Scent Detectives

08/02/2026

A few photos from day two of our seminar with Paul Bunker Chiron K9 LLC

Thanks to everyone who attended either as a handler or spectator for being brilliant, we had some great discussions and plenty of learning opportunities. You are all so positive with your dogs, understanding the need to bring your best self as their team mate 🫶🏼

I loved having the opportunity to join in on this training with my own drug detection dogs, training or operational duties, it's always a pleasure to work with them. There's always something to takeaway when having someone new to set up training searches for us.

Thanks again Paul, all the handlers and dogs thoroughly enjoyed the seminar. 😀

06/02/2026

Brilliant first day of our seminar with Paul Bunker Chiron K9 LLC . It is always so interesting hearing about Paul's work and everyone enjoyed all of the knowledge he shared on his training methodologies. 🤓

Some practical training for the dogs too, my drug detection dogs were taking part in this seminar too which they were very happy about. 😀

Looking forward to tomorrow.

30/01/2026

The second part of our 2 day introduction to people screening took place in Norfolk last weekend. It's always a pleasure to see the teams develop, build confidence and have fun.

We also had a day working on proactive searching and how as a handler we can influence our dogs, both positively and negatively during a search.

Thanks to Helen Pye at Paws & Seek for inviting me and hosting another fab weekend. Delicious cakes, great company and fab beach walk are a real bonus.

22/01/2026

Just love the enthusiasm Theo has 🥰 I wasn't getting away from this boy. 💪🏼

Passive search is a large part of my 'other' job in drug and pyro detection. It's a pleasure to be able to share my operational knowledge and experience with people who want to build their relationship with their dogs, learn new skills and ultimately have fun. Helen Pye

13/01/2026

🎉 I have space for a couple of spectators for this seminar.

Friday will include theory training, a chance to hear about some of Paul's fascinating work and observe some of the practical training.

I am happy to offer one day spectator spaces for just the Friday or you're welcome to attend both days.

1 day - £50
2 days - £100

Let me know if you'd like to join us or if you have any questions. 😀

💥 New guest trainer seminar 💥

I'm really excited to be hosting Paul Bunker of Chiron K9 for a seminar in February next year. I've had the pleasure of hearing Paul speak on multiple occasions and can't wait to train my own dogs with him on this seminar too.

Paul has a wealth of experience in the world of detection training and has carried out some truly fascinating work.
During the two days we will learn about some of Paul's projects, methodologies and carry out some practical training.

Handler spaces are full for this seminar. At the moment spectator spaces are also full, however once I've confirmed the venues I may have space for another couple of spectators.

08/01/2026

Some super teams attended last month's Proofing Target Odour Recognition training day, getting to the nitty gritty of ensuring the dogs solely responded to their target odours. We worked on distractions, background odours, blank searches and record keeping.

Really great work from the teams 👏🏼

01/01/2026

🎉 Happy New Year 🎉

I have had a lovely time looking back at photos from over the year to pick a few memories to share. Reminds me of how lucky I am to do what I do.

Lots of different training days, developing teams to work through the Scent Detectives Awards, more teams enjoying our People Screening days and our first Scent Detectives on tour camp to the beach 🏖️.

Thank you to everyone who hosted me for a Guest Trainer day/weekend, it's a real pleasure to come and visit you all.

It has been a challenge at times to fit all the plans I have for Scent Detectives training around my operational work, so some things have been on hold until 2026, even so I think I managed to fit a fair bit in.

If you've had fun on one of our days, I'd love to hear your memories below.

Here's to a fun 2026 with our dogs 🥳

13/11/2025

Major fail to get photos and videos from today's people screening training day. But I did get this clip of Smartie. Smartie has taken some time out of training but returned and smashed today's session with his super keen nature.

A fab mixed experience group today, working on a variety of people screening skills, from a first session screening people through to some chase back and indication focus.

02/11/2025

A few photos from today's training day.

The Autumn weather was on our side with beautiful blue skies.

We took some time to focus on the handlers assessment of search areas, as well as odour challenges for the dogs and building effective searches.

A great group to work with today, handlers who were keen to learn and a super mix of dogs, thanks everyone for coming along.

Thanks Jill Blackwell for the super tasty cakes 😋

Emma Conlisk Helen Allison Penny Loosley Natasha Blunt Lynne White Alison Brock Kathy Killick

19/10/2025

🏖️ This weekend we headed over to the Norfolk coast to have 2 days of fun at the beach 🌊

Here are a few snippets of our first day, we spent time searching the lifeboat museum and the sea front. So many challenges, the dogs and handlers were awesome!!

A chippy lunch by the sea, plus super tasty cakes and snacks made by Helen Pye, then you so much 🙏🏼

Thank you to everyone who attended for making it a really fun camp, looks like I'll be arranging a date for next year 🥳

10/10/2025

🌟🌟 Here are the Scent Detectives Elite Teams of 2025 🌟🌟

Huge congratulations to the winners and today Scent Detectives Awards Finals 👏🏼👏🏼

⭐Rising Star Award - Bettina with Oscar

⭐⭐Shining Star Award - Norman with Frank

⭐⭐⭐Shooting Star Award - Emma with Rupert

Really well done to all of the Finalists, those who could make it today, and those who qualified but could not attend.

This is a day to celebrate all your success working through the training and assessments for these awards. I'm very proud of you all. 👏🏼😃

Super morning and great to spend time enjoying a tasty lunch with you all. 🥳

More photos to follow soon.....

07/10/2025

⭐ Meet some of the Scent Detectives Elite Teams. ⭐

These teams have earned their title with their success at the Scent Detectives Awards and they will be competing at the Scent Detectives Elite Team of the Year Final this Friday.

Bettina with Oscar
Sharon Wild with Lili
Norman with Frank
Janet with Summer
Kathy Killick with Finn
Emma Conlisk with Rupert
Dolo Res Palmer with Gypsy

Good luck to all of you, enjoy a morning of fun searches and of course lunch 🥳