Heather Rae

Been a little while, but things with Tuesday are great. She's a wonderful dogs, excitement pees but that's about her only obnoxious trait. My question though.... Tues is about nine months old now, still a pup, but I'm not sure if that has something to do with it or if I'm overestimating a dog's abilities. My goal is to train her to search out rubber grenades that people frequently losing on our airsoft field, maybe this is lofty, lemme know, but its going fairly well, she's definitely got the concept of the game down. I am, however, concerned that she always searches in the same patterns and doesn't seem to depend or use her nose hardly at all. The toys are fairly strong scented, even I could find them by nose if I had to. I don't want her to only use sight as they toys sometimes get hidden by bushes, is there anyway to encourage her into using her nose or will she eventually figure out that its a faster method to getting a treat? She's been great though, always trying to herd our malamute when we're on free runs. -shakes head-