Comments on: Three Simple Nose Work Games to Play With Your Dog

By: Vicki Adderholdt

Vicki Adderholdt — Tue, 30 Jun 2020 20:57:36 +0000

I’m so glad I found this site. I have a 5 month old hound mix and keeping her entertained and active is a constant struggle. The nose work games are great.

By: NormanWilkes

NormanWilkes — Fri, 05 Jun 2020 07:39:56 +0000

These great games bring me and my dog so much joy!
Thanks for sharing!

By: Caleb Bartee

Caleb Bartee — Wed, 21 Aug 2019 20:30:38 +0000

In reply to Jen Gabbard.

If you are starting out indoors you can do it a couple ways. The first few times I would put her in her kennel and walk away to do the hiding or my spouse would hold her and I would walk away… then I got her a little house/bed (pretty sure it’s for cats but she loves it) and it became a routine… in the house… lay down… stay… FIND THE SMELL! It’s only been like two weeks but she has FINALLY started to understand the concept of stay and I can walk out of her line of sight for a few seconds and she stays. It’s taken 8 months of her living with us for that to be possible and I credit a lot of that to this “game”.

By: Greg Guidice

Greg Guidice — Thu, 07 Mar 2019 19:05:19 +0000

At what age can you begin playing scent games and tug with your dog?

By: Iwona Kmita

Iwona Kmita — Sun, 24 Feb 2019 12:10:39 +0000

Especially for my and my dog 🙂 Very interesting.

By: Adam Rosenstein

Adam Rosenstein — Sat, 02 Feb 2019 22:26:39 +0000

My guy is decent at nose work. Bad at staying once i move a certain distance away. Any tips, other than holding him back? Thanks for the post. Its nice to have these.

By: William

William — Fri, 02 Nov 2018 20:29:19 +0000

Our dog Jesse does not want to search for anything with a nose. Constantly looking for me through the eyes.
After your advice, I think Jessy will start searching with her nose.

By: Bridget

Bridget — Wed, 25 Jul 2018 12:01:24 +0000

You can also go to http://www.nacsw.net to learn more about the sport.

It’s a great activity for all dogs but especially for fearful or reactive dogs. Or go to YouTube and search for nosework.

By: David Barker

David Barker — Sun, 11 Mar 2018 06:24:32 +0000

Great simple games. I have a Yorkie that needs lots of mental stimulation and has a great nose. She thoroughly enjoys any type of scent game.

By: Carl

Carl — Mon, 08 Jan 2018 14:52:54 +0000

Great article! Thanks…! just wanted to point out that the dogs’ smell is about 10,000 times better than ours (you mentioned 2,000 times in the article…) Dogs’ sense of smell overpowers our own by orders of magnitude—it’s 10,000 to 100,000 times as acute, scientists say. “Let’s suppose they’re just 10,000 times better,” says James Walker, former director of the Sensory Research Institute at Florida State University.