Awesome!!
Yeah and you live halfway across the country from me!Awesome!!
They should get together for a play da-... No wait... My Luna might eat your Luna.
Awesome! I will definitely check out this video later!
Sounds great! How do you do it?
I could try that! I'm going to be doing my WCs today so maybe I can watch it throughout while I do that.Can't be that informative if you didn't watch it all
I know you have attention span issues, but you could always watch it a bit at a time
I started off by just using treats and a command. I kept the command simple and just said "Luna search". Once she realized there was a reward when I said that she was all in so she would search around the room until the treat was found. I did that about 3 times. Then I took out my phone and had her smell it and I made sure that I had her interest in the phone. She was still really wanting the treat in my other hand but I got her to kinda look at the phone and smell it so I said good girl and had her sit and stay while I hid the phone and put a treat on the phone. Once I released her from her stay and said search she found it quickly. Of course she wasn't really recognizing that phone=treat at that point or that that is what she was looking for so the next time I put it upstairs and had a treat trail to lead her there (the treats were spaced out very nicely). Then she found it. I was really happy but I still felt like she wasn't really knowing that it was the phone she was after so I took JUST the phone and put it downstairs somewhere. I took her in the room and then told her to search. I kept telling her search and I kinda hinted toward where the phone was so she could get it without the treats. As SOON as she pointed her nose at the phone and "found" it, I gave her a treat. Then that's when I saw it click for her!
WOW! I'm so impressed! Happy for you, and for Luna!I could try that! I'm going to be doing my WCs today so maybe I can watch it throughout while I do that.
Yes I do... I try really hard to do stuff but uhhh... Yah it's not easy at all.
You should see me writing an essay
I started off by just using treats and a command. I kept the command simple and just said "Luna search". Once she realized there was a reward when I said that she was all in so she would search around the room until the treat was found. I did that about 3 times. Then I took out my phone and had her smell it and I made sure that I had her interest in the phone. She was still really wanting the treat in my other hand but I got her to kinda look at the phone and smell it so I said good girl and had her sit and stay while I hid the phone and put a treat on the phone. Once I released her from her stay and said search she found it quickly. Of course she wasn't really recognizing that phone=treat at that point or that that is what she was looking for so the next time I put it upstairs and had a treat trail to lead her there (the treats were spaced out very nicely). Then she found it. I was really happy but I still felt like she wasn't really knowing that it was the phone she was after so I took JUST the phone and put it downstairs somewhere. I took her in the room and then told her to search. I kept telling her search and I kinda hinted toward where the phone was so she could get it without the treats. As SOON as she pointed her nose at the phone and "found" it, I gave her a treat. Then that's when I saw it click for her!
I put the phone between two containers (she was not watching at all). I told her to search and she made a B-line for the phone and stuck her nose between the boxes and then looked right at me. There was absolutely no treat in there. I was sooo excited and proud for her! So I gave her a treat and felt accomplished.
I can't wait to work with her more... It's been about a week since I've done anything. I really need to get back on track with her and try some mire training. Who knows I MAY be able to get her qualified for Search&Rescue but I highly doubt that... I know it's a reach, but who knows, right?...
Thank you Belle! That's great to hear!WOW! I'm so impressed! Happy for you, and for Luna!
Aiming to train her for search and rescue isn't an impossible goal! It's a wonderful thought, and you did really, really well in training her there! She's also showing what a smart cookie she is, and how much she'd enjoy things like that! Was she all happy and proud when she did it and you praised her?
To save your phone being damaged, and to help with her finding different items but based on the scent, I've heard of using catnip to scent something you can hide.
I could try that! I just threw away a sock with a hole on it, so I could dig that out lol.Sure! The fact she's tracking your own, human scent is even more impressive! You could likely use a sock you've worn, or any clothing that you've worn for a day, and see if she can find that.
I'm no expert at this though, I only did some scent training with Pix for fun, and nothing to crazy challenging, since she enjoyed other kinds of training and agility more. In your shoes, I reckon I'd call your local search and rescue team and say that you're like to learn how to train your dog to eventually do search and rescue, and where you should start to learn how to teach her.
Really impressed, @Rocky998 ! That's really awesome.
Oh that's awesome!I'm no expert at this though, I only did some scent training with Pix for fun, and nothing to crazy challenging, since she enjoyed other kinds of training and agility more. In your shoes, I reckon I'd call your local search and rescue team and say that you're like to learn how to train your dog to eventually do search and rescue, and where you should start to learn how to teach her.
Thank you so much! Means a lot from you
