The Elemental Dog, LLC

02/09/2025

An excellent podcast from Scent Work University. There are so many skills that are wrapped up in Scent Work/Nose Work. That's part of why the sport is so addicting!

There are many moving pieces when it comes to the activity of Scent Work. A common misconception is that Scent Work is easy: train dog to find thing, hide thing in area, dog finds thing, give dog cookie. Yet, to accomplish even this watered down version of Scent Work requires concentrated work and f...

02/08/2025

Super blog my Deb Jones. It really doesn't matter the skills you're teaching; basic manners, Rally/Obedience, Nose Work, or whatever; these concepts apply.
https://k9infocus.com/three-steps-to-successful-training-sessions/?fbclid=IwY2xjawIUdlFleHRuA2FlbQIxMAABHV9TFC6zzvPH95kFRnrox-tbfwRyLLXC1YRJVeXhQB7z1e5zIi9H_rNovw_aem_OVgzkN7N-uwIMYlOrbbQ5w

How do you build a behavior or an emotional response? One repetition at a time! For many years I’ve struggled with the best way to explain to students how to properly set and raise criteria in a training session. Today I realized that I had just written out my plan in a student’s feedback in

01/29/2025

It's official! The April 26 ORT premium is up and ready for review! Entries open 3/4. A link to the volunteer form is also up and ready to go!

Oh So EXCITED!!! Our next ORT at Everything Dog in Loveland is coming April 26th. The premium can be found on the front page of our website at www.everythingdogco.com
If you are not planning on participating in the ORT, we sure could use some volunteers the day of. I promise you will have fun and learn a ton - the sign up for volunteering can also be found at www.everythingdogco.com

01/20/2025

FoCo NW1/NW2/ELT trials in March are open for entry now!

12/25/2024

Happy and safe Holidays to all! Enjoy family, friends, and don't forget to enjoy your dog too!

12/06/2024

ALERT!!! I'm starting a new Intro to Nose Work/Scent Work class in Loveland on January 9th. This is a 6-week class foundation class at Everything Dog, LLC. Class is at 11:00 AM. For more information and to register go to

K9 Nose Work® and Scent Work are a fast-growing scent detection sport for companion dogs and is inspired by the training and work of law enforcement detection dogs. The sport develops your dog’s natural hunting and scenting abilities to find target odors for fun or competition. Any dog breed (or ...

11/28/2024

A happy and safe Thanksgiving to all! Thank you for being part of the Elemental Dog family!

11/28/2024

Congratulations to Team Ruth and Huck on earning 1st place and ELT3 in their first Texas trial! Super congratulations!!! Texas NW will never be the same! 💛

10/07/2024

Super Duper Congratulations to TED and Everything Dog Teams running in the Golden NW2 and NW1 trials this weekend!!

Hooray for Team Ruth and Griff for earning their NW2 in Golden this weekend with 2nd place overall and overall Pronounced!!!!

And Hooray for Team Jen and Quin for earning their NW1 and 1st place overall!

And Hooray to Team Sally and Kiso for earning their NW1 and working through a very tough exterior search!!!

Well Done Teams!!!!!

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09/26/2024

It's a great time to try a new activity with your dog. You can train for competition or just have fun! North Loveland evening classes.

09/22/2024

Team Akira! Akira LOVES the 40 and 50 degree weather we had this morning!

09/22/2024

What a fun class this morning. We worked on the rental trucks at Home Depot. I usually forget to take pictures, but I did remember this morning! Team Vesta rocking her searches!

09/18/2024

Openings at all levels! Canine Connection puts on terrific trials and Columbus, MT is only a reasonable day's drive from the Front Range! Bonus!! CO Terri Spaeth-Merrick will be staying to do a workshop and video review on the Monday following the trial. Any workshop by Terri is worth the extra day!

09/13/2024

I highly recommend doing the Skills Challenges! I've done them all and they are just plain fun. As a bonus, I always identify holes in our training that make us better in competition when I fix those holes. You don't need an ORT and, unless you want to submit videos for title, you don't even need to be a member of NACSW. These skills transcend venues so check it out.

Something Fun for you Noseworkers! Sally is offering a guided opportunity through the NACSW Skills Achievement Challenge 2024 at Everything Dog in Loveland. She will be setting up the hides to work through the different levels of the Challenge. This is a great chance to work with Sally and obtain NACSW titles (no ORT required). Check out all the details at www.everythingdogco.com > Register Here> Nosework> NACSW Skills Achievement Challenge 2024 for complete details

09/12/2024

Container searches can be challenging at any level, but even more so as teams advance through competition levels. If you'd like to tune up your container game come join us at Everything Dog in Loveland for a 3-week focused class on dog-driven container searches. This 90-minute class begins 9/23 at noon.

Regardless of your favorite competition venue, the container element is often considered the most challenging. It’s easy for each end of the leash to lose trust in the other and the team spirals down the container black hole. If you’re having trouble succeeding in container searches, or just wan...

09/10/2024

Intro to NW starting 9/19 at 5:00 PM at Everything Dog on the north side of Loveland. It's a good time to learn a new, winter-compatible activity!

K9 Nose Work® is a fast-growing scent detection sport for companion dogs and is inspired by the training and work of law enforcement detection dogs. The sport develops your dog’s natural hunting and scenting abilities to find target odors for fun or competition. Any dog breed (or mix), any age, a...

09/05/2024

What a fun wrap up to our 4-week Advanced Topics class on vehicle searches! Thanks to Ruth for letting us come and search her farm fleet (complete with llama and chicken audience). We had had rain and it was cool so odor was hanging low for all the dogs. Then, on the final search, it started raining again with no lightning so we kept going! Getting to train in a rain event around here is rare! Super fun class. Thanks everyone for coming out to play!

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