K9 Scent and Tricks School

04/01/2025

Congratulations to Jacky Burden and Amber Episkopi who have gained their Dog-lympics 2024 Title by completing 5 Do More With Your Dog! Trick Titles! The five titles included 20 Tricks with One Prop, Hoops, Alphabet Challenge, Balls and Expert Masters Trick Dog. An astonishing 76 tricks in all! Fabulously well done 👏 🥳🤩

02/01/2025

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If you would like to go on the waiting list, should a place become available, please contact me.
SWUK Level 6, Sunday 2nd February at Sidlesham, Chichester 🐕‍🦺
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27/12/2024

What a great L5. Hope you all enjoyed it and congratulations to one and all 👏
Thank you to our Judge Helen Byrne and our wonderful scribe Gina Challen who stayed on to scribe the L5, after scribing L1. We can't thank you enough for your time and all your help you gave Helen. It's so very much appreciated.
Now to the Rosie winners -
🥇 1st Kim Harrison & Raven
🥈 2nd Janette Kuttner & Ginny
🥉 3rd Sue Dennison & Sully
🏅 4th Heather Hall & Remus Lupin (+ gaining their L5 Excellent Title)
Fabulous results for this step up into Tier 2, well done everyone.
Looking forward to seeing you all progress in 2025
Happy New Year!

27/12/2024

What a fantastic Level 1 today, here in Chichester. For a few this was their first SWUK L1 trial and despite the damp and cold they all did wonderfully. Everyone qualified, congratulations to you all 🥳
The Rosie winners -
🥇1st Jennie Dean & Fyre
🥈2nd Shaunna Doherty & Luna (+ their L1 Excellent Title)
🥉3rd Jenny Lynden & Ben
🏅4th Rachel Sturgeon & Harry
Super well done to you all and we look forward to seeing you again and seeing where your scentwork journey progresses.
Huge thank you to our Judges Helen Byrne and Richard Purnell. Scribes Gina Challen and Sarah Young. Who all worked extremely hard to make the trial appear seamless. Well done Team and thank you again, as without you giving up your time this trial could not have happened.
Thanks again and Happy New Year to you all - Rog

24/12/2024

We ran a Tricks Competition in our private tricks Group for the last 20 days. All the dogs had to perform 20 tricks but with one prop! It took huge commitment and inventiveness from the handlers to keep inspiring us with their clever ideas and all the dogs had so much fun. The winners - Rachel Sturgeon & Harry 🤩🎄 Certificates will also be awarded to two equally deserving teams who also completed Do More With Your Dog! 20:1 (20 Tricks with One Prop) Jacky Burden & Amber and Andra O'connor & Mabel👏👏Here’s all the winning teams showing one of their 20 tricks 🤩🤩🤩
Merry Christmas everyone 🎄

21/12/2024

Link to the fabulous photographs from the fabulous event The Great British Truffle Festival 📸

Dear The Great British Truffle Festival truffle hound owners,

Here's the link to the images from the recent event:

https://pictimegallery.lesleyburdett.com/-greatbritishtrufflefestival

Unfortunately, my website is being redesigned, so the link is glitchy. It does work, but you might have to click on the end bit of the link a couple of times before you land on the gallery page.

Images are available to order and download NOW 📷

Lesley
xXx

20/12/2024

And that’s a wrap!
Apart from a couple of SWUK Trials and a few more days of our private group Tricks competition, we are closed until 12th January 2025.
It’s been another fabulous year of fun, laughter, achievements and growth. Huge thanks to our marvellous Scentwork & Tricks Teams, our supporters and followers for being here on this wonderful adventure with us.
However you celebrate, we hope you and your pups can rest and enjoy the holiday. Merry Christmas and we wish you all a very Happy New Year from Helen & Rog 🎓🐕‍🦺

19/12/2024

We were invited to search a beautiful old building in Surrey today. We look forward to returning in the new year to deliver a scentwork workshop 🐕‍🦺🐾

