As they walked home Indru couldn't help but glance at the small pup by his side, grinning at the swinging cherries and how the attention they drew from her caused her to wobble. He laughed occasionally, he couldn't help it, he felt happy and carefree, a day with a puppy was just what he had needed. She wandered of and Indru watched her curiously, wondering what she was up too, but it was soon revealed as he saw her little paws digging and her come back without the cherries. Watch you don't lose those, he smiled, remembering many a things lost where he wasn't able to find the location again as a puppy with an unexperienced nose.

She sniffed the air next, and Indru followed suit, lightly scenting the air with an experienced nose. He was pleased when she picked up a smell, though she wasn't sure what it was. Indru ducked down, keeping closer to Borlla's height, trying to encourage her to do the same by attempting to nudge her lightly with his shoulder. It's a rabbit. He told her, hoping that with rehearsal she would remember the smell and link it and the species of prey. Instinctively Indru crept forward, before stopping, having an idea. Here, drop down like me, low to the ground, see? The boy whispered, peering over his shoulder at her, now, follow it with your nose. Quietly. When you see it.. pounce. He smiled at her encouragingly, keen to have her experience her first attempted hunt. It was unlikely to be successful, but it was a great learning curve.

Pleased that she instantly prepared herself to hunt, instead of hesitating and showing fear, Indru found himself wondering whether she was more ready than he thought, and it just confirmed his plans to take her to a pack hunt with her siblings soon. He took point behind her, watching her movements with a critical eye, and was impressed with her despite her untrained skill, that could come later. She remembered to watch where she placed her paws, something which a lot of puppies often forgot to do, and he made a note to praise her later. Her movements were smooth but she'd have to practice removing the slight bob she had to them, the unnecessary movement was capable to drawing attention to her.

It wasn't long until the rabbit came into sight and Indru saw her hesistate for a movement, unsure, before she started moving again, but this time her haste and previous pause gave her away and just before she pounced he watched the rabbit dart away to live another day. At Borlla's face, peering down between her paws Indru couldn't help but chuckle, walking over to her and trying to nudge her. You missed, but don't worry, you learnt.. Maybe you won't next time. He smiled, trying to encourage her though he knew she would be annoyed, but the result was not really the important thing, the learning that she had done was the key factor. You did great, Borlla. Your movements were good, though you must practice trying to move sleeker, you bounce slightly, he smiled apologetically, hoping she knew he was trying to help. The thing that gave you away was your hesitation, but don't worry, with practice you will know what to do for next time.

Her eagerness was infectious and with a nod Indru agreed. The male watched her try to follow the rabbits scent, turning around in circle without any success. Her small growl of annoyance made him smile he stepped towards her to offer help. When they get scared, like it did, they jump really high to help push themselves away from danger. He explained, walking away from her a good few steps and allowing his more trained nose to guide him to the spot the rabbit had landed. Smell here. Moving his paw to just above it, not touching it so it wouldn't damage the scent, he indicated where it was and on closer inspection it was clear to make out small indent of its feet where it had landed with force.

The trick is to widen your smelling range, take in more smells at once and pinpoint the rabbit one that is further away. Reducing the range of smells you took in at one go was handy if you had found a trail and were following, but if you wanted to find something it required you take a lot in and sort through them. It's hard, but with practice you will find identifying them easier. Indru could distinguish smells much easier than Borlla, but he knew as she aged so would her technique refine, especially if she practised lots. Now see if you can track it.

At her whine he laughed quietly, nodding. Yes I'm afraid, little sister. It was not so long ago that Indru couldn't remember the difficulty of being overloaded by scents and having to learn to break them apart and decipher them into individual ones to find what you wanted. Many days under the encourage meant of his father as he found them more and more things to find and locate, it was hard, tiring work but Rihael had pushed them hard, knowing that if him and Ruiko wished to lead the pack they needed to be able to teach it to the pack's future later on. It will get easier, I promise. Though it could take a fair bit of time he knew, even Junai was still struggling over the difficulties of it. Just try to ignore the cherry after you have identified it, hone in on what you want. He suggested, finding it hard to think about now, so use to it being instinctual to him.

He grinned at her next words, her reassurance of herself a good tactic. You can, he whispered so not to break her concentration. As she paced forward Indru followed a few steps behind, stepping silently and as smooth as the tide, his nose allowing him to check she was still following the right trail. She paused at a bush and Indru scented the air again, the rabbit's smell was lingering, but it was not inside, something else was. Pleased that she had noticed the different smell he nodded to her, stepping forward and lowering himself down so he was next to her ear. That smell is a Woodchuck. He was unsure if she had encountered one, they weren't exactly rare, but they were fast and good at digging to get out of danger. Like a squirrel. He offered, knowing she knew what those were.