Scent Detection Training

[WildatHeart]

Does anyone know good books on how to train to dog for scent detection. It's an elective as part of a course part i wanted more indepth information as the course doesn't really cover that much other than the basic principles. Or does anyone know of a good trainer even that would teach one on one (on SE QLD)

[Staranais]

Does anyone know good books on how to train to dog for scent detection. It's an elective as part of a course part i wanted more indepth information as the course doesn't really cover that much other than the basic principles. Or does anyone know of a good trainer even that would teach one on one (on SE QLD)

I'll bite since noone else has replied, though I don't know how much use I'll be.

There was a little bit about this in the "Cadaver Dog Handbook" by Andrew Rebmann, 2000, CRC Press.

They used scratch boxes and a clicker to imprint dogs on human cadaver scent & then train them to give a specific alert. Not sure if that's exactly what you're after but the principles are probably similar no matter what type of scent you want to train the dog to detect, so perhaps borrowing the book is worth a shot. You can probably get it interloan through a university library.

Edited May 24, 2009 by Staranais

[WildatHeart]

thanks for that. i was actually looking at that book on amazon but wasnt sure whether it was what i was after. might see if i can loan a copy.