K9 Nose Work®
Get Searchin'
Introduction Course
Duration: 5 Weeks
Age: Dogs 14 weeks and older
KEY LEARNING OBJECTIVES
- 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 Smelly
Introduction to Odour
Duration: 5 Weeks
Age: 6 months +
KEY LEARNING OBJECTIVES
- Learn about basics of odour hygeine & best practice storage
- Revist key points from Get Searchin'
- Continue to develop leash handling skills
- Develop reliable reward scheduling sequence
- Introduce odour
- Mythbust and troubleshoot potential odour challenges
Get odourous
Continued journey on odour
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
get assembled
Introducing Competition Scenarios & Skill Building
Best For : Dogs looking to compete in NW1 or NW2 in ACSW or Novice/Advanced in ANKC
Duration: 5 Weeks
Age: Any
KEY LEARNING OBJECTIVES
- Discuss, understand and begin basic search statergies
- Demonstate 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 competiton space and whats considered a dog fault
Get into ship shape
Developing competition scenarios and advanced handling skills
Best For : Dogs looking to compete in NW3 and higher in ACSW or Excellent/Masters in ANKC
Duration: 5 Weeks
Age: Any
KEY LEARNING OBJECTIVES
- Continuing to develop search stratergies for all elements & 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 strageries
- Able to tackle mutiple 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 mended
Handlers and dogs who are requiring assistance to work through challenges in their scentwork/nose work competitions
Best For: All dogs & handlers currently competing who are having challenges
I.e fringing, false alerts, difficultiy reading changes of behaviour
Duration: 5 Weeks
Age: Any
KEY LEARNING OBJECTIVES
- To achieve the goals that you advise you wish to achieve
- Working through common challenges and implementing stratergies to read and work through common problems
Get EVALUATED
Trained in nose work or scent work with another trainer or organisation? Wish to join Get Woof'd, however dont know which course is best suited? Or are you wanting a different opinion on your training journey?
Best For : All dogs & handlers who have trained nose work or scent work previously and searched for at least 1 odour of Birch, Anise, Clove, or Cypress.
Duration: As Discussed with trainer at time of booking
Age: Any