The Positive Approach Dog Training & Behaviour

21/05/2026

Let's get June's league class in the diary before I go on holiday!

June 23rd at 5.30pm...not sure what the searches will be yet, I'll think of something while I'm away 😊

See some of you on Saturday for the May league 😀

14/05/2026

League session. Saturday 23rd May at 10am.
We'll do some nice easy timed searches and a double blind containment search😊

28/04/2026

Congratulations to these amazing new Bronze level Sniffers. Sorry I haven't got the photos up sooner, but better late than never.
Claire and Brian, Frankie and Bonnie, Ellie and Cookie, well done.

You were all amazing and I look forward to seeing some if not all of you for future classes. Ellie Chudleigh and Cookie...see you Saturday for silver 👏

28/04/2026

Well done everyone that came to league/progression class on Saturday. You and your dogs were all fantastic, you keep rising to these new and difficult challenges 😊

Here is the updated leaderboard:

24/04/2026

Amazing! It's so fascinating when new research shows that our dogs sense of smell is even more incredible than we thought!

What if cancer screening could be as simple as breathing into a mask?

New research co‑authored by Medical Detection Dogs and carried out by Dognosis shows that trained dogs can detect multiple cancer types including breast, gynecologic and lung with over 90% sensitivity and specificity using breath samples alone.

This breakthrough could support scalable screening in low‑resource settings, where it’s needed most.

🔗Read more at https://www.medicaldetectiondogs.org.uk/dogs-can-detect-multiple-cancers-in-breath-samples

16/04/2026

Who is waiting for Silver level?

I can just squeeze one in before I go away if anyone can do, 2nd & 9th May at 9.30am and 14th & 19th May at 5.30pm.

Let me know and if enough people are interested I'll book it in 😊

09/04/2026

Indication workshop, Thursday 16th April at 5.30pm.

Suitable for people that have done part one or two and feel they still need practice.

09/04/2026

‼️‼️class full‼️‼️

Progression/league class, Saturday 25th April at 9.30am.

Details in Sniffer club.

07/04/2026

I hope everyone had a lovely Easter weekend?

Here is the updated leaderboard and scores for Saturday.

Sam and Doug gained a full house with the maximum 50 points.

Sarah and Angus and Helen and Della close behind with 40 points each.

Fliss and the 'Nut' with 30 points and Julie and Rufus and Ellie and Pebbles both scored 20 points.

Neil and Cassie 10 points.

Well done everyone, it was a tricky search and the high winds didn't help.

See you all soon.

05/04/2026

Hands up...who had Easter eggs for breakfast 🙊

Happy Easter everyone x