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Backyard noseworks!

They both found this one faster than I expected. It’s not a hiding angle I’ve done before

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Last night's scent training.

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A post shared by ⚠️ Scared Dog Learning! ⚠️ (@thymeforthistle) on Feb 4, 2019 at 2:41am PST

Thyme went first because he is more experienced. Thistle watched because rivalry/mimicry. Then Thyme got put in another room so he wouldn't get upset at seeing Thistle work. Hit the arrow on the right of the video for Thistle’s video.

For the next week, this is how both dogs are going to learn*:

Intro Goal: Dog is choosing between two options - the food hand or the scent hand

Calculate the amount of treats you will need for about 20 - 30 repetitions.

Both hands at dog head level - 20 to 40cm apart

One hand has target scent. Other hand has treats.

Wait. Don't jiggle the target scent although you can stare at it. Wait wait wait. Dog will investigate treat hand. JUST KEEP WAITING. Don't give any verbal commands**

When dog check's out the scent - mark verbally and give the treat AT THE SOURCE.

"Reward at Source" - takes practice, feed dog under the scent so nose is on the scent

If dog's head moves away from source, move treat hand back to waiting position.

If dog's head stays at the scent, reward a few more seconds then put hand back in waiting position.

If you run out of treats in hand, raise the scent out of reach so you don't miss reward opportunities

When you're nearing the end of the 20-30 rewards - end on a big bunch of treats at the source like a whole handful or something

Then stand up with scent out of reach. Pack scent away. Go do something else or fun and let dog think it over.

You can do it again in like 10 minutes or 10 hours or the next day it's up to you, just keep it quick and easy and always end on a happy note for your dog at this stage.

It's not a race - work at the pace for you and your dog.

Goals for this week:

Dog recognises that interest in the scent hand leads to a reward.

Dog recognises that interest in food hand does NOT lead to a reward

(don't worry about indications at this stage)

Test to see if dog is ready for next stage:

If your dog goes straight to the scent hand, without offering additional behaviours, you are ready to proceed.

This is the fifth lesson each for the dogs, still on the basics of week 1:

Dog recognises that interest in the scent hand leads to a reward.

Dog recognises that interest in food hand does NOT lead to a reward

I have been working on extending the duration of holding their nose to the scent for about 3-4 seconds. Only difference is that today I placed the scent on the ground.

I wasn’t going to share these video’s - Thyme’s is nothing special. He struggles with staying with the scent because he is impatient, not because he doesn’t understand the criteria. That has been a running theme with him the past few months in everything, he has become so very impatient. Practice and maturity will ‘fix’ that.

But I am sharing it because in this lesson, Thistle copied Thyme. Thistle has never dropped on a scent before!. She is a stand and point-with-nose dog. Thistle doesn’t even like to drop for obedience, I think she finds it an awkward position. But tonight, with the scent on the ground, she got to see Thyme’s full indication and when it was her turn she imitated him.

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(Thyme’s video first then hit little right arrow for Thistle’s video)

I am so delighted at this new offered behaviour. I am a little dismayed my video recording cut out the few drops that were more like bows because I am, if not anything, weak for adorable indications.

The benefits of mimicry...and the enthusiasm that comes from rivalry (the background noise on Thyme’s video is Thistle crying for her go. Noseworks is not something she has historically had enthusiasm for, she simply humoured me. Now I think a bit of passion is coming into it)

#dogs #dog training #canine education #real dog training #science research #detection dogs #research dogs #science dogs #noseworks #scent dogs #scent detection #bitchelor dogree in snifforensics #conservation detection research dog #detection research dogs #i am just so damn proud of her #that was adorable and perfect and she's so fucking smart #and also i've realised she has never seen thyme do a drop indication before?#like usually when it gets to searching and thus indications i dont have other dogs in the room to avoid them upsetting each other #and thyme was solo working last year even the assessment i brought thistle to #she wouldnt have been able to see him working #damn dogs are amazing #i love imitation mimicry rival learning #but never before has it been so clear in them!#thats a whole new behaviour for thistle #thistle who doesn't even like dropping and is the slowest drop in the world and much prefers a sit

1.5 weeks have passed since starting the new detection research project.

