scent games – Smart Dogs Canine Training Milton

Find It – Morning Activity

You know I love the Find It game, and it’s super useful when you have a high energy dog that needs to burn it off a bit. Morning Find It with breakfast. I can’t recommend playing this game with your dog enough. So good for mind and body, and a great constructive game that youContinue reading “Find It – Morning Activity”

Find It Step Four

In this stage we are making hides more challenging, requiring the dog to work to make the find, use their nose and their independent skills. Here we can also start to transfer to a toy – I love Kongs for this as you can fill the Kong with food for a stronger scent and highContinue reading “Find It Step Four”

Find It Step Three

Step Three in our Find It Series. At this stage we can make the game a touch more difficult, but not so difficult that your dog gives up or starts to look to you for help. We want them to work independently, so keep the finds easy enough to encourage them to work on theirContinue reading “Find It Step Three”

Find It Step Two

Part Two in our series on teaching Find It. The cold weather is slowly creeping up on us, so if you need some indoor things to get some of your dogs energy out and work their minds, this is an awesome option!