What you'll learn

Fun and easy scent-based activities for a pet companion dog
Give your dog the joy of sniffing
Watch your dog show off their amazing skills
Learn your dog's body language

Requirements

No dog training experience is required

Description

This course takes you through ten different games or activities that you can play with your dog, inside or outside. The video lectures show you how to use these games to engage your dog's nose and utilise their natural sense of smell to find food, toys or other items by recognising their specific scent or odour. These fun activities will give your dog mental stimulation and satisfy their natural instincts to hunt and scavenge, by providing a safe and structured alternative.The training techniques use praise (verbal encouragement) as well as food rewards or toy rewards to encourage your dog, and to motivate them so that they want to participate. The games and activities are designed to be fun and achievable for both you and your dog, and the course is perfect for beginners with no experience in dog training or scent detection training.This is a clicker-free course, meaning that you don't need a clicker, or any specific knowledge of shaping techniques. Of course if you already use a clicker to mark behaviours, you can incorporate the use of your clicker into these games :-) The ten games are:Find Hidden FoodFind And FetchWhere's Mousie?Oops! I Dropped ItShell GameStinky Sock TrailHide and SeekFind My KeysShow Me The Money!Detector DogThe course also includes a fun explanation of how odour (scent) moves in the air, and what body language your dog will show while following the odour to find the hidden food, toy or other item.Some of the games involve the dog fetching an item, but if your dog doesn't fetch that's fine, you can still play the games and use a Food Pod instead. There is a lecture explaining what a Food Pod is, how to teach your dog to use a Pod, and how you can use a Pod in place of getting your dog to fetch the item.

Who this course is for

This is a course for everyone who has a dog, and wants to enrich their dog's life
Homepage:

https://www.udemy.com/course/sniff-scent-detection-games-for-pet-dog-fun/