K9 Nose Time Courses 2026
Term 2B – June – 4 weeks of classes
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Puppy Sniffers
Intro Series – Primary (food or toys)
Where play meets purpose
This class is all about building confidence, having fun and laying the foundations for search skills in your puppy. Puppies of all ages can join or any dog that hasn’t yet been introduced to odour.
Foundations
Intro Series – All 3 odours
Nosework Basecamp: Essential Skills: Foundations for every step of the nosework journey
This 4-week class is part of our Essential Skills series. It will continue the development of strong search skills – hunt drive, motivation, independence – as we focus on handler mechanics. At the end of this class teams should feel more proficient with cues, reward processes, start/end routines and leash handling. The goal is to start to build confidence with running baseline blind searches.
Trial Tactics – Novice, Advanced and Nose Work 1
Essential Skills Series
Designed for dogs who are proficient on all sport odours.
This 4-week class is part of our Essential Skills series. This class will focus on skills that set teams up for success at the first stages of trialling – ACSW NW1 / Level 1 Elements or ANKC Novice / Advanced. Teams will work on their dog’s focused searching, value for odour and sourcing skills, and the handling mechanics needed to support these goals.
Trial Tactics – Higher level trialing
Skills Progression Series
Designed for dogs who are proficient on all sport odours, this class focuses on:
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Transitioning between hides.
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Start line routines and strategies.
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Intentional handling
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Strategies for NW2, NW3, Excellent and Masters
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Confidence and Stability at the higher levels
Pooling, converging and close proximity
Odour Series
Designed for dogs who are proficient on all sport odours, this class focuses on:
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How to read your dog on pooling and converging odour.
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Causes and different types of pooling and converging
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Setting up training scenarios to mimic these puzzles.
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Converging or is it?
Thresholds, corners and perimeters
Skills Progression Series
Designed for dogs who are proficient on all sport odours, this class focuses on the following.
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Start line routines and working from the threshold
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Odour movement and availability – do you need to return to the threshold?
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Perimeters – interiors vs exteriors. Working outside the search area?
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Corners – complicated scent pictures, elevation, odour availability.
Layering Puzzles
Odour Series
Designed for dogs who are proficient on all sport odours, this class focuses on:
🔍 Trial skills
🧩 Problem solving
👀 Reading your dog in complex scent puzzles
💡 Understanding hide puzzle layering in real-world scenarios
3 hide Puzzles
Odour Series
“Where dogs solve the puzzles”
True partnership involves understanding your teammate’s strengths – and solving odour problems is your dog’s superpower! This class is about providing your dog with a range of learning experiences and challenges.
Topics covered include: odour movement, understanding search environments, how to set appropriate challenges, handler mechanics, covering a search area, converging odour, hides in multiple planes, layered challenges
Drop In Power Hour with Lesia at the GB
Wednesday 7:30pm
THIS CLASS IS FOR DOGS ON ALL SPORT ODOURS
Drop In with Danielle Leong at North Rocks
Saturdays at 10:30am
THIS CLASS IS FOR DOGS ON ALL SPORT ODOURS
Drop In with Danielle Foster at Castle HIll
Thursdays at 6pm
THIS CLASS IS FOR DOGS ON ALL SPORT ODOURS
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