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Scent Work Training Dogs use their noses every day, it's time that we let them use their noses for fun! I teach competitive scent work primarily based on operant conditioning and positive reinforcement. I believe that this is the quickest and strongest way to introduce odor to all types of...
Scent Work Log Book allows you to track all your dogs' nose work (nosework) and scent work (scentwork) organization information, training, trials and titles on…
To conduct this work, we used 5 dogs and 58 scats from 25 known individual tigers in independent trials. Dogs correctly selected matched test scats at an average rate of 87% (SE ± 1.4%, n = 521 trials). The average accuracy rates for 4 dogs increased to 98% (SE ± 1.6%, n = ...
In a laboratory environment, we investigated the potential of using dogs (Canis lupus familiaris) as a conservation tool to determine whether the Eurasian or the North American beaver is present in a specific beaver colony. We hypothesized that dogs can discriminate between the two beaver species,...
New England Scent Dogs aims to fill this gap by hosting K9 Nose Work mock trials, Sniff & Go’s, and off site classes with CNWIs in the region. Our events are organized and hosted by K9 Nose Work enthusiasts, doing it for the love of the sport. Click on any of the events in the...
I just finished competing in my ninth and tenth NACSW K9 Nose Work trials. This sport is so addicting for me and my dogs! I wanted to share my latest experience, because these were some really great trials. First off, I have to give a huge shout out toShamrock Pot of Gold K9 Scenter...
Bonnie trials her own dogs almost every weekend and has titles several to the highest levels, earning multiple High In Class awards. When Bonnie is not competing, she’s judging! Bonnie loves Barn Hunt because it gives the dogs an opportunity to work and have fun independently and builds ...
Nose Work classes have been such a positive experience for my dogs & for me. I started classes with Paws Plus Training years ago with my young (somewhat timid) dog after she had two TPLO surgeries on both ACLs by the time she was two years old. I saw her build confidence as she cont...
Besides the need for the elimination of infectivity (Meller et al., 2022), the key feature for an adequate inactivation procedure of SARS-CoV-2 samples prepared for scent dog training is the maintenance of integrity in order to ensure that the dogs still recognise the original volatile organic...