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Learn how to motivate your dog to love searching for scent detection. Build engagement and focus. We'll set you up for success and you'll have fun from the very first session.
- EQUIPMENT REQUIRED Start training in a distraction free environment e.g. a room in your home with 10 foot space
High value food rewards e.g. rotisserie chicken, tuna fudge or wieners, and/or 2-5 high value toys such as balls, tug toys or food stuffable lotus balls
At least one target e.g. the plastic top of a yogurt container, target plate, coin, lotus ball, kong, etc.
1-12 similar looking boxes for hiding the odor. You can use what you have e.g. an empty beer case or bankers box for storing file folders
A target odor your dog will learn to recognise, or a cocktail of target odors. For example, we teach nosework teams to search for a cocktail of 6 scents: Birch, Anise, Clove, Wintergreen, Cypress, and Pine. Other options include: handler scented glove (or tracking article), pseudo-narcotics, antlers, birds, etc.
Optional: 4-6 foot leash, 10-15 foot longline, clicker, table/platform/matt
WHAT'S INCLUDED This online dog training course will motivate your dog to work with you. Once rewards and engagement are established, we'll use them to teach your dog to recognize target odor, searching systematically and going to the precise location of source (the highest concentration of odor). Lessons will show you the small, achievable steps, in detail, using videos, photos, and text. We focus on setting the dog up for success. We'll cover common mistakes and assign homework. With a solid foundation, you will find it easy to progress to more advanced scent detection elements. We'll email you course contents and you can join our private facebook group to discuss training with other students.
WHO WILL BENEFIT FROM THIS COURSE - Handlers training their puppy or dog for scent detection
- Owners of dogs that need a positive outlet for their energy
- Handlers having trouble connecting with their dogs
- Dogs that are excited and misbehave at training centres, parks, and busy environments like pet stores or dog competitions
- Students who want to retrain after experiencing failures from other methods
- Students who want to teach their dog to search for a target odor and have no access to qualified instructors in their geographical area
- Students who wish they could do more with their dogs
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Students who are new to nosework and want to follow systematic, proven dog training techniques
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Students who enjoy learning independently
- Busy students who have trouble fitting travel to lessons into their schedule
- Students who want to be better dog trainers and have more fun with their canine partners
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Features
- Learn to train your sniffer dog, whatever your dog's age or level. We'll show you how, from fun foundation games through imprinting target odor, to starting indication training. (Prices are in Canadian dollars, so it's a great deal for our American customers).
Our Scent Detection Foundation course breaks skills down into easily achievable components. Components are trained separately at first, then combined together, to create bombproof scent dogs that can search anywhere. As of Dec. 2019 updates, the course includes 37 lessons and 47 videos. This is a self-study course, so you can proceed at your dog's pace. You'll get one year access to all materials, including video footage of actual students working through the lessons with their dogs. Questions are welcome in our private Facebook group, where you can discuss scent related topics with the instructor and other students working through the lessons, when it's convenient for you.
WE'LL SET YOU UP FOR SUCCESS
From bed bugs to birds, from narcotics to nosework, Hunter's Heart motivational scent training has helped hundreds of teams around the world to reach their potential. We've been sniffing since 1999, and our experience will help you to train scent detection properly and avoid the common mistakes. Minimizing errors and confusion, you'll learn to establish a clean method of communicating with your sniffer dog.
IT SHOULD BE FUN!
Scent detection training is all about the rewards. We'll show you how to experiment with food, toys, food play and games. You'll see what works best for motivating your dog.
IMPRINTING TARGET ODOR
You'll learn the best way to introduce your dog to target odor, motivate him to search systematically and find the precise location of source (the highest concentration of target odor). We will show you the complete process of imprinting. Dogs of any age can learn scent detection. Follow the proven protocols we use to train all ages and abilities of dogs at our classes. There should never be any pressure. It's easy, fun, and anyone can do it.
*We'll show you how to setup your own lab at home, using a minimum of 8-12 cardboard boxes and what you have at home
*We'll show you how to reward properly, so the dog stays at the source
*You'll teach your dog to recognize the target odor of your choice, or a cocktail of odors
*Your dog will enjoy searching for odor from the very first session, and motivation will build over time
*Your dog will learn to find the precise location of source. No more fringe alerts or "not close enough"
*You'll learn to reward properly, at source, on time, to establish clarity and rapidly increase understanding
*Avoid future problems such as fringe alerts (close but not at source) and aggressive alerts (box crashing, digging, biting, and retrieving), by setting up perfect scent detection practices, right from the start
*Our foundation course will help you to start training your dog for scent detection tests, work, certification or nosework competitions (UKC, AKC, CKC, Sniffing Dog Sports, SDDA, K9 ABC Games, CWAGS), handler discrimination or tracking/trailing
Learn more at: https://nosework.huntersheart.com/about-2/
SATISFACTION GUARANTEEDIf you're not 100% satisfied, let us know within 7 days and we'll refund your money. QUESTIONS? Contact Carla (the instructor) at webmaster@huntersheart.com or (403) 813-9831. We're based in Calgary, Canada in the Mountain Time Zone.
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