Peaches Passes her ORT 9/19/10

Yea! Peaches (Kaibab's Fuzzy Peach) passed her ORT (Odor Recognition Test) today. It is for K9 Nose Work competition and is similar to tracking in that you have to pass a certification test before you can trial.

She did it in 45 seconds, they have 3 minutes to do it in. You can see an example video of Peaches working below, and others farther down in the blog.

This is the first competition of any type for both Peaches and myself. I was so proud of how focused she was and that I was able to keep my butterflies under control and pay attention only to Peaches and trust her to "alert" on the target box. The closed target box contains a small aprox. 1" vented metal container with 1-2 scented cotton swabs.

Websites to see more info on the sport: http://www.k9nosework.com/home.html and www.nacsw.net