14/12/2024

What a super afternoon K9 SATS teams had playing Nosework Games L4 and catching up with lovely teams. Nellie and I came away being placed in two games (1st & 3rd) and 3rd overall. I’m thrilled after her being so poorly. She was back to enjoying her scentwork and was a little tinker! 🤣 But massive congratulations to Team Ziggy Purnell who were placed in all 3 games (1st, 2nd & 2nd) and took the top slot of 1st place 🥇 What a haul of rosie’s between both teams 👏👏
Thank you Scentsational Scentwork for the beautiful rosettes, your time and the creative, fun games 🐾

10/12/2024

Christmas SWUK Level 10 practice 🎄👌

08/12/2024

Huge congratulations to Team Richard Purnell and Ziggy competing today in another Scentwork UK Level 9 and taking 3rd place with the yellow rosette. Well done Team 🥉🏵️🥳👏

07/12/2024

Christmassy practice for SWUK L1 on a wet and blustery day. Wishing three of the four teams competing at the end of the month the very best of fun and look forward to seeing you all again in 2025 🎄🤶🏻

30/11/2024

I had a really fun, Christmassy day teaching the lovely ladies of Davis Dog Sports four festive Nosework Games. Super work from all of the teams 🤩
Thank you Nicola Davis for inviting me and I so look forward to a return visit in 2025 🥰

29/11/2024

Christmas came early on a very cold day in Chichester today, but this didn't deter our NWG L3 competitors. Lots of Christmas spirit and warm Christmas jumpers 🎄
Congratulations to one and all 👏

Distractions and Blanks
🥇1st Sarah Young & Cora
🥈 2nd Gina Challen & Mabel
🥉 3rd Shaunna & Luna

Adopt A Position
🥇 1st Mo Clark & Sam
🥈 2nd Frances Purnell & Ziggy
🥉 3rd Gina Challen & Mabel

All Clear
🥇1st Frances Purnell & Ziggy
🥈 2nd Jacquie Callaby & Harley
🥉 3rd Sarah Young & Cora

⭐️ Overall ⭐️
🥇1st Sarah Young & Cora
🥈2nd Frances Purnell & Ziggy
🥉3rd Gina Challen & Mabel
🏅4th Jacquie Callaby & Harley

We also held a little competition for the best drawing for Adopt A Position which Rog judged. Congratulations to Kim Harrison for a very festive drawing, Remy even gave her time to wish us a Merry Christmas! How thoughtful of her! 😉

A special huge thank you and shout out also goes to Kim for making some spectacular presents for humans and dogs and not forgetting to mention her scrumptious cakes. She really is a very special lady, thank you from all of us 🤩

This is our last NWG of the year and what a fabulously Chrismassy one it was! I'm certainly ready for Christmas now! 🎄

23/11/2024

Storm Bert couldn’t do anything to deter little Mabel, who at 13.5 years young was determined to get to source 💨

19/11/2024

More super searching with teams gaining their Nosework Games Skills Assessment Titles. Well done teams 🥳🏵️🐾

17/11/2024

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My dearest team of judges I can’t thank you enough, you were all stupendous!!! Incredible!! I am so grateful to have you as my crew, it was tough yesterday, thank you for being patient, understanding hard working and adorable; we had so many competitors it was stretching our limits but you did it!

You were all incredible and all of this would not be possible without you! Thank you and sorry for getting you all up on stage but you rocked it and deserve the recognition , thank you Stephanie Roulet, Jules Clapham, Hannah Greeno and Helen Byrne ### Clip of the Competition Arena, a beautiful creation! ❤️

16/11/2024

I had a very busy day at The Great British Truffle Festival today. Last minute changes saw me running the ‘Have A Go’ arena instead of judging. The pic shows just a few of the 32 teams who had fun finding real truffles and truffle oil. What a pleasure to teach and watch. Wishing them all the best in their continued Truffle searching journey 🍄