Discrimination of scent

Scent

Training

The very that you are asking a dog to do something that you cannot do your self makes this activity really very interesting.All dog trainers please keep in mind, not to force your to use his nose.

You would require two identical articles for this task. One of them should be free from scent,keep both the articles separate. Now ask your dog to sit. Keep both the articles at some distance from him,keep them a foot apart.Keep a handkerchief having the same smell as the scented article and put it under your dog's mouth so that the scent rises into his nose, now use the fetch command and send him to get the article.If he gets the right article, praise him to ensure whether he has got the command right you can again send him to fetch the same article but this time place it at a different location, if you see that your dog is sniffing to identify the article you can be sure that he is getting it right.