Fun 'Nose Work' Ideas

These ideas can be used both inside and outside the home.

These exercises all help to stimulate and satisfy a dogs natural instincts.

Dogs love to sniff, hunt & find, so why not provide an acceptable outlet for these instinctive behaviours. If you dont, they may find their own way to satisfy these urges. So why not work with them and have fun, there is nothing more enjoyable than seeing a dog with tail wagging, excitedly using its nose.

In this video i have provided just a few ideas on how you can do this and have fun:))

Hope you enjoy.

All my dogs are trained positively with the Clicker method:))

Category:

Pets & Animals

Tags:

• nose work
• dog training
• hunt for cloth
• scavenge for food
• hunt tea bag
• Inca the sprollie

[OneCrankyFemale]

Now I see what can be done with targeting. I'll be teaching my girls to do that!

[MultiAnimalcrackers]

@OneCrankyFemale thats fantastic..have fun & Thankyou so much for commenting:))

[watchmoivies123]

Hum?? Tea bag? I do comp obedience and also use MY scent on all kinds of stuff like sticks/ toys/ even leaves!

Is there a reason using tea? Here in the USA we use birch, clove and anese. Sorry about the spelling of the last one.

Do you compete? I love the look of your Sprollie! Does this mix work better than other Border Collie mixes? Border Jacks were really popular here a few years back, Oh.... Also Border Sfaffies too for flyball!

LOVE your scent you tubes!

Kim

[MultiAnimalcrackers]

@watchmoivies123 Hi thankyou no dont compete..i just do everything for fun:))) the tea bag idea was out of the 101 dog tricks book by krya sundance.

I didnt itentionaly go for a spollie i just saw this gorgeous litter of pups advertised at agility classes at the time...inca stood out to me as she was the only gorgeous choc one...well 9 wks later she came to our classes as a pup to watch her dad run and still didnt have a home so we took her on. i love the mix so bright and so fun loving:)))

[musicofnote1]

the dog-idea lady is back! another super-duper idea video. Great stuff!

[MultiAnimalcrackers]

@musicofnote1 haha...thanks Leonard...although it is an old one now that just seems to keep coming out, especially when the weather bad!!

[bLuebhErie]

Hahah cool idea! Thanx

[MrShortCropped]

the second idea is great! the first idea is the thing we use to play, thanx for all ideas'!

[1990trip]

i'm guessing this would work really well with bloodhounds. i have a bloodhound mastiff cross and was just wondering how well this would work with him? or would outside nose work suit him best since he is native to outdoor tracking?

[cinnamon8884]

love it :)

[MultiAnimalcrackers]

@watchmoivies123 Hi Thankyou:)) with the scent clothes i just rub my scent on them and with the big cloth on the floor i hide a tea bag under it and she is searching for the tea bag scent.. My dog Inca is a Sprollie .....border collie x springer spaniel..though not a first cross her dad was a choc tri border collie and her mum was a black and white sprollie...she was the only choc one in the litter and the only one left!! isnt she just simply gorgeous :)))