Hiking with Jackie and Meggie

Jackie, Meggie, and I went for a hike today at Sansom Park Falls. For me it was a challenging hike and the girls loved it too.

Video clip of Jackie hiking: https://youtube.com/shorts/n4qfA7f9D48?si=eeYIyrtH7wUzz2Dv

Jackie Nosework: Items and Interior Multiple Room Searches

Jackie is enjoying playing nosework.

Jackie did a great job searching two scent finds hidden in a circle of baby socks. She searched larger rooms for the first time and a multiple-room search that included a challenging bathroom. 

Jackie searched three different multi-room areas and after struggling a bit in the first two rooms did a great job quickly finding the scent sources in the final room search. 

Pearls:

• I am learning to recognize Jackie's alert body language and continuing to reinforce Jackie freezing in place and holding her nose directly on source.

• Once Jackie finds a source in a multiple-hide search, pay at source then gently pat Jackie twice on the hindquarter saying "Find more!" to cue Jackie to continue searching for additional hides. 

• Never pay twice if Jackie returns to the same source after being paid for finding it initially. If she struggles with returning to an already found hide during training, simply remove that hide from the search area and start the search again. 

Jackie at the startline in front of her search area of baby socks.