I'm wanting to to put Maze into a tracking class to put that nose to work. but it seems she has a built in ability to track. Now I've never done any formal training with the command "Find It" but it seems she understands better then I give her credit for...
I took Maze with me when I went back to the store to return something and on the way home Maze planted her butt on the ground and started sniffing the air and whining. I asked her what was wrong and she whined again and looked in the opposite direction then the way we were going. So I decided to humor her and told her to lead the way. Well H*ll you'd swear I just fired a gun! She took off like a shot, nose to the ground and pulling me behind her. I asked her if she found Crombie's scent and she whined and started pulling harder. I switched the leash from the Halti to her collar and told her to Find It. After about half an hour she lost the scent but found it again just as fast. We ended up in a new development near the local highschool where they're putting up condo's and doing some blasting. I'm hoping Crombie isn't up there. I finally was able to get Maze home when she lost the scent a second time and I promised her we'd come back tomorrow with her harness and 50ft rope and when I'm better dressed for tracking.
It seems that me wanting to do tracking with her isn't so far-fetched but if she can find Crombie then I'll be buying her a steak for dinner the night she finds him.