Thanks everyone. I'm so proud of him and how well he's doing. He tries so hard for me and it's lovely that all our hard work is bearing fruit.
Today we went on our Scent 6 workshop. It's the test day after doing the Scent 1-5 workshops and is assessed by the lady who set up our scentwork organisation. Through the rally I've learned to just go with the flow, make sure that Rogue's having a good positive experience and work on maintaining what we've worked together on rather than aiming to 'be the best' (it all goes horribly wrong when I start getting competitive
- Rogue's taught me what others didn't manage LOL). I'm not allowed to say much about the Scent 6 process, but he searched with confidence and with his tail up. He settled well outside the hall between searches.
We passed!
IMG_0373 by
Vectis Hamstery, on Flickr
I'm now a TDS Accredited Handler - and Rogue's a tired woof
IMG_0375 by
Vectis Hamstery, on Flickr
(p.s. he put that megazorb on the mat himself and it's resisted washing and shaking to get it out!)