suzjennifer62Jan 151 minOur book cover is in the running...They say not to judge a book by its cover but I need you to do just that. If you liked the cover of my book, A Little Dog's Adventures in...
suzjennifer62May 16, 20216 minContainers are the bedrock....Nosework and containers. Love them or hate them, container searches are the bedrock upon which is built everything pertaining to this...
suzjennifer62Jan 4, 20215 min"Every experience, .....""Every experience, no matter how bad it seems, holds within it a blessing of some kind. The goal is to find it." Buddha Advertised to be...
suzjennifer62Nov 4, 20206 minYou can live in the margins and still have your persuasion reach the heart of the matter. Trey GowdySometimes the odor wins. True. Also true is that in nose work we must always be willing to adjust.
suzjennifer62Sep 8, 20207 minto children and to dogs each day begins fresh with unlimited possibilities Children and dogs are as necessary to the welfare of the country as Wall Street and the railroads. Harry S. Truman In writing this blog,...
suzjennifer62Aug 17, 20207 min"When I had to go, you know, I went" Tom Hanks-Forrest GumpI have seen this before in training, a search area known for containing enticing pee smells. This blog is not meant to be a training session
suzjennifer62Aug 14, 20204 minDon't BlinkTawny brought comfort to me during the reign of terror when the evil I denied existed during the day persecuted me at night.
suzjennifer62Jul 30, 20205 minTil the End of TimeThe first time I saw this big old, leggy Lab-mix walking with his person coming towards me, I was walking my two favorite Dachshunds, Em...
suzjennifer62Jul 1, 20205 minPeaks and Valleys of NoseWorkLast weekend Winnie and I did our first trial since "lockdown" and it was a heavily deliberated upon commitment to attend this trial in...
suzjennifer62May 26, 20203 minSuspended in TimeI was mistaken on which beam I had placed odor by two beams and was waiting for her to get closer but even that is no excuse.....
suzjennifer62Mar 25, 20204 minIn Dog We TrustWe have evolved our searching in a positive direction after I vowed to leave odor behind rather than false alert.
suzjennifer62Mar 18, 20203 minNose Work! It's what we do.As we find ourselves sequestered to our homes, cut off from work, friends, society, this social distancing can lead to boredom but those...
suzjennifer62Feb 10, 20205 minContainers, Colorado styleMention Containers to a nose work group and you will hear a collective symphony of grumblings and sighs and groans from the participants.
suzjennifer62Jan 19, 20203 minRecovery Box for the HandlerWhen the searching began, Winnie did her part but I was incredibly distracted.
suzjennifer62Dec 31, 20194 minThere is no recipe for success-it is as unique as you are. --Natalie MassenetThe dog's nose should write the agenda, our only job as handler is to get outta the way.
suzjennifer62Dec 20, 20195 minPressure is a sign of having something to loseLet pressure pass over and through you. That way you can't be harmed by it. BRIAN HERBERT
suzjennifer62Dec 2, 20194 minDog in Pink Never in my life has my ignorance been more exposed then with nose work, nor have I been so unconditionally forgiven for it by my dog.
suzjennifer62Nov 2, 20196 minFear is the brain's reminder to pay attentionI followed the GPS in blind faith never thinking we might end up on a tiny, gravel forest road 180miles from nowhere
suzjennifer62Oct 22, 20197 minThe Trial of Schrödinger's Dog It was a classic paradox, a thought experiment like Schrödinger's Cat where not knowing the results means we were neither right nor wrong.
suzjennifer62Sep 29, 20193 minFrom I to We to INot sure why but for many, including me, the pain of loss of loved ones just hurts more at this time of year, and I find myself tearing up..