Askan-K9 training

Akela smashed her first ever Scurry today with Charnwood Dog School 🥰

Mantrailing for pet dogs involves training them to follow the scent of a specific person, turning it into a fun and stimulating activity rather than a professional search and rescue task. This practice can enhance the bond between the dog and its owner, provide physical and mental stimulation, and tap into the dog’s natural instincts. Here’s an overview of how it works: 1. Introduction to Scent: The dog is introduced to the scent of the person it will be trailing. This is usually done using an item that has the person’s scent, such as a piece of clothing. 2. Short Trails: Initial training starts with short and simple trails. The person hides a short distance away, and the dog is encouraged to find them using their scent. 3. Positive Reinforcement: When the dog successfully finds the person, it is rewarded with treats, praise, or play. This positive reinforcement helps the dog associate trailing with a positive outcome. 4. Increasing Difficulty: As the dog becomes more proficient, the trails can be made longer and more complex. Different environments can be introduced, and distractions can be added to increase the challenge. 5. Consistency and Practice: Regular practice is essential to maintain and improve the dog’s mantrailing skills. Sessions should be fun and engaging to keep the dog motivated. 6. Equipment: A harness and a long line are typically used in mantrailing to allow the dog freedom of movement while ensuring it remains under control. Benefits of mantrailing for pet dogs include improved confidence, enhanced problem-solving skills, and a stronger owner-dog relationship. It's a great way to provide your pet with a sense of purpose and accomplishment. Below is Akela mantrailing. This is a short trail as she's only done a handful of session. Check out more mantrailing videos on our ASKAN-K9 you tube channel

Have you ever wondered what tracking is? Tracking training for dogs is a form of training where dogs are taught to follow a specific scent trail. This type of training utilizes a dog's natural ability to use its sense of smell to locate a person, animal, or object. It is often used in search and rescue operations, hunting, or dog sports like tracking trials. During training, dogs learn to distinguish and follow the target scent, ignore distractions, and communicate when they have found the source of the scent. This training can be both mentally and physically stimulating for dogs, providing a great way to exercise their brains and bodies. What is the difference between Tracking & Mantrailing Tracking and man-trailing are both scent-based activities for dogs, but they have distinct differences. Tracking involves a dog following a scent trail left on the ground. The dog sticks closely to the footsteps of the person or animal being tracked. This method often requires the dog to stay on the exact path and follow the scent from where it has settled on the ground and surrounding vegetation. Man-trailing, on the other hand, allows the dog to use airborne scent particles to find a person. In man-trailing, dogs follow the scent that has dispersed through the air, which can lead them to veer off the exact path taken by the person being sought. This method is more flexible and allows the dog to pick up the scent from a wider area. Both techniques utilise a dog's incredible sense of smell but differ in the approach and scope of scent detection. At Askan-K9 we teach the dogs to identify the scent item first. Once the dog learns this, we can start tracking. This method is nice and simple and the dogs soon progress. We don't use treats in the foot steps as this teaches the dogs to sniff for treats, we teach them to identify the track layers scent, follow the track and clearly identify the track layers article to receive their rewards. In the video Akela is starting to id

Generalising in training. Working on a strong 'place' with Akela. We are generalising the 'place' so she understands that place means to sit on whatever item is asked of her and not just one particular item. We are also building confidence using small items and items with movement Generalising refers to the process of teaching your dog to understand that a specific que or behavior applies in all contexts and environments. This means the dog learns to perform the same behaviour reliably, in all situations Generalising is important because it ensures that your dog responds to ques in any situation. Without generalising, a dog might only follow commands in familiar settings or when a specific item is present

Lloyd doing a very thorough search on a line up of pots with a clear indication to the target scent

Sunday pups smashing their training 👌 This is what correct socialisation looks like 👍 Working around other dogs and people and not having to react/engage with the other dogs and people. What does this help with? 🤔 Building a strong bond to you ✅️ Recalling back to you✅️ Loose lead walking with you✅️ Engagement to you✅️ Disengagement to other stimulus✅️ Below is week 5 of our 6 week Perfect Puppy Program and all pups are under 5 months of age 🥰

Putting a little umph into Akelas recall.... Next session, emergency stop 🤣

Stop and smell the roses Your dog's sense of smell is pretty much a super power and their daily sniff routine can help them identify what's happening in their environment as well as lower their stress levels. Did you know that a dog's sense of smell is between 10,000 to 100,000 times more acute than a human's? Some humans can smell if there is a teaspoon of sugar in a cup of tea. Dogs can smell a teaspoon of sugar in two Olympic -sized swimming pools.

What a lovely day to take the youngest for a swim @swim4paws

Puppy's grow up so quickly. Some days can be challenging but enjoy the process. Have fun, Build a bond, put in the work and they will shine 🧡🩷🧡 #lovethisgirl #spicy #landshark #ShesWorthIt

Line handling on the mantrailing introduction course with Gaynor Bodsworth Line handling is a very important skill for trailing but its also massively important to have fun #mantrailing #doberman #havingfun #dogtraining

Tuesday night puppy group. How amazing are they all at being settled around other dogs. Can you believe these are all young pups with the average age being around 4 months old 🐶

🥃🤎 a very special boy

Say hello to the latest Askan-K9 member Akela. This little Malinois x Labrador was looking for a home, sooo....... she came to live with us 😳

A very chilled end to the Tuesday sessions. The general training group finishing with a chill. Can you believe most of the dogs here are adolescents. Not all dogs have an off switch and are able to just chill out around other dogs or whilst things are happening 👇 these guys can though👇

Second week of the introduction to scentwork course and Hugo is rocking the line up search

Lloyd's perfect line up search during scentclub and look at that freeze indication

Bourbons line up searching done with ease in scentclub with a lovely freeze indication