What is Scent Detection?
Scent Detection is all about teaching your dog to find a target odour in a search area and in a bid to get their reward. It's not just about the dog however as you need to become a team to be able to take on some of the more challenging search areas that we use.
On of the most important parts of Scent Detection is the 'indication', this is what your dog does to tell you they've found the target odour. There are a number of different indications you can teach but the most common is the passive freeze, this is where your dog stops and freezes on the target odour until you reward them (don't worry I'll teach you how to do this).
The main benefits for starting Trailing are:
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Become a team with your dog
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Can practice at home
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Give your dog a mental workshop (this means they get tired and can sleep for hours afterwards)
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Provide an outlet for your dog, no matter if they are 'working' breeds, all dogs want to use their noses!
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Meet other dog mad people!
These are just a few of the reasons to start!
Upcoming Workshops!
Scent Detection Introduction Workshop
This introductory workshop will cover the foundations of Scent Detection and get you and your dog started. Your instructor is a fully accredited and experienced with over ten years of teaching.
There is no age limit, open to all breeds and no previous training is needed at all!
Dogs will be worked one at a time so reactive or nervous dogs are most welcome, this does mean that dogs need to be happy staying in their vehicles when it is not their turn.
Scent Detection 4 week course
This four-week block is aimed at beginners in Scent Detection,
We will cover the following over the four weeks;
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Getting an indication
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Search patterns
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Different search areas
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Troubleshooting
Each week you will continue to improve on the work we have already done and the homework (yes, there will be homework) you are given.