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Island Mantrailing, Sandown (2026)

12/10/2026

A round-up of another great week of Mantrailing 😃

And a huge thank you to Harvey Browns - Farm, Food Hall, Butchery & Café & Brading Roman Villa for use of their beautiful outdoor spaces ❤️

Another week of varied trails, new challenges and some fantastic work from our dogs and handlers 🥰

Changing environments and scent pictures were a big focus, moving from enclosed areas into wide open spaces and looking at how the change in environment affects the scent picture and how our dogs adapt.

Our evening urban searches by the beach certainly tested the teams! Extremely strong winds, road crossings and the influence of traffic all added to the complexity. The dogs were amazing, working through the challenges and navigating those tricky scent conditions 💨💨💨

We also had two teams taking on longer trails, helping to build confidence, concentration and stamina while gradually increasing the challenge.

👀 Decoys added another interesting element, allowing us to watch the dogs investigate other people, assess the information and recognise that they weren’t the correct match for their missing person. So much valuable learning in these exercises!

And it was lovely to welcome dogs back after a break, watching them get back into the swing of things and remember just how much fun Mantrailing is!

Different environments, challenging conditions and plenty of opportunities to learn, develop and grow in confidence.

02/10/2026

Another great round up of our recent trails 😃

We’ve been lucky enough to work at some fantastic venues, including the beautiful Appuldurcombe House, where the old ruins provided an amazing backdrop and the grounds gave us plenty of space and variety to work with.

We’ve also been back at Happy Dogs in Godshill, making the most of the different environments available to us.

The teams have been working trails that take them from wooded areas, through enclosed spaces and out into wide open areas, really making them think about how the scent picture changes as the environment changes.

We’ve also been working around buildings and incorporating different surfaces into the same trail — adding extra layers of complexity and giving the dogs plenty to process.

And as the evenings are starting to draw in, we’ve even been making the most of the fading light with some evening searches…head torches on 😃 This adds another interesting element to the trails and keeps everyone on their toes!

Some really great work from all the teams, lots of concentration, problem solving and some very happy dogs doing what they love. 🐶

Well done everyone 🥰

07/09/2026

Six sessions this week, and what a difference the cooler weather has made!

It’s been lovely to get back to some more comfortable training conditions, with the dogs able to work without the heat making things quite so challenging.

This week we’ve been working on trailing from enclosed areas out into wide open spaces. For some of the dogs, this has been a real challenge, as due to the wind, the scent picture can spread much further once they leave those more confined spaces. It’s been fascinating to watch them work through it, and to see the handlers learning how to support their dogs without doing the work for them.

We also had a fabulous new venue at Appuldurcombe House 🏡

What a place to trail! Having a house built in the 1700s to work around gave us some brilliant opportunities to explore different environments and see how the dogs adapted to the surroundings.

As always, the best bit is watching the dogs work things out, build confidence and enjoy themselves. Every session brings something different, and that’s what makes mantrailing so much fun 😃

Well done to all the teams this week. You’ve all worked hard, and it’s been lovely to see the progress. ❤️

26/08/2026

It’s been a month of dodging the heat and chasing the shade…fingers crossed for Cooler weather to come 😃

As always, a huge thank you to Harvey Browns Farm shop & Brading Roman Villa for the use of both fab venues 😃

With the hot weather making things tricky, our mantrailing teams have been making the most of shaded areas and wide open spaces to keep everyone cool while still getting some great training in.

We have been using some wide open spaces which can make trailing much harder, with the wind able to really move that scent picture around. It’s been fascinating watching the dogs work it out and adapt.

For a bit of fun, some teams have also been having a go at trailing a walking trail layer 🕺. Some dogs found it surprisingly easy and naturally moved ahead to stop the trail layer in their tracks… while others were a little less sure about what this strange new game was all about! 😂

But honestly, the best bit of training for me is seeing the dogs having such a great time. ❤️

Even when it’s tricky… even when they lose the trail and need a little help to find it again… they always get a huge fuss and, of course, their prize pot! 🥳

Seeing those incredibly “pleased with themselves”faces when they’ve cracked it is just lovely 🥰

05/08/2026

With the high temperatures we’ve had, I have unfortunately had to cancel and reshuffle quite a few sessions. As frustrating as that is, the dogs’ welfare will always come first. Their safety is far more important than squeezing in a trail, and I’m grateful to everyone for being so understanding and flexible.

