09/08/2025
Susie and I attended a scent workshop over the weekend and I learned the coolest thing!
Susie has always been very good at scent games. With my limited scent work knowledge, I’ve always been super impressed at how fast she caught on.
During the break, I was chatting with the instructors and mentioned who her breeder was, to which they said “you know your dog has already been imprinted to wintergreen?”.
So after the workshop, I messaged her breeder. Sure enough, she told me as soon as her puppies are started on food, she pairs the odour wintergreen (the first odour in competition) with their meals. It becomes engrained that wintergreen = supper time.
Susie can basically sniff wintergreen out of anywhere. Here I thought she was just really smart 🤣
Moral of the story, dogs don’t forget. They remember everything, whether it’s good or bad.
Here you have one of the many differences between a good breeder and a back yard breeder.
ALSO, Susie has a major food obsession and she was focused enough on fining the odour that she completely bypassed the first bin with hotdogs and freeze dried liver! 🤩
