We have openings in upcoming Rovers!
Sunday at 2:30pm with DJ at UB
Monday at 6:15pm with Anne at Touch of Italy
Contact the office if you need help registering.
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Debrief from Christmas Containers in July today.
Nice job everyone! Winners will be tagged in the comments and the full list of scores will be emailed to all teams. Thanks for coming!
Playing Nose Work in this type of environment gives me heart palpitations, but the demo dogs did great! Thanks for coming out today!!
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Why choose DODT?
In addition to having the best students, we also have the best instructors ;)
Thank you to everyone who participated in our Odor Recognition Test on Friday! We had eight students entered in the ORT and they earned eight shiny new ORT titles!!! Woo hoo!! We're so proud of all of you!! Big thanks to Supernova Dogs for letting us have it at your place, to Sarah Woodruff for driving all the way in from Eastern PA to CO for us, to our judge Anne Coughlin and all of our volunteers.
Videos are now available for order for the ORT. You can choose to get all 3 odors together in one video or have them separate. Order form can be found on the website and in the comments. Thanks you to Melissa & Dawson for letting us use your runs for the sample videos. Great job!!
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The Amherst, NY NW3/ELT trial videos are now available for purchase. Order form and sample videos can be found on the website and also in the comments for this post. We have videos for all searches and all dogs...except one view of the basketball court for a little bit when the camera fell :-(
Check out the Peanut doing her thing in the NW3 Int#1 search :-)
Look at Angel go! Angel has some spinal issues, but when it's Nose Work time - she runs to come to class! And now she has an NW1 title!
Angel is our "model" for the NW1 sample videos from the Delevan trial. If you'd like to purchase your videos to save wonderful memories like Angel's or if you want to learn from your mistakes if something went wrong - this is the time. Videos will be available until June 15th. All info is on our website on the Trials page or check the comments for links.
Why is watching your training and trialing videos soooooo important??? Because you can see things in a video that you may not see in the moment. Because you can look at several videos and pick up on something you or your dog is doing - whether it's a good thing or something you need to work on or something you just need to watch for.
Here's a quick video of Team Pebbles' vehicle search. It might seem like Pebbles is sniffing the ground or is distracted by the grass...but I think she's getting information and using the environment to her advantage. Look how beautifully she sources that hide on her own. So pretty!!
The videos from the Delevan trial are now available for purchase. You can find all of the information on our Trials page or check the links in the comments.
If you're not sure what you're looking for, send your video in for a review through Scent Work University and get another set of eyes on you. Link will also be in the comments.
Are you ready for NW2/NW3 distractors??? Test your training by attending one of our NW2 Container Sniff Thrus!! This is what we had out tonight. How would you have done?
Go, Dog. Go! Sniff n Go debrief. We had sooooo much fun doing this. Thank you to Theatre of Youth for letting us play!
Thank you Kristen Hanley for getting everyone in and out smoothly!
Thank you Shelly Cavallaro for taking photos.
And HUGE thanks to Aaron Timberlake for bringing Daisy down so I could play, too!!
I'll send out info about photos later today.
Everyone should go check out the production of Go, Dog. Go! which will be up the next 2 weekends 😊
Who wants to get creative and have some FUN with their dog??? Lori has scheduled a Mixed Level Parkour class starting Wednesday, March 20th at 6:15pm. If you've never taken a Parkour class you will learn the basics. If you've taken classes with us in the past we will add some intermediate skills, like balance and tic tacs. This class will take place indoors with less distraction so we can get out play once it's nicer out. We hope you will join us!
#dooverdogtraining #dogparkour #buildconfidencehavefun #canineenrichment
What happens when a bunch of sniffer dogs sign up for Obedience & Rally class? They learn new skills and have FUN! This class is 4 weeks in and they're starting to put things together. Great job!!
We have more classes on the schedule coming up and a C-WAGS workshop scheduled for May. We hope you'll join us.
If you're looking for something to do tonight, we have a-maze-ing searches planned. it will be fun and we have plenty of openings :)
#dooverdogtraining #dodtuniversity #k9nosework #amazingsearches
I'm posting the debrief for our 2024 DODT Winter League week 2 here so everyone can see some of our fun search areas. I'll post your results in the group shortly. You guys rocked this week :)
Does your dog want to go to University, but you need a scholarship? We're here to help! We have an opening in our Introduction to K9 Nose Work ® class that starts this Wednesday, January 17th at 6:15pm at our new location, DODT - University Centre, 375 French Road, Amherst, NY. If you would like to apply for a scholarship for this class:
1 - Follow our business page
2 - Post a picture of your dog in the snow in the comments and tell us why your dog wants to take this class :-)
We will pick a lucky dog on Monday, January 15th.
#dooverdogtraining #k9nosework #buildconfidencehavefun #dodtuniversitycentre #scholarship #snowdogs #mydoggoestoschool
Jacques was not impressed with the empty search area today 🤣
Our last event at the mall 🥲🥲🥲
Here is the debrief from Week 1 of the 2024 DODT Winter Nose Work League!! I'll post the results in the group later tonight...or tomorrow.
Thanks everyone for coming!!!!
Who wants to work on knowing the difference between a blank search and a search with a hide? How about container searches in different arrangements? Interior search in a new location, anyone? If you think any of these will be helpful, come on out to our CSW Test Day/Sniff n Go!! It will take place this Sunday at Crittenden Volunteer Fire Company. If you would like to submit your scores to Cyber Scent Work you will be given a score sheet that can be easily uploaded to your account. If you just want to sniff n go - you can do that, too! We hope to see you there!!
#dooverdogtraining #cyberscentwork #cybersniffinggames #sniffngo #offsitetraining #nottrialseasontraining
ORT Videos are now available for purchase. Visit our website and head to the trials page for order form and more sample videos. Video is an extremely helpful learning tool and we hope you'll take advantage of these :-) They're also a great way to show everyone how cute your dog is sniffing, like Choe! Enjoy!
Independent methodical searching...what does that mean??? It's teaching the dogs to indicate on hides as they encounter them without being directed or forced to do so. And hey, this is one of the skills for the 2023 NACSW Skills Achievement Challenge. Have you submitted yours yet?