By notyourAVERAGEDOG 16/04/2020 Off 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.
By notyourAVERAGEDOG 09/11/2016 Off 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…
By notyourAVERAGEDOG 09/11/2016 Off 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…