That said, we have managed to sneak in some fantastic sessions during the cooler mornings and evenings! 🐕‍🦺

Here’s a little round-up of some of the photos I’ve managed to take over the last couple of weeks. As always, I don’t manage to capture everyone, but it’s been brilliant to see so many teams continuing to learn despite the challenging conditions.

A huge thank you to everyone who’s adapted to the last-minute changes, early starts and later evening sessions. Your support means we can keep training safely while giving the dogs the very best experience.

Here’s hoping for some cooler weather soon… but until then, we’ll keep chasing the shade!

24/07/2026

What a week 🥰

Some of our dogs and handlers have been extra busy, squeezing in multiple sessions after the last few weeks of heat cancellations. We’re still keeping trails shorter and making the most of the cooler parts of the day with early starts and late evening sessions.

We also had a fantastic visit to our new RSPCA venue – packed with brilliant real-life distractions! Blowing dog and cat towels, scattered dog toys and plenty of interesting scents meant the dogs really had to focus on scent discrimination.

Today we trailed at Harvey Browns, where we worked on split trails and walking trail layers. Lots to learn, plenty of thinking for both dogs and handlers, and it’s always great to try something new 🙃🙃

As you will see from the pictures, it’s not all hard work… the dogs fitted in a social event after the session today 🍰☕️

As always, the dogs were amazing 😃 Well done everyone ❤️❤️

21/07/2026

Early starts, late finishes… all in the name of fun 🐕‍🦺🐕‍🦺🐕‍🦺

We’ve been chasing the shade, making the most of the cooler parts of the day, and the dogs have been absolutely brilliant. Shorter, easier trails, plenty of enthusiasm, and some fantastic outcomes.

A quick snapshot of the fun we have had 😃

04/07/2026

Before the heat really kicked in, we managed to squeeze in some early morning sessions this week 😎

A huge thank you as always for allowing us to trail at your FAB venues 😃
Happy Dogs training Ventnor
Harvey Browns - Farm, Food Hall, Butchery & Café

With the warmer weather, we kept the trails a little shorter to make sure the dogs could work safely while still enjoying themselves.

We had a brand-new venue to explore, with trails crossing a variety of different surfaces, including long grass, giving the dogs plenty to think about. We also looked at how the scent picture changes in wide open spaces compared with enclosed woodland – it’s always fascinating to watch the dogs adapt.

For a bit of fun, we included something a little different… our “missing person” hid underneath a camouflage sheet! It made for a really novel find and the dogs absolutely loved the challenge. 😄

04/07/2026

To dodge the heat we had two evening urban sessions…🐕‍🦺

We worked on junctions, direction of travel and safe road crossings, reinforcing the importance of having a solid stop/wait before crossing any road.

We also spent time looking at how scent behaves in built-up areas. It’s fascinating how scent can cling to brickwork, collect around doorways and become trapped in unexpected places. Add in different surfaces, passing traffic, pedestrians, cyclists and the general hustle and bustle, and it creates a very different scent picture for our dogs to work through.

I absolutely love these sessions……mantrailing is so much more than simply following a trail. Every environment teaches us something new, and every session helps us become better handlers by learning to trust our dogs and understand the amazing way they work🥰

18/06/2026

What a great session we had last week at Brading Roman Villa 😎 A huge thank you as always for such a brilliant venue 😃

Whilst the sun didn’t put in much of an appearance, the rain stayed away and the wind made it tricky 💨💨💨

We were able to use the different areas of long & short grass, alongside the wind direction to plan some challenging but great fun trails for the dogs and handlers to navigate.

You could see the dogs jumping through the long grass or lifting their noses to catch the scent trail that had mainly settled on the top of the grass as the trail layer walked through to a hiding spot…😃

The shorter grass pathways allowed us to have trails like roadways, with junctions, gateways and obstacles to navigate around….😃

As always, both dogs and handlers were brilliant 🥰

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