Yesterday we took Riley to a short class on “scent training” or something like that.

It involved me rubbing a mixture of smelly treats on my shoes, shuffling across the grass to create a trail and periodically dropping treats, and then my wife following him on his loose leash while he followed the trail to the end, at which point he celebrated with her.

By the end of the hour Riley was really getting it, and it was super cute and heartwarming to see my wife and our dog celebrating is success!