Here at Doggie Explorers we understand that not all dogs are food driven and some dogs actually prefer toys or praise and affection from their owners as their reward. Or a mixture of some of them together. Which is absolutely fine, every dog is different and it is what works for that individual dog. Even if your dog loves food we encourage the power of play in addition to food as it can make a huge overall difference in a dogs motivation to do certain tasks and is something that is really over looked.
Having the right reward in mantrailing is massively important. When your dog works super hard to complete a trail using lots of nose and brain power to problem solve and figure out complex challenges the reward at the end of the trail needs to be good enough the dog wants to keep going to do it again and again. What could be better than having a fun game with their favourite tug, ball or other toy reward. If the reward isnt good enough dogs can quickly lose focus, lose intrest and motivation.
Playing with your dog has a lot of benefits too. It increases endorphins which makes dogs feel good in themselves and encourages better learning. Whats not to love seeing your dog enjoy themselves with their favourite toy and parade it all the way back to the car park to show everyone how well they've done.
Take a look at the Tug-E-Nuff range. Dont forget to use our discount code for some money off : DOGGIEEXPLORERS
Have you ever wanted to try mantrailing? Teaching pet dogs to find 'missing' people for fun. Give your dog an outlet and release their inner sniffer dog.
Why mantrailing is great for you & your dog! The benefits are endless...
*Any dog 🐕 of any age (including puppies) and ability can take part, even reactive/nervous dogs as all dogs are worked one at a time. So every single dog is included in this fantastic sport.
*It is a low impact sport meaning you dont have to be physically fit to take part with your dog.
*It strengthens your bond between you and your dog, working as a team 💪
*A fun relaxed learning environment for you and your dog 😊
*It is a great form of mental stimulation 🧠 for your dog, letting them have a good physical and mental outlet. Tiring your dog out more than taking them for a walk.
*Giving your dog a job to do and using your dogs best asset, their nose! Allowing your dog to harness their natural abilities 👌
*Can help reduce or overcome reactivity and improve your dogs behaviour.
*Helps builds confidence in anxious and nervous dogs.
*Lets your dog improve their problem solving skills 🧩
*Meet like minded dog people 👥
*Become part of a close commmunity with other mantrailing addicts 😂
*No commitment to weekly classes, you can book as many or as little sessions per month as you please 🗓
*Spending time outdoors🌲 And attend awesome venues and events!
*Work towards lots of differents tasks with your dog and undergo assessments. Work towards personal goals at your own pace & show off your achievements by earning badges, rosettes & certificates 🏆
Please give us a message on 07597199904 for more information or to get booked in 😊 You wont want to miss out!
Have you been wanting to start your mantrailing journey?
Teaching pet dogs to find 'missing' people for fun. This is a fantastic dog sport and great mental outlet for all dogs. Get them using their amazing sense of smell and turn your dog into an amazing sniffer dog.
Every breed, age (including puppies) and abilities are welcome. Even reactive/nervous dogs are included as every dog is worked one at a time. Enjoy trailing your own dog & also playing the missing person for other peoples dogs. Mantrailing is a sport like no other, come and see the benefits for yourself and why this dog sport is so addictive!
Give us a message to find out more information about how you can get booked onto an upcoming mantrailing introduction workshop and avoid waiting 😊 07597199904
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Smudge working on his freeze indication and some duration👌 We ended our session with a fun game to increase motivation and make scent detection more fun. We find using toys as rewards along side food really gives your dog alot more motivation and it has the added benefit of bond building too 💪 We have found that Smudge gets even more hyped up to search as the payout with food and the toy is the best thing in the world to him 💙
Jax doing well for his first attempt at tracking 👏
Willow came for her first scent detection 1-2-1 today. She picked this up so well 👌
Quite often we are asked what age can my puppy start mantrailing?
As soon as they have had their second lot of vaccinations and they are allowed outside to explore the big wide world they can start mantrailing!
