Nell and Co

24/08/2024

At our Scentwork class in Higher Walton this week, teams Dot and Nico did some work on low and floor searches! We started off with some small search areas, building up to using a few rooms, with the finds on the floor!
We also did some more work on indication, as you can always build on your foundations and it's a great way to add in new distractions!

Well done both teams!! They made this exercise look easy!!

22/08/2024

Only two places remaining on this!
Head over to https://nellandco.as.me to make sure you don't miss out!

21/08/2024

At our Tuesday Scent Class, teams Gracie, Holly, Lottie, Teazle and Tully worked hard on their low finds!
We started with a bit of an autumnal theme, thanks to some recently trimmed branches, then moved onto learning the basics of ground/low searches, upped the game on the next search and finished off starting with the basics of searching people!

All the teams worked really hard, definitely some tricky searches, really noticeable increase in some of the dogs confidence, especially with the branch searches! Well done everyone!

21/08/2024

Mantrailing locations and dates for the rest of the year, are here! Places sell out quickly, especially our weekend and events, so book now to avoid disappointment over at https://nellandco.as.me

20/08/2024

At our Monday Mantrailing session over in Preston, teams Dot, Lily, Schwarz, Venom and Wyatt almost evaded the rain for some slightly more complex trails!

Dot, Lily and Wyatt worked through contamination and had multiple changes of direction, or casting, complex junctions or high finds, which they were all amazing at!

Whilst Schwarz and Venom did some shorted trails working on changes of direction with a bit of contamination!

Thankyou all for joining us! You all did fantastic work!!

17/08/2024

At our Thursday Tricks class, teams Dot, Flint and Rebus got working on a very, erm, interesting project?
This month we are learning a medley of tricks, using a lot of the same core skills, so the trio got to work on brushing up their nose and paw targets, and finished with some retrieve practice!

Cracking work, some hilarious bloopers, a little bit of FOMO and great fun!
Well done everyone!!!

16/08/2024

In our Scent class at Higher Walton, teams Dot and Nico worked on both room, and chair and bag search areas, finding hides at different heights, covered, or deep.

Really nice work from both teams! There were some tricky finds, including our body bag of equipment full of distracting scents!

Well done!

14/08/2024

At our Tuesday Scent Class, teams Gracie, Lottie, Poppy, Teazle and Tully did some work on metal finds, multiple finds, different height searches and finished with a storage room search.

We tweaked things a little for some teams, so that they keep building on their scent skills, but every single team worked their socks off and found every hide!

Well done everyone, what a cracking start to the month!

Special mention to Lottie, Tully and their handlers for placing in the Scent Ops trial at the weekend, huge congratulations 👏🏻

13/08/2024

We were Mantrailing over at Spring Wood yesterday with teams Dot, Four, Freya, Venom and Wyatt, who were working on casting, junctions, road crossings, gate indications, water crossings (or ditch, in some cases!) and/or complex junctions!

Spring Wood is really hard going for the dogs, with all the scents, wildlife, undergrowth, bracken taller than them and trees...so many trees, oh and last night, a guest appearance from a rat🤢

They all worked really hard, and gave some very good nsi or direction change indications, and for those that needed up working in the dark, really clear decision making when getting to proximity!

Fantastic work everyone!

Our next sessions are Saturday over in Blackburn or on Monday we will be over in Padiham if you would like to join us!

10/08/2024

At our Mantrailing session over in Leyland, teams Boudie, Dora, Freddie, Holly, Luca, Sassie and Tully, worked on split starts, decoys, casting, junctions or a combination of these!

Really great work from everyone on the starts, made tricky with them starting at a junction, so not only did they have to identify the correct trail layer, they also had to choose the correct direction at the junction, which isn't as easy as it sounds!
Fab work too with the decoys, Dora had her first decoy trail and did a great "nope" at the decoy!

Great work everyone and thank you for joining us!

05/08/2024

Remember there are NO CLASSES this week. Mantrailing will resume on Saturday!

03/08/2024

At our Scentwork class at Higher Walton, teams Dot and Nico worked on high and low finds, larger search areas and also did an NSI exercise, then moved outdoors to do some small searches on the handy railings!!

Really nice work from both of them, especially on the high finds!!

31/07/2024

At our Tuesday Scent Class, teams Gracie, Lottie and Tully worked on high finds and deep finds! We started with some easier access finds and then slowly moved them higher so that the dogs learn that not all finds are accessible and they can still indicate to the handlers that they have found the scent.
We ended the session with a low find to add a bit of variety to a high day😅

Exceptional work from all the teams! Well done everyone!

30/07/2024

At our Mantrailing session yesterday over at one of our favourite locations, which is nicknamed "Murder Woods" (near York Village in the Ribble Valley😉) teams Asmodeus, Dot, Freya, Schwarz, Venom and Wyatt, started the session with some hunting trails!
This is the first time we've had more than 20 minutes of daylight, and both the terrain and searching for the dogs can be difficult,so we made the most of the daylight by making sure the dogs started off on a high, hunting down their trail layers!
On the second trail, the teams worked on natural or hard scent articles, junctions, changes of direction, complex junctions, gate indications, or very hidden/laying trail layers!

Really fantastic work from everyone, in a very difficult location!

30/07/2024

Join us this October the 27th for an eerie day of Mantrailing in the forest...
At this themed event you have the opportunity to work on aged, split, decoy and/or covered finds!
Along with the usual goodie bags of (mostly) theme related scent articles, you also get snacks to keep you going and the Nell and Co creepy baby will be back to keep a watchful eye over the days proceedings!

