Home Exercises for Nose Work with Your Dog

Nose work is one of the favorite activities of every dog. As an owner, you give your four-legged friend immense pleasure by challenging his extraordinary olfactory organ with exciting nose exercises at home. Here you will find fantastic examples.

Nose work exercises provide an ideal way to exercise dogs according to their breed, helping their pelt-nose train both physically and mentally. Nose work sessions may also work well for pets who no longer respond well to treats; first they must obtain the tasty reward which makes exercising appealing again.

To effectively train nose work with your four-legged friend, attend some introductory courses on tracking, target object search, mantrailing or mantrailing. However, nose work doesn’t just need to take place outside – you can also practice exercises at home!

Explore all your search options: The search classic.

Searching for dog food is the basis of many nose work exercises and games whose difficulty levels you can increase virtually infinitely. To start off, place the treat or toy you intend on hiding somewhere visible to the dog, such as in one corner of a room; say “Search!” when ready and watch as your four-legged pal quickly locates it soon thereafter. As your sniffers become more advanced you could add further complications by concealing it somewhere other than where initially expected or inside jars that your canine must open first- further complicating things further!

On the Track: Tracking Food at Home

Outside, your dog has no shortage of interesting things to chase after; indoors is more restricted. But there are still ways that your four-legged friend can stay entertained! Dragging a piece of sausage across the floor at home creates an exciting trail; your four-legged pal may search the entire course with anticipation, hoping for his reward at its conclusion! However, be warned – if your apartment only features carpet flooring this may be best avoided!

Delicious Nose Work: The Laundry Basket Game

For the laundry basket game, all that’s required is an open all around laundry basket, several plastic balls and empty toilet paper rolls. Mix all this up together before adding dry food or treats and mixing thoroughly – your dog may then use his nose work to sniff out his treats!

Exercise for your brains: the cup game

Just like an experienced shell game player, your dog must find the treat hidden among several yogurt cups to play the Cup Game. Simply set out several washed-out yogurt cups upside down on the floor and hide a treat under one of them; your pup must then find which food source it belongs to without knocking over all of them! When your pup indicates the correct cup (either by barking or sitting down), reward him with his prize!

Innovative Sniffing Task: Teabag Scanning

Tea bags make an excellent tool to teach your four-legged friend to detect changing scents, providing an effective training object with their inherent scent, numerous scent variations and simple use.

Similar to foraging, tea bags can be placed out quite openly at first and gradually more and more discreetly over time. Be sure to provide plenty of praise and rewards when your fur nose finds one! To increase difficulty later by hiding different tea bags throughout your apartment – providing the desired type as a sample and only rewarding your dog when the proper bag has been located by way of treats or other rewards.

Tip: Placing your teabag in a plastic bag will extend its shelf life and enable your dog to sniff out its contents despite its packaging.