SO proud of Kion yesterday! We qualified in 3 out of 4 searches yesterday, including a second place buried search and this 3rd place container search! I take full responsibility for getting a "no" in our interior search. Kion did his job, and his human partner made mistakes. We also completed our Advanced Buried and Advanced Exteriors titles!
Last year at this trial, Kion was so distracted by the smelly carpet in this room, and I could not be more proud of his improvement! I am so thankful for my coach, Naomi Boyer, who always shows up to video and cheer us on, and to Scent Work Austin Texas Club for putting on a fun and well run trial!
Patr贸n has been working on his recall during his Board and Train stay! When working on recalls, I almost always call the dog, pay him well for getting to me, and then send him back to whatever he was doing before I called him. I don't want my dog to think that coming to me will end his free time or fun. It's more like a short interruption for a yummy snack, and then he gets to go back to his choice of activity. Here, Patr贸n was choosing to chew on a stick he rescued from the burn pile, a high value activity for him! I call him, pay him well for responding by coming to me, and then he gets to go right back to his stick! Good job, Patr贸n! Patr贸n is available for adoption through Gold Ribbon Rescue
Team Kion has a couple of scentwork trials coming up, and we're working on generalizing his search skills to different surfaces. We often train on the hard floor of a training center, and we will likely be asked to work on dirt at at least one of our upcoming trials. He's a rock star!
