Great work Koda.🤗 Pawsome #Nosework Happy Friday my friends, hope you have a great day. 🥰💛❤️🐾

two of Koda’s hides. #Nosework

in this video koda is looking for two black-brown gloves first on hidden in the stream/creek on stump that is split in two I wedged it in the halves
second one is in a tree -i think a white barked birch tree.

When the Nose Really Starts Doing the Discriminating Beginner Nosework, scent physics, and why Layla ignored a box full of toys like a professional. Beginner Nosework is where the training wheels start coming off. Well, sometimes. Food pairing helped build the hunt early on. But now the real test begins: does the dog value the odor itself? This week’s searches gave Layla plenty of opportunities to answer that question—and she answered with her nose.

This week in Beginner Nosework: Layla searched rooms, containers, and an exterior area—mostly odor only, less food pairing. She even ignored boxes full of tempting toys to focus on birch, anise, and clove. Turns out the nose really does know. #BlueBlur #NoseWork #TeamLayla #LaylaLearns #Appetitive

The Paycheck Lives in the Smell Why nosework dogs get paid exactly where the odor is. Beginner Nosework has a rule that matters: Always reward at source. Not after your dog walks away.Not when they look up at you.Right where the odor lives while their nose is consistent and still at source. If we want the odor to matter, the reward must happen exactly where the odor is.

A rule of nosework? Pay at source. 🐽
This week: Red Light/Green Light nose holds, fading food pairing (without killing the hunt), vehicle + room searches, and a surprisingly sticky hide recipe. Layla’s learning that the paycheck lives in the nose hold at source. #BlueBlur #NoseWork #TeamLayla

Say It Like You Mean It: Alert, Finish, and the Art of the Still Nose Hold Beginner Nosework is where searching meets sport. It’s communicating clearly, finding odor, reinforcing precisely, and preparing for the trial environment while maintaining the joy of the hunt. This week’s focus?Two small words with big responsibility: Alert.Finish. 🎯 “Alert” Isn’t Drama. It’s Data. In a trial setting, when your dog commits to source with a clear nose hold, you call…

When do you call “Alert” in Nosework? 🦮
This week we focused on trial-ready skills: a clear still nose hold, Red Light/Green Light precision, rewarding at source, and the path to confidence and excellent trial strategy. #BlueBlur #NoseWork #TeamLayla

From Snack to Scent: When Odor Gets the Promotion Beginner Nosework and the art of fading the food without fading the hunt. Intro class built the hunt. Food and odor were paired so clearly, so consistently, that Layla learned one essential truth: searching pays. Now? The training wheels start to come off. And this is where good nosework handling really matters. 🍗 First, We Build the Hunter Pairing essential oil odor with food builds drive, clarity, and commitment.

Odor becomes the paycheck! ✨
This week in beginner nosework, we’re fading food pairing and testing true scent understanding. Plus: happy exits, clear reinforcement mechanics, and building a rock-solid nose hold. #BlueBlur #NoseWork #TeamLayla #Appetitive

Sniff Happens Outdoors: Potty. Wind. Plan. Repeat. How Layla graduated Intro Nosework and learned that odor pays. Exterior nosework is where the science begins. Wind, vehicles, variables; and your dog’s nose. This week in Intro to Nosework, Layla played exterior vehicle searches for the first time. And like all good exterior searches, it came down to three non-negotiables: Potty. Wind. Plan. 🚽 Potty First (Yes. Every Time.)

Exterior nosework 101: ☔️ Potty. 🌬 Wind. 🗺 Plan.
Plus first vehicle searches, fading food pairing, and Layla graduating from Intro! This week’s class was all about building real odor commitment and clean search mechanics. #BlueBlur #TeamLayla #Appetitive #NoseWork

New Odor, No Micromanagement: Layla Learning to Trust Her Nose Intro to Nosework class, night four, and things got deliciously real. This was laying serious foundations: odor, commitment, independence, and handler mechanics that support the dog driven search. Odor Happens First (Food Just Makes the Point) Tonight Layla met her first four target odors: birch, anise, cypress, and clove. Each scent was carefully paired with inaccessible food inside a container or vessel.

Teaching a clear nose hold in nosework: Four scents, container + room searches, Red Light/Green Light game, and handler mechanics that support independent searching. This week’s class was all about pairing odor and trusting the nose. #BlueBlur #NoseWork #Rplus #Appetitive #TeamLayla

Nose Down, Brain On: Intro To Nosework Intro nosework, fundamental principles, and the joy of letting the dog drive the search Introductory nosework class was all about building belief in Layla's nose. The first lesson:👉 Stop marking. Start paying. Pay at Source, Not at the Handler When teaching a nose hold for scent discrimination, we skip the clicker or verbal marker. No “yes,” no “good,” no marker at all.

Skip the mark. Pay at source. While the dog’s nose is on odor, deliver multiple fast treats right there. End intentionally with “all done” and lure away. Paying at source builds a clean nose hold and prevents head-whipping back to the handler. #BlueBlur #Rplus #Nosework #Appetitive #DogDrivenSearch

Sniff Happens: Layla’s Learning to Trust Her Nose Sometimes in the introductory teaching phase of nosework, your dog will look at you for direction, like, “So… are you going to help or what?” Don't direct them. You want your dog to learn on their own to drive the search. It may be hard to do, but just wait for your dog to make the decision to search. You wait.

