Dog Trailing

24/06/2026

Ideas to keep your dog busy whilst it's hot... what's your favourite? Comment below!

What are good enrichment activities for dogs? Good enrichment activities include scent games, puzzle feeders, training sessions, chewing, and structured scentwork like mantrailing. These activities stimulate your dog’s brain and reduce boredom.

23/06/2026

From the world of agility, and a vet, this is good, evidence-based advice.

>Walk early
>Encourage sniffing
>On-lead only

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05/06/2026

Out of Office...

I'm off on holidays so will be slower to respond!

✅ Holiday Mantrailing Booked
✅ Holiday Agility Show Booked
❎ Nice Holiday Weather... oh uh, forgot to book!

At least I have a good book to read... scent dog science!

04/06/2026

If you trail in urban environments, you will know it can be challenging.

So, what's going on?

Scent in urban environments is shaped by airflow rather than simply following the route a person walked. Buildings create urban canyons, vortices, eddies and recirculation zones that transport, concentrate and redistribute scent.

Read on to learn more...

https://www.dogtrailing.co.uk/post/urban-mantrailing-scent-behaviour

How does scent behave in urban areas? Scent in urban areas is influenced by wind, buildings and local airflow patterns. Structures create eddies, vortices and sheltered zones that can trap, transport or concentrate scent. This means a trailing dog may encounter scent away from the route originally t...

04/06/2026

It's always lovely to receive positive feedback. This is about the Precision Trailing Foundations Course.

The next course starts Wednesday, 8th July (link in comments).

"This course has been a great learning experience.

"Highly recommend for anyone wanting to expand their trailing experience and/or look at a different style of trailing with their dog."

03/06/2026

Congratulations to two lovely teams who have completed their Precision Trailing Foundations Course this evening!

Well done Team Millie and Team Stan 👏 👏 👏

These teams have worked really hard over the past month, completing the workshops and also the training between.

It's been interesting seeing their trailing style this evening as it all came together. Their new trailing journey now begins!

The next course starts Wednesday 8th July so grab your space today:

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03/06/2026

Have you looked at your dog and thought they need a job?

You are probably right!

Read about the science of why...

Most dogs were originally bred to do something — track, retrieve, herd, guard or search. So what happens when modern dogs no longer have a meaningful outlet for those instincts? This blog explores the science behind canine purpose, scent work and why mantrailing can be transformational for so many...

02/06/2026

A lovely evening in Town.

Team Raven were fresh from their latest assessment having passed with flying colours (congratulations!). So we treated them to their first moving target! This is always a tricky puzzle for our dogs and Raven was great to watch trying to work out what was happening to the scent around her. A couple of passes and she had it, narrowing down the actual source of the scent! Well done Team Raven 👏 👍 🙌

Team Tarka completed a perimeter for a multi-directional start. Hard surfaces, a strong gusty wind and overlaid scent provided plenty of challenges. Tarka worked hard to locate her split runners as one of the group had heavily contaminated the trail. On the right trail she ignored the decoy and went straight to her runner for a well-deserved reward. Great work Team Tarka 👏 👏 👏

Tilly was a little less focused than she has been and wanted to spend a bit more time on her 'doggy social media', but that didn't stop her working through some really complex overlaid scent to start her first trail. Some good decisions and her calm and methodical style paid dividends! She finished on a lovely pet trail with plenty of difficulties thrown in by the 'hidden' dog. Great work Team Tilly 👏 👍 👌

And it was lovely to welcome a new team too. Having completed a couple of trails with mantrailing global, they adapted brilliantly to the slightly different approach and finished their day with a couple of junctions and their first ever pet trail too. Great work from this team. 👏 👏 👏

The next session with availability is Town evening of 23rd June.
Come and join the fun... all experience levels are welcome. www.dogtrailing.co.uk