The Little Nose that Knows

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The Little Nose that Knows

The Little Nose that Knows specializes in Scent Detection training for pets and sport competition. Primary focus is SDDA (Sporting Detection Dog Assoc).

The Little Nose is focuses on training scent detection to ANY dog, we promote the sport as a game the old, young, shy or rambunctious dog can play. It makes a great game for cold winter days and we also promote the sport competition, primarily SDDA (Sporting Detection Dog Association) guidelines with expansion into UKC, SDS, C-WAGS. And we are learning and growing all the time, no type of sport de

tection is off limits. In partnership with other hobbyist dog sport lovers we also offer Rally Obedience (Rally O), drop in practices, seminars and host trials. We are adding to our educational repertoire all the time, so you never know what we will have for you next! We strive to promote a positive atmosphere for all dogs and handlers/owners who cross our path. We hope to amplify interest in dog sports in the community. My education in Scent Detection is by no means complete, I believe every instance offers something new and we are always growing. Some of my training includes: Andrew Ramsey Nosework method,mentoring workshops with multiple SDDA judges, and am in the process of completing Gold Level Fenzi dog NW training. Every year I choose to participate in educational opportunities so I always have something new to offer my students. Above all, we have fun at Little Nose and our smiles show it. :)

08/15/2024

08/14/2024

Another appreciation post? HECK YES!

The Little Nose that Knows is pleased to have the ongoing, unwavering support of the fabulous and fierce Sam, of Canine Coaching. We are fortunate to have Sam's support for every trial, behind the scenes she and I work on the paper work and pre-planning details together, as well as I am lucky to call her my personal assistant at most trials - this woman keeps me on track! I can trust her to pick up where I left off in an instant, to act as another set of eyes on site and to jump in and handle any task in an instant. Canine Coaching also donates prize items regularly to our events ensuring we have toys and cookies galore on hand.

Sam has been helping at our trials and co-hosting with me since 2016, as well as now hosting her own events. We ate always avid supporters of their events too. Check out their fall class schedule just posted and sure to fill fast!

LIttle Nose is grateful and thankful for every volunteer, helper, and supporter we have for our events, and today, we shout out to Sam and Canine Coaching for all they do for and with us 💚💜

08/13/2024

Looking for something to do for Labor day long weekend? Get your entries in with Mojave Dog Sports for their 2 day SDDA trials in Leduc AB.
Lots of room Saturday for Started and Advanced entries!!
Check out sdda.ca for the premium list and entry link or contact Mojave for more information.
LNTK supports all trials hosts and its rare to see an SDDA event that isn't full so don't miss this chance!
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08/13/2024

Time for some more sponsorship shout outs!
This one goes out to Rock Solid Raw
Who generously sponsored our 2024 trials with 2 vouchers for their fantastic raw foods. 👏 if you're looking for Raw food in Central Alberta hit up our friend Melissa at Rock Solid and get set up with her for pick up. Your dog will thank you 😊
So join me in celebrating this amazing sponsor! Thank you for your support Rock Solid Raw!
https://www.facebook.com/RockSolidRaw?mibextid=ZbWKwL

Locally sourced dog food and products from Ponoka, Alberta.
Text 403-783-0951 to place an order!

08/11/2024

Little Nose Trial Sponsor Shout Out!
This sponsor is also a near and dear friend, who has been on the scent journey with us since our early days.

Alberta Dogsport Supplies is an annual sponsor of our events donating scent kits, straws, oils, vials and vessels of all kinds! We frequently order these items from them as well for ourselves and our students and thanks to them being local we can often save on shipping by meeting up for pick up.

Make sure to contact them for all your scent detection supplies, you won't be sorry! And check out their page to see the wide variety of supplies they carry. Our personal favorites are camo tins, they blend in so well you might just need your scent detection partner to help you find the vessel you hid!
https://www.facebook.com/allaboutdogsport?mibextid=ZbWKwL

07/22/2024

Another sponsor spotlight! Tilted Barn Co. Has been donating to our events since 2023, and we absolutely love their treats and support. Competitors are delighted to recieve full size bags treats as prizes, who wouldn't! These treats are limited ingredients, Canadian made and doha LOVE them!

Thank you to this fantastic company for their ongoing support of Little Nose Events!

07/21/2024

We love hosting SDDA trials, DSDL league and scent classes, and we have so many supporters to thank for always pitching in when we need a hand! One of our long time students, volunteer extraordinary and supportive force is Kerri Lomax of Pet Dental in Red Deer https://www.facebook.com/k9kerri?mibextid=ZbWKwL

Kerri Is often to thank for your candid search photos at trials as she loves to volunteer as judge helper, snapping pics along the way.

Thank you Kerri for always chipping in and helping make our events a success!

07/20/2024

Sponsor shout out!
We need to send a huge thank you to our new Sponsor EZ Clean! This product works, it eliminates odors as well as working on stains. Many of us love it for all things pet odor related, it can go in your laundry, in your mop bucket, on wood, concrete and more! We are so grateful to have had their support and the competitors took home a bottle to try at our July 14 event.
Thank you for donating to our event!
Check out their socials and Website to get their products https://www.ez-clean.com/

07/14/2024

Good luck to all our competitors today at Lacombe Ag Grounds! See you here!

06/02/2024

Thank you everyone for your trial entries for July 14th! We will be processing entries over the next couple days!

04/21/2024

Noses are what we love, just look what they can do!
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Ever noticed those slits at the sides of a dog’s nose? Why do dogs have them?

Once again, nature proves her elegance in the design of our dogs. When we humans inhale and exhale, air comes in the same way it goes out. Any smells that come in through our mouths are forced out as we exhale.

