What is detection?

Maybe whilst at an airport or at a festival you might have seen a dog walking slowly past suitcases, people, using this method a dog can search for drugs or explosives.

In the professional world you sometimes have dealings with a dog searching for a specific source of odor, such as narcotics, explosives, tobacco or money.

Would you like to find out if there is a detection dog in your dog?
Detection searching is possible with all dogs of any ages. Suprise youself
about your dog's sense of smell.

How good a feeling is it, to find out that your dog can search.
Find out in a positive,relaxing and dog friendly way, the possibilities of your dogs nose. Your dog learns in a structured way how to search and indicate,and begins working with a scent. For example with vanilla, catnip, clove or cinnamon. If you want to work with a specific scent, just let us know.

Motivation, search, body language, odor recognition and indication are the most important focus points for detection. Detection is for mant reasons very
good for your dog. It is a mental challenge and requires the necassary mental energy from the dog. Detection training gives the dog more self-confidence. You also create a stronger bond with your dog.

Detection is working together with your dog. Do you want to begin detection work with your dog?. Then you are both more than welcome at one of our traing sessions. This can be done individually or as a small group. From beginners up to advanced, all are welcome.

In detection training we work only with positive feed reward, play reward and clicker reward. We have our own detection room, but we also have the use Karwei Hoogerheide and Pet's Place Hoogerheide. We can also use our own dogs for the search if necessary, as a teaching aid.