The following are helpful articles and videos related to scent work sports:
Tiny treats– you’ll need a LOT of treats for the beginner and sustained alert class so you’ll want each treat to be tiny (about the size of a pea).
Skills needed in a scentwork dog and handler
Training for the ‘in-between’ times
VIDEO: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sBzFdCk4uMI Things that affect scent searches and how they can affect hide placement (Transcript)
Why dogs struggle when learning new things and when searching
Also see “Why dogs don’t do as you ask” that I wrote several years ago.
Using treats and dopamine to get super motivation
How to get precise indications right on source
How dogs sniff: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TILjzuBGkRc
The first part of this video shows how dogs move air with their nose and the rest of the video is about how particulates that the dog is detecting can move and collect on surfaces.
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