a darn cool way to practice with your own trailer park! Good job everyone. Thanks for joining the Thankful Thursday Blog Hop!
We might be thankful for odd things, but we are thankful.
well yes… that was brave madison… to come so close to da mighty wheels is nothing for chicken, right? well done and congrats to da bestest nose of planeth earth ;O)
Many dogs are afraid to get into tight spaces, but it is necessary for nose work. Mom works hard to make such puzzles for us to practice so we are not afraid.
Great practice for you guys. I love that cheesy grin on Bailie.
Bailie is and always will be her own hound, and we love her silliness.
That was so cool.
Mom can’t get enough of watching us find the hides. Humans really have bad noses.
Hari OM
It is a good thing, to be occupied with such puzzles… I do the human equivalent of jigsaws and crossies and numbers and such – keeps us alert!!! Hugs and wags, YAM-aunty xxx
True. Our instructors call them odor puzzles because we have to solve them, and it is not always a straight forward task.
I love Bailie’s grin, she’s so cute. It’s good that you can access different vehicles for your nosework practice.
It is important to practice in different places on different things because one never knows where the trials will be held.
I just love this blog hop concept. I am always thankful for something that includes the Boys. Will have to jump in next week! Vehicles sound like they would be tough to work with – so your mom’s plan to practice with them sounds like a good one! Keep up the good work ladies.
They can be tricky because of all the cracks and crevices for odor to travel on.
You are too adorable and this practice is pretty awesome 😀
Thank you. We love doing nose work.
Great job by all of you! That’s so convenient that you have the trailer and other vehicles close by to practice on. If we ever work our way up to vehicle searches, we could have some fun with all of my hubby’s farm machinery (and he’d probably use that as an excuse to buy something new – LOL).
We’ve had field trips to the John Deere dealer, and actual trials on a farm with huge machinery. As long as there are no sharp edges, it can be used. Fun stuff.
That is great you can find big trucks to practice your nose work! We are very impressed. Baillie’s grin cracks me up!
You know Bailie…always being silly.
I completely understand about the trailers!!! I love how well all three of you did! Your little sister sure is learning fast. You’re going to ace vehicles in your next trials!
Madison trains at the NW3 level, but is still a beginner, so she gets lots of exposure to things most beginners don’t work on. She does pretty well.
We think you all did an awesome job with your nose work, it looks very interesting and Mommy thinks Fenris and Tuiren would be good at it.
It takes lots of training, but we love doing it.
Wooftastic Stink work!
3 bum swings! 3 more!??
You both must be very proud of your accomplishments ?
Nose nudges,
CEO Olivia
We are proud of how far we have come. Madison is doing really well for a real young girl, but it also shows Mom how much Bailie and I have learned and how easy we are to read in comparison. It all takes time.
That’s awesome you don’t have to go very far for some practicing.
The beauty of nose work is you can do it anywhere, anytime pretty much, but having vehicles next door sometimes is nice.