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From the pee cone to the podium: Truffle’s Scent Work Exterior win
Two months ago, Truffle got excused from her very first Exterior search for peeing on a spot another dog had already marked. On September 19, at the Saccarappa Obedience Club’s AKC Scent Work trial in Westbrook, Maine, she won the Exterior class. Out of 18 dogs. In ten seconds. Exterior: ten seconds and a lesson…
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Peach takes Best of Breed and a Total Dog award at her third UKC show
Peach packed a lot into one Saturday. United Dog Sports of Northern New England held its annual fall show at Raitt Homestead Farm Museum in Eliot, Maine, and Peach spent the day bouncing between the coursing field and the conformation ring. By the end of it she had a Best of Breed win, her first…
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Truffle’s first AKC scentwork trial: a Novice A debut
Truffle and I recently attended our very first AKC scentwork trial, hosted by the North Shore Kennel Club at the Topsfield Fairgrounds on July 18 and 19. Spoiler: we came home with five Q ribbons, a handful of rookie mistakes, and a dog who is apparently a scentwork dog now. Let me back up. How…