u/KitchenObvious7666

We have a 1 year old basset (pic attached)(have had her since she was 4 mo. old) and have been doing training essentially ever since we got her. I will be honest and say the frequency of full on training sessions fluctuate depending on her behavior, like she almost needs reminder sessions which is fine.

However, we've run into the issue where she get's into 'training mode,' so she listens really well ONLY in our training sessions. Even if she get's the same (high-value) treats on the few times she listens outside of these sessions.

Looking to see what tips and tricks you all have for recall training. And yes.. I am very familiar that at the end of the day they will essentially do whatever suits them best in the moment, but I feel like there is definitely room for improvement.

Thought I'd post a recap post to give back as pretty much everything we did and ate came from recommendations from this thread.

We spent 4 days in ONP (stayed in Port Angeles) during June (12th-15th), drove in the evening of the 11th from Portland, OR.

Day 1 (Friday): Hurricane Hill & Devil's Punch Bowl: GO EARLY. I know many people state going early for a lot of these activities but I can't stress it enough as it can really make or break your experience. We got to the start of Hurricane Hill around 8:30am and drove like 12 miles up. By the time we got up there 9:15am-ish, we had to park in the overflow lot. Not a far walk up to the start, like a quarter mile. The trail was pretty empty meaning we could take our time walking and taking pictures. We spent a good amount of time at the top so we finished around 11:15am and grabbed some lunch. We then drove out to Devil's Punchbowl and did the trail there. I think we got there around 3:30pm (after a short break at our AirBnb) and there was parking. We could tell we missed the 'rush' as once we got to the bridge there was only a handful of people. 10/10 recommend going in. We didn't jump off anything just climbed down the rocks but once you jump in and catch your breath from the temps, it is so refreshing.. and I'd argue not as cold as NH mountain water.

Day 2 (Saturday): Hoh Rainforest & Rialto Beach & Forks: We started early this day as you want to get to Hoh Rainforest EARLY. It was about a 2 hour drive from Port Angles and we stopped in Forks (about 45mins out from Hoh entrance) to take a pic with the welcome sign and continued on. We got to Hoh just before 8am and there was no line, but we got one of the last few spots. We did both Hall of Mosses and Spruce Trail, both took us about an hour to do. We left and then stopped in Forks again at the Chamber of Commerce to take some pics of the trucks and get more Twilight info. If you go here they have a map for you if you wanted to stop at all the Twilight places (we did not). After Forks we drove out to Rialto beach, took us like 30-40mins from Forks and arrived around 11am and there was parking. I know a lot of people argue if Hoh is worth it or not. As someone from the East Coast and has never seen an environment like a rainforest in person before I would say yes. HOWEVER, I do not think it is worth waiting 2+ hours to get in for as the activities actually there don't take you 2 hours to do. Hence my previous message... GO EARLY. We also grabbed dinner and ate it in the car at Ediz Point in Port Angeles.

Day 3 (Sunday): Tidepools & Crescent Lake: We didn't really have a firm itinerary this day so we let the weather decided for us (it was hot as it was a heat wave). We started the morning at the Salt Creek Recreation Area to go tide pooling. 10/10 recommend. I had never done this so was not expecting much but was so pretty and very cool to see all the sea creatures! We got here just before 9am and there were no day parking spots left so we parked by the bathrooms for like 20mins before a spot opened up. Very pretty views from up top and it was nice to walk around on the beach. I will say it can be difficult to walk along the rocks as some are slippery, but saw a ton of kids out there with us. Then we went over to Lake Crescent Lodge. Also highly recommend it's a spot with swimming, kayaking, paddleboarding, etc. We got there around 12pm and there was still parking but by the time we left around 3pm it was completely full! YOU CAN RENT THE KAYAKS, PADDLEBOARD, AND CANOES IN ADVANCE. For some reason I saw that this was not allowed everywhere I looked online. (I'll see if I can find the booking link in my history as it's not posted anywhere online). We got there at noon and was able to make a reservation for a tandem kayak for 1pm. We just hung around the water, but they have bathrooms, a restaurant, etc. We kayaked out to Devil's Punchbowl (which was packed) and watched people jump and swim. Lake Crescent Lodge is also in walking distance to Marymere Falls, but we didn't have enough time to do both.

Day 4: Checked out of AirBnb and flew out of Seattle. Our flights were at like 10:30am and we left Port Angeles around 5am and got there with plenty of time as we also had to return a rental car.

Places we ate at:

- Atomic Bagels - Breakfast

- FogTown (coffee) - After we got back from Hoh and Forks

- Midtown Public House - Dinner

- Chesnut Cottage Restaurant (Lunch after Hurricane Hill)

We got groceries before hand and ate mostly at the Airbnb, but the places we did go to were very good.

Overall an excellent trip and so glad the weather was perfect while we were there. Unknowingly went during a heat wave (80+ degrees every day). A big thank you to people in this thread as you planned our itinerary and timing for us! Pics attached :)