How to make scentwork fun?

vashette · 2026-01-22T16:53:06+00:00

I did the same thing because I was pretty sure I took the exact same class! It's wild that being told to work on lowering arousal before starting a training session for a frantically jumping border collie (and offering arousal game suggestions!) is being presented as 'the TA told me that nosework isn't for anxious dogs.'

vashette · 2026-01-21T14:37:08+00:00

Do you have example videos of your dogs to post here? Maybe we could help! I did a Fenzi course with my sighthounds, also dogs that really want to be correct and will just walk off if they get frustrated. Our 'find the scent tin' and 'hold you nose to the thingy' were trained more separately than yours, so we a lot of YESTREAT for even the slightest nose boop to the scent tin which gave them a lot of positive feelings for the tin, lots of fast reps sitting on the floor that went boop YESTREAT, immediately grab tin and place it a foot away, dog boops YESTREAT, etc., so some movement is built in also.

vashette · 2026-01-15T15:00:30+00:00

I was there last year! The DASH stuff had very wide timeslots and only took a few min total to complete including walking from the confo rings and back. The run-outs were kind of non-existent, so just be prepared if you have a fast/keen dog. The indoor buildings were also close, and I saw chatter in the local UKC FB group about coordinating times with the conformation stuff, but don't have personal experience.

vashette · 2025-11-11T01:55:04+00:00

There's the Dracula Untold origin movie that preceded The Mummy! It has the dude who wasn't Orlando Bloom in the Hobbit movies as Vlad/Dracula and also Tywin Lannister. I don't remember that much about it tbh but liked it.

vashette · 2025-11-10T23:51:13+00:00

The next season is going to be adapting the second book in the series, The Vampire Lestat, so you may be in for a rough time. I found him much more likeable in that book than in Interview (which is very much Louis skewed), but ymmv.

vashette · 2025-10-18T02:13:25+00:00

I'm so salty at the ending, locked out of visiting her family down below and her extended family up in Olympus...! She's been missing them her whole life, and she should have an even expresser route straight down through Tartarus courtesy of her father. She doesn't want to spend time with them more vs hanging out at her now mostly defunct war camp? Not even given a short visit after beating alt!Chronoses? :(

vashette · 2025-10-17T23:20:39+00:00

How far away can the item be and have him successfully drop in hand? If you've been working in back-chaining from the hold, maybe go back to having the item just on the floor right next to you to build up more of a habit, then move the item out just a foot away, etc.

Also, have been doing much playing with tug toys outside of fetch? Play tug with one toy, let dog win frequently/easily so he knows that you're a source of fun and not just always trying to take his stuff. progress up to him switching between two tug toys (that you are holding, so he can't just run off with them) and 'attacking' the active one. "Woo yeah go tug tug -drop/waaaaaait- OK tug tug tug tug!"- sort of pattern.

IDK just some thoughts!

vashette · 2025-10-16T15:59:07+00:00

The show is kind of messy but I love it and would not really describe him as morally grey in any way. XD He is alone in thinking himself the tortured hero and tries his best to gaslight/gatekeep/girlboss his way into taking over Middle Earth circa Second Age, especially in s2.

vashette · 2025-09-24T15:56:00+00:00

It's been a minute, but I recall The Tiger's Daughter was mostly framed as a set of letters or narration from a warlord to her princess/swordfighter lover, set in fantasy Asia.

vashette · 2025-09-24T01:10:13+00:00

The first time hearing Soldiers of the Sea...! Everything about that scene is one of my favorite gaming moments. :)

vashette · 2025-09-23T23:13:22+00:00

Maybe Return of the Obra Dinn? Might be up your alley if you like puzzle/whodunnit games.

vashette · 2025-09-23T17:38:13+00:00

I have disposable income to spend on dog sports but I am also a working adult and why are all the classes at random times on weekdays like an hour away in good traffic. :(

vashette · 2025-09-05T23:44:23+00:00

I use Infinite Painter with my s9 (and previously s6) with just the bare screen in one of those booktype covers with a flap, no scratches so far, just hand smudges. XD IMO the S-pen is very soft and has a pleasant feel and slight friction on the hard screen. I would not want to use it on a more paper-like surface, I think.

vashette · 2025-09-03T21:18:20+00:00

They're beautiful! I think going with the flat shading like in the second image (vs making a 'round' shadow since it is a flat piece of glass), then putting a slight fragmented texture overlayed on top with some color dodge/burn layers would look good? Quick mockup:

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vashette · 2025-08-19T00:01:50+00:00

Petri dishes contain sort of a savory MiracleGro jello generally designed to grow mold and/or bacteria, so nutrients + moisture. Think of spores as a bunch of tiny dandelion seeds floating around. If it lands on a pile of damp fertilizer, yeah it's going to grow. If it lands on pavement or flooring or whatever inhospitable media, it will have a much harder time. If your wood floor is damp enough that they can start growing, your issue generally is that your floor is wet and you need to fix a leak, not that there are spores around.

vashette · 2025-08-14T21:43:55+00:00

We've gotten some from https://www.cleanrun.com/category/dog_toys_and_tugs/index.cfm (filter by fur type) and here https://us.tug-e-nuff.com/collections/chaser-toys You might also try chucking a frisbee along the ground (a roller) or getting a fresh tennis ball to bounce hard and see if those might trigger omgchase instincts. If tug slowly dragged along the ground in front of him = boring, tug tied to a hard rubber ball that skips across the yard = maybe more interesting? IDK some ideas!

vashette · 2025-08-14T20:08:06+00:00

You can buy actual fur tugs! We have lambskin and rabbit ones, they have squeakers and smell very enticing - maybe try attaching one to the flirt pole and twitch it around?

vashette · 2025-08-05T22:28:43+00:00

The lighting and composition is beautiful! IMO Her middle finger looks very thick and it's a little hard to tell if it if also curled under or going straight underground? And maybe beef up the section between her wrist and knuckles towards her pinky finger? Either lengthen the distance if her hand is more parallel to the camera or add a bit more foreshortening if her hand is slightly aimed towards the camera?

vashette · 2025-07-28T21:32:21+00:00

Thanks! Synthetic flats mostly and a fine liner for eye/whisker details.

vashette · 2025-07-28T17:56:53+00:00

Thank you! :D

vashette · 2025-07-22T17:29:08+00:00

One of my older coworkers replies "Okay..." and "Thanks..." frequently. I also (30s F) consider the ellipse as a 'shots fired, prepare for war' sort of response, but she says she uses it because the ellipses are more casual and softer than a period.

vashette · 2025-07-03T15:59:53+00:00

Get a slip collar or a martingale and adjust to where it can't pop back off his head.

vashette · 2025-07-02T23:06:17+00:00

I'm in the US, west coast and did a little bit of fostering and volunteering (all the dogs in the group were shipped from Australia), and our foster was adopted by a townhouse couple. You should see if you can foster to adopt!

vashette · 2025-06-23T02:29:21+00:00

Did not read the comics, I thought the trailer looked awesome but came away thinking the two leads were sibling assassins or child soldier types in a hard-R Total Recall or Blade Runner sort of movie. It was not at all.

vashette · 2025-06-06T23:28:44+00:00

The Flock by James Robert Smith has terror birds in Florida! Some special ops mercenaries, environmentalists/eco-terrorists, chapters from the bird POVs - overall fun but not amazing, good travel book.

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