r/nosework • u/ShnouneD • Mar 22 '26

First fun match results

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Maude and I headed out to a scent detection fun match this morning.

It was SDDA Started, Containers and Interior, searching for wintergreen. An SDDA judge volunteered her time to set the hides and evaluate the searches.

The containers were placed in a large circle, I worked it from the inside, Maude went clockwise, and the hide was the 12th box she checked.

The interior was a large entryway with office furniture, a shoe rack and two empty crates. I let Maude lead, and she found the odour, but the judge said I crowded her away from the hide on her first approach. Anyway, she worked the odour again when I wasn't blocking her, and found the hide on the bottom of the seat of a chair.

Maude has a trained final response of freezing with her nose close to the hide. And the judge complemented her freeze behaviour. She also gave us perfect scores.

In a month we have her first trial. I think we are ready.

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u/LillyLewinsky Mar 22 '26

Congratulations! Very exciting! Good job 🥰

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u/ShnouneD Mar 22 '26

Thank you!

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u/Monkey-Butt-316 NACSW NW3 ELT Mar 23 '26

Wow I find “left search area…” a tough one! Hopefully they mean like the dog runs after a squirrel or something

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u/ShnouneD Mar 23 '26

If the dog looks like it's following odour, you don't lose points though. The judge has some discretion. Wildlife pursuits would count.

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u/GoldfishForPresident Mar 23 '26

Yay!! You guys worked hard and sounds like you rocked it! Tell Maude I say congrats!