[meteorite-list] Casa Grande meteorite-training Brix on the scent. Brix's Pup for sale

[wahlperry at aol.com]

Hi All,

I had a chance to test Brix with the new meteorite recovery. I was 
always curious about the scent that Brix was detecting and how old of a 
meteorite he could detect. I had picked up a couple of suspected 
meteorites but at closer inspection they turned out to be meteor 
wrongs. The meteor wrongs are around 50 - 60g size. I decided to try 
and trick Brix by putting both meteor wrongs and meteorite in the 
training area. What a great chance to see if Brix could detect a 
meteorite that has been lying on the ground for roughly 14 1/2 years. 
The meteorites that I have used for his training  are  50 - 60g Buzzard 
Coulee's.I have an area that I use to train Brix with 12 cement blocks 
in a large circle. A meteorite is placed under a block in the center 
out of sight. Brix has to detect the meteorite by scent. At different 
training times I just toss a couple meteorites into a field with Brix 
out of line of  sight and then release him in the general area. With 
the new Casa Grande meteorite I placed one under a brick and down 5 
blocks a meteor wrong to see what he would do. Brix went to the blocks 
and started working when he came to the meteor wrong, he slowed down 
and did a double take and then moved to the block with the meteorite. 
Before the training I move all the blocks and touch everything in the 
training area except for the meteorites so my scent is on the blocks . 
Brix downed on the block were the meteorite was hiding. I repeated this 
training twice and he was able to locate the 18g meteorite both times. 
This is a good sign that some of the training is sticking with him.

I am breeding Brix in a with a police department canine. She is a 
Belgian Malinois narcotics dog. One of the pups will go back to that 
department. I will get pick of the litter. I am not planning on keeping 
the pup as Brix is already a full time job. If anyone has an interest 
in a pup contact me off list. Price is $1200. There is no guarantee 
that the breeding will take but if it does then there will be one 
available. Four pups are already spoken for. Brix is registered AKC and 
UKC.

Thanks,
Sonny






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