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CPDT-KA Certified Dog Trainer
Certified Puppy Class Instructor
Puppy & adolescent classes
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04/11/2024

We’ve had a busy month of Scentwork competition & I think no more on the schedule for us until 2025 🐾

Road trips to Orange, Port Stephens & Robertson 🚗

Georgie:
Pass in Masters Vehicles & her Vehicle Element Scentwork Title!
Two passes in Masters Exteriors
Pass & 3rd place in Masters Interiors
2 Judges Choices Awards

Chip:
Pass in Excellent Interiors
Pass in Excellent Vehicles

Continuing our training now with an eye on 2025!

30/10/2024

October graduates 🐾🎓👏

Thursday
Monday & Wednesday
Tuesday at

Well done everyone 🙌

30/09/2024

NEW PUPPY CLASS VENUE!!

Thrilled to be partnering with the wonderful team at Lindfield to teach puppy classes.

For puppies 8-16 weeks, head to my website to book in!

https://veronicascanineconcepts.com/book

29/09/2024

September Graduations 🎓🐾👏

Sundays
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Wednesday
Sunday

Congrats everyone!!

30/08/2024

July/August graduations!! 🎓👏🐾

Wednesdays
Sundays
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Sundays

Congrats everyone 🤩

29/08/2024

Fun Fact: The Amazing Sense of Smell in Dogs! 🐶👃

Did you know that a dog's sense of smell is between 10,000 and 100,000 times more acute than ours? This incredible ability is celebrated in the sport of Scent Work, where dogs get to indulge their love of sniffing and turn it into a rewarding game. It’s a fantastic sport for all types of dogs and an excellent way to build confidence in shy pups.

In many dog sports, the handler is in control, but Scent Work flips the script. Neither the dog nor the handler knows where the target odour is hidden, so the handler must rely entirely on the dog's nose to find it. In Scent Work, the dog truly becomes the star of the show.

Inspired by the work of professional detection dogs, like those used to find drugs, Scent Work involves dogs searching for different things that the dog needs to find. They are hidden in a pre-determined search area, and the dog must locate them. Teamwork is key: when the dog finds the scent, they communicate the find to the handler, who then calls it out to the judge.

Scent Work is not only fun and engaging for dogs, but it also strengthens the bond between dog and handler, highlighting the incredible capabilities of our canine companions. 🌟🐾

02/08/2024

It has been a big 7 days for Chip & Georgie!

Chip has just earned his Advanced Scentwork (SWA) Title.

And Georgie is now trialling at Masters Level meaning every search now has an unknown number of hides.
Last Saturday - passed with 3rd Place Masters Interiors
Last night - passed with FIRST PLACE Masters Containers

Thank you for two fantastic trials!

Whether you compete or just want an enjoyable activity with your dog Scentwork is so much fun for all 🐾

19/07/2024

Another Title for Georgie 🤩
Skyesong Heel N Toe CCD RA SWE

Big day trialling today, Georgie earned her Scentwork Excellent Title!

To achieve this she needed 12 passes at Excellent level (following on from Novice & Advanced) - 3 in each element of Interiors, Exteriors, Vehicles & Containers.

2nd Place today in Excellent Interiors - thank you judge Sophia for a really enjoyable & interesting search! .magni.sportsdogs

Next challenge - Masters!

08/07/2024

June puppy grads!!

Sundays
Sundays at
Mondays
Thursdays

06/07/2024

Chip has been very busy the last few weeks! Continuing trialling at Advanced level in Scentwork:

Advanced Vehicles pass 2nd place ✅
Advanced Containers pass 3rd place ✅

Advanced Interiors pass 2nd place ✅
Advanced Containers pass ✅

And Georgie got her first pass in Masters Vehicles at Newcastle Dog Training Club Scent Trial ✅

Thanks to .magni.sportsdogs for two great searches last night!

17/06/2024

Thanks to the fabulous team at Pittwater Animal Hospital for asking me to come in & talk to staff about canine veterinary visits! We talked about ways to help dogs cope in an emotionally heightened environment and also safety considerations for staff. It was great to talk to the entire team!

Georgie was very excited to pop in to reception afterwards for a quick weigh-in and a treat as well, she loves her happy visits!

