Day 2
While Andre eats his breakfast, I pop open a vial of scent and grab a handful of kibble. Vial in my right hand, kibble in the left we stroll around the family room and hallway offering the vial, "Poke", T.
Vial, "Poke", T. Then switch hands.
Then, no vial and no scent, strolling, "Sit", C/T. "Down", C/T.
Andre continues eating. I take the scent stick and, with the scent not in my hand, but a stick's length away, low and high, against furniture, etc the dance becomes canister, "Poke", T. Canister, "Poke", T.
No verbal cue is necessary for the alert behavior.
Small beginnings but exciting ones.