Simply Scenting

Book excerpt: Dawn Jecs introduces an innovative, natural way to teach your dog scent discrimination, designed for utility level obedience. Dawn's use of step-by-step instructions and black & white photos to guide you through the process from start to finish leaves little confusion in applying this technique towards utility level obedience. The formal scent discrimination exercise in advanced utility obedience trials can be made simple and fun for you and your dog using Dawn's "reverse theory of teaching". Simply Scenting describes using food in teaching scent discrimination and young puppies can be started prior to learning retrieving skills. Using her reverse theory of teaching, combined with positive, challenge proofing at each level and food delay techniques eliminate the problem of no food, no dog.