Tracktrailing

Following the scent

How your dog can go from a nose talent to a search specialist!

Scent Detection! Scent Matching Games! Search for people!

Imagine a puzzle – 1,000 pieces scattered everywhere. At first glance it seems chaotic, almost impossible to solve. But with every piece that finds its place, a picture begins to emerge: clearer, more vivid, captivating.

That’s exactly what scent work feels like with all its facets. It is one of the most versatile activities for providing dogs with species-appropriate mental and physical stimulation — and that’s precisely what makes it so rewarding.

This kind of work challenges and nurtures both – dog and human – in a truly unique way. It’s a journey of focus, endurance, trust, and deep connection. Tracktrailing brings all of that together.

Tracktrailing is one of the most complex forms of nose work, but also a really fulfilling form of scent training, because it brings together so many excellent approaches and makes use of their strengths.

But talent alone is rarely enough. What truly matters is a well-tuned team — a human and a dog growing together, relying on one another, and learning from each other every step of the way.

It’s within this partnership that true potential unfolds. Step by step, your dog learns to use their extraordinary nose with purpose — playfully, systematically, and with growing success.

Because that’s what it’s all about: teamwork, trust, and adventure. That wonderful feeling of growing beyond yourselves — together.

Dive into the fascinating world of scents and discover just how much potential lies within you and your dog.

Piece by piece. Scent by scent.

A comprehensive approach

Scent work like the pros — for dedicated hobby sniffers and anyone eager to become one.

Scent Detection

In scent detection, your dog learns to distinguish a specific scent from others and indicate it. Scent dog training can be incredibly creative and versatile on its own, but it also forms the foundation for many specialized scent disciplines.

Scent Matching Games

Within the scent matching games, your dog learns the concept of ‘show me the same’ using scents. It’s memory play through the sense of smell — essential for tracking individual scents in search-and-rescue work, and also a wonderfully engaging and challenging activity for home.

Search with deep nose

In tracking, your dog learns to follow the trail a person has left behind — aiming to stay as close as possible to their actual path. An intense, trail-faithful search is reinforced and rewarded by finding even the smallest objects along the track

Search with (semi-) high nose

In (semi-) high-nose searching, your dog learns a search strategy in which they pick up and follow the individual scent of a target person or object through the air.

The true fascination lies in the combination of these building blocks. Tracktrailing uniquely unites different search strategies into a highly effective search concept.

You’ll receive ideas for engaging your dog on rainy days or when time is short, yet still provide them with an exciting challenge. The individual scent games you’ll learn can be easily adjusted in difficulty, keeping even experienced dogs engaged and stimulated for years to come.

Specially designed for the needs of scent dog teams and search-and-rescue teams, you and your dog will develop a broad range of skills that can be flexibly applied depending on the situation.

Each building block can be trained and intensified on its own. Combined, they create an extraordinary skill set for a reliable search dog, one that constantly faces new challenges during the search.

Think this is only possible for professionals or highly experienced dog-human teams? I’ll show you how to become a dependable partner for your dog. Are you ready to dive into a world that largely remains hidden to us?

Welcome to the fascinating world of scents!