2 NOSE YOU IS 2 LOVES YOU

Fun and learning was the rule of the day at Laura Yurchak's workshop after the Joseph Decuis trials at the end of October.  We had a small number of NW1 entries on Sunday, October 27, so we were able to do half of the workshop at Joseph Decuis - it was a great opportunity and we are grateful for it.  We felt like we got two for one with ACO Roberta Scarbeck also offering astute observations to add to Laura's - they were on the 'same page' and we all appreciated the insights to our handling and our dog's Changes of Behavior. My favorite exercise on Sunday was the 'maze' of chairs and watching the dog's eagerness to drive to the source of the hide.  The level of experience of the dogs and their way of 'hunting' was very interesting to see and helped me realize all the different ways dogs will solve the puzzle.  

We finished on Monday morning at our farm.  I have to say I enjoyed the suspended hide because it was the second time Brigadier attempted one and the first time he solved it!👏🏼🥳  We also worked ORT boxes outside, which was a bit challenging environmentally and good experience for the dogs to work through. 

Laura also helped us with inaccessible hides and converging odors - she really packed a lot of information in a one day seminar!  Thank you, Laura and Roberta!  Congratulations to Roberta on getting her CO approval - glad we could be a part of it😄.