New training class is for the dogs

By Sarah Brown
Of The New Era/Lebanon Local

Gracie could smell a rat, but it didn’t take long to nose out the culprit.

The 4-year-old brindle Plott hound was practicing her nose work at Connie DeBusschere’s Canine Training Adventure in Sweet Home, where boxed rats were hidden in trees, brush and tires.

It was part of her new service called the North American Sport Dog Association (NASDA) that she recently added to her dog-training business.…