Scent Detection

First, we'll teach your dog to search for a particular target scent, and then once they know what they are looking for, we teach them to located it and indicate exactly where it is. In Bronze, we teach your dog to find Kong, in Silver it's Gun Oil & Catnip, and in Gold it's Truffle Oil. 

We'll teach your dog how to detect the scent with the following searches:

- Pipes

- Bags

- Chairs

- Vehicles

- People

- Novel search areas

- Plus retrieving scented items

- Searching scent in water

- Out of reach hides

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Tracking

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Tracking is the ability detect , recognise and follow a specific scent.  Our dog's are born with this skill, and we already harness this skill with police dogs and military (searching for criminals, finding poachers, finding animals etc)

You can now harness this skill with your pet dog, teaching them some fun tracking skills!

All easy to practise at home!  

At UK Sniffer Dogs we have taught every breed of dog you can imagine from Chihuahuas to Great Danes to do this.

Scent detection can also be particularly beneficial for:

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• Young puppies with a lot of energy to burn - as long as they've finished their vaccines you can bring them along

• Adolescent dogs who are beginning to test the boundaries and would benefit from more focus

• Over aroused dogs who have endless energy to burn

• Working breeds of dogs in need of an activity to keep them busy

• Elderly dogs who are not as mobile as they once were but who still have the drive to be active

• Dogs recovering from surgery or injuries

• Great for nervous dogs - using their noses is like a having safety blanket & is great confidence building

• Reactive dogs that are undergoing training - scent is a great tool to help you redirect your dog's focus

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What do I need to bring?

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Your dog should wear a harness and flat collar for scent detection. Lead lengths of 1.5-2m are useful but not essential. You will need to bring some tasty treats chopped up into small pieces. Make sure you bring a treats pouch or wear something with a pocket you can put your dogs treats in. You may like to give your dog half it's normal breakfast allowance on the day of the workshop as we will be using food to train them. You will also need to purchase a red medium sized kong and should feed your dog in that in the weeks preceeding the workshop.  

My dog is reactive, can I still come?

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Yes! This is the ideal place to bring a reactive dog.

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You can book group classes in Guildford or Horsham below, or cover the content via One to One lessons in Ewhurst.

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If you have any questions please do get in touch for a chat. We very much hope to see you and your dog soon!