Julia Completes Her AKC Scent Work Advanced Interior Title

Julia and I had a fun weekend attending the AKC Scent Work Trials hosted by the Obedience Club of Daytona in Daytona Beach, Florida. The weekend consisted of four nose work trials over two days.

We competed in Advanced Interiors, Advanced Buried and Excellent Containers. Over the two days of trials Julia completed her Advanced Interior Title. She was two for two in Advanced Interiors, two for two in Advanced Buried and two of four in Excellent Containers taking 4th place in one of the container searches.

Below is a video that a friend took of our first Advanced Buried run. Julia seemed to take her time in finding the hides but perhaps she was just being thorough.☺In the end she cleared the area before time expired and that’s what counts. I am super proud of my girl. I was quite surprised by the spectators reaction when I called finish. Such a fun sport.

Julia Earns Her USCSS Detection Dog Classic Novice Title

Fun weekend at our first United States Canine Scent Sports trial in Cocoa Beach, Florida hosted by the Canine Star Training Academy.

Over the weekend Julia achieved her Detection Dog Classic Novice Title and her Novice Exterior Element Title. DDN Classic Title results for Julia were - 1st place containers, 1st place exterior, 3rd place vehicles and 4th place interior.

Saturday didn't go as planned but we regrouped and worked it again on Sunday. No matter what venue, location or level, there's always something to learn.

Thanks to the hosting facility of Canine Star Training Academy, Judge Marilyn Hulme, Chief Search Designer Natalie Duberow, all the volunteers and other competitors. (Seemed like it was only raining in Cocoa Beach over the weekend huh?)

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Julia Earns Her NACSW NW3

Julia earned her first National Association of Canine Scent Work NW3 Title. Super proud of my girl. She worked so hard.

The trial was held at the North Fork Girl Scout Camp in Middleburg, Florida on Sunday, December 9, 2018, and hosted by the K-9 Obedience Club of Jacksonville.

There was a 100% chance of rain that day so I knew it was going to be a challenging trial. It rained the entire hour drive over from the hotel to the trial site and continued raining (pretty heavy at times) all morning until about noon. It was a muddy, mushy mess.

At check-in, the officials had made the decision that there would be no walk-through of any search element sites. They tried describing each element as best they could. There was also the decision made that each dog/handler team would drive to each search site by car. I've never heard of either such thing but knew the officials were doing the best they could given the situation and that everyone was in the same boat, literally.

The day consisted of containers and interiors in the morning, then exteriors and vehicles in the afternoon. Thanks to the K-9 Obedience Club of Jacksonville for hosting the event. You all did a terrific job.

• NW3 Trial:

• Location = Middleburg, Florida

• Score = 100

• Time = 10:24.12

• Faults = 0  

• 9th place overall

National Association of Canine Scent Work NW3 - Middleburg, Florida - Container Search

National Association of Canine Scent Work NW3 - Middleburg, Florida - Interior Room 1 Search

National Association of Canine Scent Work NW3 - Middleburg, Florida - Interior Room 2 Search

National Association of Canine Scent Work NW3 - Middleburg, Florida - Interior Room 3 Search

National Association of Canine Scent Work NW3 - Middleburg, Florida - Exterior Search

National Association of Canine Scent Work NW3 - Middleburg, Florida - Vehicle Search (View 1)

National Association of Canine Scent Work NW3 - Middleburg, Florida - Vehicle Search (View 2)

AKC Scent Work Trials - DeLand, Florida

Brilliant day today for Julia at the AKC Scent Work Trial(s) hosted by Central Florida Agility Club in DeLand, Florida. A big shout out to the host, judges, volunteers, and competitors. Such a fun time!

Julia titled in both Novice B Exterior and Novice B Buried. Her runs consisted of a 1st place (Buried Trial 1), two 2nd places (Buried Trial 2 & Exterior Trial 2), and a 3rd place (Exterior Trial 1). Top it all of with a High In Trial (Trial 2). Super proud of her!!!

Special thanks to Bad Azz Dogz for the photos!

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AKC Scent Work Trials - Daytona Beach, Florida

Julia competed at her second AKC Scent Work Trial(s) up in Daytona Beach, Florida this weekend. (The weekend consisted of 4 total trials. Julia was in 3 trials). The event was hosted by Obedience Club of Daytona. First, a huge thank you to the host, judges, volunteers, and other competitors. It was a truly fun event. Good job!

In the trials Julia competed in, she titled in Novice B Containers, Novice B Interior and received High In Trial for Novice B Trial 2 Saturday. She racked up two 3rd places in Novice B Containers, 1st and 3rd place for Novice B Interiors, and 2nd place buried in trial 2. After titling in Novice B Containers and Interiors, I moved her up to advanced and she placed 4th in Advanced Containers (No ribbon, we hit the road before results were official) and 5th in Advanced Interior.

She was 7 of 9 over the weekend. The only 2 misses were on the buried hides which are still quite new to us. In a nutshell, we had a blast. It's always great to spend some time with my girl. 

Below is a video of her advanced container run. Videos are such an important learning tool. Had I not got hung up on rewarding her for the first hide, we would have been about 6 seconds faster. Good job Julia!!!