Sniff It Out! - One to One Scent Work Training

Let’s get Sniffin’

‘Sniff it Out’  Part one – Kick start here with a 90 minute session of informative and search fun for you and your dog –  £115 (including private use of the training hall venue)   

• Learn how to take your dog’s nose from casual sniffing into seeking mode
• Learn about your own initial handling skills and the cue’s to use
• Understanding your own dog’s body languages when investigating, on odour and when located
• Find out about the equipment which is beneficial for you and your dog’s future scent work journey
• Begin on training your dog’s indication behaviour
• Learn how to make up and start to imprint a target odour that your dog will recognise
• Fun searches set up for you and your dog to complete
• Includes a scent work starter kit, completion certificate and rosette

‘Sniff it Out’  Part two –  Progression from part one with a further 90 minutes developing your dogs skills in this great activity  £115 (including private use of the training hall venue) 

• Understand how to transfer your dog from food searches to a particular scent
• Understand building duration and proofing your dogs indication behaviour
• Developing on handling skills from the Sniff It Out Part One
• Learn about how to set up an odour recognition test for your dog
• Fun searches set up for you and your dog to complete
• Includes a completion certificate and rosette

Venue : Solihull Lodge Community Centre B90 or Immanuel Church Hall B14

‘Sniff it Out’  Part Three –  Hooked now? Progression from the first two sessions, lets have some more fun on your scent work journey 90 minutes   £115

• Using the long line effectively and off lead working
• Understanding environmental challenges and how to work through them
• Learn about the affects of external weather elements on the effect of how odour moves
• The differences between indoor and outdoor searches
• When to and how to bring your dogs learnt indication behaviour gradually in to the search criteria
• Interior and exterior searches set up for you and your dog to complete

Venue : Solihull Lodge Community Centre B90 or Immanuel Church Hall B14

Other services

‘Sniff it Out’ – Pre-Competition/Trial Coaching session(s) – Booked in 1.00 hour session £67.50 – Venue (Training Hall) 

Are you stepping into the competitive world of scentwork? Do you want the best shot at qualifying? This session gives an insight into what to expect at your up and coming trial. Covering the guidelines of the trial, how to avoid handler deduction marks and a mock trial set up for you and your dog covering any troubleshooting along the way. Trials can be some distance away  additional mentoring can help eliminate some of those pre-trial nerves and set you both up for success.

*there maybe opportunities for you to share this session with another person at the same level

Venue : Solihull Lodge Community Centre B90 or Immanuel Church Hall B14

‘Sniff it Out’  –  Trouble shooting sessions  – Booked hourly    £67.50

Are you experiencing a particular stumbling block within your scentwork progression and require some extra help to work through it? One to one assistance can be a real confidence booster to support you with on particular elements that you may be struggling on within your dog’s training.

‘Sniff it Out – Out and About’ – Scent Work Buddy – Booked hourly     £67.50

Within this sniffy session we can meet up at alternative areas to the training hall so you and your dog can advance your skills further with having your hides placed out for you. This enables you to practice with ‘blind’ finds to enhance your observation skills in being able to read your dog’s body languages displayed within the search and also prevent you from influencing the search with your own movements and of course some extra tuition on the go if required.