Scent Game and Nose Work For Dogs

A tutorial on how to activate your dog's nose so you can track items, people, scents.
www.moderncaninetraining.ca

[@tasha_111_]

I absolutely LOVE hearing that nose going to work lol All too often "pet" dogs that don't have a specific job seem to lose/forget the ability to use their nose as it was ment to be used. Doing something as simple as these "find it" game reminds them of how important their nose is and gets them in the habbit of using it more often. Great and very simple steps to breakdown the game so anyone can understand and teach it to their dog. Great Video 👏👏👏 I love Luna and her gorgeous markings!! Such a typical Border Collie, smart, always watching/thinking, very focused, and for lack of a better term just fun to have and be around 😊🐾🐕

[@aphyngodiva2551]

Watching this for activity ideas for my girls, every time you say "good girllll!" My senior gets super excited. 😂

[@ashleeb8926]

Very helpful! Will work in this with my Yorkie and report back. Thank you!

[@shivnewan1]

Love this, love the way you train. Been having a lot of rainy days here in Ireland so me and my pup have been getting into this game :) Thank you for uploading your videos.

[@orlandodogtraining2548]

Kristin, I loved this video. It will be a fun thing to do with my own dogs and in the future, a fun thing to show my more committed clients.

[@kicknadeadcat]

The way I trained my black lab was I took a hotdog put it on a string and dragged it across my deck. I placed a small piece of hotdog behind the leg of my picnic bench. The dog never saw me and I let him out of the house and gave him the scent of the hotdog from my hand. I made it throwing motion in my hand towards the picnic bench. Granted my dog is highly food reactive, unlike the dog in the video. He was immediately on the scent and found it fairly quickly. Then I did the same thing and dragged it across my lawn about 20 feet away. And kept practicing further and further away until basically he could find it anywhere on my property. Even when I placed it on a small tree branch 3 feet high. I would drag the hotdog from my backyard all the way around to my front yard and then watch him go nuts looking for it. It was really fun because they go off scent and go in the opposite direction and then turn back and then go off again and then turn back until eventually he finds it. I have always been amazed by how sensitive dogs noses are.

[@rachelwhitlock9418]

My mum rescued a terrier cross from the pound recently and since he's shown he likes sniffing out rats and possums I've been meaning to try nosework with him. Now that we're heading into summer here in Australia the hotter days (getting over 40 degrees!) are the perfect chance to start. Great video, nice clear & simple instructions that even my mum's not-so-obedient dog will probably pick up no problem :)

[@lmmbchampion]

Thank you for this wonderful video! I tried this with my puppy this morning and she did amazing! She and I both had so much fun:) Even my elderly dog got into it!!!!

[@victoriahypes-mayfield5309]

Just tried this with my pup and had to remind myself you probably didn’t film your baby’s first time! Thanks for the ideas!

[@denaerusher7437]

Sooooo helpful! I can't wait to try this with my Rottie.

[@pravinpawar1415]

Very easy teaching ⭐️⭐️⭐️

[@LeilaErtel]

This was fun, I taught my heeler to find the tea bag in 10 minutes, she loved it!

[@terilooney]

Thanks for these suggestions.

[@natalieread789]

I never thought of using tea bags! Great idea

[@TheRottielover]

Very smart dog. She picked it up very quickly indeed. :D I really enjoyed watching this. And the cats were cute too. :)

[@marijamiletic5539]

Cool! My dog love this game!!!

[@mandyreiss5259]

HIGHLY PRAISE that good prey drive that your pup is showing you. Tell her//him "get it!! GET IT!" and encourage the find. Have a party for your pup for getting it right!

[@Joice_M]

So cool

[@anneandresen1]

great video:) my curly coated retriever loves these games:)

[@whitneybennett9045]

awesome kitty

[@usernamemykel]

Great dog. I've a Lab - she's great too. How would you teach the dog to do a passive indication - that is, sit when it finds the object? Thanks

[@Krissykris1468]

Ooohhh....it's orange. I was like "what pink toy?" That you can buy at Walmart for $10 bucks, it's GREAT!

[@lotusdanielle5651]

Thank you for posting this simple video. Although I don't use clickers the idea should still work if not only as a game :) possibly to find things for me in the woods in time. My largest issue at the moment in training is that I have two dogs with very different personalty's and ages, breeds of dogs everything different and they don't focus together.

[@shavnore]

Love your videos! Just one question: How would you substitute a treat with something else? Let's say a coin

[@Krissykris1468]

Natural Balance Dog Food Rolls by Dick Van Patten (Lamb Flavor) or you can use vegetarian hot dogs and burgers, they work great too!

