UK Sniffer Dogs - Bronze Level Tracking Workshop - Series 1

Series 1 Workshop Dates:

• Saturdays 13th & 20th September, 2025, 9am - 11.30am

Harness the power of your dog's nose in this two-part UK Sniffer Dogs Series 1 workshop at Bronze Level.

Tracking is the ability detect, recognise and follow a specific scent. Our dogs are born with this skill and would use it for survival before being domesticated. Humans have harnessed this skill by applying dog behaviour to the dog's ability to track, and we now use tracking dogs for lots of different operational purposes:

• Police for criminals and evidence
  
• Military for opposition and threats and in some countries poachers
• Finding Animals for lost pet recovery
• And of course, as a fantastic way of giving our pet dogs an olfactory work-out!

When tracking a human, the dogs are taught to follow Track Scent, which is the disturbance in the ground left by the human feet (footprints). Tracking the dogs are taught to keep their nose down and follow the whole track, not just to get to the end, but to also indicate on any evidence (articles) dropped by the criminal and which route they took.

This Series 1 workshop will take you through a number of exercises, including article indication, effective track laying, and completing a track with your dog. This is a combined theory and practical workshop, with plenty of hands-on training.

At the end of the 2-day workshop you will receive a certificate and rosette, along with the option to progress onto the two-part Series 2 workshop. Upon completing Series 2, you will be eligible to participate in Bronze-level Trials and Competitions, which will be held at several points throughout the year at our private venue in Lancashire.