Course Outline – K9 Nose Time

K9 Nose Time Course Outline

Intro Series

Intro to K9 Nose Work

Suitable for teams new to K9 Nose Work

Intro to Odour

Suitable for dogs that have completed Intro to K9 Nose Work. Tuesday class dogs will be going on to anise & clove. Thursday they will be going on to birch

Foundations

Nosework Basecamp: Essential Skills: Foundations for every step of the nosework journey

Essential Skills

“Advanced training is just the basics done really well.” (Ken Ramirez)

These are the foundation concepts needed for every step of the nosework journey. Prepare your new dog with the best tools from the start, or revisit the basics with your advanced dog. Create clarity and confidence in your cues and handling so that your dog can search with joy and independence.

Topics covered include: start lines, cues, reward sequence, leash handling, dog’s hunt drive and problem-solving, reading the dog

Vehicles – Novice, Advanced and Nose Work 1

Vehicles 1: Wrap It Up
Build focus, drive and confidence for vehicles searches

Containers – Novice, Advanced and Nose Work 1

Unlock the box: the key to containers

Trial Tactics – Novice, Advanced and Nose Work 1

Handling Skills – Novice, Advanced and Nose Work 1

Odour Odyssy

Elevation & Buried

Hides & Lows

3 hide puzzles

“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. The goal is an empowered dog who keeps searching until they solve the puzzle. Dogs will gain confidence and proficiency, whilst handlers work to improve their observation skills and handling. Challenges are tailored to the skill level of the teams in class.

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

Inaccessible

Can’t touch this: The inaccessible hide

Pooling & Converging

Layering Puzzles

Skills Progression

Vehicle Skills – Nose Work 2, Excellent & Masters

Vehicles 2: Bumper to Bumper
Master the skills for complex vehicle searching

Containers Skills Distractors

Sniff or Skip: The Distractor Dilema

Thresholds, Corners, Perimeters

Cornered – navigating nooks, thresholds and perimeters

Blind Hides

Blind Faith: Working through blind hides, reading your dog and trust your training like never before!

Intentional Distractors

Temptation Troubles: Dismissing intentional distractors

Trained Final Response

Alert Academy: Final Response Focus. Fine tune your dogs communication so it crystal clear and trial ready