“I can’t find it” said Gareth after a couple of minutes of looking.
Gareth and I are working hard on sorting out the videos we need for our new online courses at the moment.
With the owner’s permission, we video all the dogs we see on our 1-2-1 visits so we now have a huge video store. Gareth has several large hard drives full (it’s not safe to let me have them – he keeps technology firmly away from me, sensibly) and we are gradually working through them to catalogue what we’ve got and pick out bits to use in our online courses.
It needs a lot of computer power to process these videos, so Gareth has to plug his computer in or the battery would run out far too quickly. We usually settle ourselves in my living area, near the stove, and he needs an extension lead to plug the computer into.
So he went looking for the extension lead we had carefully put away in my study after the last session. But he couldn’t find it.
“It’s behind the desk, on top of the boxes,” I called out. But he still couldn’t find it.
I sighed and went in myself, very used to finding “lost” things for Himself exactly where I’d said they’d be.
I went into the study, behind the desk, lifted the front flap of the folder lying on top of the boxes – and there it was, exactly where I’d said.
I’ve develop a new word – “find-inability” — to describe how the male of our species seem incapable of finding something, even when told exactly where said thing lives, because they can’t or won’t move anything else, even slightly, to look properly. In this case, lifting a folder front.
Do you suffer from find-inability in yourself or a partner?
Luckily our dogs are excellent at finding things, which is why teaching and playing nosework games is our favourite doggy activity.
Using their noses is natural, fun and tiring for dogs as it requires them to do mental work, which is far more tiring than physical activity such as chasing balls.
I’ve put various suggestions for fun nose work games (mind stimulation games) as a free download on our Free Stuff page. (There’s lots more free stuff there too!). And we have a blast at our nosework sessions every month, which are free with Devotee membership.
Have a browse on the freebies page – and check out our Devotee membership – for people who want the best fun with their dogs. (It’s our wonderful Devotees who are currently testing out our online courses, too, as well as receiving loads of other benefits.)
Keep training,
Carol