Tip: Chopped up carrots make excellent treats for
scent work games and training.
Not exact matches
At the second session we will
work to have your dog able to search multiple containers and find the hidden
scent, and from there you can decide whether you want to continue to pursue additional training, competition or just do simple searches at home as a fun
game for you and your dog.
A variety of enrichment items should be provided and can include interactive food - based toys like stuffed Kongs ®, sand boxes with hidden toys for digging,
games like hide and seek (with you or their toys), nose
work with items like
scented boxes, and tug toys to encourage play behavior.
Play
scent games if your pooch enjoys nose
work, invest in a sandpit so your four - legged friend can dig to his heart's content, Take your water - lover to the local river.
Terry and her staff teach community classes including Puppy's Head Start, Pet Dog Manners and several different continuing education courses such as agility, freestyle,
scent work and training
games.
Game Classes focus on a specific skill needed to be an outstanding
Scent Work team and are a fantastic way to hone your skills as a team in a fun and competitive manner.
K9 Nose
Work ® is the latest training activity that develops your dog's natural
scenting abilities through fun and
games.
History and Health of the Petit Basset Griffon Vendeen Dog Breed: The PBGV was developed in France as a small
game scent hound that would have the ability to
work in all weather conditions.
Our best trick to
work out which puppies were the best to keep as future
working dogs, was to hold a live quail (for that matter any other
game bird) and even when the puppies were just starting to move around, as soon as they picked up the
scent of the quail, they would freeze and stay perfectly still.
Some dogs enjoy doing
scent work and believe it's a
game.
Oliver recently added nose
work (or
scenting games) to his list of activities and he loves it.