This blog is one forum to learn and share information so that we could all become better trainers and handlers for our dogs. Please feel free to suggest topics and take part in conversations by commenting the posts.
KARITA HÄKKINEN • THE AUTHOR
ABOUT THE BLOG
This blog is about dogs and scentwork. I will gather here thoughts, ideas, experiences and studies that are related to training scentwork and working with different kinds of detection dogs.
THE AUTHOR
The author behind this blog is a professional animal trainer, specialised in scent work, Karita Häkkinen. I have Further Qualification for Animal Attendants, specialised in animal training and I work as a scent detection dog handler and trainer at Anticimex Finland.
DOGS FOR SALE
A 16 months old Scent detection dog, Nova Scotia Duck Tolling Retriever. Located in Finland (Europe), 5/2016 born, FCI registered, medium sized intact male ready for detection work.
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Why collect training data?
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Well begun, half done
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