Scentwork Training Companion Dogs - Casual Sniffing V Searching

What is the difference between my dog sniffing on walks to training my dog to search for a specific odour ?

Mandy Rigby of Scent Work Academy’s escape room experience analogy

Scent Work Academy is based in the United Kingdom and is a dog training school dedicated to raising the awareness of scent training for companion dogs, emphasising on the many benefits it holds for every dog mentally and physically.

Mandy’s passion lies in developing the relationship between the owner and their dog via their dogs incredible superpower!

Established in 2017, the school thrives into 2025. Mandy Rigby, Founder and Lead instructor personally overseas and appraises on average over 4500 searches a year.

As a canine behaviourist she is attuned to the many innate canine behaviours shown by the individual dog when undertaking search tasks, which has been a huge asset on progressing her client’s dogs to be successful in the activity of Scentwork.

Launching her comprehensive yet simply set online course in 2024, Sniff It Out - Discover Scentwork and Unlock your Dog’s True Potential, Mandy’s mission has been to take her experience and passion to the wider geographic to enable everyone to offer their dogs more opportunities to develop their dog’s seeking system further within structured scentwork training.

To find out more visit www.scentworkacademy.co.uk