Tobias Gustavasson Day Two-Foundation Detection and Tracking
Sun, Aug 25
|Hume
A two day event with options to attend either or both days. Day One- Hunt & Play Day Two- Foundation Detection & Tracking Use discount code TOBIASALLIN to get $45 off your second day when attending BOTH days!
Time & Location
Aug 25, 2024, 9:00 AM – 5:00 PM
Hume, unit 1/23 Raws Cres, Hume ACT 2620, Australia
About the event
Tobias is one of the founders of SWDI new (Scandinavian Working Dog Institute) and one of the authors of ”Tracking Dogs - Scents and Skills”
He has been working full-time as a dog trainer and instructor for the last 22 years. In 2022 he decided to start up his own company, GrittyK9, together with his collegue Boki Damis.
Their main clients are governmental agencies around the world-
police k9 units, police and military special operation forces, government dog teams for large carnivore management, search and rescue dog teams, customs and prison services.
Tobias specialises in tracking and scent detection and has extensive experience in developing skills in dog teams on all levels.
Day One- Hunt and play development
Play can be a powerful tool in dog training. Not only can it be a strong reinforcer but it can and also be an effective way to strengthen the relation and communication between you and your dog. At the same time play can cause conflicts if we do it in the wrong way. Problems with ”out” or dogs who refuse to come back with the toy are two of most common examples. During this seminar we go through all the different parts of play development that is needed to create an highly motivating play without conflicts. We start with chasing games and go all the way to social play and different ways of training the dog to come back with the toy and release on cue.
Day Two- Foundations for detection and tracking
This seminar gives you a good insight in how you train a strong and reliable foundation for both detection and tracking dogs. We start with search development where we focus on increasing the dogs motivation for searching. We introduce simple exercises where we mix play with search in different environments. In the next step with continue with different methods and principles to train the dog to do a more detailed search with high sniffing frequency. The second part of the seminar is all about different ways of training a solid and focused passive indication.
There are 5 working dog spots available each day.
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