Amanda Leek - Mantrailing

Amanda Leek - Mantrailing Mantrailing Instructor offering introduction and progression sessions in the Nottingham area.

2025 - Mantrailing workshops in/near Nottingham - all sessions last approx. 3 hours. Sunday, 26th January, 9.00am - Clif...
13/01/2025

2025 - Mantrailing workshops in/near Nottingham - all sessions last approx. 3 hours.

Sunday, 26th January, 9.00am - Clifton

Saturday, 8th February, 9.00am - Clifton

Saturday, 15th February, 9.00am - Ruddington

Sunday, 23rd February, 9.00am - Wilford

Saturday, 15th March, 10.00am - Wild Woods FULLY BOOKED

Sunday, 23rd March, 9.00am – Clifton FULLY BOOKED

Saturday, 29th March, 9.30am - Sutton Bonington

Sunday, 27th April, 2.00pm - Wild Woods FULLY BOOKED

Sunday, 25th May, 9.00am - Wild Woods

Progression places cost £25. Progression places at Wild Woods cost £35. Payment is needed at the time of booking.

Introduction places are also available at any venue except Wild Woods and cost £40 per handler - please message for more information.

To book a place, or to be added to the reserve list for any fully booked dates, please message me or email [email protected]

Our session this morning was very chilly, so we did short trails to keep dogs and people moving as much as possible.Alth...
12/01/2025

Our session this morning was very chilly, so we did short trails to keep dogs and people moving as much as possible.

Although we didn't feel/see much air movement, the way Faroe worked showed in one part of the woods scent was drifting strongly.

We introduced a new team to the magic of mantrailing - Gnash was very keen and picked it up quickly.

Unfortunately one team on this morning's session had to drop out due to injury - sending get well soon wishes 🙏 This mea...
04/01/2025

Unfortunately one team on this morning's session had to drop out due to injury - sending get well soon wishes 🙏

This meant we had a one-to-one (plus trail layer) introduction session.

Our new dog was Jasper, not the most confident and with a strong bond with his dad. On his first trail he looked back for help but soon was speeding after his trail layer on trail two.

Happy New Year everyone 🥳🎊It's been a wet and muddy one here 🤣
01/01/2025

Happy New Year everyone 🥳🎊

It's been a wet and muddy one here 🤣

Guess what I'm doing today 😁There are still a few places available on my January mantrailing sessions 😉
28/12/2024

Guess what I'm doing today 😁

There are still a few places available on my January mantrailing sessions 😉

25/12/2024

I hope you're all having a lovely Christmas and enjoying the novelty of having a tree without someone hiding in it... 🌲🌲🌲

January mantrailing workshops in/near Nottingham - all sessions last approx. 3 hours. Saturday, 4th January, 9.30am - Su...
16/12/2024

January mantrailing workshops in/near Nottingham - all sessions last approx. 3 hours.

Saturday, 4th January, 9.30am - Sutton Bonington

Sunday, 12th January, 9.00am - Ruddington FULLY BOOKED

Saturday, 18th January, 9.30am - Wilford

Sunday, 26th January, 9.00am - Clifton

Progression places cost £25. Payment is needed at the time of booking.

Introduction places are also available and cost £40 per handler - please message for more information.

To book a place, or to be added to the reserve list for any fully booked dates, please message me or email [email protected]

Although I love all my mantrailing sessions, some are extra special.As we were using a private secure venue, the teams h...
14/12/2024

Although I love all my mantrailing sessions, some are extra special.

As we were using a private secure venue, the teams had the opportunity to have a go at free-trailing (not on a long line). We got to see some fascinating behaviour from the dogs.

It was puppy Jasper's first ever go at mantrailing and he was brilliant, by trail three he'd really got the idea and leapt up the back of his trail layer saying "give me my pots"!

Special thanks to Ben who brought his own camouflage outfit and was especially hard to spot - the dogs had no problem finding him.

I got to have a couple of trails with my own dog, Bertie. I wasn't sure how he'd do as we regularly use the venue just for running wild - I thought he might be in his squirrel hunting mindset 🤣 As soon as his harness went on he switched into working mode and was brilliant.