Less directing. More following. Happier sniffing.
Layla’s intro to nosework class reminded me how powerful it is to trust the nose and let curiosity lead. Sweet moments, stinky food, and growing confidence. #BlueBlur #Nosework #Rplus #RescueDog #AppetitiveForTheWin #DogDriven

Sniff First, Ask Questions Later: Layla’s Nosework Adventure Begins This week, Layla and I started an intro to nosework class, and it was a perfect reminder of how fun simple scent games can be. One Box, One Hole, One Job Our first lesson was straightforward: one cardboard box with a small hole in the top, filled with very smelly lamb and tripe. Layla’s job was to drive to that box and put her nose right to the source.

Simple boxes. Stinky food. Big brain moments. 🐕
Layla’s first nosework lessons show how a simple sniffing game builds resilience, focus, and joy. No cues, no chaos, just dogs doing dog things. Read the full tale on Animal Accolades. #BlueBlue #NoseWork #RescueDog #Rplus #AppetitiveForTheWin

Apollo passed his odor recognition test this Sunday :) (check his video on Apollotheswedishgolden)

#goldenretriever #nosework #art

Eris Search number 3
#Nosework looking for an orange glove. This one is up on a rotting trunk that is taller than Eris.

I “scent” these gloves by stuffing them down the front of my shirt. Then take them out and hide while they are both on ties.

Koda search 2
#Nosework
He’s searching for an orange glove. He’s working in the forest.
As you notice, I’m not very animated with Koda because he is so high drive. He can get overly excited.
So he doesn’t need the extra motivation Leslie gave me this tip @calithemali.bsky.social

Eris turn 2 #Nosework
you can tell she’s getting tired. She is looking for an orange glove somewhere in the forest.

One of the Eris’s turned she’s looking for an orange glove

#Nosework dogs cannot see the color orange so it’s perfect for humans to use
The square is on the other side of a tree that is growing sideways and then it grows up and it has a saddle on the tree.

Here is one of Koda’s turns today. They each got three turns with the orange glove search game. #Nosework

Here is one of Eris’s nosework turns. She is usually good at staying with the hide….not today. #Nosework
Eris is looking for an orange glove. These are new so they don’t have my scent on them as much as some of my older gloves, but I can see them better and -dogs don’t see orange

Dog's butt visible in the back seat of a car that has all its doors open

Broke out the nose work kit for this bored puppy on this drizzly day #dogsofbluesky #scentwork #nosework

Po tréninku. 🤣
#Babouthedog #nosework

Byly jsem s naší čuchací partou na naprosto skvělém noseworkovém tréninku. Nechyběla ani výborná svačinka.
#Babouthedog #nosework #párpřatelstačímít

A black dog sitting and staring at the camera. In the background is a community gathering indoor setting with chairs and polished cement floors. This is where Houndy practices Nosework.

A gravel trail with a large white dog trotting beside a brown and black dog. Both dogs are on harnesses. Milly went to her first Canicross meet up!

A black and white dog on a grass mat staring up at the camera. The black and white dog is wearing a bright purple and green harness. Bo tried out UKC weight pull on Saturday

I managed to cram 3 sports with 3 dogs into 24 hours.

I would like 3-5 business days to recover. #dogsports #canicross #nosework #workingdogs

För dig som redan älskar Nose Work och vill utvecklas ännu mer 🎯

Cnoseworkpen startar 15 september i Marieholm.

Begränsat antal platser – max 6 hundar.

👉 Anmälan: länk i bio / hemsida

#nosework #tävlingshund #hundträning

Redo för nästa steg i Nose Work? 🐶

Vi startar Nose Work Steg 2 den 16 september i Marieholm – med nya utmaningar, mer variation och ännu roligare träning.

👉 Anmälan: länk i bio / hemsida

#nosework #hundträning #hundsport

Nyfiken på Nose Work? 🐶

Vi startar en kurs i Nose Work Steg 1 den 16 september i Marieholm.

Perfekt för att aktivera hundens fantastiska nos – passar alla hundar!

👉 Anmälan: länk i bio / hemsida

#nosework #hundkurs #hundträning

In the forest Harris and coda I think they’re both laying down. They’re tied two small trees. I’d have to find a way to your nose work with them one at a time I used to let them go together, but coda is a little better than Iris but Iris just watches coda and when he Smells the glove, she then beats him to it because she’s so athletic

We had fun today. Here we are both on leash as mom is going to go hide the gloves and then let us off leash one at a time. We already ran around for an hour before we started #Nosework

This is Erris when the play chips were new. She is putting her paws up and she has a container in her mouth that has a little treat in it that she had to smell out. This is our backyard back before the dogs ran through all the plants and took them out.

Throwback to Eris’s first #Nosework session. She had to find little containers with treats in them here she is putting her paws up to find this really hard one. I knew she was gonna be good at nosework. She is so awesome.

Noutajahommia, mutta voin kyllä vakuuttaa, että yökoneen matkustajat eivät yrittäneet salakuljettaa eucalyptusta maahan #nosework

Pár fotek, jak probíhala "čuchací" zkouška.
#babouthedog #nosework

Složily jsme zkoušku čuchací NW-C1, dva vzorky v 18 květináčích. Je to moje holka šikovná, mám velkou radost.
#babouthedog #nosework #kokardajedoma