Scent Ops

20/05/2026

What a season we have had! Our members won all 4 national ScentOps leagues 🥳

ScentOps is operational style searching where dogs search large complex areas for their target odour.

Hides become more complex in the higher levels where they may be inaccessible.

18/05/2026

Yesterday we ran a bronze and silver level Scent Ops trial in a lovely church in the heart of the surrey hills.
Congratulations to all our competitors!
Results:

Bronze
1st Lynne Hatton & Becks 95
2nd Kylie Birch & Skully 94.5
3rd Jan Martin & Amber 94
4th Martin Williams & Gracie Mae 91.5
5th Deborah Gilbody & Erik 91.5
6th Chris Hatton & Tia 91

Silver
1st Jan Martin & Amber 99.5
2nd Kayleigh Hunter & Sage 99
3rd Jak Enticknap & Ralphie 97
4th Kylie Birch & Skully 96
5th Martin Williams & Gracie Mae 96
6th Emily Meadows & Lola 94.5

Bronze
The area started in the internal reception porch and then moved into the back of the church along a corridor and opened out into a relaxation area and then extended down the side of the church with chair pews.

The first hide was located on the bottom of a trolley at the back of the reception area. Dogs picked up odour and most worked in first time. Others returned to the area at the end of the search to locate.

The second hide was on a table in the far corner of the search area behind the chair pews. Dogs picked up odour on the left side of the church where the odour pool moved along the wall at the back of the pews. Dogs worked this in well with a little problem solving required.

Silver
The area was the whole church including an adjoining kitchen.

The first hide was a slightly inaccessible hide behind some boxes under a bench along the back of the church. Dogs hit odour and then had to get as close to source as possible and indicate.

The second hide was at the front of the church in a sermon stand. This hide required some problem solving as dogs hit odour and then needed to go round the back to source. Some super problem solving here from the dogs and great teamwork shown where handlers recognized dog was in odour and tasked round the back of the stand if they missed it.

The standard was really high today! It was great to see some new teams join our ScentOps trial and some debut entries in silver.

Congratulations everyone!

17/05/2026

06/05/2026

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05/05/2026

Apologies to all the league winners and reserves, we had rather a long delay in rosettes arriving but they are now here and I’ll arrange for them to be presented at an upcoming trial

14/04/2026

🐾 Scent Ops Trial – Booking Now Open! 🐾
📅 Saturday 16th May
📌Angmering, West Sussex
✨ Gold – Morning
✨ Bronze & Silver – Afternoon
💷 Costs:
• Bronze: £20
• Silver & Gold: £25
📌 Payment is due at the time of booking – payment details will be included in your confirmation email.
If you have any problems or questions, just drop me a message.
🔗 Booking link: https://scentsationalscentwork.as.me/

12/02/2026

Open for booking

🐾 Scent Ops Trial – Booking Now Open! 🐾
📅 Saturday 21st March
📌Angmering, West Sussex
✨ Gold – Morning
✨ Bronze & Silver – Afternoon
💷 Costs:
• Bronze: £20
• Silver & Gold: £25
📌 Payment is due at the time of booking – payment details will be included in your confirmation email.
If you have any problems or questions, just drop me a message.
🔗 Booking link: https://scentsationalscentwork.as.me/

18/01/2026

13/01/2026

🐾 Scent Ops Trial – Booking Now Open! 🐾
📅 Saturday 21st February
📌Angmering, West Sussex
✨ Platinum – Morning
✨ Bronze & Silver – Afternoon
💷 Costs:
• Bronze: £20
• Silver & Platinum: £25
📌 Payment is due at the time of booking – payment details will be included in your confirmation email.
If you have any problems or questions, just drop me a message.
🔗 Booking link: https://scentsationalscentwork.as.me/

08/12/2025

🐾 Scent Ops Trial – Booking Now Open! 🐾
📅 Saturday 17th January
📍 Angmering, West Sussex
✨ Gold – Morning
✨ Bronze & Silver – Afternoon
💷 Costs:
• Bronze: £20
• Silver & Gold: £25
📌 Payment is due at the time of booking – payment details will be included in your confirmation email.
If you have any problems or questions, just drop me a message.
🔗 Booking link: https://scentsationalscentwork.as.me/