[@nickhategan1362]

what kind of treats do you use?

[@r.b.4611]

how did you teach your collie to be safe with your cat?

[@pjokap]

We play a game in which I stick the dog in the other room and then I hide a tennis ball. The tennis ball has been sprayed with AXE body spray. When we first started playing this game, I soaked the ball. As we progressed i started using less and less Axe on the ball. Her progress is amazing. And she absolutely loves the game. Here's my dilemma. When she finds the ball she picks it up and runs back to me and we do it again. I'd like to train my dog to detect bed bugs. I live near Chicago and there plenty of pests to be detected. As I said, she detects a perfume soaked ball and indicates by bringing it to me. My goal is her detecting the scent of a tiny bedbug and then giving me a passive indication. Not really sure of the quickest way to get her to that final point. Any suggestions?

[@Joice_M]

Is it rianing in the backgrou???

[@invalidcaboose10]

So you can do this with basically anything that has a scent after the training ?

[@momoutofthecountry]

What treats are you using?

[@robabicicletas]

what are you using to reward? I can see a biiig bag but I don't know what it is

[@animalvidsforyou]

Out of the breeds you listed, I suggest a Samoyed!

[@steinman17]

The cat stole the show :-P

[@MeloneSmile]

Please tell me! Is she working or show line? I don't find any showline breeders that breed dogs that have that agile body, they all start to look very fluffy and stocky.. in working line I like the look of most of the borders more, but I don't know, can they be without sheep?

[@Krissykris1468]

saza hahaschi She is a registered working line. Both her lines come from working BC's (sheep and cattle).

[@dose_of_wonder]

good video!thanks..but is there another way without puting food on the floor??thats what i am teaching my dog now..to do not take food from the floor or/and to way to tell her that she is alowd to take it...any ideas how to teach her without food on the floor??

[@DejanAngelovFamily]

+afroula21 interesting points ,if anyone else wants to learn about puppy training tricks try Skyarza Puppy Lessons Star (just google it ) ? Ive heard some interesting things about it and my cousin got great success with it.

[@servicedogchopper7613]

InspiredSkill Don't put it on the floor. There are ways to train this without putting treats on the floor. This is ok for pet dogs but not so much for those of us with service dogs that cannot eat treats off the floor. I think all pet dog owners should train their dog to not eat off the floor or ground as there can be very dangerous things in the ground. Like in New York people put rat poison inside of meat. But I wouldn't follow this if you are training your dog to not eat off the floor/ground. There are many offical nose work compition videos you can follow. Leerburg puts many out as well as sells the smell canisters.

[@irihur]

I worry my dog (a lab) will eat the tea bag. What do you suggest.

[@kicknadeadcat]

I’m a little late but hotdogs work for me

[@queenviva2662]

I’m gonna try this with my newfound/lab mix. She is two years old though is it to late to start?

[@isabelweber1704]

As far as I know you can teach knew things to dogs of almost any age. It might take longer but I'd definitly give it a try!

[@KDOGG331]

Probably doesn't really matter much but where did you get the tea? Do they just have it like any normal store? I want to get the same kind or similar so I don't hurt his nose like you said

[@Krissykris1468]

KDOGG331 Any store you can get tea bags, use an Orange Pekoe or English Tea :)

[@KDOGG331]

Thanks! :)

[@kelliwood3157]

I want to teach my dog to bring me my medication during certain time of the day. Any tips?

[@Krissykris1468]

+Kelli Wood first make sure your dog won't eat the medication. If he wont then you would train him just as you would with "teach your dog to get a beer" video. Using the pill case instead of the beer :)

[@servicedogchopper7613]

Kristin Crestejo, CDBC That is item retrieval, not nose work. Many have videos (including myself) on items retrival.

[@soda_galaxy]

Does anyone know what she's using for treats?

[@roypruitt3388]

Appears to be just kibble or pieces of her dog food.

[@Krissykris1468]

Natural Balance Dog Food Rolls by Dick Van Patten

[@TylerJohnson-dw1fr]

I already thought my BLUE STAFF TERROIR ALL THIS IN A DAY OR SO WITH OUT Treats OR CLICKERS ! 🐶🐾JUST🐕 A BELLY RUB EACH🐾🐾🐾🐾🐾🐾🐾🐾🐾🐾 TIME

[@Leverquin]

Beagle would pwns Border Collie in this game :D

[@IIIIOTL]

I tried this with my dog but she was biting and wanted to eat the tea bag...

[@Cylonwarrior655]

i need better treats!!