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Barn Hunt & Nose Work
Does your dog regularly sniff everwhere and love to follow his nose? We’ve got great activities for you to do together!
Sniff through our barn to find live rodents.
Barn Hunting is a cool new sport sweeping the nation and it’s not just for terriers. Taken as an offshoot from the original AKC “Earth Dog” Competition, Barn Hunt was started to broaden the sport for all competitors and just small terrier breeds.
This fun activity has you and your canine partner searching bales of straw looking for the live (well contained and protected) pet rats that are hidden. Barn Hunt is for all dogs of any breed or mix that can fit through an 18” wide by bale-height tall tunnel. And no worries…no harm ever comes to the rats nor are they ever loose (thankfully for me!)
Your dog has to find the correct number of rats within a limited time period, and there are multiple levels of difficulty.
This is a great way to use your dogs natural instincts in a working partnership and you can have fun and earn titles to boot!
Nose Work
Ever think that your dog should have been a detection dog? “He just has the greatest nose!” Good news! Now, anyone can participate in detection work for fun through a great new sport called Nose Work! We can help you prepare your dog to obtain titles in this fast growing new sport. Even better news, this is one of the few areas that don’t require that your dog be good around other dogs.
This sport was designed as something that could be done even with ‘dog reactive’ dogs. You will never face another dog during an actual nose work trial so everyone can participate!
Interested in nose work? Come check it out.
Barn Hunt & Nose Work Gallery
