What is Scentwork
Welcome to the fascinating world of Scentwork, a game of hide and seek that taps into your pet’s most powerful sense – their extraordinary sense of smell. For those new to the term, Scentwork is an activity where dogs use their sense of smell to find specific odours or items. It’s a rewarding, stimulating, and enjoyable activity that builds trust and relationships with your best friend. In the wild, dogs use their sense of smell to navigate their surroundings, find food, and even communicate with each other. Scentwork transforms this innate ability into a fun and challenging game. It involves hiding a specific scent or object and guiding your dog to find it using its nose. The hidden item could be anything from a favourite toy to the SWUK target odours. The Benefits of Scentwork Scentwork offers a wide range of benefits for dogs and their handlers. Here’s why you should consider it:
Fun for Both Dog and Handler The joy of Scentwork is not just for your pet – you’ll have a blast, too! You can see your dog’s abilities and share their excitement when they find the hidden item. It’s a thrilling moment that reinforces the teamwork between you and your dog. Competing in Scentwork UK For those who wish to take the activity to the next level, there are Scentwork UK trials. These events take the basic principles of Scentwork and present them as challenges in various environments and situations. Competing can add an extra layer of excitement to your Scentwork UK journey. It provides an opportunity to measure your progress, and nothing beats the thrill of your dog successfully finding the scent in a competition. It’s a fantastic way to meet a community of like-minded pet lovers! |
If you and your dog would like to get started on your Scentwork journey, improve your Scentwork skills or prepare for Scentwork UK competitions, pop us a message to book your spot.
Our Scentwork classes are; Beginners: Saturday 8am to 9am - £10 - Starting Saturday 1st March 2025 For the 'New to Scentwork' Team, we look at building your dogs drive, teaching you to read your dogs body language and teaching your dog what finding a scent means. Intermediate: Saturday 9.30am to 10.30am - £10 - Starting Saturday 1st March 2025 For the 'We have already started Scentwork tasks' Team, we focus on enhancing your dogs tracking technique and building a reliable easy-to-read indication. Expert: Saturday 11am to 12pm - £10 - Starting Saturday 1st March 2025 For the 'My dog can reliably find Scents' Team, we are building your dog into a lean, mean, searching machine. We put time into testing your dogs indications, increasing distractions and the range of scents your dog understands. To book into our classes please get in touch to ensure we have space on the day. Classes are limited to 6 teams per class. |