Dogs live in scent images
Dogs live in scent images. The nose is followed daily, odors are analyzed and impressions are processed. A dog’s sense of security, information about other dogs, but also information about emotions and symptoms of illness can be “seen” through the nose. Working with the nose is a challenging activity that the dog can get a lot of satisfaction from.
Specific nose work, a task for the nose to find a particular scent, can not only be a lot of fun, but also give the dog a lot of confidence and challenge.
Scientific research has also shown this, dogs can handle fearful situations better if they take detection courses.
Some dogs were even originally bred to work with their noses.
How wonderful to give dogs back this task/need.
Detection Continued
The use of their nose is very intensive, so half an hour of nose use is more than enough. Each week we highlight a different aspect of detection.
After the basic part, the lessons can be extended to follow-up or duo lessons, hiding the specific scent in increasingly challenging places.
What will you do?
In detection, the dog is trained to recognize and point out a specific scent.
This could be drugs, bombs, diseases (e.g. diabetes or cancer) and missing people.
At Van Stal we will not look for drugs, but keep it simple and choose home, garden and kitchen scents, such as cinnamon or cloves.
Advantage is that detection can be done anywhere, so also at home or during your walk! A fun activity for you and your dog who will be mentally challenged by this.
Also great for insecure dogs who still find the outside world very exciting.
What does the nose do?
What is useful to be able to do in advance?
The dog should already know the basics of the clicker (word) beforehand and be able to be placed somewhere quiet for a while at times. For this we use the sniffing boxes at Van Stal, among other things, but also consider the “sit and wait” or “place” exercises.
Register
If you are new to Van Stal, please first create an account in Aniday and don’t forget to add your dog.
This way we can provide you and your dog with the best possible service.
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Choose your course + start date and click on register.