Online Scentwork Training
Discover Our Online Scentwork Training & Unlock The True Potential of Your Dog’s Nose
The Most Comprehensive Yet Easy to Follow Beginner’s Course in Scentwork Training with your Dog at Home
Online Canine Scentwork Training Programme
Unlock The True Potential of Your Dog’s Nose
The Most Comprehensive Yet Easy to Follow Beginner’s Course in Scentwork Training with your Dog
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Unlock Your Dog’s Superpower
Ready to dive into the amazing world of scent training with your dog? Sniff It Out – Online Scentwork Training Programme provides the bespoke training, advice, and support you need to get started with your dog today.
This comprehensive yet easy-to-follow programme is perfect for dogs of any age, breed, or background. You’ll learn fascinating theory and fun practical exercises to help your dog use their incredible sense of smell to find hidden scents.
As your dog masters these scent detective skills, you can continue the fun at home, take your training on the go, and even participate in trials and competitions.
Beyond the joy of the activity itself, scent training is a fantastic, reward-based way to improve your dog’s overall behaviour and strengthen your bond. Get ready for the start of an amazing journey with your companion pet dog.
The Benefits of Our Online Scentwork Training Programme
Your dog can learn their scent training foundations in a calm and known environment
Your dog may not suit group classes
You have other home and work commitments to work around making it difficult to schedule a fixed time
Cuts down on travel time and travel expense
You feel more comfortable in your own environment, learning at your own pace
The expense of in-person dog training and in particular specialised training can be costly
There are no scentwork trainers near you or they are fully booked and you are eager to get started with your dog
Have you experienced any of these behaviours from your dog?
Overly vigilant and noise sensitive in the home
General attention seeking behaviours. Barking, whining, nudging or jumping up
You love your dog but you are finding their behaviours really stressful as you can’t get on with your daily tasks.
Do you dream of having a contented restful dog?
Have you be thinking about what can you do with your dog
to keep them entertained ?
The ‘Sniff It Out’ Online Scentwork Training Programme is the ….
‘PERFECT SOLUTION’
Did you know that ……..
Just fifteen to twenty minutes of scentwork training provides a natural workout for your dog as it utilises your dog’s mental energy and some physical energy too.
The activity is engaging, relieving boredom enabling your dog to settle more easily afterwards. Keeping them out of mischief whilst you continue your daily tasks in readiness for their next physical excursion. It’s more than enrichment, it’s essential to give your dog a fulfilling job to do.
Introducing Sniff It Out – A Complete, Online Dog Training Programme!
Have you welcomed a new puppy into your life?
A Fun and Safe Way to Exercise Your Growing Puppy
This is an exciting time, but it can also be challenging as your puppy’s exercise is restricted while their bones and ligaments grow stronger. Keeping your energetic puppy entertained with scent games is a fantastic way to stimulate their mind and provide gentle physical activity.
Start Early, Bond Strong
Scentwork dog training can begin during your puppy’s early foundation training, incorporating fun games and positive reinforcement. This helps build your puppy’s confidence and strengthens your bond.
A Lifelong Adventure
Puppies can start their scentwork journey at a very young age. This rewarding activity will grow with both of you as your dog matures. It’s a fun and enriching experience you can enjoy together throughout your dog’s life.
Your Dog’s Nose Knows!
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Sniff It Out – Online Scent Dog Training Programme is a step by step learning journey
No specialist equipment is required
This is the training your dog will love to do and where firm bonds are made
Bite-sized informative, interesting, and concise visual learning
Less screen time and more time to enjoy the practical training with your dog
No previous dog training experience needed
Many additional resources to support your learning experience
Lifetime access to course materials
Would you like to feel proud of your adolescent dog’s behaviour and not embarrassed?
Are your struggling with your adolescent dog’s behaviour right now?
Is your dog lacking focus, has limited attention span and seems to have gone deaf to any instruction from you?
Although this can be a challenging time this is perfectly normal behaviour within this development period. Focus can become limited whilst growth and reproductive hormones surge throughout the dog’s body and mind.
‘Sniff It Out’ Online Scentwork Training Programme is the PERFECT SOLUTION to support you through your dog’s adolescence and beyond
Scentwork training will provide your young dog a natural outlet to engage in over this development period. It will help to tire them mentally, whilst still utilsing some obedience training, promoting focus and building on your relationship.
Does your dog display reactive behaviours?
Are you finding walks really stressful?
Is it difficult to gain focus from your dog?
Is your dog showing fear in fight or flight behaviours?
Does your dog get easily aroused around distractions ?
It can be extremely challenging when you are managing your dog’s reactive behaviours. This can be very upsetting and restricting for you in daily life.
Many dogs that react quickly have learnt skill sets to be very vigilant using their sight over their primary sense, their sense of smell.
How scentwork training can support you with your dog
Scentwork training is a sole activity enabling you to work alone with your dog in controlled safe environments.
When your dog is using their primary sense within scent training and gaining positive reward based reinforcment a chemical called dopamine is released. This is a feel good hormone and promotes a more optimistic bias.
