Tuesday, July 27, 2010

Cargo/Luggage

The first part of the training problem was cargo. No real problems here. Rogue had a some trouble finding one of the aids because of the wind. He knew it was in the area but he couldn't pinpoint it. When he responded he was about 20 feet from source. He was down wind of it but the odor was pooling up against a group of pallets. Little did I know that the aid was in the next group of pallets. He did good even though he wasn't on source. The next part of the problem was luggage. I hate searching luggage because it is Rogue's weak area. He found all three but didn't want to sit on any of them. After we searched all the bags we did it again (from a different statrting point) and this time he was assisted on the first two but by the third one he sat on his own. I think his light bulb came on and he relized what he should be doing. I will try luggage again next week and see if he remembers what to do. After we finished the problem I found that the aids we were using weren't ours. We were using aids from a local department. Some people says a dog will have trouble finding an aid he has never used before because is smells a little different than the aids he is use to. This wasn't the case here. Rogue had his normal problems but he had a great COB on all of the aids so I'm sure he will find anything that he should.

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