✨Scent Work Training✨
Hazel will also be continuing to train for scent work. At Fast Cat events I've had a couple people tell me she would excel at scent work because she uses her nose quite a bit when she runs at the event. She was exceptionally fast at finding the hidden kibble! I think she needs more boxes to search through haha
Benefits of Scent Work:
▪️It's fun
▪️Builds confidence
▪️Helps burn mental and physical energy
Scent Work brings out and uses your dog's natural hunting instincts. Training generally starts by getting a dog excited about hunting for hidden treats or a favorite toy. The dog is immediately rewarded when he finds the treat or toy building even more excitement for the game.
Our first lesson is introducing her to "containers" (cardboard boxes) and allowing her time to understand why it is important to check these containers (to find the treat!).
I have 12 boxes set up around a room, 3 of them have kibble inside for her to find.
Since this is new, I'm not using a search word like 'Find It' instead I'm simply waiting for her to find the treat and then marking the behavior with a 'Yes!' and praise ☺️
✨Scent Work Training✨
Luna has a nose on her! She's earned her beginner scent work title and I think she can really excel in this sport so we're going to continue her training 🤗
Benefits of Scent Work:
▪️It's fun
▪️Builds confidence
▪️Helps burn mental and physical energy
Scent Work brings out and uses your dog's natural hunting instincts. Training generally starts by getting a dog excited about hunting for hidden treats or a favorite toy. The dog is immediately rewarded when he finds the treat or toy building even more excitement for the game.
Our first lesson is introducing her to "containers" (cardboard boxes) and allowing her time to understand why it is important to check these containers (to find the treat!).
I have 12 boxes set up around a room, 3 of them have kibble inside for her to find.
Since this is new, I'm not using a search word like 'Find It' instead I'm simply waiting for her to find the treat and then marking the behavior with a 'Yes!' and praise ☺️
✨Socialization✨
Luna & Hazel went out to their first parade today! Both pups did fantastic with all the loud trucks, music, sirens, and people walking by. They weren't bothered by any of it and were extremely well behaved the entire time. With as much attention as they received from everyone passing by, they may have even won for best entry even though we weren't in the parade 😂
Look how happy Hazel looks running FastCat 🥹😍
Hazel earned her first qualifying runs towards her FastCat title 🥳 her fastest time was 8.93!
Spent our last evening together snuggling both of these sweet girls 🥹 tomorrow they both go home with their families 🩷🩵💜
Enjoying a milkbone while we wait for Murphy's 💙 family to come over 🥰
✨ Socialization - Dolly 🩷✨
A beautiful afternoon to spend outdoors with a beautiful puppy! We had a good time sniffing all the smells and walking around ☺️
Puppy playtime! Murphy 💙 popping his head out of the tunnel is the funniest thing!
Dolly 🩷
✨Obstacle Course✨
Having some fun and practicing some skills!
Murphy 💙
✨Obstacle Course✨
Having some fun and practicing some skills!