Here I am with the second video about the scent work training of Nelson. I am thrilled that we are progressing quite well with it.
With this kind of scent work eventually we will be able to search for stuff hidden in baggage. I don't plan to actually work in this field, it is a hobby for us to do something which can tire down Nelson quite well. There is also mantrailing, which is about finding missing persons. Later we might try that one too.
For the first task, we always start with something easy. Just like in other trainings, warmup is important.
The second task is only a little bit harder. It is important to increase the difficulty slowly, and only when the previous task is executed perfectly. Furthermore, during the week, we each task is repeated multiple time to reinforce the learning process. As you can see, Nelson hesitates to lay down (which is our desired sign when he finds the scent), but I waited until he realized he will not get the treat by staring at me. Dogs always try to find some loophole to get the treats faster, so we need to be very consistent.
During the third task I had to make Nelson wait in the other room, so he couldn't see where I put the scent. He realized he can sight too, not just the nose.
Thank you for watching.
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Ahh, I needed these videos like 12 years ago when our dog was a pup. She was definitely a tough one to crack and she still kind of does her own thing to this day. We took her to a professional trainer one time and they basically gave up. They said they couldn't help her. She said our dog wasn't motivated by food which made it kind of difficult I guess. Nice job here!
Without food motivation training can get difficult for sure. But they can be motivated with toys too, sometimes its even better. If neither works, you must have a very low energy dog (Nelson is not one of them) or there is something else in the background. Trainers can help, but there is only a few real expert among them in dog behavioral problems.
She is a high energy dog, but she was a rescue dog, so we aren't really sure what kind of trauma she had before she made her way to us. We just love her and have tried to give her the best home we can over the past 12 years.
Cool! I've always wondered, how do dogs do that?)
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It is great watching your training. Please continue to share your training posts on ListNerds.
Thank you. I try to post about it at least once weekly.