Super interesting dog training moment that I have no one to share with irl so here we are (unless I email my trainer but that feels odd cx)
But, Willow and I have been working her indication (down) at distance on my scent (ft a pair of my gloves). She's pretty instant with her down in general so we've been working further and further away. She had a really hard time today - she was going past them, sniffing but not indicating, giving half confused sits and yelling at me. So I thought maybe the distance was too much, we'll do one or two more and take a break. Upon our break, I realized I was not using my black gloves, but my brother's black gloves - identical in appearance but different enough in scent to confuse the heck outta poor Willow.
Switched back to mine and we were back at it, she of course was perfect now that I was giving her the right scent. I found it fascinating however, as it made it so clear to that her indication is in fact scent based, not glove based!













