I have been using small cotton pads to work with Kira recently. This way, they are identical in appearance, so nothing is a "better reward" for her to find. Above, she had just pulled out one that was hidding inside the folded sweater.
These first four pictures were scented(by David) for approx. 10 minutes, and hidden for about 1/2 hr. before I took her in. She has just found one that was under the grey towel. These are completely hidden, she cannot "see" them to find them.
She has just reached in behind the two cushions on the chair and is carefully pulling this article out.
Ducking into this shelf, she finds one back on a metal weigh scale. The next three pictures were from the previous day, my scent on them, hidden for about 20 mins.
The arrow is pointing to the article hidden under one of Tanks' pillows. She has just found it.
Kira is carefully pulling this one out of the corner of the door frame.
A tricky one here, it was completely inside the closed drawer, and exactly at this corner. Kira just loves this "game" that is preparing her for a future job.
I have been using small cotton pads to work with Kira recently. This way, they are identical in appearance, so nothing is a "better reward" for her to find. Above, she had just pulled out one that was hidding inside the folded sweater.
These first four pictures were scented(by David) for approx. 10 minutes, and hidden for about 1/2 hr. before I took her in. She has just found one that was under the grey towel. These are completely hidden, she cannot "see" them to find them.
She has just reached in behind the two cushions on the chair and is carefully pulling this article out.
Ducking into this shelf, she finds one back on a metal weigh scale. The next three pictures were from the previous day, my scent on them, hidden for about 20 mins.
The arrow is pointing to the article hidden under one of Tanks' pillows. She has just found it.
Kira is carefully pulling this one out of the corner of the door frame.
A tricky one here, it was completely inside the closed drawer, and exactly at this corner. Kira just loves this "game" that is preparing her for a future job.