14/06/2024

Chip got to go to the Border Collie Scent Trial this morning & did some very nice work to pass Advanced Interiors & Advanced Exteriors 🐾 thankfully the rain held off till we got home! Thanks to the interiors judge .magni.sportsdogs for encouraging us to try the off lead option!

08/06/2024

May puppy class graduations!
Sundays at
Sundays at
Wednesdays at

Congrats everyone!

18/05/2024

Georgie the Toller went to a Border Collie Trial today 😁

Scentwork Trial season is getting underway & today we attempted Masters Level Containers for the first time (up to 35 containers, between 1 & 3 hidden odours & you have to work out how many, food distractor, non-food distractor & this one had a human distractor as well!).

Incredibly pleased to say we passed Masters Containers & scored a pass & 3rd place 🥉 in Excellent Vehicles.

Thanks to the Border Collie Club for a great Trial in challenging weather conditions!

04/05/2024

Our April graduations!

Sundays at
Mondays

Looking forward to seeing some of these lovely pups for “senior” puppy class next week 👏👏

24/04/2024

Booking are open for April/May classes with limited spots remaining!

28th April at Artarmon Introduction to Scentwork (foundations class) 1 spot left

Tues 7th May at Follow-on Scentwork class (if your dog has been introduced to birch odour) 2 spots left

Sunday 5th May at Artarmon Senior Puppy class (puppy class follow-on)

Tuesday 7th May at Senior Puppy Class (puppy class follow-on)

For all info & bookings head to my website or send me a DM
https://veronicascanineconcepts.com/

09/04/2024

March/April Senior Puppy Class grads (missing a couple who were away) - two brilliant groups who put huge efforts into their training - loved seeing many puppy grads returning to class and growing rapidly into teenagers 🤩

Next senior puppy classes will start in May, bookings available soon!

22/03/2024

Graduations! February & March - catching up on lots of fantastic groups & graduation photos 🎓🐾

Well done everyone - we’ve already seen some of you in senior puppy class 😍🤩

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Sundays at Bloomingtails &

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Week 1 & 2 at @monavalevet and this group is absolutely delightful! And we have the whole spectrum of sizes from teeny mini dachshund up to giant Great Dane!

More week 4 of Introduction to Scentwork & graduation!! We challenged the dogs with some interesting searches - this one hidden at the bottom of the cupboards right next to the bin! This was a super challenging distraction because there was leftovers in that bin but every single dog dismissed it even our gorgeous Labrador 😂 So much fantastic work to observe - the change of behaviour as dogs encountered their target (watch for the head turn or change in intensity & focus). And particularly the detailing as dogs started intently sniffing as they worked to find the source. We could see the intent focus and hear the sniffing! Huge well done to Errol, Kaiser, Mako, Shadow, Billie & Leo 👏👏👏

Week 4 of Introduction to Scentwork & graduation!! We challenged the dogs with some interesting searches - one in a corner next to the grey cupboards. So much fantastic work to observe - the change of behaviour as dogs encountered their target (watch for the head turn or change in intensity & focus). And particularly the detailing as dogs started intently sniffing as they worked to find the source. We could see the intent focus and hear the sniffing! Huge well done to Errol, Kaiser, Mako, Shadow, Billie & Leo 👏👏👏

Billie & Kaiser cruising through Scent classes - and we get to see how different sized dogs pick up odour (see Kaiser pick up scent & follow it across the seat of the chair).

Week 3 fun at @gordonvet

We introduced a night-time vehicle search in week 3 of my Follow-on Scent Class. This group is hitting it out of the park & are loving their searches! Amazing work everyone! 👏👏👏

Recalls! Most puppies love to jump & depending on how big a puppy is going to grow most of us don’t want our dogs jumping on us when we call them! So we teach them that keeping 4 feet on the floor is part of their recall & it’s beautiful to see how quickly it becomes the default. Foundations taught in puppy class - skills to build on through adolescence & beyond!

Building strong foundations in my Introduction to Scentwork class - learning that odour pays!

In week 3 we introduce recalls & experiment with different rewards - does your puppy love toys? Food? Or something else? We had 4/5 want food but Rubi LOVES tug & toy play 🐾🤩 Week 3 at @monavalevet

The boys 🥰 - Oscar, Teddy & Ollie having a great time in week 3 of puppy class @gordonvet

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