Places are limited and sell out fast, so to make sure you don't miss out, head over to https://nellandco.as.me/blair to bag yourself a place!

29/07/2024

August Classes are up and available to book over at https://nellandco.as.me

Please note there are no classes (including Mantrailing) from Friday 2nd to Friday the 9th August. Normal service resumes from Saturday 10th!

29/07/2024

We have a couple of one off spaces available at our Thornton Scent class tomorrow afternoon at 1pm if you would like to join us!
Pop us a message to book on👍🏻😁

28/07/2024

At our Saturday Mantrailing session over in Blackpool, regulars Dora, Freddy, Holly, Gracie, Gus, Luca and Tully, were joined by Skye who was starting out on her Mantrailing journey!
Whilst she worked on learning the fun foundations, the other teams worked on casting, junctions/complex junctions or decoys, with Luca also working on and ( passing with flying colours we hasten to add!) her Level Four Assessment!

Absolutely fantastic trailing from all the teams, and especially well done to Luca on passing your Level Four!

27/07/2024

Thor had Scent Class to himself this week, which meant he got to search in the main hall and work on his confidence to search alone, and build on his indication, which he smashed!

Well done Thor!

24/07/2024

At our Scentwork class yesterday, teams Gracie, Lottie, Luca, Poppy and Tully did a little more indication practice, then worked on building exteriors, building interiors, an unusual line up, then finished up with the fallen tree with a deep find!

Absolutely lovely work from everyone! Thank you for joining us!

23/07/2024

Mantrailing was over in Blackburn yesterday AND it was rain free! So teams Asmodeus, Dot, Four Venom and Wyatt got to practice their junctions, complex junctions, working through scent pools/combination, hunting trails, double blinds, road crossings and/or casting!

Really fantastic work from everyone! Great decision making by the dogs, and those that did the hunting trails, well, their trail layers was definitely hunted!😅

22/07/2024

Doing some Doggle conditioning...

20/07/2024

At our Walton Summit session this morning we were joined by Dora, Freddy, Laufey, Luca and Tank!
Tank had a nail biting start, as he was taking his Level Two Assessment, which he FLEW through! Well Done Tank!!

Everyone else worked on casting, junctions and/or contamination! (And some Ducks...and in Freddy's case, a Squirrel, which he didn't notice🤣)All trail layers accounted for, thankfully before melting and the forecast rain!

Thanks for joining us everyone! And Congratulations again Tank!

19/07/2024

First up yesterday at Higher Walton, we had Scent Class, where Dot and Nico did some indication work, then warmed themselves up ready for their blind room searches!

Both of them did fantastic work, as there were some very tricky finds!

18/07/2024

At our rather damp Scentwork class in Thornton on Tuesday, teams Holly, Lottie, Luca, Poppy, Teazle, Thor and Tully started the session off with some indication work! This was followed up with learning how to do a vehicle search (or for some, a good old vehicle search) and then we all ended the session with a storage room search, which was set so that every dog, no matter their experience, had finds tailored to them!

Absolutely fantastic work, especially on the storage room!

16/07/2024

At our wet and humid Monday Mantrailing session over in Preston yesterday, teams Asmodeus, Freya, Lily, Schwarz, Scout, Venom and Wyatt did some work on scent pools, casting, random road crossings or zebra crossings!

Some very nice NSi, good change of direction indications and some very nice working through scent pools, all to find their trail layers!

14/07/2024

Perfect opportunity to go and speak to the Dog Warden, and treat your dog to some goodies!!

Something a bit different but I'm really pleased Colin has agreed to come to the shop for a drop in session. This will be a good opportunity to meet the local dog warden, ask general questions and voice any concerns you may have.

Mine is all about dog poo and how to report the lazy 🤬 who are not picking it up! If more people know how to report it maybe it would be a deterrent and reduce the amount of 💩 on the streets.

24th July, 12pm - 9 Palatine Buildings, Glebe Street, Great Harwood, BB6 7HG

12/07/2024

First up today we have Dot and Thor working on blind area searches in yesterday's Scentwork class!
We god some of the finds, then we switched things up by getting the handlers to put the finds out. This was partly to see where they would hide things, as as people, we can become very predictable, even when we are trying our best not to be, and also to make it blind for both us and the handler, which meant we were really testing the indications and handlers being able to read their dogs accurately!

Fantastic work from everyone, with some new sneaky hiding places!!
The session ended with Dot and Thor doing a little work together. Thor can be reactive with other dogs, Dot is very, dog neutral, and thanks to the work both handlers have done with their dogs, we ended the class with both of them chilling, earning some treats for staying on the mat🤩

10/07/2024

We had a wet start to our Tuesday scent class, but then it turned into a glorious day, where teams Gracie, Holly, Lottie, Luca, Poppy, Teazle and Tully worked on line ups and small areas with multiple finds. Very distracting environment for them, so we scaled back the size of the areas, and made some of the finds a little easier to keep their confidence concentration up!

Well done everyone!!

09/07/2024

Lovely evening for our Mantrailing session over in Clitheroe yesterday!
We tried a new area, parking was tight, but it gave teams Dot, Freya, Four, Laufey, Venom and Wyatt, plenty of decoys to practice working past, very good casting opportunities, Ducks, gate indications, stiles, road crossings, complex junctions and some very sneaky turns

All the dogs did fantastic work, managing to get out of scent pools, castIng to pick up the trail, and ignore the many decoys!
A great evening, finishing off with a spectacular display by an Owl out on the hunt! Thank you for joining us!