A re-cap of the intro goals:

Dog recognises that interest in the scent hand leads to a reward.

Dog recognises that interest in food hand does NOT lead to a reward

My dog’s have got this pretty much down. If anyone is following along with their dog animals - if they don’t quite understand this concept yet, then keep on at this stage. I use a marker word. You may prefer to bring in a clicker. Or work in silence. It’s not a race.

For those who’s animals seem to be understanding, on to goal two! The most important thing after the dog’s obedience to odour - indication and searching!

Indications are important, they’re how the dog tell’s you they found the scent. You want it to be something you can clearly notice.

Thyme is a drop with his head resting on the scent. I am hoping to expand that into a drop-and-bark.

Thistle currently just freezes - not very good indicator. I am also angling for a drop since she’s copying Thyme on that.

Steps for the next week:

Scent container on ground -start at your feet

Ask animal to search (use the word once and wait)

Reward at the source/scent

Then after 3-4 rewards at it, move it 30cm and repeat the routine.

Can start building in duration if you want. I am up to 4 seconds with Thyme and 1-2 seconds with Thistle

Watch as they’re touching the scent article for other behaviour you could shape into an indication. Having it down low encourages a drop. Having it on a chair you’re not on encourages a sit. Your dog might offer some well known tricks (Thistle tries out spinning, barking and scratching in her video). Reward the one you prefer at the scent.

(Noting if you want to do comp, don’t go for scratching. Nobody wants your dog scratching their car in the vehicle searches)

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Signs you’re ready to progress:

When you place your tin on the ground in sight, the dog goes to that over the food you have

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Some scent work for our poor drug addled bed rest mutt 🐺

Thyme find!

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Side effects of so much detection indication reinforcement- Thyme indicates on the bully stick in hope he gets it

#dog training #scent dogs #scent detection #conservation research dogs #noseworks #canine education #real dog training #i can't fault his logic #and especially after tracking yesterday where he was rewarded for indicating on an article #can't fault him for deciding to experiment to see what else he can do indicating #sorry mate it purely relates to scent and tracking #BUT #how about we do a loop of the store a couple of times #and when we go past the bully sticks #i grab you one while you're not indicating on it

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uomdogs Thyme was full of energy during his assessment and completed twelve consecutive runs, showing us that he can successfully detect the frozen odour while initially trained on the dried odour. Lots of stamina and lightning footwork from this young boy! ⚡️ #goodboy#springerspaniel #pupper

This is recorded in real-time, for when I tell him to start searching and when he finds the scent.

There’s no mistaking when Thyme finds the scent :) very important to try and make the indication super noticeable.

One of the other dogs indicates by bowing. One scratches the container. A few others drop. My other dog, who is not a suitable test subject, indicates by freezing in a stand - this makes it hard to tell when she has found a scent versus sniffing intently.

Other indications I’ve seen that pop up include barking, sitting and in the sports world a border collie who will reverse backwards to do a rear end target! Indications can take many shapes, but when shaping remember how obvious you want it to be, do you want your dog scratching (car search volunteers might not like this), freezing in place (hard to spot from handler perspective).

Thyme drops because I think it’s cute when his ears and feet frame the target, and also because it is obvious. But, mostly it is cute.

#dog training #dogs #science #research #conservation #plants #conservation research dogs #detector dogs #scent detection #english springer spaniel #scent dogs #thyme #canine education #real dog training #videos #Assessment #This Assessment was if i recall #noseworks #bitchelor dogree of snifforensics #indications #Will the dog be able to identify and indicate on a similar odour to the one it was trained on #as when you kill the plant #different killing methods change the chemical makeup and hence the scent #so thyme was trained on dried scent #and this scent was frozen plant scent #obviously it worked #also fun fact when it was hidden in the 5th container and he found it in 5.55 seconds that was amazing #5 in 5.55 #this was single search with multiple distractors aka non target plants #however if scent is above head height they are to freeze with nose to target