Woo Hoo! I earned my NW2 and broke a family record too! But first, I have to tell you we got up at 3:30 am to drive up north to Brainerd for my nose work trial. Let me tell you, that is early. Before arriving at our destination, we stopped and saw Paul Bunyan. Remember I saw him in Wisconsin a few weeks ago. I guess he travels like we do! Babe must have slept in because I didn’t see her. Mom says Paul is a part of Brainerd and a must see, so I saw.
My trial was at the Crow Wing County Fairgrounds on the outskirts of town. Bailie and Madison stayed home, but Mom brought Olivia along to coach me and offer me support. Olivia was kind of mad she wasn’t searching, but she was still nice to me. Olivia did her first NW1 at this location. It brings tears to Mom’s eyes as the two people she hung out with at that trial, Linda and Kathy, both passed away in the past two years, not that old and from different cancers. Olivia also failed, missing one hide, so we were not expecting a lot this time.
Well, I am Nelson. I earned my NW1 on my first try at fourteen months old, earlier than any of my siblings and the only one to earn the title on a first try. Mom ruined my NW2 last month because she forgot to have me search one of the two vehicles. This time she promised not to mess up. We had five searches – two vehicle searches, one container search, one interior, and one exterior search. There were nine hides total to find. You have to be perfect, or you go home with empty paws. Look who was perfect!
Forty two dogs competed, twelve earned their titles and I came in tenth. I was the youngest dog, but only by days as my Dalmatian friend Yogi was also there and he is a week older than me. There were some scary moments in a couple searches, but I prevailed. Two searches has a single hide, two had two hides and one had three. Of course the three hide search was last and it scared Mom. I am good at exteriors, so I was not worried, and of course, Woo Hoo! I aced it. Mom says it was my best search of the day. You can watch it in the video above.
Our family holds all the NACSW Titles for GBGV’s except for two dogs who earned NW1 Titles one after Bailie and one after Madison. Mom wants to stop that from happening again and it is looking good!
This title is amazing as I am only seventeen months old. Olivia had just turned two when she earned her NW2, and she was the youngest in the family at that point. I’m not ready for the next level just yet, but we are going to be training and I hope to maybe give it a whirl later this year. Until then, Mom and I are just going to be happy I have my NW2 Title.
PS: Did you notice in the video that she painted her nails fluorescent lime green for the trial? She really was all about lime green for our team on Sunday!
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Congratulations to you and your mom, Nelson, for a job well done and yes, we did notice that she had painted her nails! She is always color coordinated with you guys and it’s wonderful to see!
It was hard to find lime green polish and it really stands out, but she likes to have color coordination to support our team.
Good job, baby boy!!! It was kind of funny to hear your mom say “good boy!” we are used to hearing her say good girl. You were awesome in that exterior search. Well done!! And we loooved the nail polish!! your friends Chester and Lilly
Sometimes she says good girl to me and then catches herself 🙂
Woohoo, concatulations!
Thank you!
Yeah, congratulations!
Thank you. I am pleased with myself.
Bravo Nelson your sniffer is on high alert and quick too.
I love the sunflower photo and always love how Mom matches her attire to your leashes. Love the shoe laces
Hugs Cecilia
She says it gives us more of a team feel and people take notice of us too 🙂
Olivia is a superstar and Nelson is going to be an even bigger superstar. Way to go Nelson.
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Have a fabulous Happy Tuesday. Scritches all around and my best to your wonderful mom. ♥
Mom says I won’t be an Olivia, but I am going to do well on my own path and I am fine with that.
whoo hoo, Nelson!!! So glad your mom decided to take you on!
She is happy too. I don’t know all the girls and her survived before I entered their lives.
Hooray for Nelson! You did a smashing job.
Thank you. I worked really hard and slept the whole ride back home.
We sure do love watching you hunt Nelson…you are very determined!!
Congrats!!
xoxo,
Rosy and Sunny
Mom says I will never give up. I love the hunt but I really love the treats!
Congratulations Nelson – Team green! Now on to the next challenge.
Yes, that will be a bit more difficult. Mom and I need to work on a few things before I dive into NW3. I only want to do a few of those, not a ton like some of my sisters.
That was such a good day and congratulations on that new title. Your video was fun, you were on it all the way!
My nose is pretty smart and I trust it. It was a fun day with a Grand ending.
How absolutely wonderful for Nelson & you! He’s a beautiful dog. My dog is a black lab & in the sun he’s brown… go figure, but labs are very lovable & smart dogs. I love my Charlie & he loves me & he’s a great protector. Being disabled he stays by me when someone is around I don’t know why he just does. We love each other & he’s such a cuddler!!! Have a wonderful day & give you puppy (they’re all puppies aren’t they? hehehe) a treat for me!
Mom’s first dog was a lab/newfie mix who was black except in the sun turned a bit brown too. We are all pups around here and we get lots of treats!
Congratulations to Mom and Nelson. I know Nelson earned the ribbon, but mom prepared him for his trial. Most good things in this life are the results of a team effort. Well done.
It is a team effort because she has to know how to work with him and when he is telling her he found the hide.
Congratulations Nelson and Nelson’s Mom!!!
We are super happy to have passed and we had a good time too.
Wow, that’s ‘furbulous’ news! Congrats.
We are all happy for team lime green!
Congrats to Nelson! You sure a hard working pup. Love seeing you succeed. Thank you for your visits and saying hi. Have a blessed day.
Thank you. I’m proud of myself doing so well at my age and Mom is very proud too.
Always wonderful to see the success of these intelligent pups. Nelson you are amazing.
Thank you. We all enjoy our sports and doing the best we can.