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Train Your Dog to be Nosey
My name is Peta Conwell and I’d like to tell you about my journey into the canine sport of Nosework. This fast growing sport was created to mimic professional detection dog tasks. It started with my tiny Maltese Woody. He was 9, had recently partially torn his cruciate ligament and had 2 eye surgeries (he's now had 4!), but he still had a great joy in life. I read a quote which said that you should give dogs a job, or they'll find one and you might not like what they do! I then heard about Nosework classes and it was described to me that it was like finding food in boxes. “Great” I thought. “Woody is a walking stomach, so that's something he can do!” So I signed up. The benefits for dogs of all kinds is amazing. It’s been a game that Woody and I play when the scary storms are overhead. I play these basic games at the vet to reduce some fear. I play them when it's raining or too hot to go out for a walk. When we do go on walks now, we have ‘sniffathons’ where we stop and sniff all the sniffs. We don't go as far, but my dogs are more relaxed and sleep better after an hour long sniff, than after an hour long walk.
Photos courtesy of Lisa Miller
Nosework has given my mini poodle confidence to work away from me. Its given my anxious/reactive Bichon Frise the skills to be brave in scary situations. I've seen shut down dogs come alive when they are allowed to use their innate abilities within a dog safe environment. There are huge benefits for people too. I've known 7 year old kids who were terrified of dogs successfully work a huge Belgian Malinois in a beginner search. I have seen overarching joy in both humans and dogs when they both find something they can do together which is fun.
