Nosework Group Classes
Nosework for Dogs
$250.00 for six weeks of guided instruction
Unleash the natural scenting abilities of your dog in our engaging six-week course. Structured nosework for dogs builds confidence, focus, and problem-solving skills while allowing your furry companion to do what they were born to do—use their nose. If you have been looking for nosework classes in the Boulder or Denver area, our training center offers the specialized environment that your dog needs to succeed.
What is Nosework?
Inspired by professional detection work, nosework is an activity designed to channel a dog’s natural scenting ability into a productive and stimulating search for food or specific odors. It is one of the most accessible canine sports available, welcoming dogs of all breeds, ages, and temperaments.
Nosework provides essential mental enrichment that settles high-energy dogs and builds focus in easily distracted ones. Because it is a solitary activity performed within a group setting, it is the ideal outlet for reactive dogs to learn in a safe, controlled classroom. Above all, it is a low-impact, high-joy activity that celebrates the incredible bond between dog and handler, one sniff at a time.
Who Needs the Nosework for Dogs Program?
Are you looking for a way to challenge your dog’s mind beyond browsing scents during a standard walk? Do you have a dog that loves to sniff every blade of grass on a hike? Does your dog need a boost in confidence or a productive way to spend their energy? Then BlackPaw’s nosework for dogs is the perfect fit for your family.
This program addresses:
- Low confidence or shyness
- High energy and boredom
- Lack of focus in distracting environments
- The need for mental stimulation
- Building a stronger bond between owner and dog
This program includes:
- Six weeks of professional guided instruction
- Scent source materials for you to train with at home
- Small class size for individual coaching and a quiet atmosphere
- Mentally enriching and rewarding searches
- Confidence-building exercises for all breeds
- Foundations of scent identification and alerting
- Problem-solving skills for your dog
- Personalized feedback for each dog and handler team
What to Expect
Lead by our Owner and former Search & Rescue Trainer & Handler, Bernadette Pflug, classes will meet on Wednesday evenings at our professional training center. Each hour-long session focuses on building your dog’s skills through positive and structured exercises. We provide a calm atmosphere where your dog can focus entirely on the scent task at hand. While you are learning with us, you will receive coaching on how to read your dog’s body language and how to handle the search environment with clarity.
Between nosework classes, we provide a scent source to help you continue the progress at home. This allows your dog to practice their new skills in a familiar setting, which helps them generalize the training. Our goal is to provide a fun and engaging experience that leaves your dog tired, happy, and confident.
To make certain of personalized instruction and a calm learning environment, we limit the class size to six dog and handler teams on a first come, first serve basis.
Important Class Information and Requirements
To provide a smooth experience for all participants, please review the following details for our upcoming nosework for dogs classes. Having the correct gear and schedule details helps you and your dog stay focused on the training.
Schedule and Training Location
Dates: Wednesday, February 25 through Wednesday, April 1
Time: 6:00 PM to 7:00 PM MST
Address: 11852 Juniper Street, Lafayette, CO 80026
Necessary Items
for Class
A flat collar or martingale
A six-foot leash
High-value treats that your dog finds extra motivating and special
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The Importance of Dog Scent Work
While it may seem like a trivial activity to us, this is how dogs explore and understand their world. Engaging a dog’s most powerful sense through dog scent work is a vital form of mental enrichment, and honing this skill can lead to a happier, healthier hound.
FAQs
We have developed our own exclusive method of using the vibrating electronic collar gently and effectively. With a subtle vibrating sensation much like the technology you are familiar with in your phone or smart watch, we use the e-collar to break the dog’s fixation on distractions and help them to better pay attention to their handler.
Simply put, we focus our training on boarding school because it provides better results than anything possible with group classes or private lessons. It allows us to give back a better-trained dog than you ever imagined, and our approach focuses on two training principles. The first is Quality. While he or she is with us, every interaction with your dog is conducted with the full attention of a professional trainer. Our second training principle is Quantity. We train your dog all throughout the day, allowing us to have many, many chances to teach your dog the right thing to do in any situation. Training requires patience and repetition, and most people are too busy to take the time required to truly train their dog.
Our boarding school programs are much like summer camps for dogs. Their day begins bright and early with a pack run on the farm. During their time off leash, besides playing and socializing, the dogs are learning to come when called (even with our farm distractions of horses, goats, barn cats, and bunnies). Next, they begin several focused training sessions with our trainers, where they are taught heel, sit, down, come, stay, leave it, and the place command, which helps your dog relax in a specific spot. Then, we take our training sessions on the road to ensure they will listen in busy public places. We go for walks at area parks, through hardware stores, shopping centers, and the like. The day wraps up with another session of large field socialization on the farm. The pups are busy all day, before being put to bed in their own individual, climate-controlled kennel.
The Perfect Pooch Program is designed for happy, well-adjusted pups in need of self-control and training. If your complaints include your dog jumping on people, play biting, tearing up items in the house, pulling on the leash and not coming when called, then this is the program for you.
The Total Behavior Reboot is designed for those dogs needing deeper intervention. If your dog is suffering from fear, anxiety, reactivity, or aggression, this course is designed to help rehabilitate them. Our three-week program gives us more time to dive deep into helping your dog through their issues. Your dog will learn the same skills as the Perfect Pooch Program, but we also focus heavily on providing support and solutions to your dog’s behavioral issues.
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