Scentventure Guide Justine

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Scentventure Guide Justine

Dog Trainer based in the North East England. Scentventure Guide and Mantrailing UK instructor.

17/09/2025

🌟We had a very special Scentventure cadet on Saturday, Lord Dogwood II, Scentventure CEO, also known as Franco to his buddies.

There’s something incredibly precious about Franco becoming a Scentventure cadet. The history of Scentventure is never forgotten by any of us and I have no doubt Franco will continue to blossom Scentventure in his own unique journey ahead.

Franco is settling into his new home and navigating adolescence. Lord or not, these stages can bring some challenging moments, so I am very much looking forward to supporting Franco, Katie and Ruben. What an honour to be part of their already powerhouse team. I have not quite won Katie and Ruben over for Scentventure surfing just yet😅🤣, but it has been lovely to discover what else Franco enjoys! More on that soon!

It was definitely a surreal moment for me. I first met Katie when I brought my own dog Alfs to Scentventure and now here we are, giving Franco his own Scentventure adventures.

Now this Lords only requests that everyone admire the toy he sniffed out and found. Just look at that joyful parade.😍 Two happy faces🧡

For dogs that love toys and play, connection through play is incredibly valuable for their development and for strengthening their bond with us humans. Sometimes it is not even about touching the toy but about sharing that proud moment while they parade it around.

Welcome, Franco🤩

16/09/2025

Maybe you shouldn’t train your dog 🤷‍♀️ Hear me out!😅

My Wilderness Explorers blanket has arrived! Of course I had to share our first Chewsday on it!

🎒Wilderness Explorers is a Club course with Expeditions to complete with your dog, each one creating memories together. Every Expedition comes with a badge to sew on the blanket as a memento of the memories made.

I love this course so much. It’s a lovely reminder that our time with our dogs shouldn’t be all about training. There’s so much to be said about taking time to just switch off with your dogs. There are so many benefits to simply being together, creating memories, and strengthening bonds.

It also actually ties nicely into my Scentwork Q&A tonight, about if you’re too tired to do your Scentwork session… I say simply skip it! Energy doesn’t gather doing more. And you know those super clever noses that pick up odour? They can also pick up if you’re not feeling it! We’re also more likely to make mistakes whilst tired. Short sessions, when you have energy, are far more effective at building progress 🐾

15/09/2025

🥰Possibly my favourite thing about the group classes is when fellow attendees like Betty here become part of the reward for the dogs after their searches.

Just look at Molly’s dropped toy, which is usually her top reward, to celebrate her search with Betty cuddles.

I see it so often, dogs wanting to share their success with the class, and the class rightly makes sure every dog feels like the star of the show. Sometimes this is with cuddles, other times it’s being told their prize reward toy is amazing. Even when it’s a soggy, muddy toy 😂

10/09/2025

What’s Benji’s Two Paws Up got to do with Scentwork?🐾

Actually, it can be a real game changer for your Scentwork progress. Before a search, we ask our dogs for known behaviours, called their checks, to see if their thinking brain is switched on.

🤯 Depending on their response, the handler can tell if the dog is ready to search or if they need a little support to reach that focused mindset. After all that eagerness to get searching, sometimes they are not fully ready, and that focus is crucial for finding their hides.

🏆 Having a way to check if your dog is ready is key to success, and it is just as important for us as handlers to know.

05/09/2025

🚗What’s learning to drive got to do with Scentwork? Well actually I see lots of similarities, no I don’t mean I’m sticking my nose out the window instead of following the satnav 😂

Driving and Scentwork are both easy to be put off when you see others just doing it and it seemingly comes easy . BUT honestly everyone has had to practise to get good and confident!

And then there’s what to practise. This week my driving instructor has been ironing out some of the smaller details of driving. It’s a small cog, but it’ll make such a difference in the long-term progress. And now it’s coming along, goodness, the driving feels so much smoother!

And that’s like Scentwork. Sometimes it’s not about just getting your dog on a big search, it’s about also focusing on the cogs that add up, like your dog’s indication.👃

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