17/09/2021
Indiana Jones had an impromptu scentwork challenge today! πΎ
Turns out I dropped my phone in our local field!
Indi isn't trained on the scent of my phone, but regardless I gave him my empty hand, said 'Smell'π and then said 'Find It'
I have started training him on retrieving the TV remote indoors, so I did say 'Remote' 'Find It' in the hopes of him looking for something similar!
Well, I saw it luckily, but continued to let him search, and when he got to it he sniffed it and I marked (Yes!) and asked for a Down. Then rewarded with his ball.
I purposely dropped it 2 more times on our way back... 2nd time I said 'Phone' 'Find It' and he found it, then picked it up, so I said Down and he laid with his nose on it between his feet.
The 3rd and final time he searched, found it, was about to pick it up but actually stopped himself and laid down!! π₯°π₯° what an awesome dude!!!!
π€© This is why I LOVE scentwork!! π€©