When a dog exhales through his nose, however, the exhaled air is released through those slits and off to the side so that nice, smelly air going into the dog’s nostrils doesn’t get diluted with the outgoing air. Put another way, the slits allow the dog to avoid smelling what he just exhaled.

The slits help the dog hold scent particles in the nostrils even as exhaled air passing out the slits creates a swirling air turbulence allowing interesting odors to be inhaled directly into the centre of each nostril. Since dogs breathe faster when trying to sniff a certain smell, they widen their nostrils to pull in more air which makes it possible for a dog searching for smells to have a steady stream of air coming in for up to 40 seconds, maybe even longer.

The slits also allow dogs to wiggle each nostril independently which gives them the ability to know which nostril a smell entered. This is how a dog can pinpoint where a smell is coming from, and why a dog searching for smells on the ground will weave back and forth as he follows a trail.

We all know the superb smelling abilities of dogs, but let’s use an analogy between scent and sight to really put it into perspective: What we as humans can see at a third of a mile, our dog can see more than 3,000 miles away and still see as well.

03/25/2024

Our friends at Canine Coaching are hosting a seminar not to be missed! Fred Helfers June 2024
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Join us in June for an exciting weekend of learning with Fred Helfers!

Visit https://www.caninecoaching.ca/fredhelfers2024.html for full information and our registration form!

Working spots are extremely limited!

Event Dates:
June 15 & 16, 2024
Event Times:
9 am to 4 pm each day
Event Address:
Olds Curling Rink
Olds, AB
Schedule:
Saturday Morning is classroom theory
Saturday Afternoon is Advanced Practical Work
Sunday is Excellent + Practical Work
Event Cost:
Advanced (Mid Skill Level) Working Spot - $350 for all 2 days of learning (Sunday will be auditing the Excellent + practical work)
Excellent + Working Spot - $475 for all 2 days of learning (Saturday afternoon will be auditing the Advanced practical work)
Working Dogs must have previously been introduced to odour.
In Person Audit Spot - $250 for the weekend
Payment plans available.

03/09/2024

Wishing all our friends competing and hosting this weekend a great trial!!

03/02/2024

CKC scent detection trial with available space open in Edmonton! Don't miss out on this chance and support a deserving club!
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02/07/2024

Exciting News! Crystal has agreed to offer one more round of Intro to Scent Detection classes on TUESDAY evenings in Red Deer.

Introduce your dog to the game of Scent Detection and learn for yourself all about the sport of Scent as well as the sniffing power of your dog's nose!

5 weeks starting Feb 20th 7:30 pm
Cost is $150
Email [email protected]
To sign up 3 spots left!

02/05/2024

For the next 5 weeks, we are celebrating Scent Detection Saturdays!
Crystal is teaching not 1, not 2 but THREE Intro to Scent Detection groups on Saturday mornings! We adore having so many new teams learning this fantastic sport and increasing bonds with their dogs.
Kris, meanwhile, is hosting trial prep Sniff n Go sessions Saturdays and teaching Beginners Scent in the Afternoons, where teams build on their intro skills towards readiness to trial, clear alerts and multiple odor puzzles!

Who knows, if interest stays this way, Scent Saturdays may continue into March 😉 Watch this page and your email existing students for all the information 😀
Don't miss your chance to join in the fun. Follow us for updates!

02/05/2024

Great article for discussion. Do you agree? Disagree? Tell me why you love scent and how it has grown your relationship with your dog!

01/26/2024

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01/22/2024

Beginner Scent Detection class - 2 spots available!
This class is appropriate for dogs who have completed an Intro to Scent and are finding Wintergreen odor. Class will be 4 weeks for $125.00 in Red Deer
Feb 3, 10, 24 and March 2 2024

To enroll email us at [email protected]

01/17/2024

In 2023 we were fortunate to receive trial donations from a local small business Dogs & Company who made us this beautiful box of gourmet dog cookies! Thank you Dogs & Company for your support in 2023!

01/16/2024

Another long time sponsor we want to appreciate Alberta Dogsport Supplies
For their ongoing donations, prizes, scent tins and shout outs every trial thank you Cecilia from the bottom of our hearts!

01/14/2024

Sponsor shout out! In 2023 Prairie Dog Sports Inc. Provided treats and prizes for every trial! Astounding support 💙 TY PDS!

01/14/2024

Get your oils locally from Cecilia at Alberta Dogsport Supplies.
If enough are interested I am willing to coordinate a group order for pickup in Red Deer to save shipping costs. Visit her page she sells more than just oil!

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CKC/UKC/CWAGS/SDDA oils.
$9.49 for 10ml
All 100% pure, steam distilled, therapeutic grade.
Aniseed - Pimpinella anisum
Birch - Betula lenta
Clovebud - Syzygium aromaticum/Eugenia caryophyllata
Cypress - cupressus sempervirens
Pine - Pinus sylvestris
Thyme - Thymus vulgaris
Wintergreen - Gaultheria procumbens

Myrrh - Commiphora myrrha - 2ml jar.
Vetiver - Vetiveria zizanioides - 5ml.
Price available upon request

01/14/2024

2023 sponsor shout out! Let's start by thanking Tilted Barn Pet Company for their generous dog treat donations! 😋

11/22/2023

Intro class is booked for January and a Saturday option is soon to come.

For existing students pls watch your email for class options coming soon!

10/24/2023

Attention scent friends! If you're an SDDA RP pls login and manually check your renewal date. As per below the reminders are broken so not going out.

Happy Monday all!

08/01/2023

Form is now open sorry all got called away couldn't get back to open it!!!

07/29/2023

Excited to see you all at trial this weekend!!

06/10/2023

Draco Scent Detection Legacy League June 17
I still have space to add participants NEW FOLKS Welcome
Up to 5 runs, link below

06/03/2023

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