MR Forum Do Something New/Expand Your World/Do Some Good Challenge

[pRICE cUBE]

For 2017, attempt to expand your world with something you have not before and followup with us when the Do Something Challenge followup posts that will be posted quarterly.

I plan to do more car fixing/maintenance to completion and have bought many new tools to accomplish this task.

What's your new thing?

[space-time]

Improve my cooking skills, especially "indoor" (I do OK with the grill outside, but I can't grill in bad weather).

Work out. it's been a few years since I went to a gym and I need to get back in shape.

[archipirata]

Grandkids smashed my iPad yesterday and I let them live. That should count for something.

[Pam]

Get my dog operational in live find and then start training human remains. We have one state test left to take in live find. We'll be spending the next month or so tightening up the sequence after she finds the subject and fine tuning my map and compass navigation. The last test is 160 acres with multiple subjects that has to be completed in 6 hours. The pressure is on!

[Numo]

Pam wrote:
Get my dog operational in live find and then start training human remains. We have one state test left to take in live find. We'll be spending the next month or so tightening up the sequence after she finds the subject and fine tuning my map and compass navigation. The last test is 160 acres with multiple subjects that has to be completed in 6 hours. The pressure is on!

Not to be indelicate, but how does one train human remains?

[DinerDave]

space-time wrote:
Improve my cooking skills, especially "indoor" (I do OK with the grill outside, but I can't grill in bad weather).

Work out. it's been a few years since I went to a gym and I need to get back in shape.

Must be my long lost brother from another mother.
This is exactly what I want/need to do.

Dave

[Pam]

Ammo wrote:
[quote=Pam]
Get my dog operational in live find and then start training human remains. We have one state test left to take in live find. We'll be spending the next month or so tightening up the sequence after she finds the subject and fine tuning my map and compass navigation. The last test is 160 acres with multiple subjects that has to be completed in 6 hours. The pressure is on!

Not to be indelicate, but how does one train human remains?
It's not indelicate, maybe a bit icky. But if a loved one is missing you want them found and brought home. Or if a crime has been committed you want to find all of the relevant evidence. We use bloody rags, teeth, bones, cremains, body parts... Mostly small sources but we can combine them at times to create more of a full body scent picture. We imprint the scent by praise and rewards when the dog brings it's nose close to the source. We also have to throw in things like animal remains to make certain the dogs do not false indicate on nonhuman remains. In time the dogs work wilderness, buried, elevated, and buildings.