Group Scent Work Class
Teach Your Dog To Identify Odors
At Highland Canine, our trainers offer scent work classes for dogs. This class teaches your dog to use its nose to locate odors such as Clove, Anise and Birch.
This class is great if you think your dog already has a good nose! Taking part in nose work provides great mental stimulation and teaches your dog a new skill at the same time.
Whether you want to teach your dog for competition or simply for fun, our scent work class teaches you everything you’ll need to know.
To find out when scent work classes are taking place in your area, please take a look at our calendar!
Click to learn about each of our Scent Work classes...
Introduction to K9 Scent Work
Begin your Scent Work journey with our intro class!
Week 1
- Introduction to scent work
- Class objectives
- Introduction to olfaction and how scent works
- Rewards and how to use them
- Timing/repetition and the importance of clicker use
- Begin imprinting on Birch oil
Week 2
- Recap of Week 1
- Introduction of Star Anise and Clove oil
- Importance of separating odor and how residual odor works
- Begin imprinting process on new odors
Week 3
- Recap of Week 2
- Progress check and troubleshooting
- Practice ‘shell game’ introduction
- Introduction to searching
Week 4
- Recap of Week 3
- Practice drills with one odor
- Adding boxes to exercises
- Build indication
- Start hides
Week 5
- Recap of Week 4
- Adding more boxes
- Importance of proofing
- Begin proofing
Week 6
- Transferring out of boxes
- Building speed and accuracy
- Next steps to competition scent work/nose work
Intermediate K9 Scent Work
Pre-requisite: Completion of Introduction to Scent Work
Week 1
- Skill evaluation and refresh
- Introduction to multiple hides
Week 2
- Understanding source of odor and how it applies to reinforcement
- Working through less accessible hides
Week 3
- Increasing difficulty of distractions during a search
Week 4
- Management of larger search areas
Week 5
- Dealing with thresholds and obstacles during a search
Week 6
- Mock trial
Advanced K9 Scent Work
Pre-requisite: Completion of Intermediate Scent Work
Week 1
- Identifying changes in behavior
- Double blind searches
Week 2
- Blank searches and their importance
Week 3
- Increasing hide difficulty through accessibility, varying height, and containment
Week 4
- Introduction of outdoor hides
- Mapping a search area
Week 5
- Outdoor hides continued
- Buried hides
Week 6
- Traversing obstacles during outdoor searches
- Mock trial
Remember to check out our calendar to see when our scent work classes are taking place in your area! You can also contact us for more information.
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