Thursday, August 16, 2012

New scent wheel: Day 1

I put together a 24" wooden wheel with tomato cans on snap-on lids yesterday. Tried it out for the first time today. It's been a few days since we last trained, and with the new wheel I wanted to make it simpler, but OTOH didn't feel that Syn would need to go back to the beginning. I'll be working with open cans since I don't have enough snap-on lids to cover them yet.

I brought out a fresh teabag. No problem at all. The next time around, I took out the can that held the fresh teabag and put the old dry bag in another can. We got 2 false positives right off the bat - I suspect that part of the problem was that the fresh bag was on the table nearby. *I* could smell it. Once she figured out it wasn't the fresh scent I was looking for, Syn had no trouble, though she had to check the scents carefully the next 3 rounds.

I'd say that for Syn, the change from pill bottles on a small wheel to tin cans on a larger wheel made no difference whatsoever. Maybe slowed her down by 10 seconds or so.

DOG:
Syn
DATE:
08.016/2012
SCENT TYPE:  (clothing/saliva/swab/other)
Earl Gray tea bag
ORIGIN:
Cupboard
DATE OF CAPTURE:

AGE WHEN USED:
Brand new
SAMPLE CONDITION: (frozen/refrigerated/room temp/other)
Room temp
SAMPLE STATE: (gauze/dental cotton/cloth/hydrated/other)
Dry tea bag
INTENSITY:  (# of holes)
Open
CONTAINER TYPE:
Tin cans
# of CONTAINERS:
6
# of SCENT OPTIONS:
1 tea bag
MODE of PRESENTATION: (hand/surface/wheel/other)
Scent wheel
SESSIONS:
1
2


Description
Brand new bag
Very old dry bag


Reps:
10
10


% Success Rate:
100
80


Time:
2:19
3:50


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