Foundation of Sport Detection Work DVD by Leerburg

Description

Ericka Duggan is the head trainer at the Michael Ellis School for Dog Trainers in California and she teaches two separate courses on sport scent detection.
We filmed 12 handlers and their dogs going through Ericka’s first class. Our DVDs contain over 260 videos (over 25 hours) of detailed instruction.
You will see handlers of varying skill levels working with dogs of all ages and temperaments. We included a 9 week old Border Collie puppy and a 12 year old senior Chihuahua loving the work.
The DVDs also include the following:
How motivation effects training and how to maximize each dogs motivation
Hunt drive and how it effects our training plan
The importance of confidence in the dog, and how scent detection can build confidence
Selecting the proper reward for training and trials
Marker training and it’s applications in detection training
Reward placement in training and trials
Leash handling for training and trials
Teaching a pre-training and pre-trial ritual
Why and how we teach a final response, and how we select it
Introducing odor
How to avoid false alerts, fringe response, aggressive response, eliminating in the search area, and improper handler help
When and how to increase difficulty in search problems
Throughout the course, we include problem solving and an extensive section on questions and answers.
Chapter 1: Introduction to Nosework
Meet Erika Duggan
Terminology
What is Nosework?
Training Goals
Any Dog Can Do This
Chapter 2: Equipment
Equipment for the Dog
Training Equipment
Training Space
Human Roles
Chapter 3: Pre-Search Prep
Selecting Dogs Reward & Building Motivation
Pre Search Dog Training
Pre Search Human Training
Chapter 4: Training the Dog
Familiarizing Dog with Space & Steps
Dog 1 – Dash
Dog 2 – Kingston
Dog 3 – Vigo
Dog 4 – Otto
Dog 5 – Lola
Dog 6 – Wubba
Dog 7 – Scout
Dog 8 – Rae
Dog 9 – Happy
Dog 10 – Kaidin
Dog 11 – Niero
Dog 12 – Maizy
Dog 13 – Josie
Dog 14 – Mercedes
Dog 15 – Aurora
Additional Dogs & Puppies
Chapter 5: Where to go From Here
Q&A