Nosework & Shaping

Ok so as we work through this last quarter of the Academy will are going to have two groups going, one for those who have been plugging along all year and one for those who are either starting new puppies or got behind and want to revisit the basics with me as I train my puppy.

For the first group we are starting to work on Nosework. Here you can see the zoom class from last weekend if you missed it.

If you want to work on nosework with us in the next class you will need to gather some supplies. First of all we need a scent source. The ones used in competition are: birch, clove and anise essential oils. You can either buy your one at health food stores or online, or you can buy kits that have the swabs already prepared for use along with some tins and containers to hold the scent that you use for hides. Here is a good source for buying supplies: https://k9nwsource.com

You can find most of what you need at health food stores, craft stores, hardware stores etc if you want to DIY it. You can use the website I linked to get ideas of what to look for. In the video above you can see some examples of how you can get started just using some hidden treats until you get set up with scent sources.

For those of you that want to follow me with the puppy training, hopefully you have polished off your clickers and loaded them up so your ready to do some shaping! I will be starting with some box games! As well as other basic behaviors.