Introduction to Scent Detection

Service Description

Dogs have been utilised all over the world for years for their scent abilities and for good reason. You can also enjoy scent detection activities with your pet dog through simple but effective training exercises. The benefits of teaching your dog scent detection are countless! But my personal top 3 are: it's an incredibly powerful sport to build connection and strengthen your relationship, ANY dog can do it no matter the age or breed, and it's extremely tiring and will satisfy their needs. This is your beginners scent detection course where you will be teaching your dog: Scent ID (recognising the scent they are looking for), how to search using different objects and areas, and then indicate that they have found it. You do not need any prior experience for this course. Depending on the exercises we are doing at the time, dogs may be worked all together (with plenty space between them), or dogs will be worked solo and swap in and out of vehicles. So your dog will need to be comfortable waiting in the car for brief periods. Please also note that we will mostly be working the dogs outdoors, but if the weather is too bad we will be working the dogs in the hall and the floor is laminate. It's rare I work the dogs in the hall but it's a possibility. What you get: - A scent kit (yours to keep) - Access to online video library for all the exercises for you to look back on - Come along to any progression session which will continue to develop your skills as a team