There is a new king of boxes in town and I think his name is Nelson! You may remember I went to my first ORT (Odor Recognition Test) the end of August. I messed up my first search for birch but I passed anise and clove. In NACSW nose work a dog can’t compete until he has passed all three odors. Thankfully we started trying early, so I have time before I turn one. NACSW also requires a dog to be one before he can enter their trials.
I’ve heard Emma is the only one of Mom’s dogs that passed all her tests on the first try. The rest of us all missed one the first time, but got it the second.
How does the testing work? These what we call, ORT boxes, are set up indoors in two rows of six boxes each. The boxes must all be a minimum of forty eight inches from each other and from any walls. One box has the target odor for that search, but the handler doesn’t know which box it is. The dog needs to search, find, and let the handler know which box it is. Each team has three minutes to find the odor.
Sunday night I had my chance to pass birch and finish my ORT Title. I went in, sniffed most of the boxes up and down the rows and wanted to leave. Mom reminded me that we needed to find the odor. I started again, crossed to the other row, put my paws on a box, and Mom called alert. Simple as that I have my ORT Title. My sisters are calling me the king of boxes for now. Once I turn a year old I will start entering NACSW competitions. It is the family favorite organization for sniffing, so I am excited to get started in a few months.
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Well done, Nelson! You are definitely going places at your very young age.
Olivia is telling me what I need to do if I want to be a sports star. Mom hopes I am a lot like Olivia and so far, I’m kind of on her path.
Did you set up boxes at your house and practice? You are good at these dog sports Nelson!! Yay! your friends Lilly and Chester
We have a whole area of our garage with all kinds of boxes, pizza boxes big and small, ORT boxes, plastic tool boxes, triangle boxes, rectangle boxes, all new, not used of course. We practice container searches a lot around here. Sometimes people walk by when we are out doing our searches and they always look perplexed, LOL! Bailie has a big container trial coming up, so she needs to practice and then Mom just runs us all on those searches. I train at my level and at my sister’s levels.
Pawsome! You sure do have the sad eyed 👀 puppy dog expression perfect 🥰 XOXO Sparkle
I can do sad guy and old man face pretty well. These things are the keys to extra loving.
It’s to easy for such a smart puppy
I do keep Mom wondering sometimes but she knows I know what I am doing.
You are the king of the boxes, Nelson. Well done.
Have a fabulous Thankful Thursday. Scritches all around and my best to your mom. ♥
If you have a nose work dog, Mom says boxes take on a whole new meaning and we have tons of them, all different kinds stacked up in our garage to practice container searches.
That is pawesome Nelson!!!!
Thank you. I’m super happy!
Wahoo! Go Nelson!!!
xoxo,
Rosy
I have to show the girls what a boy can do!
I gotta say, Nelson, putting your paws on the box is a sure sign ! Very clever! ( Your sister must have told you that sometimes your mom misses cues.)
Paws on a box isn’t ideal, but it works if I am gentle.
Way to go Nelson, that was a terrific job finding the right box, you’re going to be tough to beat! Thanks for joining our Thankful Thursday Blog Hop!
I’m hoping to be really good like my sister Olivia.
Hip Hooray! You did a great job.
Thank you. Mom is really happy with me!
Nelson! Wowzers! What an accomplishment! You are awesome!
Thank you. I worked hard to get the box thing down right.