Odour Clarity & Control:
2-Day Training & Performance Tracking
20 Sep - 21 Sep 2025
A focused two day of detection training aimed at strengthening odour recognition testing, improving consistency, and collecting meaningful performance data across known target odours.
Delivered in a controlled environment, these training days provide the structure and support to run high volumes of clean, focused repetitions.
Training includes blank runs, distractors (interferents), and blind/double-blind setups, following best-practice protocols aligned with CPNI detection dog guidance.
We’ll also apply the data collection system developed by Simon Prins used with his full permission to document every repetition in a consistent, structured format. Learning this system was a turning point for me; it showed that proper data collection is more than a training diary it’s a tool to recognise performance patterns, identify weaknesses, and back up your dog’s capability with evidence.
Each dog’s repetitions are documented across the two days to support training plan development, track odour generalisation, and provide a clear record of performance for future review.
- Detection Handlers in law enforcement, government, or private sector
- Trainers and Supervisors responsible for team performance
- Professional sport detection competitors desiring to perform at a high standard
- Conduct odour recognition testing in a structured environment.
- Collect and analyse data for individual dogs
- Write informed, goal driven training plans
- Document results and progress over time
- Reinforce odour clarity and independent search behaviour
Dates: 20 Sep - 21 Sep 2025
Time: 8am - 4pm
Location: 4/19 Sunset Ave,
Barrack Heights 2528, NSW Australia
Cost: $450 (Including GST)
- Establish strong target odour imprinting through consistent, clean setups
- Reduce contamination and handler cueing through controlled procedures
- Strengthen discrimination between target and non-target odours
- Conduct line-up and scent wheel searches using single-blind, double-blind, and blank formats
- Incorporate distractions and controlled variable to evaluate generalisation
- Apply procedural standars including start markers, placement variation, and reset protocols
- Refine timing, leash handling, and reinforcement strategies
- Enhance search independence and reduce reliance on handler input
- Observe and evaluate handler response to correct and incorrect indications
- Use standardised templates to record search outcomes and training data
- Monitor false alert rates, reinforcement history, and environmental variables
- Develop clear documation to support future training, accrediation, or operational readiness
2 Day Detection Dog Trouble shooting & Problem Solving Days
29 nov -30 nov 2025
This 2-day workshop helps detection dog teams address performance challenges in both training and operational settings.
We focus on identifying the root of common issues and applying structured troubleshooting to rebuild consistency whether it's search behaviour, odour commitment, or clear alert responses.
Teams will work through practical exercises, observation, and targeted problem-solving, with a focus on reinforcement timing, hide strategy, stimulus control, and handler feedback.
- Trainers responsible for maintaining detection capability within their unit or organisation
- Teams preparing for deployment or reassessment who require performance refinement
- Operational units looking to reduce false indications, increase odour commitment, and improve search efficiency
- Individuals wanting to strengthen their troubleshooting process and handler decision-making under pressure
- Agencies or organisations aiming to support ongoing capability development in specialist detection teams
Dates: 29 Nov - 30 Nov 2025
Time: 8am - 4pm
Location: 4/19 Sunset Ave,
Barrack Heights 2528, NSW Australia
Cost: $650 (Including GST)
- Conduct baseline search exercises to establish current performance capability.
- Identify patterns of false indications, odour disengagement, or search inefficiencies in their own dog.
- Apply corrective strategies in real-time, including reinforcement adjustments, environmental modifications, and hide placement changes.
- Implement stimulus control protocols to minimise cueing and handler influence.
- Practice structured line-ups, blank searches, and variable search formats to test clarity and indication strength.
- Receive and integrate feedback on handler timing, movement, and reinforcement delivery.
- Adapt reinforcement schedules based on behavioural outcomes and clarity of indication.
- Develop an on-the-ground troubleshooting checklist to carry forward post-course.
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