I am going to have to learn how to post a picture just so I can show off our glorious GSD.
She was in training as a Rescue dog and explosives sniffer when they decided she was too frightened by loud noises. They tried taking her to the shooting range to help her get over her fear, but it did not work. She, to this day, hides under the bed or behind the couch on the 4th of July.
But she LOVES to search for things. We play hide n seek all of the time with her. And we hide things, first give her the mell, then make her sit out on the patio while we go inside and hide it out of sight in any of the rooms. She LOVES to tear thru the house sniffing everywhere. She goes in little mini circles which get smaller and smaller until she hits on the smell. Even if it is inside a box or a drawer she will find it eventually. We hide tennis balls or treats and she finds them every time.
One night the back gate was left open and our DD's chihuahua got loose. We couldnt find him anywhere so we took our GSD search dog out to help us find him. She found 2 tennis balls on our search, but no little missing dogs. When we got back our little pup was sitting waiting on the patio chair.