“It’s Never Just One Smell, Understanding Odour Discrimination” We often think our dogs are searching for the exact smell of a target odour as we know it straight from the container or jar. But once that odour is placed into the environment, it no longer exists in...
Thermal Layers Indoors — What Your Dog Is Really Working Through When we move scent detection indoors, it may be thought that conditions are way more predictable than outdoors. In reality, interior environments create their own complex odour picture, and one of the...
What a truly special day we have just had at Crufts 2026. Being invited to demonstrate scentwork at Crufts, the largest dog show in the world, was an incredible honour for all of us at Canine Scentwork Academy. For many years my personal mission has been to help...
Phew, another day nearly gone, time to sit down and relax …. Is this the time your dog seems to come alive? Perhaps you have experienced your dog displaying attention-seeking behaviours, nudging you, bringing you their toys, pacing, and looking for things to...
Working the Nose Series / Benefit – ‘Increased Problem Solving Abilities’ I repeatedly observe the positive impact of people being involved in scent detection, how a dog’s behaviour develops and how relationships are enhanced between the dog and their...
Scent Work & Low Humidity In recent articles, I have looked into high humidity, prompted by a cold snap we had in the UK recently where humidity was 80%. A few of the comments were interested in the opposing conditions of low humidity in hot and cold temps...