Home scentwork training is ideal for dogs that are reactive . Working and playing together within your scent training will increase your dog’s focus, confidence and it builds up on the trust between you.
This can support you in other areas of ‘coping strategy’ training that you maybe undergoing. Often scentwork is used within behaviour rehabilitation programmes
An Overview of all the Benefits that Scentwork Provides
When dog’s utilise their innate superpower sense, it is a natural workout which uses a lot of the dog’s energy
About Your Programme Instructor
Hi, I am Mandy Rigby. Growing up, spending many a weekend at my Grandparents Farm in the Cotswolds UK, surrounded by animals sparked my lifelong passion for dogs. Over 20 years ago, after struggling with my own rescue dogs’ behaviour challenges and being uncomfortable with the training advice provided back then, I studied hard and became a Canine Behaviourist, founding Yes! Good Dog to champion positive reward based training methods.
My Flatcoated Retriever, Reenie, truly transformed my path. Her adolescent energy led us to scentwork, an activity that not only engaged her but also deepened our bond. Inspired, I became a certified Scentwork UK instructor and grew an incredible scent detection community through my company Canine Scentwork Academy, establised in 2017. My mission is to empower owners to build stronger bonds with their companion dogs by making scentwork training accessible and enjoyable for everyone through my online training programme, regardless of any prior dog training experience.
I hope to see many taking their first steps into their dog’s fascinating world of scent.
Happy Clients & Their Happy Sniffing Dogs
In a Nutshell – This is what you get when you sign up for the ‘Sniff It Out’ Programme
12 x Comprehensive Modules + Complete Resource Library Module
Including over 60 x Bite Sized Lessons for a relaxed learning experience as your knowledge increases
Over 75 x Practical Dog Demo Video’s
6 x Fabulous Additional Resources – A priceless bounty of years of knowledge and experience
Essential Guide in Building Your Home Scentwork Training Kit eBook
Working with Kong – Fabulous eBook including more demo video links
4 x Tabletop demonstrations on making up target odours of either clove, gun oil or Kong
Scentwork Training Journal to track your dog’s progression module to module
‘All About Motivation Within Scentwork’ Webinar
Life Time Access to All Course Resources – Wow! – Priceless
Supportive Private Facebook Community with lifetime access (An amazingly support resource) No monthly membership, it’s FREE
A well deserved beautifully designed Certificate of Completion
TAKE A LOOK AT THE COURSE SPECIFICS IN MORE DETAIL BELOW
Twelve Step by Step Modules From First Sniff to Competent Pet Sniffer Dog
1: Introduction to Scentwork
Here you will discover how amazing the dog’s nose truly is and the first steps in getting prepared to dive into your scentwork adventures together.
2: Lets Get Searching
Here you will learn how to set up your initial searches for your dog and more information on their amazing olfactory system.
3: This New Smell is ‘Wow’
Here you will discover how to make up and imprint a target odour for your dog to search for.
4: “It’s Here” Indication Behaviour Training
Here you will learn about indication behaviours and the methodology surrounding this area of scentwork training
5: When Two Becomes One
Here you will start to combine your dog’s previous indication behaviour training by bringing back in the imprinted target odour
6: Sniff! Sniff! It’s This One
Here you will be taking your training on further with your dog being provided with a choice to make
7: Yay! Sniff It Out
Here you be setting up multiple item searches including one item housing the target odour
8: Found It -Without a Doubt
Here you will learn how to gradually build up the duration of your dog’s passive indication within a multiple item search
9: Additional Supportive Information
Here you will be provided with some additional support on other aspects that can arise in your dog’s scentwork training journey
10: Searching Exterior Items
Here you will discover all about taking your dog’s item searches into an exterior environment
Plus The ‘Scent’ational Resources Included Within The Programme
Plus A Special Bonus
Read The Amazing Experiences From Dog Owners Having Undertaken This Course
Samantha Smith & Milo (Chihuahua) “I loved everything about the Sniff It Out Course, It’s perfect. Suited my learning style as it’s all very visual and the videos are fabulous.
Ruth O’Reilly & Dottie (Labrador) “Really enjoying scentwork training, the videos are clear, present very good ‘how to’ and alternatives. There’s lots of information so it’s great that I can go back, watch again or review notes”
Michelle Roberts & JOJO (Standard Poodle) “I loved the details in the videos, it was straightforward to understand. The training journal was amazing. Just loved your presentation Mandy, you are so easy to listen too and very engaging”
Jane Prashar & Rwbi (Flatcoated Retriever) “I found the course really accessible, clear and very informative. I love the way it is structured and that you can go back and refresh areas along the way. Full of excellent demonstrations about how to progress your dog on their scentwork journey”
Ann Reynolds-Dobson & Squidge (Australian Kelpie) “We are enjoying the course, thank you, and looking forward to the next modules. The world of scent is very interesting and fun. Loving seeing Squidge working her nose and have such a fab time”
Mandy Rigby – Scentwork Instructor
Founder of Canine Scentwork Academy • Scent Detection Competitions • Yes Good Dog Behaviour & Training
Canine Scentwork Academy is based in the central area of the UK and has been established since 2017. Mandy Rigby, Founder and Head Instructor has introduced scentwork to hundreds of dogs and progresses their training from novice to advanced competitive levels. The company ethos is to raise the awareness of the many benefits that scentwork provides for all companion dogs and in turn for their dedicated owners too.
