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Originally Posted by alaskayorkie  Since Jillie beat my star Eddie, she will be retiring and never allowed to sniff again. 
KIDDING! They have 4 levels of nosework. Level 2 is infinitely more difficult. They have to identify two odors (birch and anise), they have to search more vehicles, they have to find multiple odors in the same room, and they will have to be able to distinguish between food and the odor in the container search. They can't alert on food, only the odor.
In Alaska's first Nosework 2 trial Friday, no dogs passed Level 2 and 12 tried.
I believe the odors can also be hidden higher too, up to 4 feet. And that's a challenge for an 8" dog. Initially, I would have said she'd never be able to do it, but she proved me so wrong this week that we'll give it a try. |
Oh Yay! I'll be looking forward to following her progress! This is way too cool! Go Jillie!
I was reading up a bit on the NACSW website about the handler being able to help the dog (?) (This is all new to me so just asking, lol) Does this mean you can assist Jillie in reaching areas not accessible to her due to her height? :
* Height and accessibility of hides: Should be no more than approximately four (4) feet high. The source will be accessible to the dog (
but may require the handler’s help to get close to the hide in some cases).
A note about height: The height parameter is a general guideline provided for training purposes. No trial location will ever be the same. If a kitchen counter were 3 inches taller than the specified guideline, it would still be used for a hide location
as long as the dog would be able to gain access to it with the handler’s help.