BoomBoom Pronounces NW Title Drought Over
- Posted by Michael Cicchese
- on Nov, 02, 2016
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New Year’s Day 2012 in Hackettstown, N.J. was a historic day in Greyhound history. It was the day BoomBoom became the first Greyhound to earn a Nose Work title. Before the new year was over he would follow up that Nose Work 1 title with a Nose Work 2 title. As any handler who as […]
Read MoreWalking The Plank Over Elite Waters
- Posted by Michael Cicchese
- on Oct, 10, 2016
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Typically when arriving at a K9 Nose Work Trial site, you’re greeted by a volunteer who directs you were to park and points out where Registration is located. That all took place as I drove up to Camp Carpenter outside of Manchester, N.H. last weekend, except the volunteer added this direction; “At some point you’ll […]
Read MoreIf At First You Don’t Succeed, Increase the Degree of Difficulty
- Posted by Michael Cicchese
- on Jul, 17, 2016
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A week to the day after having fallen one hide sort of reaching a Nose Work 3 Elite title, Logan and I had gone a couple of hundred miles south to Flemington, N.J. I had considered not going given that the forecast was calling for even higher temperatures than what we struggled through the week […]
Read MoreClose But No Elite…This Time
- Posted by Michael Cicchese
- on Jul, 11, 2016
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It’s pretty common at the Nose Work 3 level for several months to go by between trials for a team. For Logan and I it had been nearly eight months since our last trial when we traveled out to Huntington, Mass. This was our third time completing at this site. A year ago we came […]
Read MoreA Separation of 30 Degrees
- Posted by Michael Cicchese
- on Jun, 01, 2016
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Our first NACSW-sanctioned trial is in the books. Over two days of Nose Work Level 3 competition five titles were earned. Two of the teams reached that magic number of three NW3 titles meaning they left with the coveted NW3 Elite title. We knew hosting a trial would be challenging, but we worked hard at […]
Read MoreSaying Goodbye To Our Personal Therapy Pet
- Posted by Michael Cicchese
- on Mar, 15, 2016
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Thirteen years ago if someone asked me if I was a dog person or a cat person, I would have answered “dog.” Now at the time I had neither in my life. I was single, living in an apartment and only a couples of years before moved from one end of the United States to the […]
Read More‘Enjoy Watching Your Dog Search’
- Posted by Michael Cicchese
- on Mar, 08, 2016
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I think one of the best public speakers I’ve heard in a long time is K9 Nose Work co-founder Amy Herot. There’s a certain presence she has, and her knowledge and insight on the dog/human relationship in this sport has even more value than what our dogs see in those special stinky treats we reward […]
Read MoreUnicorns, Gremlins and Trolls, Oh My
- Posted by Michael Cicchese
- on Mar, 01, 2016
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Having made it past the mid-point of winter, it’s that time when dreams of spring seem to be within reach of reality. So why not take a trip with Logan and see what the future looks like in the area of nose work. A K9 nose work Spring Training, if you will, minus the balmy […]
Read MoreHome Field Advantage
- Posted by Michael Cicchese
- on Nov, 28, 2015
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The high school I attended in Southern California had a dominate prep football program. And no more dominate when playing at our home field, known as “The Pit.” In a 20 year span, the school’s football program established a 95% winning percentage in games at “The Pit.” I’m 30-plus years and 3,000 miles away from […]
Read More‘The Hard Is What Makes It Great’
- Posted by Michael Cicchese
- on Oct, 28, 2015
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In the movie “A League of Their Own” there’s a scene where the manager of the baseball team says the following to his best player who is thinking of quitting due to how hard it is to play at the professional level. “It’s supposed to be hard. If it wasn’t hard, everyone would do it. […]
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