Group classes in Fort Collins

Odor Detection

Put your dog’s nose to use! Develop this amazing ability as mental enrichment or a new sport. This is a fabulous way to tire out your dog by using its brain, and dogs love it!

• Mental Enrichment Through Odor:

  This class is great for handlers and dogs of all abilities! It teaches the basic skills of odor detection, while teaching you how to work with your dog and play games while solving odor puzzles. We end the class with your dog finding your car keys!

• Odor Detection Next Steps:

  This class is for graduates of the mental enrichment class, and where we introduce your dog to detecting specific odors (essential oils used in competition). You will also learn how to identify when your dog has found the odor it is looking for.

• Advanced Odor:

  This class focuses on improving handler skills and exposing dogs to more complicated scent puzzles. We will introduce inaccessible, elevated, and suspended hides, making things more or less difficult depending on the level of the dog and handler.

• Preparing for Competition:

  In this class we go through each of the elements of a competition focusing on handling skills and reading your dog to assist with success in trials. Each week we will cover one of interior, exterior, vehicle, and container searches, plus buried/inaccessible and a bonus search.

• Drop-in Classes:

  Available for dogs who know how to find specific odors and want more opportunities to practice.