Olivia completed her Odor Recognition Test Title on Saturday. I was along again to be her cheerleader and I think it helps. When Emma, Bailie, and I completed our tests, it wasn’t called a title, but now it is. Times change I guess.
You may remember she took all three tests, birch, anise, and clove two weeks ago, but she failed on clove. Everyone says it is a miss, not a fail, but Mom calls it like it is, a fail. Saturday Olivia, team orange, got to give clove another try, and it was a pass.
In case you are not familiar with NACSW Nose Work, these white boxes are what are used in the ORT (odor recognition test) testing. The tests consist of twelve boxes like these white ones. They are arranged in two rows of six with a minimum of four feet from box edge to box edge. Eleven boxes are empty, one has the odor in it (the hot box). Each dog has three minutes to find and alert on the box with the odor. It sounds easy, but trust me, once the human gets involved with nerves, it can become challenging. You only have one chance, so if you hear a “no”, then you are done. We dogs recognize these boxes and always sniff them just in case there might be odor.
Olivia had some trial practice similar to an ORT in Sioux Falls with her container searches. Since we don’t have photos of her ORT, we thought we would add this one from last month at the trial where she passed both her searches. Photo credit is to Tracy Pollard.
What’s next? Dogs have to be at least a year old to enter a NACSW trial. Olivia is hoping to get into some trials this spring after she turns one on March. 25th. Now that she has completed all her ORT tests, the sky is the limit for her. In the meantime, she will be working on barn hunt and tracking.
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not even the sky is the limit for da bestest noses of da whole world… good luck dear olivia, we are sure we see you with a wonderful ribbon next spring..
I hope to get some more ribbons soon too. We do barn hunt in the winter.
I hope I get a lot more ribbons! Ribbons are fun and they make Mom really happy too!
She is such a smart little puppy!
She is a hard worker and loves to do well.
Way to go Olivia!
Go, puppy, go!
That’s awesome, Olivia! Great job! Congratulations!!
She is awesome! I was 14 months when I finished my ORTs, and Bailie was I think 22 months old, so Olivia is way ahead of us.
What a nose! Good work Olivia!! Cruising along. Love it!! Have a great day!! your friend Lilly
Hopefully she will keep cruising. Now the sports season is a bit thing with winter, but when spring comes, we hope she pops like a flower.
How fun and I’m sure she’s going to be a superstar. I can just see her being the very best.
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Have a fabulous Happy Tuesday. My best to all the pups. ♥
She is on track to do great things. We hope that continues.
Aw, cool! Congratulations on the wins!
Thank you.
Congrats sweet Olivia, we’re all very proud of you too!
Thank you kitties and your humans.
YAY for Team Orange! You did great Olivia and Joy. XOXO, Sparkle
Mom is really happy they don’t have to worry about that anymore!
GO team orange!
Team orange means caution and take notice, perfect color for Olivia
Great job, Olivia and her team!
We are super proud of our puppy sister!
Great job, Olivia! We can’t wait to see what you accomplish in the future. ♥
We are all excited to see how she does in 2020.
Go Olivia!!! You must be so very proud Madison!!
xoxo,
Rosy, Jakey & Arty
We are all proud and amazed at how well she is doing at a young age. Hopefully being a teenager she won’t lose her work ethic.
Go Olivia! so super Doodly proud of you!!!!
So far she is an amazing puppy, and we are all super proud of her too.
Way to go! Congrats
Thank you.
Wow! You never cease to amaze us with your ability at such a young age! Congratulations!
Mom is pretty happy with Olivia’s accomplishments so far. She is an experiment that seems to be working. We will know better in another year or so if she is still doing well.