The Foundation of Nosework

This is an excellent course for beginners in the scent detection dog sport. The training concepts in this course will apply to all of the various scent work competitions.

This course covers a foundation for nose work with your dog taught by trainer Andrew Ramsey. Nose work is a new dog sport where individuals can train their household pets to detect legal odors. It is 100% motivational training and has absolutely no corrections at any level of work.

Outline

What’s Needed to Get Started

Training Lab

Three Nosework Terms

Handler/Trainer Relationship

First Steps of Training

Toy Reward vs. Food Reward

De-sensitizing Your Dog to Training Lab

Dog with Serious ENVIRONMENTAL Problems

Foundation of a Search Pattern

Toy Reward DogsWhen to Add Odor

Initial Training for Food Reward Dogs

Adding Odor to Training

Step One Train Focused Response

Learning to Use a Payment Delivery Device

Reward Delivery

Timing of Reward Delivery

Bracketing

Scent Cones

Reading your Dog

Oder Acquisition

Training the Trainer

New Trainers Learning Reward Delivery

Classically Conditioning Food Delivery Device

Residual Odor

When to Add Blind Searches

How Often to Give Help or Search Command

How Long to Train and How to End Your Training Session