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In the Scentwork program (AKC and the non-AKC Nosework program) these are the scents use
"dogs search for cotton swabs saturated with Birch, Anise, Clove, and Cypress essential oils, and alert their handlers of the scent's location"
Initially the scents are paired with food and then the food is removed and the dogs search for the scent alone (and are immediately rewarded by the handler)
Christine
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Very interesting about the scents that are used and how they are changed up.
Love seeing Farley so engaged and so happy! Delightful video and so much gpfun to see him "work"
.Way to represent tripawds Farley👍
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Sally and Alumni Happy Hannah and Merry Myrtle and Frankie too!
Happy Hannah had a glorious additional bonus time of over one yr & two months after amp for osteo! She made me laugh everyday! Joined April's Angels after send off meal of steak, ice cream, M&Ms & deer poop!
Ohhhh thanks for explaining! I wasn't 100% sure if all scentwork used the same scents so good to know. I agree it's interesting about the scents they have them look for. I was thinking why not search for lavender, or orange, but maybe because they're too commonly found in nature? Can't recall the last time I smelled Anise while walking down a trail.
Good job Farley! I love this game!
I was thinking why not search for lavender, or orange, but maybe because they're too commonly found in nature?
Yes! The four scents are used by AKC. The organization I train and trial under, NACSW uses Anise, Birch and Clove. We actually just had a big discussion about this in Elly's class- why they chose the odors the did, and it is in part because they are not commonly found. For example: our Trials are often in schools where you can find all types of disinfectants, cleaners and sprays scented with lavender or citrus.
My current Tripawd Elly has been doing Nose Work for about 6.5 years. Elly lost her back leg to a car accident when she was 7 months old, she is now 9. Elly has fear and anxiety issues so I was looking for something to build her confidence. Nose Work has been awesome for her and I love it for Tripawds because it is pretty gently on their joints and is a giant brain game. I just started my fairly new quad pup Callie, I've had her for 10 months. We are almost done with the second class where the dogs are introduced to odor by pairing the 'hides' with food. She has been searching for two of the odors, we will introduce the third next week.
Both of my girls are little Pug Mixes, each weighs 15 pounds.
Karen and the Spirit Pug Girls
Tri-pug Maggie survived a 4.5 year mast cell cancer battle only to be lost to oral melanoma.
1999 to 2010
Thanks for the backstory Karen! Makes total sense. EVERYTHING is scented with lavender these days!
I really need to get into this activity with Nellie. Thank you for the nudge (again!). Do you think the starter kits you can get on different websites are a good choice? Or do you really need a class to learn the art of nosework?
Oh by the way Christine, how about starting a new topic somewhere else, maybe in "Anything Goes" or "Shout Outs" about Farley's nosework? Since he's long past his slight setback and all! And we are sooo hoppy about that!
I can do that but I was concerned about those people who don't know Farley's backstory
Oh cool, thanks! They can always click on your avatar to see all posts you've written about him, so it's super easy to catch up.
I really need to get into this activity with Nellie. Thank you for the nudge (again!). Do you think the starter kits you can get on different websites are a good choice? Or do you really need a class to learn the art of nosework?
I'll send you a PM so as to not totally hijack Christine's thread 
Karen and the Spirit Pug Girls and Boy
Tri-pug Maggie survived a 4.5 year mast cell cancer battle only to be lost to oral melanoma.
1999 to 2010
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