Scent Detective: Begining Nosework Games $175
Dogs have an amazing sense of smell created over centuries of evolution to enhance their need to hunt. Nose work takes this natural ability and desire of a dog to hunt with scent and turns it into sport that any dog can play. Through games and play, nose work can develop any dog's natural scenting abilities to their finest.
Odor targeting, recognition and detection basics $200
This class will teach a dog to detect a target odor, locate the source of that target odor and indicate that he has found the target odor. Much like training an explosives, drug or cadaver dog, we train dogs to search for the target odor by simply asking the dog, “Is there trained odor present in the search area or not?”, and waiting for his answer.
Odor targeting, recognition and detection advanced $250
The alert (found it !) is the foundation of detection training. This class covers in detail the steps to creating an incredibly precise, clear, persistent, durable, passive indication to 5 different odors. We will work through the alert, odor discrimination, distraction proofing, distance from target and basic leash handling.
Odor detection in the service and medical world $275
There are many dogs now that can sniff out medical issues that even doctors weren't aware of. Dogs can pick up on tiny changes in the human body, from a tiny shift in our hormones to the release of volatile organic compounds released by cancer cells. This class will cover training a service dog to detect specific chemical changes in the owners body whether for diabetes, seizures or cancer.
DETECTION TRAINING
PACKAGE $800
Purchase all four detection classes.
At the end of this series your dog will be able to target 5 different odors of your choice or the 5 most common of the diseases that service dogs help with if you wish be become part of our detection services.
All medical alert service dogs should do this series of classes.
