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BubbaLeroy

Thanks, Mikey for all your awesome input and links! I tried out the ball and muffin tin mind game with Bogie. First I dropped a treat in one section of the tin. Gone in a flash. Then I dropped the treat in and placed the ball on top. He sniffed, nosed it, pawed it once then picked up the ball, spit it out and ate the treat. It took about a minute for him to figure out he had to pick up the ball to get to the treat. Who's says Bassets aren't smart!!!
I added more treats and balls. He was like a machine, picking up the balls, spitting them out to get to the treats. Next I'll start deleating treats under the balls and get Bogie to work that nose of his.

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Aroooooos from Bogie !! - Trumbull's Who's Teasin Bogart CGC- Born April 21, 2005
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Mikey T

When compared to many of the so called easy to train breeds when given a task in which they must think and act independantly they excel. Many of the easier to train breeds have a bit of learned helplessness they will look to the human to help them solve the problem,

This is not necessary and indication of which breed is smarter, but that of personality and the strengths in weakness in how a particular breed/individual learns. It is a matter of optimizing the teaching method to the dogs style.

FWIW have not used that one with my dogs, I believe their technique for removing the treats would be quite different, that is they would flip over the muffin tin. Get to all the treats faster that way.