Built for the Field

Course Goal

To provide dog trainers, handlers, and evaluators with the information, process, and step-by-step protocols to identify, evaluate, and select high-quality canine candidates to

occupy scent detection positions in ecological, biological, and wildlife applications.

Mission of the Course

We seek to enhance scent detection dog selection by providing a professional, ethical, and evidence-based assessment evaluation protocol.

The course safeguards evaluators from expensive errors, promotes animal well-being, and positions dogs to perform well and excel in the long run.

Who This Course Is For and Why It’s Important

This course is designed for detection dog professionals who wish to enhance their knowledge in assessing and selecting scent detection dog candidates for ecological, biological, and

wildlife disciplines. Organizations and agencies that are reliant on scent detection dogs of other disciplines can also benefit from this course.

The instructions and protocols laid out in this program can enable an agency to sidestep expensive errors and conduct more successful scent detection dog operations.

Animal rescue and shelter staff will be helped by this course, too. Learning how to identify potential working dogs in a shelter environment can lead to successful adoptions of some of the

more challenging dogs who might require a working home to thrive.

Competitive scent sport handlers could find assistance in selecting an appropriate future canine partner through this course. Proper dog selection saves time, money, and angst.

The course helps to improve the evaluation of dogs to place them in the right occupations where they can shine.

It’s all about finding mutually rewarding matches between people, dogs, and projects.