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Trace k9 ๐Ÿ•ต๏ธโ€โ™€๏ธ Detection dog training and services

๐Ÿพ Sports dog training

๐ŸŽ“ Certified dog trainer
๐Ÿถ Dogs Australia breeder

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21/10/2026

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๐—•๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ธ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—•๐—ฎ๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐˜€: ๐—ง๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐—š๐—ฎ๐—บ๐—ฒ ๐——๐—ฎ๐˜†During training and before a sports match players and athletes will often practice iso...
13/10/2026

๐—•๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ธ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—•๐—ฎ๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐˜€: ๐—ง๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐—š๐—ฎ๐—บ๐—ฒ ๐——๐—ฎ๐˜†

During training and before a sports match players and athletes will often practice isolated drills: specific and repetitive behaviours, these might be focusing on a specific element: speed, precision or mechanics. Repetition builds muscle memory and it helps a behavior become reliable under variable conditions and stress. Even the most skilled musicians practice their scales, ensuring they are creating habits around technique, it allows them to fine tune their ears to recognise chords and it ensures the instrument is in tune.

These principles apply in dog training also, and why we should ensure to revisit the basic skills and drills in scent detection. Training should not be a linear progression without consolidation: we should not be increasing complexity without stabilising the foundation behaviours through reinforcement along the way, or we may risk experiencing skill decay.

If dogs are only experiencing complex searches in training and then during work or competition, it makes sense that errors are made, skills degrade and sometimes our criteria slips. Overall, it is important that dogs experience trial or working conditions in training to prepare them well; however, it's vital that the component skills are being adequately maintained, reinforced and assessed as training progresses.

When we revisit isolated drills that focus on a specific element of the detection picture, we are in a better place to correct, refine and build repetition, strengthening behavioural fluency, retention and reliability; as well as ensure we maintain a strong reinforcement history for target odour and preserve the reliability of the trained final response. By having a set of โ€œdrillsโ€ developed in our foundations we can isolate a particular element such as speed, precision and/or mechanics and revisit these with increased frequency to prepare our dog and ourselves for โ€œgame dayโ€.

Small things can make a huge difference. This is a heartbreaking loss, particularly for the person who raised Pixel, as ...
08/10/2026

Small things can make a huge difference. This is a heartbreaking loss, particularly for the person who raised Pixel, as well as anyone involved with his rescue, rehabilitation and release. With so many threats to koalas this seems like such a preventable death.

Putting escape routes in pools helps prevent so many wildlife deaths, not just koalas.

Ada being helpful, as always.
06/10/2026

Ada being helpful, as always.

I have three 30 minute private sessions available in Mount Cotton this Wednesday, please contact me via messenger to boo...
03/10/2026

I have three 30 minute private sessions available in Mount Cotton this Wednesday, please contact me via messenger to book.

Sessions are $45 per person, happy to accomodate up to 2 dogs.

03/10/2026

According to PDSA research, a dog's perfect walk is 67 minutes long with 16 dedicated sniff stops along the way. Most owners report cutting walks significantly shorter and pulling their dogs away from sniffing to keep moving, which veterinary experts say is the opposite of what dogs actually need.

Sniffing activates the brain far more than running does for dogs, meaning a slow walk with plenty of stops is more restorative than a fast one with none. The walk your dog is trying to take is not the same walk you are trying to finish.

Now filling spots for the next Scent Work Starter Class, starting on the 1st of November. These classes are held at 9/19...
26/09/2026

Now filling spots for the next Scent Work Starter Class, starting on the 1st of November.

These classes are held at 9/19 Mining St, Bundamba at

Dogs should be able to be left safely in a vehicle with suitable car set-up OR able to be crated in one of the air-conditioned crate rooms.

https://tracek9.as.me/?appointmentType=98767163

Guess what! The business is rebranding ๐ŸŽ‰Animal Behaviour Consultant is evolving to focus solely on detection and scent w...
23/09/2026

Guess what! The business is rebranding ๐ŸŽ‰

Animal Behaviour Consultant is evolving to focus solely on detection and scent work, and therefore it needed a fitting a name and logo change.

My current behaviour modification consults will be the last clients (for now) in behaviour consults.

I'm looking forward to focusing on the dog training I love the most.

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