Aswell as being a good physical & mental outlet for your puppy it also gets them used to many different environments, textures, sounds, sights, animals and people which is important to their development as they grow. It gives them lots of positive assiociations, helps build their confidence aswell as strengthening the bond between them & their owner.
Moose doing his first trail at just 13 weeks old here 💙
Safe to say Smudge & Moose were in need of a well deserved bath after they got themselves caked in mud today 😂🤦♀️ Moose thought it was great fun to hide his ball in the stream and then search for it, almost like he doesnt know where he put it and looked surprised when he found it 😂😂
For those dogs out there that love a toy reward we do have a discount code for Tug-E-Nuff
Discount code: DOGGIEEXPLORERS
Wishing everyone a happy christmas! 🎉🎅🎄
We have enjoyed introducing lots of new teams to the amazing world of mantrailing this year and continue to look forward to meet many more new dogs and mad dog people 😂 Thank you so much to all of our clients for your support throughout this year.
We hope everyone enjoys the festive period. We will be now closed for the next few days, reopening as normal on wednesday 27th.
From everyone here at Doggie Explorers - Tasha, Doug, Smudge & Moose
Thank you to everyone that was able to attend our christmas meal this evening 🎅🎄 We know there was a lot more of you wanting to come this evening but was unable to come due to work, being ill or other commitments. Were sure we will see you all at the next social gathering 😊 Safe to say we all definately ate way too much food at the all you can eat buffet 😂 and rolled out the resturant afterwards. Thanks again to everyone that came, we had a lot of laughs and was lovely to be surrounded by good company 🥰
Why get into mantrailing? ⬇️
Get in touch to join this fast growing dog sport that is based on having fun with your pet dog. Unleash your dogs inner sniffer dog.
Contact us on:
07597199904
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Our reviews speak for themselves 😊
During the week we made a trip to visit Nikki at Dog Training Centre of Excellence in brentwood, essex. We had such a fun time doing some scent detection and then mantrailing in this 7 acre maize maze! How we didnt get lost i dont know 😂
Smudge smashed the scent detection group class finding all the gunoil hides before moving onto something new that he hasnt done before. Sniffing out burried kong and was ace 💙 He coped so well with the other dogs as distractions whilst he worked away not even bothered they were present, it has been a long time since we attended a group class setting and couldnt be more proud of him 👌Even Moose had a go at the buried kong hides and didnt do too badly for his first proper scentwork search 🥰
After the scent detection it was time to tackle the huge maize maze! 😮 Smudge's trail was a double blind and aged by one hour before setting off and would take someone approximately 40 minutes to an hour to walk the 1.2 mile trail! Smudge the professor done it in 21 minutes! 💪 He was foot perfect the whole way through the maze not making any mistakes. We couldnt be more prouder of him, theres just nothing this boy cant do and he continues to just amaze us 🥰💙
Moose was up next. His trail layer had left scent on a piece of corn taken from the maze and disappeared into the maze as a walking trail layer. He took scent beautifully and casted around the junction before heading full speed into the right direction. Being so confident the whole way through the trail and going 100mph down every turn and junction to catch up with his trail layer. How i didnt get whiplash i dont know 😂 Safe to say we got there in no time at all and gave a lovely indication to his walking trail layer 👌 His next trail involved trailing through the farmers fields in the dark where we discovered Moose was a bit wary of the unexpected pumpkin that suddenly touched his foot and made him jump 😂🎃 He soon realised he had no other way round it b
When it comes to an indication in scent work a sit indication etc is lovely but it doesnt tell us extactly where the odour is as it could be anywhere in the general area your dog has chosen to sit. Where as a freeze indication shows your dog pin pointing the source of the odour and is more accurate. As a handler this will make your job alot easier to spot if they are in odour or not/or indicating at source.
A bit of classical conditioning for Moose today in preparation for him to begin his scent detection journey very soon 🥰
