Tag: Scent work
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Life Skills Workshop. Why do we not call it Obedience training?
The main reason is because we do not like the word OBEDIENCE and what it implies, the same as why we use the word CUE instead of COMMAND. Although only words they still have an association to them, as a human I would rather be asked to do something instead of told or commanded to…
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SkellyWags Stable Searches
Since mid December we have taken our scentwork sessions inside and created a fun and exciting Stable Search. We have transformed the stable in to a unique environment for the dogs to search in and we can change the layout weekly which keeps it fresh and exciting for the humans as well. These sessions are…
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Nosework with Jack Fenton the Dorset Dog Trainer.
We had a lovely chat with Jack Fenton the Dorset Dog Trainer about how he uses nosework in his everyday training with dogs. Jack works with a lot of reactive, fizzy, fearful, anxious dogs and uses nosework in their training to help them see the world differently. The world is quite a scary place for…
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Who Dunnit – Escape Room For Dogs
Exciting News! So the dust has settled from our Save SantaPaws escape style events for dogs and the feedback was amazing and you all asked for more, so here it is! Our next Scent Escape event for dogs will take place on the weekend of the 25th and 26th February 2023 this is ideal for…
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How Scentwork can benefit your dog.
Here at SkellyWags you may have noticed we put a lot of energy into telling anybody that will listen about the benefits of scent work for our pet dogs. scent work is used in lots of our 1-2-1 consults, puppy and life-skills classes and obviously our scent work courses. Why is scent work so good…