I had three days of sniffing last weekend at the Scott County Fairgrounds. It was a lot of work, but also a ton of fun for me. The first day I was the dog in white which was extra fun since I was a test dog and I didn’t need to be perfect.
The second day I did an Elite-Premier Trial. I had three really good searches and one not so great. In my last search of the day, I was of only ten dogs to find all the hides and I placed fourth in that search. I’m proud of that for sure!
Day three was nothing for me in the morning but that ended up being a lucky thing. You see this cat showed up at the fairgrounds and insisted on being in the middle of everything. It even ruined a search for one dog. Finally some volunteers captured it and put it in a building until the end of the day. I always liked cat bro Bert so I would have been distracted by this dog and people loving kitty.
In the afternoon I had my Level 2 Vehicle Trial, L2V. I had four searches each with a known number of hides. Our GoPro has been being naughty so most of the videos from the weekend are totally bouncy and bad. We managed to salvage my first vehicle search. It was three vehicles, three hides, two and a half minutes. I’m not a big speed searcher like Olivia, but for me I did work pretty fast.
Being a good boy most of the trial, I passed all four of my searches and earned my L2V Title. Now my name is: Ethos Let’s Go Crazy TD SWM SWD RATO FCAT2 TKN CGC ATT FDC ELT-CH L2V L1E L2C L3I The tractor thing behind me almost cost me my title. I get bored just searching vehicles and I refused to search this machinery. We had two minutes to find one hide and I waited until I had fifteen seconds left to tell Mom where the hide was.
Mom is super proud of how well I did all weekend so we stopped at Chuck & Dons for some treats on the way home.
I picked out some deer sticks for us all to munch on Sunday night. This Jones Chews section was super interesting and tasty smelling. Mom knew the former rep for Jones Chews in her early blogging years, she called herself Flea. She sent Mom lots of different chews to review over the years. Sadly she passed away a couple years ago. Seeing this display made Mom happy and sad, all in one. Bailie can’t have hard chews anymore, so I opted for the deer sticks instead. My three days of sniffing was a blast but I was totally worn out by Sunday night.
My GBGV Life is joining Brian’s Home Blog in the Thankful Thursday Blog Hop!
Congratulations, Nelson, and look at all of those fabulous titles that follow your name and the best part – yummy treats to follow! Yup, we would say you had a great day!
It was three days of searching fun and lots of snacks!
what a fabulousplace for a sniff event. congrats buddy
Lots of great smells to sort through at a fairgrounds.
Nelson, mamãe está feliz contigo! Tu te comportaste muito bem! Lindo! beijos, chica
Nelson, you are amazing! Your treats were well deserved.
I just love to sniff and I love snacks even more so it is perfect for me.
What a Grand weekend, and you brought “souvenirs” for your sisters!
We always have to share special treats, it is a tradition.
15 seconds left? Mom must have been freaking out but you always come through in the end
She was starting to give up hope and her voice tone changed so I decided to let her in on where it was.
Nelson ~ congratulations to you sweet dog ~ Bravo and treats besides ~ great photos and video ~
Hugs ^_^
an artist reflects ~ Carol McK
Thank you. It was a really fun weekend.
Nelson I’m so thankful that you share all the fun sniffs with us.
You were on high alert.
My daughter used to call carousels ’round’rounds’
Hugs Cecilia
LOL, Gramma still likes carousels, Mom says they are boring. We didn’t get to search one, which is a bummer.
Go Nelson!!! Sounds like a wonderful sniffing event!!
xoxo,
Rosy & Sunny
I had a really fun few days but it was really exhausting.
Nelson, you did yourself proud, even if giving Mom some last-second-jitters. Treats well earned and deserved.
In the end we got the title we came for and that is most important.
Congratulations Nelson, we’re proud of you and hooray for that new title!!! Thanks for joining Angel Brian’s Thankful Thursday Blog Hop!
It was a fun three days, I’ve only done one or two days before so this was new for me.
I would imagine three days would wear any pup out. Congratulations on your new title, it’s well deserved.
Some dogs can’t handle two but I did the three just fine. I was tired out at the end but the fun was worth it.
Nelson was awesome in that video! I can only imagine how a kitty would distract everyone. Congratulations of the latest title. Well done!
Thank you. I’m happy with my title. Now I have all my level one, three of my four level two and one of four level three. Work to do when it happens to fit into our schedule.
WAY TO GO NELSON!!!I’m glad I know your first name, because we can’t pronounce all the titles after it!
But Nelson isn’t even in my real name, it is that long name. I do prefer being called Nelson, though.