Show Me Course Excerpts, Hunter's Heart, Canada, K9 Scent Detection Training

Back by Popular Demand: Nosework Crash Course Weekend, July 15/16, Hunter’s Heart (Calgary)

June 29, 2017

Take your nosework to the next level Juno’s video demonstrates strong commitment to odor in scent work. Sometimes blind searches are confusing for the handler. Juno [...]

Patterning for Systematic Searches and Faster Times

April 7, 2017

Do you have trouble remembering where your scent dog has searched and where he hasn’t? When you’re searching large areas for scent work, it’s a common [...]

Calgary Nosework Classes – Video of Keata (Border Collie) Learning to Indicate Scent

March 30, 2017

Only 6 days left! Register now for Nosework classes starting April 5, Calgary Info: https://www.kayennakennels.ca/nosework-classes This video features Keata at our Level 2 [...]

Scent Maze Video: Can Your Dog Find His Way to Source?

March 26, 2017

This fun scent maze challenged our advanced nosework students to navigate around gates impeding access to the box containing odor to get to source. Teams were allowed perform [...]

Break Down Scent Work for Success from Day One

March 24, 2017

Hunter’s Heart trains nosework by breaking it down into small achievable steps, setting teams up for success from day 1. Rewarding is crucial to motivating the dog to [...]

Scent Work – How to Train Distractions with Fun Nosework Games

March 9, 2017

Scent work is a game, with its roots in hunting and finding prey. In nosework, dogs must learn to ignore distractions to search and find the target odor. We use games to [...]

Nosework Train Your Puppy to Search for Scent

January 18, 2017

Watch a puppy’s first training session in “Nosework – How to Train your puppy for scent work”. This 8 week old Brittany Spaniel puppy from [...]

How to have the most fun with your dog? Nosework/Scent Dog Training Compilation 2016

December 31, 2016

Nosework can be the most fun you ever had with your dog! We’ve received many requests to help nosework students explain why they love nosework to people who [...]

Abominable Loser vs. Well-Mannered Winner

December 19, 2016

Some people have a knack for winning graciously and looking worthy even when they lose. I’ve had the pleasure of competing against people who are classy in how they [...]

Training a Rock Solid Indication – “Show Me” Week 1

September 11, 2016

This video shows the first step in training a rock solid indication: https://youtu.be/EeDguH0ZJ8o Goals The goal of this session is for the puppy to form a positive [...]

Would You Like a Rock-Solid Indication?

September 10, 2016

Many dogs have subtle indications. Their handlers frequently say they “need to learn to read their dog better”. Reading your dog is a good thing. But if you’d like a [...]