Scentwork Training with Your Companion Dog
Discover Scentwork Training & Unlock The True Potential of Your Dog’s Nose
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Ignite Your Dog’s Natural Instincts with Scentwork
Ready to unlock your dog’s hidden talents? Scentwork is the perfect way to stimulate your pet’s mind and strengthen your bond. By tapping into their natural sniffing abilities, you’ll provide mental enrichment, reduce stress, and create unforgettable experiences together. Join us at Scent Work Academy and watch your dog thrive.
Why Scentwork Training
Scentwork training is a fantastic activity that offers numerous benefits for dogs of all ages, breeds, and temperaments. It taps into their natural instinct to use their nose, providing both mental and physical stimulation. By engaging their minds in problem-solving and searching for hidden scents, scentwork helps alleviate boredom and anxiety, promoting a calmer and more fulfilled dog. Whether your dog is young or old, energetic or mellow, scentwork can be tailored to their individual needs and abilities, making it a truly inclusive and rewarding experience for all.
Confidence Builder
Successfully finding a hidden scent is a major win for your dog! Scentwork provides a sense of accomplishment, boosting their confidence and overall well-being. This newfound confidence can translate into other areas of their life, promoting more well-adjusted dogs.
Happy and Calm
Sniffing is a natural stress reliever for dogs. Engaging in scentwork allows them to de-stress and unwind, promoting a sense of calmness and relaxation. This can be particularly helpful for nervous or easily excitable dogs.
Bonding Booster
Behavioural Lifesaver
For dogs struggling with anxiety, lead reactivity, or destructive chewing, scentwork can be a game-changer. The focus and concentration required provides an outlet for their energy and a positive reward-based task to complete. This mental engagement can significantly reduce unwanted behaviours.
Adaptable Life Long Learning Activity
Scentwork offers endless possibilities for training and exploration. It can be done almost anywhere, indoors or outdoors. You can easily incorporate it into your daily routine, whether it’s hiding a scent in the house or setting up a search in outside areas of your home.
You can adjust the difficulty level, introduce new scents, or take classes to learn new techniques. This keeps things interesting for both you and your dog, providing a stimulating activity throughout their lives.
You can participate in scentwork for fun within our Scent Work Academy Community and even compete in official trials and competitions at various levels of difficulty.
Mandy Rigby, Founder and Lead Trainer at Scent Work Academy
Mandy initially gained qualifications in Canine Behaviour and specialises in Separation Anxiety. After discovering Scentwork with her exhuberant adolescent Retriever she became passionate about the activity and trained at Scentwork UK as an Instructor, Trial Manager and Judge. She has undergone CPD training through various organisations to deliver excellent scent detection training to her clients from novice to advanced. Over the past years she has introduced scentwork to hundreds of companion dog pet parents with their super sniffers.
Scent Work Academy has a thriving and friendly community who enjoy attending, scent training group sessions, workshops, event training days, progressions gradings and competitions.
If you are looking for a way to tap into your dog’s natural abilities, improve their behaviour, and create lasting memories together, scentwork is an amazing activity to explore. It’s a win-win for both of you! The first step in getting involved is our Scent Work Academy’s Beginners Workshop
Scentwork Beginners Workshops
In Person Workshops
From the first sniff to advanced scent detection skills we will guide you and your dog through your nose work journey
Sniff It Out Course – Unlock Your Dog’s True Nose Potential
Online Scentwork Training Course
Scent training made accessible for all. “The training your dog will love to do!”
Mandy and Jemma were lovely and provided a most welcoming and supportive environment for us to learn and have fun.
I am really looking forward to doing more and i know Rwbi is!
Both were super approachable, experienced, and engaging.
Definitely recommend to those looking for a new bonding exercise/ experience with your dog.
Thank you Mandy, looking forward to our next session.