GIVE YOUR dog's INSTINCTS SOMEWHERE TO GO
Scent work, scurry and mantrailing in Welwyn Garden City. The classes that finally tire out the dog that nothing else tires out.
Find the right one for your dog
Scent work.
Search, find, indicate. The thinking sport that settles busy dogs, and the one that works best for dogs who find other dogs difficult. Twelve weeks, £150.
Scurry dog.
Gundog games for every breed. Retrieves, hunting, scent trails and directions. Fast, noisy and properly tiring. Twelve weeks, £150.
Mantrailing.
Somebody hides, your dog finds them. No experience needed and every dog can already do it. The easiest place to start. Intro £60.
One to one training.
For reactivity, recall and the problem behaviours a class cannot fix. Four sessions across eight weeks.
Wedding dog chaperone.
Your dog at your wedding, looked after from pick up to drop off, so you get the photographs without spending the day worrying.
Search, find, indicate. The thinking sport that settles busy dogs, and the one that works best for dogs who find other dogs difficult. Twelve weeks, £150.
Scurry dog.
Gundog games for every breed. Retrieves, hunting, scent trails and directions. Fast, noisy and properly tiring. Twelve weeks, £150.
Mantrailing.
Somebody hides, your dog finds them. No experience needed and every dog can already do it. The easiest place to start. Intro £60.
One to one training.
For reactivity, recall and the problem behaviours a class cannot fix. Four sessions across eight weeks.
Wedding dog chaperone.
Your dog at your wedding, looked after from pick up to drop off, so you get the photographs without spending the day worrying.
You have walked them for two hours and they are still pacing the kitchen.
You have done the training classes. You can get a sit in the living room and nothing at all in the park. Somebody has told you they need more exercise, so you walk further, and it makes them fitter rather than calmer.
Here is the thing nobody mentioned. Your dog was bred to do a job. Hunt, retrieve, track, search, follow a scent for miles. That instinct did not switch off when they moved into a house. It is still in there looking for somewhere to go, and if you do not give it somewhere, it comes out as the thing you are struggling with.
So the walks move to six in the morning, when nobody is about. You stop taking them to the pub. You think twice about having people round. And underneath it there is the guilt, because you love this dog and you can see they are not happy either.
Here is the thing nobody mentioned. Your dog was bred to do a job. Hunt, retrieve, track, search, follow a scent for miles. That instinct did not switch off when they moved into a house. It is still in there looking for somewhere to go, and if you do not give it somewhere, it comes out as the thing you are struggling with.
So the walks move to six in the morning, when nobody is about. You stop taking them to the pub. You think twice about having people round. And underneath it there is the guilt, because you love this dog and you can see they are not happy either.
That is exactly why these classes exist.
Dog instinct sports. Scent work, scurry and mantrailing. Instead of asking your dog to sit still and behave, we give the instinct a job and let them do what they were built for. Ten minutes of proper scent work will tire a dog out more than an hour of walking, because it uses the part of them that walking never touches.
Dogs come out of these classes tired, settled and pleased with themselves. Owners come out having watched their dog do something brilliant, which after months of everything being hard is not a small thing.
Dogs come out of these classes tired, settled and pleased with themselves. Owners come out having watched their dog do something brilliant, which after months of everything being hard is not a small thing.
How I work
Train the dog in front of you.
Understand the breed.
Use the instinct.
Have fun.
Not sure which one suits your dog?
Book a call and tell me about them. Fifteen minutes, no pressure, and if what you need is not something I offer, I will tell you where to go instead.
