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Diamonds in the Ruff Dog Training I am a dog trainer with experience in many different areas of training.I compete in several dog sport

08/03/2025

Let's talk about dog sports. I am going to try to talk about different dogs sports each week.

This week will be scentwork...
Scentwork is curre currently a very popular dog sport. It is a great form of enrichment for your dog. It uses your dogs best sense their sense of smell to find certain target odors.
There are multiple venues that offer scentwork. A few are AKC, CPE, NACSW,USCSS and a few others. Each venue has certainntarget odors.
We will be discussing AKC as it is available in our area.
In AKC scentwork there are four target odors, Birch,Anise,Clove and Cypress. The first scent you will train on will be Birch. Once the dog gets an understanding of Birch you will introduce the other scents.
In scentwork there are multiple levels that you compete at. These levels are Novice, Advanced, Excellent, and Master. There are also Elite and Detective titles for the serious competitors.
There are also different elements to scentwork being interior,exterior, containers and buried. These also varie for each level you compete at.
Even if you choose not to compete scentwork is still a great form of enrichment for your dog.
Scentwork is one of the few dog sports you have to trust your dog completely. You rely on their nose to locate and then the dog to indicate the find.
This is a really fun sport and a great introduction to dog sports. It is a nice sport if you have a dog reactive dog as you don't compete around other dogs. It is also a great sport to build confidence in a not so confident dog.
If you are interested in more information about AKC scentwork check out their website at https://www.akc.org/sports/akc-scent-work/

07/03/2025

North Versailles Intermediate students practicing their first dog pass-bys

07/03/2025

North Versailles Intermediate students hanging out on supervised separation

07/03/2025

North Versailles Intermediate students sitting for petting

07/03/2025

North Versailles basic students working on place and sit-stay

07/03/2025

North Versailles basic students starting place

07/03/2025

First loose leash walking lesson with the North Versailles basic students.

06/03/2025

Starting sit-stay with Murrysville 7pm basic students

06/03/2025

Murrysville 7pm basic learning place

06/03/2025

Murrysville 7pm basic students first loose leash walking lesson

06/03/2025

Introducing the place cots to the 6pm Murrysville Basic students

06/03/2025

Changing a lure to a reward with the down position. Murrysville Basic 6pm students

06/03/2025

Bridgers first recall lesson. About 6 months ago. This was right after we brought him home.

28/02/2025

Intermediate students working on impulse control around stinky hotdogs.

28/02/2025

The North Versailles 6pm basic students working on crossing different surfaces

28/02/2025

Working on leash length recalls with the North Versailles 6pm basic students

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Let's talk about dog sports. I am going to try to talk about different dogs sports each week. This week will be scentwork... Scentwork is curre currently a very popular dog sport. It is a great form of enrichment for your dog. It uses your dogs best sense their sense of smell to find certain target odors. There are multiple venues that offer scentwork. A few are AKC, CPE, NACSW,USCSS and a few others. Each venue has certainntarget odors. We will be discussing AKC as it is available in our area. In AKC scentwork there are four target odors, Birch,Anise,Clove and Cypress. The first scent you will train on will be Birch. Once the dog gets an understanding of Birch you will introduce the other scents. In scentwork there are multiple levels that you compete at. These levels are Novice, Advanced, Excellent, and Master. There are also Elite and Detective titles for the serious competitors. There are also different elements to scentwork being interior,exterior, containers and buried. These also varie for each level you compete at. Even if you choose not to compete scentwork is still a great form of enrichment for your dog. Scentwork is one of the few dog sports you have to trust your dog completely. You rely on their nose to locate and then the dog to indicate the find. This is a really fun sport and a great introduction to dog sports. It is a nice sport if you have a dog reactive dog as you don't compete around other dogs. It is also a great sport to build confidence in a not so confident dog. If you are interested in more information about AKC scentwork check out their website at https://www.akc.org/sports/akc-scent-work/