Happy Dog Training

18/06/2026

Sundays scent workshop theme was handlers choice. We had beginner dogs focussing on indication and/or odour id, competition dogs being pushed/challaenged through hide placements and a few veteran dogs enjoying some nice searches.

18/06/2026

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16/06/2026

15/06/2026

Yesterday’s workshop with Rachel was of Handlers choice.

The less experienced dogs were working on indication and/or odour recognition, some of the dogs worked searches with hide placements considered to challenge and progress teams in a positive way, one team worked on independence using smaller broken down areas and then we had a couple of our veteran dogs just out for a fun sniff.

Confidence - Focus - Teamwork

12/06/2026

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17/05/2026

Yesterdays workshop was certainly an environmentally challenging one - tight spaces, different floorings, accessing one of the search areas via open & wobbly stairs - every team had their own successes 💪

It was also a day of emotions - For 3 of us, the last time we searched this venue
was with our previous dog(s) who are sadly no longer with us 😢 A time of remembering what a fab life we gave them, how lucky we were to spend that time with them and how much they taught us along the way. 🥰 🌈 🐶

Overall a fantastic workshop - looking forward to being back at this venue again very soon.

03/05/2026

During yesterdays college workshop we talked about and used hide placement to aid with search patterns and building the dogs expectation to find.

Another brilliant workshop - well done all 💪

18/03/2026

Mondays searches came with a few challenges. From looking at some out of reach hides in one area and working through some distracting environments in another these teams all worked hard to problem solve, progress & achieve 💪

06/02/2026

Yesterday’s workshop certainly came with some challenges for both handlers and dogs.

There was no specific theme to yesterdays workshop as this venue presents itself with its own challenges form the weather, managing search areas and being constantly aware of of your surroundings.

Well done to you all, whilst it is a fun venue it certainly isn’t the easiest to search.

04/01/2026

Yesterday saw our first sport detection workshop of 2026.

This was a general search workshop with hide placements varied to include some good problem solving for both the dogs and handlers.

Included were some good discussions about body language and considerations of odour movement and one hide in particular brought up the discussion of ‘when to step in and help and when not to’. A brilliant day had by all.