Yesterday RYP hosted some students working on senior projects revolving around K9 nosework. After lecture and discussion about all things stinky we worked dogs at various levels of tracking/trailing, blood tracking wounded game and scent detection. One of the student’s own dogs, ‘Mel’, began learning the art of manhunting and showed immediate promise! I was first introduced to K9 work in high school (took my first bite a suit at 14 years old) - definitely fun teaching other

Run Your Pack represented at the 5th annual police K9 conference in las vegas last week. This is my second time attending this particular conference - and this year I managed to rope 2 others into making the trip with me : Matt (RYP's Decoy in Training) and Ben (owner of Calibrated K9 in Nashville, TN). Ben ALSO brought along K9 Kato - his black GSD that spent a week learning about SAR tracking/trailing at RYP last year. Kato is a good student... Here is a list of the classes

Spent a week in the last frontier teaching manhunting and scent detection to a wonderful group of dog enthusiasts. The weather was perfect and the K9s all showed great promise with their new skills. #nosework #tracking #manhunting #scentdetection #alaska

Really proud of tonight's students and K9s. Everyone did a fantastic job teaching their pups the foundational game of scent detection! #nosework #scentdetection #workingk9 #runyourpack #dogtrainermissoulamontana

TOMORROW (02.05.18) = RYP SCENT DETECTION WORKSHOP This is a foundational class designed to get students started on practical application nose work skills...whether you are interested in developing a K9 that can indicate on bombs, narcotics, bed bugs, human remains or truffles...it all starts with the game of scent discrimination. Students to this workshop will receive foundational education in scent theory, drills and and a starter nose work kit including some brand spanking