10/27/2024
The kids and I had a fantastic weekend of scentwork at our local trial and came away with lots of good things.
Malady Qd 7/10 with a few respectable NQs. She’s been having a lot more fun recently when we trial as I’ve been playing around with reward styles. She finished out her excellent containers and master buried titles after I gave her the freedom of her own searches instead of micromanaging. She also earned her first master container leg and 2 legs towards her excellent exterior title.
Lochness Monster Qd 3/6 and a very close NQ in master interior where she was the only dog to make it to the last room, and a super close master exterior where she alerted a bit too far upwind of a hide she was struggling to work backward into. She finished out her excellent interior title, which was the last thing she needed to close out her overall excellent title. She’s now only 4 Qs away from her overall master title.
Grimace Shake was an absolute star this weekend. He Qd 8/12 runs completing his novice containers, interior, and buried titles. He was one Q shy of finishing his overall this weekend. We made the jump up to advanced with very little prep beforehand, but he did amazing and Qd 3 times in advanced. He saw water buried for the first time, and although he NQd both times, I’m very impressed with how he did with this new type of search.
They’ll be getting a break from Scentwork for awhile with the holidays coming up, but I’m excited to see what we can continue to accomplish next time.
