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Entering an ACSW Odour Recognition Test (ORT)

Odour Recognition Tests (ORT’s) are held to make sure dogs know what odour is before the team enters a trial. They are also a good way to see if your dog is suited to a trial environment. It is a short simple test to see if your dog can recognise the target odour.

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Realistic Training Goals

“Biology and Behaviour are bedfellows. You can’t be solely to blame if your dog’s neurons misfire” – Leslie McDevitt (2007) I love training, seeing improvement and confidence building in our dogs but for many of…

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Not Your Average Dog

We all have a vision of our perfect little puppy growing up to be a confident, well socialised dog that loves everyone, humans and dogs and small children and grandmothers and motorbikes and birds and…