Interiors and Field Trips with Birch Course

Have you taken the Introduction to Birch course or similar course?

Now that your dog has an understanding that Birch is indeed a worthwhile and valuable scent to hunt for, you can now delve into more advanced and complicated interior searches.

Are you interested in competing in Scent Work?

If this is the case, then you DEFINITELY want your dog to understand that they can indeed play the sniffy game anywhere. The field trip exercises in this course will be immensely helpful.

Are you already competing and noticing some issues?

We will be utilizing pairing in this course, focusing on helping the dogs understand how to work these advanced interior hide puzzles. Doing so can help inject a level of confidence and enjoyment back into the game.

The Interiors and Field Trips with Birch course is designed to provide the same exact learning experience we provided to our in-person group dog training classes in a virtual format. Same great quality with more flexibility and convenience!

Here is a quick breakdown of the types of topics that will be covered each week:

• Upping the Ante of Interior Searches
• Threshold, Corner and Converging Odor Hides
• Stuff v. Environment Hides
• Playing with HVAC and Airflow
• Elevated and Suspended Hides
• Taking Your Sniffing On the Road

• your dog
• collar (flat or martingale)
• harness (back-clip) (optional)
• leash (6'-8')
• long line (10'-15')
• treats (high-value and smelly)
• crate or area dog can wait while you set-up your searches
• boxes (minimum of 10 boxes of various sizes) (good excuse to shop at Amazon!)
• plastic lid (from a yogurt or similar container)
• earthquake putty or GlueDots