River and I participated in C-WAGS National Trial in Dayton on Sunday, April 30th held at Dayton Dog Training Club. The trial ran for 3 days covering obedience, games, rally and scent. I signed River up for all 8 scent searches (Levels 1, 2, 3 and 4 x2) on Sunday. If we're going clear to Dayton we're going big before going home. Level 1 searches went okay. River was really excited to be in a new place and she simply didn't care about sniffing boxes. She found the first scent with the worst alert ever and all I could do was take a good guess that she meant standing still for exactly 2 seconds was her alert. I know my dog, who gave a very crappy and subtle alert and I guessed correctly. The second level 1 we didn't qualify but that was my fault. I forgot you can't touch your dog unless putting on/taking off a leash. I touched her trying to get her attention so we were disqualified. Level 2 searches were moderately better. River at least got her nose down to some o...