Around the Clock Scent Discrimination is Janice DeMello’s method for teaching scent discrimination. To order the DVD from Janice, see her website http://www.jandemellobordercollie.com/TRAINING_DVDs.html.

In early March 2012, I took a trip south for a few weeks, and got Sonic started on learning articles via ‘ATC’. I did something I’d never done before, which is to work articles every day for 30+ days in a row. At the end of that time, she was working a randomized pile with no food on the article. While the method is quite time-consuming when you first start, especially when you’ve never done it before, I love the foundation it provides.

Here are the videos I made along the way:

• Week 1 Day 2
• Week 3 Day 4
• Week 5 Day 2
• Sonic articles in randomized pile