🗓️ May 30th – June 1st, 2025
📍 Canine Ed Academy
🐾 Three Days of Scent Work Training with Jo Bates! 🐾
Join us for an immersive three-day scent work camp with Jo Bates, where we’ll deep dive into containers, complex problem-solving, and leash handling skills. Whether you're working towards competition-level skills or just love watching your dog’s nose in action, this camp will challenge, inspire, and level up your teamwork.
🔥 Friday, May 30th – Containers Containers Containers 🔥
🐶 9:00 AM – 12:30 PM - 1 Spot left
Containers Part 1 – Beyond Boxes
Sure, we all start with boxes, but there’s a whole world of container searches beyond the basics! In this session, we’ll explore:
✅ The impact of variety in containers – different materials, sizes, and styles
✅ How ventilation and air movement affect odour flow
✅ Odour concentration and why some hides are trickier than others
✅ Handling techniques to set your dog up for container search success
🐶 1:30 PM – 5:00 PM
Containers Part 2 – The Next Level
Now that we've covered the fundamentals, it’s time to tackle more challenging setups:
🔍 Mapping the Maze – How to efficiently cover a search area
🍗 Hung Up on Food Distractors – Training through temptation
🐕 Position and Movement – How your handling influences search performance
📍 Covering the Area – Ensuring nothing gets missed
🧐 Saturday, May 31st – Sharpening Search Strategy 🧐
🐶 9:00 AM – 12:30 PM - 1 Spot left
Search Area Analysis – Seeing What Your Dog Sees
Before we even start a search, we need to read the area like a pro! This session focuses on:
✅ What makes a space productive? (And what doesn’t!)
⏳ The 10-second area analysis – Quickly assessing a search zone
🛠️ How to divide up the area to work efficiently
🌬️ External factors (wind, surfaces, objects) that can help or hinder your dog’s work
🐶 1:30 PM – 5:00 PM - 1 Spot left
Complex Problem Solving – Thinking Outside the Box
Time to put our skills to the test with advanced search scenarios!
🔍 Blank Searches – Teaching dogs to keep working when there’s nothing to find
🎭 Multiple Mysteries – How do we know if there’s one, two, or more hides?
🕵️ Working the Unknown – Handling searches when you don’t know how many odours are in play
🚀 Sunday, June 1st – Mastering the Finer Details 🚀
🐶 9:00 AM – 12:30 PM - 1 Spot left
Complex Problem Solving – Taking Challenges to Higher Levels
This session will push you and your dog’s skills with:
🏔️ Inaccessible and Elevated Hides – Getting scent from up high or out of reach
🌪️ The Effects of Multiple Scent Cones – How odours blend, move, and challenge even the most experienced dogs
🐶 1:30 PM – 5:00 PM - 2 Spots left
Leash Handling Skills – The Art of the Dance
A leash can be your best tool or your biggest headache in scent work. In this hands-on session, we’ll work on:
🎯 Using the leash to support (not hinder) your dog’s search
🚶 Moving smoothly through search areas without disrupting odour flow
🐾 Reading your dog’s body language through the leash
🔄 Adjusting leash tension to suit different search scenarios
🌟 What to expect
🐕 Small working groups to maximise hands-on learning
🏆 Designed for all levels – from new teams to seasoned competitors
📍 Indoor and outdoor searches – so your dog gets experience in different environments
👃 Expert coaching Jo Bates:
Qualified Dog Behaviour and Training Consultant
K9 Nose Work Instruction (CNWI)
Karen Pryor Academy Certified Training Partner
This camp is the perfect way to supercharge your scent work skills, have a blast with your dog, and connect with like-minded handlers.
🎟️ Limited working spots available – secure yours now!
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