It was a very successful sniffing weekend for me! Mom took Madison, Olivia, and me to a local AKC Scent Work Trial at Camp Phillippo. We all set goals to meet and it is quite rare that we achieve them all. This weekend, Olivia and I hit our goals, it just wasn’t the weekend for Madison. I exceeded Mom’s expectations completely which is really fun to do! Olivia will post about her sniffing later this week.
Many of you don’t participate in AKC Scent Work, so I will quickly summarize the levels and rules so you better understand why my success is so special to Mom. Competitions have nothing to do with age, so I am usually one of the youngest dogs competing against older more experienced dogs.
AKC Scent Work has levels and elements:
- Four elements: buried hides, containers, interiors, exteriors
- Novice – one hide per search, lots of time
- Advanced – two hides per search, a bit less time than novice, plus a toy distraction in the search area
- Excellent – three hides per search, less time, in interiors, there are two searches and you have to figure out if there is one or two hides in the first search to move on to the second search, there are also toy, food, and audio distractions in every search area
- Master – variable numbers of hides in each element, the number is unknown to the team searching, distractions in the search areas, interiors is three searches and you have to pass each one in order or you fail
- Detective – the highest level in AKC Scent Work five to ten hides, number is unknown to the handler, five to fifteen minutes search time
Last weekend I was in Advanced Interiors, Excellent Containers, and Excellent Exteriors. Mom said that with so many hides and not a long amount of time, I probably would run into trouble finding all three hides. Well, I proved her wrong! I passed all ten of my searches! I earned my Advanced Interior, Excellent Container, and Excellent Exterior Titles! In my first Excellent Exterior search I was the only dog to actually find all three hides. I also placed first. Containers became easier for me on the second day and I earned fourth place in one of my searches there too.
Mom is super proud of me! Scent Work and Nose Work are both sniffing sports but different types of competitions. Earning my NW1 a couple weeks ago on my first try, and now passing all my searches and titling at higher levels is crazy. Most searches I place in the middle of the pack. We are fine with that as I am only fourteen months old. Speed will come. I got lots of compliments on my good work and enthusiasm too. March has sure been a good month for me! My new fancy name: Ethos Letβs Go Crazy SWN SEA SIA SEE SCE RATN NW1
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Congratulations and look at all of those beautiful ribbons, Nelson!
I was really a good boy on the weekend and Mom is super proud of me.
neslson!!! you are a super star! and this ribbons are even green our favorite color… congrats!!!
I’m the lime green guy and this club has lots of colors to choose from when you get ribbons. Green for us boys!
congratulations! maybe your parents should have your nose insured, like the models insure their legs/faces… well done Nelson! thanks for the explanaitons of the ribbons and what they mean..
Olivia and I are both super sniffers and we love it.
Wow! We are so impressed. And we love your bow tie!!! Congratulations on such good work. your friends Lilly and Chester
Thank you. Mom says if you dress smart and feel smart you will be smart, so I’m trying that π
You did wonderful! Just look at all those ribbons and those letters behind your name.
I know. My sister Olivia is giving me some tips and I want to be just like her one day.
You’re a superstar and I know mom is thrilled and proud of you.
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Have a fabulous Happy Tuesday. Scritches all around and my best to your wonderful mom. β₯
Mom still can’t believe I was a perfect ten!
I canβt wait for you to become the number 1 dog in the country.
Mom says Olivia is so fast, she may always be a bit better than me as I am a bit slower, but who knows. I may speed up one day.
Congrats Nelson on the good sniffin’ weekend
If they gave out awards for who wears the bow tie with the best it would be you and it is a fine looking bowtie too
Hugs Cecilia
Look like you feel and it will be who you are. I try to look handsome.
You sure did a grand job with the sniffing thing Nelson, we’re all really proud of you too!
Thank you. I had a really good time and met lots of nice people too.
Go Green!!! Congrats on a job well done Nelson!
xoxo,
Sunny & Rosy
Thank you. I worked hard and it paid off.
Great work, Nelson! You have quite a good nose and i’m glad you enjoy using it.
We are all scent hounds but not all noses are created equal. Mine seems to work pretty well, though.
Great work!
Thank you. I had a good time and did great!
Well done, Nelson. Congratulations!
Thank you.