‘All About Scentwork’ Featured in Edition Dog Magazine 2023 and Live Displays 2023/2024
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Let’s Nose Around Some FAQ’S
I have many other commitments, how much time will I be required to spend on training my dog?
Good question! Life is very busy for many. The lessons have been designed with that in mind. Each lesson is bite-sized so you can enjoy a cuppa and delve in for a few minutes at a time. Time is far better spent utilised away from the screen in spending lovely times with your dog in applying the practical training. I would recommend to get the most out of the course that a minimum of just two sessions a week for about 20-25 minutes per session would be ideal. Some of the training elements only take a few minutes of time. You can put in as much or little as time as you have, as long as you can commit to some short sessions on a regular basis. If time is a real issue you can combine some scent training alongside or within the normal time allowance you dedicate for your dog’s walk. It’s a great activity for wet and very hot days too, and for times when you may not beable to commit to much physical exercise that day for whatever reason.
I don’t have a lot of space, will this course still work for me?
The course is designed to be able to be done in your home or garden area. You will need enough space to be able to lay out the size of 5-6 medium boxes or containers. A hallway or outside area. If space is a real issue maybe ask friends or family for support. It’s always fun sharing your dog’s amazing nose abilities too. Most of the exercises could be adapted to smaller areas depending on the size of your dog.
Do I have to complete in a set time?
The course material is delivered over four month time frame and by committing to some training twice a week you will make lots of progress within a six month period. Regular training keeps up some continuity for your dog. The course has lifetime access so if life gets in the way and you need to break off the course structure you can pick it up anytime. You also have the freedom of lifelong access to the Facebook community from the time of purchase.
My dog is on a restricted diet, will this matter?
No, not at all, you can use your dog’s normal food, I do advise within the course that if possible to scent up blander food types with some stronger smelling food of a higher value to your dog will help the process. This is explained more within the course. You can also use your dog’s favourite toy to search for combined with play. A Kong on a rope toy, a retrieve toy or raggie’s are great reinforcers.
I would like to enter trials and competitions, does this course cater for me and my dog getting to that level?
Yes, this course is from foundation level right through to area searches. The course covers many elements required for starting your competitive journey. Organisations run different criteria’s and by completing this course you will have mastered enough to start looking into the guidelines of the first level of competitions that you would like to enter in. Before starting on the imprinting process with your dog, I would advise you check what target scents are used and how they are prepared, you can then use the correct one throughout the course. I cover the preparation of clove, gun oil and Kong.
My life circumstance has changed, is there any refund on the course?
I understand circumstances can change but unfortunately there is no cancellation or refund available on any of the online content. I endorse people to stay committed to the program for the good of their dog and offer a supportive community along the way. Please read these pages carefully and ensure you are happy to commit to the course. If you have any questions please email me direct info@scentworkacademy.co.uk
How does the community group support work?
The support group is run through a private Facebook page in which you can request membership of after you have joined the programme. You have free lifetime membership. If you do not have access to social media this doesn’t affect your personal learning journey, you are welcome to contact me direct with any questions. Within the group, you can get involved by posting photographs and video footage on to the page, and ask questions for additional support on designated days of the week. Being involved in a community can help to keep motivation levels up when working from home.
I haven’t done any training with my dog, will I still be able to do this?
Absolutely yes! No previous training experience is required for the dog or for you as your dog’s trainer and handler. You will learn a lot from the course about general training cue’s, marker words and the timing of these. I am sure this will have a positive impact in your understanding of dog training in other areas outside of the course too.
I have a new puppy, should I start now or wait until later?
You can start scentwork training with your puppy as soon as they have settled in with you. I would advise you spend some extra time on Module 2. Very young pup’s sometimes need a bit more support on the first searches, it helps to initially lay out a trail of treats to the beginning of the search area so they learn what the game is. It doesn’t take long for them to discover what a fabulous activity this is for them.
I am concerned this won’t work for me and my dog
I am living proof in how scent training has changed my life with my dog. I have trained over 100 breed types and not known of one that didn’t enjoy scentwork training. If you are committed and follow the step by step course programme I am sure your dog will enjoy it and you will too. There is no pressure on you whatsoever, this is the most natural form of dog training. If you wish to discuss concerns further please reach out to me at info@scentworkacademy.co.uknfo@scentworkacademy.co.uk
Is all the content available straight way or is it time released?
The course is time released. On signing up you will see the first two modules in your personal portal and you can download your own Scentwork Training Journal. Further modules are unlocked for viewing at one and two week intervals. This helps you to view the material, source anything you may need and do the practical training sessions with your dog that are aligned with that particular module before the next is released for viewing.
Is there a payment plan?
Yes, there is an option at checkout to pay in three monthly instalments. On signing up for the course you are enrolled on the programme and pledging commitment for payment in full. A small monthly administration charge of £7.50 per month is applied on Pay in Three Options. Please see the Payment Terms & Conditions relating to this.