Scent Wheel: Day 4

We took a few days off because the Velcro pretending it was holding the bottles on the wheel was more trouble than it was worth. Ron made his contribution to the cause today by drilling 6 inch-and-a-quarter holes in the wheel for me to drop the bottles in - they are BRILLIANT! The bottles are held very firmly but won't be too hard to get out when I want to replace them.

The tea bag I'm using was used three times over 48 hours, then ignored for 3 days (I'm going to call that 6 days), and when we tried it with the new wheel configuration, Syn had NO trouble finding it. She was so eager she was almost climbing over the board, I had to tell her to slow down and go around.

Bear in mind that the time involved for a session of 10 reps includes not only the actual finding-the-bag time, but her getting her reward and then chasing another kibble 15 or 20 feet away to give me time to turn the wheel or move the bag on the wheel.

DOG:	Syn
DATE:	08.04/2012
SCENT TYPE:  (clothing/saliva/swab/other)	Earl Gray tea bag
ORIGIN:	Cupboard
DATE OF CAPTURE:
AGE WHEN USED:	6 days
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:	Pill bottle
# of CONTAINERS:	6
# of SCENT OPTIONS:	1 tea bag, 5 shredded paper
MODE of PRESENTATION: (hand/surface/wheel/other)	Scent wheel
SESSIONS:	1
Description
Reps:	10
% Success Rate:	100
Time:	1:57

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