The icing on the cake was getting home and putting my hand in pocket to find the chocolates Kathryn gave me. I'd forgotten I'd got them so that was a nice treat 😋

Houndagrips 10 metre long lines available - £25 each.I only have black, yellow, pink and purple.
11/12/2024

Houndagrips 10 metre long lines available - £25 each.

I only have black, yellow, pink and purple.

Still a few achievement books available! 😊
05/12/2024

Still a few achievement books available! 😊

I still have space available on:Saturday, 14th December, 10am - Wild Woods, LE65 1RS This is a secure dog field booked j...
05/12/2024

I still have space available on:

Saturday, 14th December, 10am - Wild Woods, LE65 1RS

This is a secure dog field booked just for us! Perfect for reactive dogs and possibly mud-lovers (weather dependant) 😉.

Progression places cost £35. Payment is needed at the time of booking.

To book a place, or to be added to the reserve list for any fully booked dates, please message me or email [email protected]

26/11/2024
No mantrailing for a couple of weekends - we're on holiday in beautiful Northumberland. The journey was a bit scary but ...
24/11/2024

No mantrailing for a couple of weekends - we're on holiday in beautiful Northumberland. The journey was a bit scary but it was worth it!

This afternoon I met the lovely Kevin for an introduction session.He was a natural and his mum was brilliant at reading ...
21/11/2024

This afternoon I met the lovely Kevin for an introduction session.

He was a natural and his mum was brilliant at reading his body language. As with all beginners there's plenty to work on - especially the tricky line handling skills.

Enjoy the snow and watch your dogs closely! It's a great opportunity to see them using scent and following footprints. H...
19/11/2024

Enjoy the snow and watch your dogs closely!

It's a great opportunity to see them using scent and following footprints. Human, dog, or something else? 🐿🦔🐦‍⬛

Yesterday's trails in Clifton, Nottingham.We had some walking trees, a low hide, and some obvious trail layers (not hidd...
18/11/2024

Yesterday's trails in Clifton, Nottingham.

We had some walking trees, a low hide, and some obvious trail layers (not hidden).

Today I'm hiding from dogs 😁
16/11/2024

Today I'm hiding from dogs 😁

Some very good hiding today, the dogs were definitely using their noses and not getting many visual clues. All dogs had ...
09/11/2024

Some very good hiding today, the dogs were definitely using their noses and not getting many visual clues. All dogs had a gate to navigate and handlers the extra challenge of not tripping over tree roots hidden under leaves.

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My favourite trail from last week with my dog, Bertie - with Smart K9s

Today we went to a Mad About Mantrailing event, to meet up with other mantrailing addicts to trail our own dogs. Here's one of Bertie's trails. Thank you Linda Newbold and Kev for hosting the event and Jamie Wadsworth and Judith for setting some great trails for Bertie and me.

New Trailing Achievement Badges and Trail Layer Badges logbooks! The books are designed to give you little wins along your mantrailing journey and make sure all training elements are covered. When you've completed all elements you can get a badge to mark your achievement. The logbooks also cover trail layer skills so are a two-in-one book. Any instructors can sign off the new logbooks and there are a few instructors who will have badges available apart from me (and hopefully more will begin to stock them), I'll post links to their pages in the comments below. I have the new logbooks available for £5, badges will be £3 each. I'll have logbooks with me on my sessions, please bring cash and ask on the day if you'd like one.

I got sent this great video of one of the mantrailing regulars keeping cool at the beach ⛱️ 🐕 What are your dogs doing in this hot weather?

I thought you might enjoy a laugh at my expense. We had to go along a very brambly path and my leg got snagged and over I went. Bertie was sweet and came back to check on me, had a wee, then got back to work 🤣

The moment when Ziggy finds his trail layer in a "moat". Mik ended up covered in wet dog food 🤣

Watch for Maja's head popping into view 🤣

Here's Bertie's trail from last weekend...

It had to happen sooner or later - I tripped myself up today 🤣

A few clips from yesterday 😁

Yesterday I took my dog, Bertie, mantrailing with TPL Trail and Find (thank you Trish). This was the first time using the GoPro for my own dog and I need to adjust the angle a bit. You'll see him start looking up and "squirrelling" just before we pass the person, I gave him one "work on" and he did. Then he turns left, gives a lovely negative and takes the right path to find his trail layer.

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