Scent Work Classes
What are the benefits of Scent work?
Mental enrichment, confidence building for you and your dog, it's a calming activity, assists in building bonds between you and your dog, physical stimulation and the best part...any dog can do it!
We have 5 million scent receptors in our noses...our dogs have 220 million! With dogs being able to smell 1/2 a teaspoon of sugar in an Olympic sized swimming pool, why not let them work it?!
There are two types of Scent work courses available. No experience is necessary!
Detective Scent Troopers
Please enquire for our next course date!
£108 per dog
West Moors Memorial Hall
Tuesdays at 7.15pm-8.15pm
(121/Private sessions available-please enquire)
This 6-week indoor course is a fantastic opportunity to teach your dog how to detect different scents, how to search different locations for particular scents and how to alert you to them successfully finding the chosen scents. We use a mix of pipes, cones, bags and vehicles!
The course is broken down into the following schedule:
Week 1: Scent indication (with food)
Week 2: Scent Bags and Oils (Aniseed, Ginger, Clove, Cypress and Anise)
Week 3: Room Searches with the above and Owner Article
Week 4: Keys & Money
Week 5: Car Searches (weather dependent) and Intro to 'The Sniffers Choice'.
Week 6: 'The Sniffers Choice' -NEW FOR 2026! This exciting new game is the perfect way to round off the course! Dogs have to sniff out the instructors chosen scent for them on a dumbbell which has been placed in a box with 3 other scented dumbbells! This box is split into 4 sections which are numbered. These numbers correspond to each dog. The dog has to find and collect the correct dumbbell to bring it back to their owner with the fastest time!
The course holds up to 4 dogs plus handlers.
Tracking
Please enquire for our next course date!
Various Locations surrounding Wimborne, Branksome, Sandbanks, Ferndown & West Moors.
£108 per dog
6 weeks
(121/Private sessions available-please enquire)
What is tracking?
Tracking is a skill which enables your dog to detect, recognise and follow a specific scent with their nose to the ground. It is a fantastic energy burner and a great skill to hone in on! The course delivers a positive scent experience to the dogs and improves their lives through nose work!
The course is broken down into article indication, track laying, straight line tracks, tracks with bends and tracks with 2 or more articles. Different environments/locations are used during this course.
The course holds up to 4 dogs plus handlers. Course takes place outdoors.
