Yes Joel this is actually very similar to what alot of trainer do for search dogs that find and indicate on articles or people. A tip would be to do the treat in every foot print. That way you know for sure the dog is getting the odor do it on slightly muddy ground or somewhere you can see the person's shoe prints. I teach the indication first then work on the actual track.For Alison he picked it kinda ok but if you really want him to have the drive and not to get off track you will want to go slow. For accuracy. But since your not looking for a dog actually to go into work as a tracker or competition pretty good first try!
More jobs and/ or games would be greatly appreciated. You have helped so much with the basics. Now my boys and I are looking for fun stuff to mix things up.
I started scent detection in 2012 when my dog was 6 months old. His first object was cell phones. Then we started search and rescue in the woods and in warehouses, in trains, and in lumber yards, then we tried tracking and then nose work. These type of activities is the best way to get a self confident dog. Just a tip... when you drag the jacket, just drag it one way, don’t drag it back. That’s because the dog will know which direction he should go. So when a person is missing and the dog is crossing the track then the nose is so powerful that he knows which step is more fresh. And that’s the direction the dog will follow. All of these nose activities are a lot of fun!
Yes!, more! I've been scent training our lab and he loves it. We put a scent like cinnamon on a cloth. Let him smell it then hide it in the yard ( up a tree, under leaves etc.) While we're hiding it he's in the shed waiting. We let him out saying " Find it" So fun to watch him sniff the ground, up in the air, and running around. It's amazing how fast he can find it!!!
This sounds so fun! I want to try with my two younger girls. How do they know what scent to follow when hiding it. Do they smell it first and then you hide it or how do you do it?
We do similar with our dobie pup, except we began by hiding several treats of the same type in different places of the house, letting him smell one from our pocket, then getting him to go find. Dogs are so smart. We’re about to train him with human scent, so this is very timely! Thanks Joel.🤝
A few years ago when my senior dog started to lose sight and hearing I would get my younger dog to "find Molly" initially it would be for him to go get her for dinner (Darby is very food motivated so he was happy to go get her for dinner lol), then i'd do it as part of doggie drills, all he had to do was go wake her up and get her to follow him. Was put to test a couple times in the bush when she wandered off and I couldn't find her. Once was a couple hours between realizing she wasn't with me to getting him looking and them coming back. This little girl had a ground eating trot, she was never running away, just off on tour. It was getting too dark to see, I'm thinking I've lost BOTH dogs now, then Darby came bounding back along the trail looking so pleased, Molly trotting along behind a couple minutes later. I got Tile bluetooth finders after that, but still had Darby go find her for practice :)
I had a bloodhood search and rescue team practice at my farm once! It was incredible, we laid a 36 hour trail, my step-daughter walked a trail in the woods and 36 hours later her scent article was shown to the dog and he followed her path to find her. She had gone back to wait the day of the trial, 36 hours after walking the path through the woods, Windsor, the bloodhound, followed her path ! It was AMAZING. We trained our collie to play hide and seek with the kids when they were young I the event they ever walked into the corn field when the corn was high and got lost !
My two young girls always find me lol and they’re too fast for me to hide, even in the dark lol. Then they’re all proud of themselves when they find me. I think yesterday, I tried hiding under the table quick before they saw where I hid and at first they were gonna walk by but then my youngest found me easily and then the older one lol. So much fun playing hide and seek with dogs.
No joke just the other day I started teaching my dog to find hidden items (starting with his toys so far). You read my mind! I absolutely love this content and your channel.
would love to see Connery progress through this task. I love Prince but also love seeing the usual gang like Connery and Mischa - such different styles of dog. Please thank their owners for having them back on the videos.
Hi Joel, First I have to say I love your videos a lot and have huge respect for your training methods. As a Human Remains dog handler for a Search and Rescue Association I would qualify this as tracking. Your knowledge of dogs is great but the only issue here is knowing scent behavior. Unfortunately this wouldn't work for disaster scene but to track someone in the woods possibly 😊
Yes, please. I'd like to see how to train retrieve dropped items and hand them to the owner. I live in Arizona with a significant aging population. Many people come to me and want their pets to learn this skill so they don't have to bend over and risk a fall. It might also be fun if you did a video on allergy service dogs that smell a food item and indicate whether or not the allergen is present. Also psychiatric service dogs skills like deep pressure therapy and interrupting crying or self-injurious behavior. I bet you'll have as much fun making the videos as we will watching them. 😁🐕💖
Jobs videos would be interesting to watch but honestly, I haven’t found a video yet on this channel that hasn’t been educational, interesting and just good quality content. I like that most of these videos are what I would consider to be the basics that every dog and owner should have a good understanding of and practice daily. Too many people just skip the basics and go beyond their skill level and then we have accidents and dogs that are frustrated and people that are frustrated. I wish more people took the time to learn the basics. I think it would prevent a lot of incidents.
yes sir. more jobs please. my dog is always scared and insecure. she never gives attention to me. my problem is that i don't have much time coz i always work
Oh yes! I'd love to learn more. All the things you mentioned in the beginning sound just amazing stuff to learn: sniffing for drugs, guide dog for the blind, rescue people in avalanches... Yes, please! I was once told that some dogs can smell if you have cancerous cells before you are actually diagnosed. Isnt that amazing?
