K9 Nose Work®
Introduction Courses
Get Searchin’
$200
Introduction Course
Duration: 5 Weeks
Age: Dogs 8 weeks and older
Key Learning Objectives
Best for beginner dogs with no prior experience in scent work.
- Learn about the beginning story of K9 Nose Work ®
- Teach your dog to hunt and find
- Learn to read your dogs change of behaviour
- Leash handling techniques
- Tips & tricks on how to succeed in the game with your dog
- Have fun building a lifelong partnership with your dog
Get Searchin’ Eclipse
$200
Introduction Course
Duration: 5 Weeks
Age: Dogs 13 weeks and older
Key Learning Objectives
Best for puppies or young dogs that have completed Get Searchin’ or equivalent.
- Confidence building
- Building independence and confidence
- Continue to develop reading of Change Of Behaviour
- Learn how to support your team mate in searches Basic Foundational skills in searching while building and maintaining motivation
Get Smelly
$200
Introduction to Birch (1st Odour) & Skill building class
Duration: 5 Weeks
Age: 6 months+
Key Learning Objectives
- Learn about basics of odour hygiene & best practice storage
- Revist key points from Get Searchin’
- Continue to develop leash handling skills
- Develop reliable reward scheduling sequence
- Introduce odour
- Myth bust and troubleshoot potential odour challenges
Get Odourous
$200
Introduction to Anise & Clove & Skill Building class
Duration: 5 Weeks
Age: Any
Key Learning Objectives
- Discuss and develop basic understanding of odour movement and considerations for environment
- Refine skills from Get Smelly
- Introduce new odours
- Develop understanding on odour storage and training schedules with multiple odours
- Build reward scheduling knowledge and discuss different types of rewards
- Discover and problem solve new odour pictures
Work With The Professionals
Competition Courses
Get Assembled
$200
Introduction to Competition Scenarios & Skill Building
Duration: 5 Weeks
Age: Any
Key Learning Objectives
Best for dogs looking to compete in NW1 or NW2 in ACSW or Novice / Advanced in ANKC.
- Discuss, understand and begin basic search strategies
- Demonstrate understanding of common challenges in search elements
- Enhance handling skills
- Enhance body language and change of behaviour in canine
- Learn new hide placement types and how to view behaviour changes as a result and reward
- Learn about common handler faults in competition space and what is considered a dog fault
Get Assembled Fusion
$200
Developing competition scenarios and advanced handling skills
Duration: 5 Weeks
Age: Any
Key Learning Objectives
Best for dogs competing in dogs Australia Advanced, Excellent, NW1, NW2 or looking to revisit or build skill sets covered in this course.
- Build value, commitment and make containers “Fun”
- Work through strategies for food & toy distractors
- Discuss the fundamentals of Elevation in K9 Nose Work and work thru understanding odour movement
- Shifting handler expectations of a search
- Continue to build handling skills and understanding the influence your body has on your team mate
Get Assembled Evolve
$200
Developing competition scenarios and advanced handling skills
Duration: 5 Weeks
Age: Any
Key Learning Objectives
Best for dogs competing in Dogs Australia Excellent, Masters or NW3 or looking to revisit or build skill sets covered in this course.
- Learn the basics of clearing your search areas effectively
- Learn and feel confident in blank and odour spaces
- Conquer inaccessible hides with drills to strengthen your confidence
- Develop and implement strategies for suspended hides
- Are you ready for Ulitmate? Test your skillsets learnt in the previous levels and test yourself at Multiple hide searches
- Discuss theory on complex hide types and begin problem solving and association
Get Into Ship Shape
$200
Introduction to Competition Scenarios & Skill Building
Duration: 5 Weeks
Age: Any
Key Learning Objectives
Best for dogs competing in NW3, Elite & Ultimate.
- Continuing to develop search strategies for all elements and condition types
- Building understanding of changing of equipment and which equipment is best for what types of searching
- Demonstrate and advise benefits of particular search strategies
- Able to tackle multiple hides, distractions and challenges in a search area surplus to competition requirements
- Continue to build stamina and ability to read behaviour when searches are finished
Get Into Ship Shape Revolution
$200
Developing competition scenarios and advanced handling skills
Duration: 5 Weeks
Age: Any
Key Learning Objectives
Best for dogs competing in Dogs Australia Ultimate or ACSW Elite or Summit
- Keeping nose work fun for the serious competitors
- Working on skills to better develop teams
- Build stamina in teams
- Complex skill sets and drills for teams
Follow Us
Advanced Courses & Private Lessons
Get Sent Sync
$160
Advanced Handler Skills
Duration: 4 Weeks
Age: Any
Key Learning Objectives
4 week courses on complex odour puzzles and complex hides for teams competing in higher levels or wishing to gain experience.
- Learn how to be the best team mate to your dog
- Develop search behaviours that support your success in trial situations
Get Scent Savy
$50
Private Lessons
Key Learning Objectives
Offered to all teams of all levels for a range of reasons as required
- To achieve the goals that you advise you wish to achieve
- Working through common challenges and implementing strategies to read and work through common problems
Evaluations / Assessments
Get Evaluated
$65
Assessments to see what course best suits
Duration: 5 Weeks
Already Have K9 Nose Work Experience?
If you and your dog have been training in K9 Nose Work—whether at home, with another organization, or through online courses—and you’re interested in joining our group classes without starting from the beginning, we’d be happy to welcome you!
To ensure the best fit, we offer an evaluation session where we can assess your current skill level and set appropriate challenges. This helps us place you in the course that best supports you and your dog’s continued development.
Contact us to schedule your evaluation and take the next step in your K9 Nose Work journey.
Prices
Private
$50
For up to 30 mins
+$10
Add on additional dog owned by you.
+$40
Add a friends dog with you (up to 3 dogs per private lesson)
Group
$40
Per class over 5 weeks
Evaluations
$65
Provide situational report / summary of observations of session
Interested in Enrolling?
If you’re interested in getting your dog started in a course: