Dogs love to sniff - their brains are set up to sniff, they 'look' with their nose before their eyes!

 

Scentwork uses the biggest portion of their brain, and also increases their respiration rate which means they're tired and content after just 10 minutes of directed sniffing (30 minutes of physical exercise will just about tire them out as much as 10 minutes of sniffing!). They can search for pieces of their food, lovely treats, a favourite toy or a unique scent like cloves - as long as they're having fun!

 

Over the years I have found scentwork to be a fabulous activity to do with my own dogs, I started it with my mastiff as she was too big to take part in some of the more physical activities and sniffing came very naturally to her. She was a big searcher of cheese! She then progressed to truffle searching and cloves. We found it to be a wonderful team activity for us, and a huge confidence builder for her.

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Years later my rescue cockerpoo bowled into our lives with a whole host of behaviour problems, including dog reactivity. We started scentwork to give him an activity to do at home to help direct his abundance of energy and his lack of focus on humans. It turned him around, he absolutely loves doing it, and is so focused on the task in hand that we have been able to join a group class where he works off-lead around other dogs!

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I have since done countless training sessions and workshops with my own dogs, and undertaken countless CPD to further understand it, so that I can offer it out to clients.

 

I am a fully qualified Scentwork Uk Tier 1 Trainer and I'm also registered with the National Nosework Association.

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I run group sessions in scentwork, but if your dog would struggle with this then I also offer one to one sessions or online intros.

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So need I say more? Giving your dog a job really helps them to be calmer on walks, more settled in the home, increases their confidence and improves your relationship with them. Book onto a course or a one to one session with me soon!