Hi. I really enjoyed this video. I’m getting a GSD in July and I’ve been trying to figure out how to train her for tracking. Your method made sense to me and I thank you. A breeder in Georgia that goes by the name “German Shepherd Man mentioned you in one of his videos and I tuned in to a number of your videos.He spoke very highly of you. Now I understand why.
Who doesn't love seeing cool new jobs for their dogs to do? I taught mine how to shut the door behind us when we come inside. I would love to learn how to get me dog to pick up and bring me stuff consistently when asked.
More more more!!! My Milo says thanks muchly 💛 he already taught himself to bring the post and retrieve anything that falls down the stairs ever. I just reinforced it.
That's a lot of fun! When we did this in puppy training, we had like small perforated boxes that we put cheese, sausage or other treats in. The dog stayed at their place, while we dragged that box over the ground. There where pilons scattered around where we placed the box. At first only 5 meter, then 10, then 15. Then we told them to search. You'd think they would see where we put the box and immediately go there, but it was actually a bit challenging. Even the 5 meter one. A proper rescue includes barking when you find the person. Would you teach that seperately and then introduce it when the search is reliable?
CA has one of the best Search and Rescue organizations (CARDA). We train dogs and deploy as teams; it's an exciting, rewarding job (volunteer, lol). I just got my 4th Search dog, a Belgian Terv puppy. We're so jazzed. Thanks for introducing this job to your viewers!
Definitely more jobs videos! At the time my family & I don’t ashamed a fenced in yard & im still in the process of training my dog not to run away so it’s tough to play with him while we are at home. He gets a lot of playtime at the park & doggy daycare but I would love to get him playing & stimulated while at home! Thanks Joel you’re the best
First let me say I loved this video as I do ALL your videos. I'd like to see Connery off lead being successful. I would really enjoy seeing videos on how to train carrying a backpack with stuff in it. Our two Germans had a paper route. Of course we had to roll the papers; put them in their backpacks and walk them around their route but they got to the point where they knew which houses to stop at. It was only a weekly paper but they seemed to look forward to Saturday mornings! How would you train them to pull a little wagon? Run next to a bike? Herd the chickens back into the coop? Protect the chickens from prey birds? Go get - like go get the newspaper and bring it back. In closing, let me say that I encourage all my dog owner friends to watch your videos and subscribe. You are caring and honest person. I feel like you really care for the dogs and the owners you help. Your channel isn't just a vehicle to sell stuff like others I've seen.
I would love to see how you train canicross or scootering/dryland mushing. Teaching the dog to intentionally pull and ignore distractions sounds challenging.
For my pup, the first thing I did was “find it.” I would hold an object, make sure he sniffed it, then hide that same object. I’d walk around and cue him by snapping to get his attention onto sniffing certain areas, and when he found the object he got rewarded with his toy. At first the cues were practically leading him to the object, but I faded that out and just made the cue area bigger and more generalized. I would also change the object every time, and sometimes I would hide the previous object as well as the new one. I also got him in a habit of sitting after he located it like a signal so that I’d know that he found it. That really helped my pup to understand that he needed to sniff around and he lock on the scent. I slowly started to have one object already hidden and the one he sniffed to be the same, like the example scent (like the hoodie). Our next step is going to be adding the human element. Now that he has an understanding fundamentally of what he’s supposed to do, it should be pretty easy to switch his target. I’m going to be doing the same with his little sister (less than 1 yr old now) and I think I’ll try to record the process since it’s so hard to find examples of this kind of work. I really do appreciate that you’ve uploaded this. The only thing I would change is that, instead of using treats, to reward with a toy. There are people who may be missing that could be using controlled substances, or the dog may be smelling gasoline from a vehicle, and we do not want them to ingest those things. Toys are very motivating and the expectation of a play thing rather than eating can protect the pup from elements outside of your control
Awesome love it, now that I've been watching for about a year and Over IT when it comes to the basics looking for new fun things to try. Fun times coming tonight pup! Can see that you're having fun too Joel
Yes! My GSD smells everything! We have played "find the treat", but now I'll work on having her do more tracking. My husband drove by us when we were out on a walk, and it was amazing to watch her nose hit the air with recognition.
Yes, I wanted to see the steps in training my dog to find me by sniffing my trail. I hide from her on walks often when we're in a lonely area, to get her to care about whether she's "with me" or not, and she whizzes right past anxiously looking for me all the time.
Yes please more jobs!! I adopted a 1.5 year old german shepherd which is so smart, playful and energetic, and would like to work with him but don't know where to start!
I am huge fan of your methods and training style, it has helped me so much for my newly adopted dog especially the doorway training. Definitely would like to see more ‘job’ videos, I would like to train my dog to get the leash when ready to go on walk, if you can make a video on this
I would LOVE more job videos. Been teaching my malamute a focused/competition heel as a way to fight her prey drive. We live in Alaska and I need her focus on me rather than moose, otherwise her barking could create a dangerous situation
That's AWESOME! I hide toys for my GSD to "search" for and he loves it. I'm going to try this with my husband and daughter. It'll be so much fun! Yes! More jobs! No suggestions - anything would be so interesting! Again - I've commented before - thank you, thank you, thank you for your reactive leash walking tips. Your videos have literally allowed me to keep my GSD, otherwise I would have been totally at a loss - no trainers here in south Florida do what you do.
Fun video. And fascinating to watch. I am going to start my young dog on scent work right away. She *always* has her nose to the ground anyway, might as well give her more focus, purpose. Thanks, Joel.
This is great! I rescued a lab mixed with some kind of hound (maybe Bassett, she has very floppy ears and short legs) last year and she loves sniffing around and following scents. I want to put her talent to good use but wasn't sure how exactly to start, but I'll be trying this out.
Oh and teach them to "take you home" My grandkids go into the woods with my dog and then say "Take me home" The nose goes high in the air and then the journey begins...lol
We have a dog-reactive rescue collie/shepherd mix, her favorite job so far is fetching, she loves sprinting after her frisbees and balls and bringing it back. She cares so much about fetching her toys that it keeps her from reacting to dogs going by
I /love/ giving my dogs jobs! I taught mine to help me get the mail. I'm out there anyway, may as well! I started out with junk mail and having her carry that all the way to the door and hand to a person for a treat. We're also doing some landscaping in our yard, and I taught her to dig on command and play "tug" with roots that we want to get rid of. The weirdest, most simple things give them so much purpose.
Hi Joel I love your videos in general and yes please, more job/game videos would be amazing. Those are tips/tricks that help the relationship with your dog and have fun together. Thank you so much for sharing your videos! Greetings from Europe
YES Joel we would love to see more work videos. I have a very smart ACD that is overly food excited, so something that would be challenging would be awesome, I'm always looking for new ideas.
So cool. I do Mantrailing with our Siberian Husky on the regular. We both are haveing so much fun with it. All your videos are great. How about a video about Carnicross, Dogscooting etc. :)
I usually never comment on any video, but I have been watching your videos and it has helped me so much in my pursuit to train my own dogs. I think showing different jobs for dogs would be awesome and very informative. Do you have experience in training dogs to detect low blood sugar for people with diabetes? Thank you for your videos and putting outstanding effort to inform the world in different types of training methods. 🤙🤙
Your right on the hounds being easier. I have two different breeds of hound and it is a struggle to get the nose off the ground long enough to do anything but track. A tasks I'd be interested in is a balance dog. I'm having to train my own service dog do to the no pet policy of the local programs. (I get why that is, but it doesn't change that I need the help a dog could give) It be nice to see your take on it.
Awesome, Id love to learn scent work! my brother is alergic to cinnomon so getting one of the doggos to tell him when his food has some would be awesome!
Yes more jobs videos please! My oldest knows find it/them and constantly has her nose to the ground. She is a rott/husky mix. lol no hound that I know of in her. But she definitely loves to smell and find.
Love this idea!! I'd like to train my dog to throw away a piece of paper, turn on/off the lights, ect... Just silly little jobs that would come in handy while I'm busy bustling around the house.
the way I've done it starting off is hiding treats around the house and let him sniff them out while commanding " find it". then phase out the treats and replacing with me or the Mrs. hiding then say where's momma? find her. you can also replace the treats with a toy, live bed bug specimens, or rotting meat (cadaver dog)
Yes please to more jobs! And also can you do a video to teach boundary training (ex: staying in their yard when fences aren't available, or staying out of certain rooms without the humans having to keep the door closed)
I’d love to see you do a collaboration with a RU-vidr that actually does scent work, it would be interesting AND it would cross over different audiences to garner you both more subscribers!
Loved this! My 10 month black lab puppy and I do scent training games for fun, so this was fascinating to watch. We're training to be a therapy dog team, so we'll be able to visit hospice patients, emergency responder departments, and schools. How would you train a therapy dog?
