Geryah interviews Jeremy Mclaughlin of Family First K9 about how to get started in AKC Scent Work for beginners and some of the biggest pitfalls new pet parents make when getting started with scent detection. Jeremy is owner of Family First K9. American Kennel Club (AKC),Canine Performance Events (CPE) and National Association of Canine Scent Work (NACSW™) judge. Drug beat evaluator. Training Director of Bluegrass Working Dogs, a club that trains and competes in Working Dogs of America (WDA), Protection Sports Association (PSA) and American Schutzhund. Lifelong dog sport competitor.

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[00:54] About Jeremy Mclaughlin

[06:30] American Schutzhund

-The space requirement for training

[08:30] AKC / CPE (What’s the difference?)

-What to choose?

-Flexibility on errors

-Junior handler appeal

[14:30] Taking on a digital apprenticeship

-Misinformation online

-The stages of training scent work

-Rushing thru the imprinting stage

-Build value to odor

-Must train with multiple reps

-The importance of the early stages

[16:30] Using the Family First K9 Odor Imprinting Tubes

-Progressing thru to the shell game

-Building confidence with the tubes

-Don’t rush the alert/final indication

-Understanding the dog’s body language

[18:30] Scent Work has to be fun

-Balance obedience with the need for intensity

-Novice vs. Advance and beyond

-Training Multiple rooms, multiple odors, multiple distractions

[23:15] How long does it take to train scent work?

-Discussing consistency and the pillars of dog training

-Shaping the indication

-100% is not guaranteed

-Jackpot the behaviors you like

-Discouraging the aggressive alert/indication

-Let the dog problem solve

[27:40] Diversity your training experience

-Generalizing the behavior

-Boxes or odor imprinting tubes?

-The “Yard Sell Environment” of Scent Detection

-Avoiding the box crushers for multiple sport dogs

-Proofing with the bases of the scent tubes

[33:15] Where to get Odor Imprinting Tubes

-How to make your own imprinting tubes

[36:47] Thoughts for the scent work beginner

-Rewarding at source method

-Timing

-Find a trainer

-Online training in-context

-Randy Hare method of detection

-KAS method with Flavio Falkao

-AKC Workshops

AND MUCH MORE!

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https://www.patreon.com/familyfirstk9 - on Patreon

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https://familyfirstk9.net/ - website

If you would like a set of odor tubes email Jeremy at Training@familyfirstk9.net for more information.