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Peta Clarke Online Scent Work Membership
Canine Education Academy brings you Peta Clarke. Peta is a professional animal trainer for 30 years. Over the last 10 years she has fallen in love with scent work "games" for dogs. From backyard enrichment to coaching high level competition teams, learn Scentwork with Peta!
Scent Work Uni: All About Scent Work Podcast
Want more Scent Work training tips? A behind-the-curtain look at what your instructor or trial official is going through? Geek out on all things Scent Work? Then give our All About Scent Work Podcast a listen! We post new episodes regularly, and are certain you will enjoy it.
Canine Olfaction: Physiology, Behavior, and Possibilities for Practical Applications
Dogs have an extraordinary olfactory capability, which far exceeds that of humans. Dogs’ sense of smell seems to be the main sense, allowing them to not only gather both current and historical information about their surrounding environment, but also to find the source of the smell, which is crucial for locating food, danger, or partners for reproduction.
Sue Sternberg + Dana Zinn: The Dog-Driven Search
This fabulous hard-cover and e-book discusses human body language and the nonverbal conversations we are always having with our dogs. This book teaches the human half of the team how to fully support and trust the canine half of the team, so together they can experience the wonder of engaging in the dog's olfactory world.
Horowitz Dog Cognition Lab - Barnard College, NYC
Our primary interest is understanding, scientifically, the dog's experience: what it is like to be a dog. Our studies aim to get a handle on what dogs perceive and know by presenting them with puzzles, novel objects, and short games at the lab with their owners..
How do dogs "see" with their noses? - Alexandra Horowitz
You may have heard the expression that dogs ‘see with their noses.’ But these creature’s amazing nasal architecture actually reveals a whole world beyond what we can see. Alexandra Horowitz illustrates how the dog’s nose can smell the past, the future and even things that can’t be seen at all.