Saturday was a perfect nose work day for me at Camp Kiwanis in Marine on St. Croix. Last Saturday I had my NW3 Trial in Wisconsin. This weekend it was just an hour from home and it went perfectly!
Mom and I really want to get out of the NW3 level quickly, but it is a tough level. There are six searches including the four main elements, containers, vehicles, interiors, and exteriors, two of which we have two searches in. Every search is zero to three hides, the number is unknown and each search is timed. Mom has to read me, know when I find a hide, and know when I am done before we run out of time. This trial was my fourth one and I have the one title I earned the week before. A team needs three NW3 Titles to move into the next level, Elite.
We have videos of all my searches, but I decided to show everyone containers and my second interior cabin search. Can you see I take my work seriously, and I am crazy for my snacks when I find a hide? The total number of hides for the day was ten, this video has five of them.
Mom is so proud of me as I had a perfect nose work day. I found all ten hides with no errors, and Mom didn’t mess anything up either. This means I earned my second NW3 Title and my final element title. All I need is one more NW3 Title and I am on to Elite! Mom needs to start calling my hides faster, but she is working on that. I placed seventh out of thirty eight dogs and there were eight clean titles. What a happy day for Team Lime Green!
My GBGV Life is happy, so we’re joining Comedy Plus for Happy Tuesday!
Congratulations, Nelson! You have one smart nose and I love how you smile when you find the hide! We saw the GBGV at Westminster on TV last night!
I’m pretty excited when I find a hide. Those snacks really motivate me and Mom has a variety so I never know what I will be getting.
Super Pup Nelson! YAY for winning.
Mom is very proud of me and how well I am working.
Congratulations, Nelson! Amazing dog
Thank you.
Awesome!!!!
We are super happy!
I love to see how happy he gets when you tell him he is right!
I love my snacks and I know they are coming when I find a hide.
Nelson your nose is perfectly Perfect in appearance and its ability to sniff out anything
BOL BOL YAY Mom didn’t mess anything up!!
Hugs Cecilia
Mom messed up a lot with Madison the day before, so I was a bit concerned but she says I’m much easier to work with.
That was such an amazing day Nelson and even we smell the Elite coming in quickly!
We are super happy and hopefully I can get one more soon and move on to a more fun level.
You’re a superstar, Nelson. You’re also handsome, too.
Thank you for joining the Happy Tuesday Blog Hop.
Have a fabulous Happy Tuesday. Scritches all around and a hug to mom. ♥
Thank you. I love my sports.
Nelson ~ Wow! Congrats to you ~ what a day and kudos to Mom too ~ you both deserve the ribbons!
Wishing you good health, laughter and love in your days,
A ShutterBug Explores,
aka (A Creative Harbor)
We had a great day and lots of fun too.
Great work!!! We love when you post videos of sniffing. We have a question— if there isn’t a hide and your Mom says “alert” do the judges say “no” ? or what do they say? Also the rooms looked so similar mom thought you repeated a room. Good thing she isn’t your partner!! Well done Nelson (I also loved how your mom
called you Nels. My mom calls me Ches.). have a great day. your friend Chester
We never want to hear the “No” word, but if Mom calls something wrong we would hear it. The sport has many challenges which increase with each level. They can be for the dog or the handler, or both. One is something like the dorm search with similar rooms, I know where I was and what I had found, but Mom needs to remember. There were three rooms, hides in two of them. Sometimes in a classroom with thirty desks there could be lots of hides on desks and the human needs to remember where she called them, same with containers. It is a team game, and it can be tough, but it is a lot of fun. I like being called Nels too 🙂
Congratulations! You do a great job.
Thank you.
Now that’s a great reason to be happy! Great job Nelson!!
xoxo,
Rosy & Sunny
Thanks girls. I had a really good time and we had perfect success!
Nelson the Wonder Dog!!! Congrats on all that great work, and kudos to Mom too for her share in the training.
Woos – Misty and Timber
Mom loves our sports as much as we do. It is a great way to bond and learn about each other.