Scent work for pet dogs

Ready to build on your dog's scent work skills? Our Classes are designed for any and all dogs who have a love for sniffing.

Course Details:

- Price: £90 (4 week block)

- Location: Welwyn Garden City

Benefits of Scent Work

  • A dog peeking out from behind backpacks hanging on hooks on a wall.

    Provides mental stimulation for scent-savvy dogs

  • Dog eating or drinking from a gray pet food or water bowl on a wooden floor.

    Increases your dog's focus and problem-solving abilities

  • A dog eating from a bowl on a parking lot surface during sunset, with trees and parked vehicles in the background.

    Strengthens teamwork between you and your dog

  • Four women standing outdoors in front of green bushes, each holding a certificate and with a dog sitting or standing beside them.

    Prepares you for potential participation in scent work trials

  • A cute brown curly-haired dog holding a rolled-up paper or certificate in its mouth outdoors

    Offers a rewarding and engaging ongoing activity

An elderly woman with a white knitted hat and black jacket bends down to look at a black and white dog inside a woven basket outside in a grassy yard with colorful small houses and potted plants, fences, and cars in the background.

Intro to Scent work:

For beginners

What You'll Learn:

1. How the dog’s nose works

2. Teach your dog how to indicate on a target odour

3. To search different objects/ environments

4. To build on your dogs confidence

5. Introduction to competitive-style searches

6. Refining handler skills and reading your dog's indications

Advanced Scent work

For anyone who’s completed at least an intro course.

What you’ll learn

  1. Advanced searches

  2. Multiple target odours

  3. How to scent match

  4. Duration, distance and distractions during searches and indication

  5. Positive & Negative searches

  6. Blind searches