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Every Mantrailing trail creates its own unique scent picture, and the weather is one of the factors that can influence what your dog experiences. Your dog is working with human odour that's constantly being released, moving through and interacting with the environment, and weather can have a major influence on how that scent behaves. Wind, temperature, humidity, rain, sunlight and even snow can all affect how scent is carried, dispersed, collected and retained. This means tha

In Mantrailing, we teach the dog to follow a specific human's scent. But what does that actually mean? Is a person's scent just the smell of their skin? Their sweat? The perfume they're wearing? The answer is far more complex. Every person gives off a unique and constantly changing combination of odours, and this individual odour profile is influenced by everything from genetics and skin bacteria, to diet, hormones, health and even recent activity. Every Person Has Their Ow

One of the biggest skills in Mantrailing is learning how to read what your dog is telling you during the trail. Because dogs are constantly communicating through their body language. And the better we understand those signals, the better we can support them on the trail. What Does A Dog Look Like When They’re Confidently in Scent? When dogs are comfortably and confidently trailing, their movement is usually purposeful, focused and forward. You’ll often notice commitment to di

One of the biggest misconceptions about Mantrailing is that dogs are simply following footprints on the ground. But that’s not actually what’s happening. Your dog isn’t tracking footsteps, they’re following human scent. What Is Human Scent Made Of? As humans move through the environment, we constantly leave scent behind. This scent is made up of things like: skin rafts bacteria sweat oils And all of that combines to create a unique scent picture your dog can identify and foll

Canine olfaction is a rapidly growing area of scientific research, with new discoveries and applications popping up all the time. A dog’s...

With temperatures rising and the summer heat fast approaching, we have focused this months blog on educating and preparing our...

Ever heard someone say, "Don't contaminate my trail!"? When you’re out trailing with your dog, other scents—like wildlife, other people,...

Having a Purpose as a Senior Dog Dogs have superpowered noses – they’ve got up to 300 million scent receptors, while we humans only have...

Bed Bugs Bed bugs are pros at hiding, making them tough for us to find, but not for dogs! With their amazing noses, dogs can sniff out...

When people ask why we use reward-based methods in dog training, we often respond, 'We wouldn’t go to work if we didn’t get paid.' Just...