The Wheel Of Odor- A Randomizer for Training Odor
Find Your Fix- Sport Dog Scent Detection Podcast- Training Tips and More !Show Notes
In this episode we reveal the “Wheel Of Odor”, an easily crafted randomizer used to spur a fun discussion focused on ODOR training for the nosework and scentwork dog. We wanted to use some creativity to otherwise break out of training ruts and think OUTSIDE THE ODOR BOX for fresh ideas on how to set hides and build odor training objectives for our dogs and ourselves. The Wheel of Odor uses three categories to describe each odor puzzle or odor scenario in training or trial searches. We i...
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