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Barn Hunt Ribbon Board

Since River likes scent work, I decided we should try barn hunting. There's a bit more of a "hunt" feel to it, since she really has to search little hidey holes, dig through loose straw and of course climb over bales of straw.

We've completed 2 trials now and she seems to enjoy it. We've gotten a few qualifying ribbons, a third and first place ribbon, a High in Class and of course a title ribbon. And just like with the ribbons she's gotten for scent work, I decided to put together a Barn Hunt ribbon board.

My ribbon boards are simple foam core and this one happens be a gold color. And since I still have some paw print scrapbooking paper and paw print stickers from decorating the scent work board, I went ahead and used them. I found some beige colored ribbon with chocolate paw prints on it and of course I founds some little cat nip mice.

I used my Cameo Silhouette to cut out the letters for each level and decorated the corners with the paw prints ribbon. I scattered some of the paper paw prints around and glued 2 mice down as well. I just have the qualifying ribbons on the board. I've got some longer and bigger place ribbons (1st and 3rd) and a High in Class as well as the title ribbons. I plan on just putting the title ribbons along the bottom and another board for Place and High in Class ribbons. Otherwise this little board would be overwhelmed.





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