Mantrailing
Somebody hides. Your dog finds them.
No training needed, no experience needed, and your dog can already do it. The easiest place to start, and the one most people get hooked on.
You would like to do something with your dog, and everything you have looked at feels like hard work.
Classes where your dog has to cope with a room full of other dogs. Courses that need you to have already done a different course. Training that feels like another thing on the list rather than something you would actually enjoy.
So you do nothing, and the week is just walks again. Which is fine, but you both know there is more in them than that.
Mantrailing is the simplest thing I teach and the one that surprises people the most.
Somebody walks off and hides. Your dog is given their scent, and then your dog does the rest. You do not train them to do it. They already know how. You just have to learn to read them and get out of the way.
Watching your dog work out a trail for the first time is usually the moment an owner realises what their dog is actually capable of.
So you do nothing, and the week is just walks again. Which is fine, but you both know there is more in them than that.
Mantrailing is the simplest thing I teach and the one that surprises people the most.
Somebody walks off and hides. Your dog is given their scent, and then your dog does the rest. You do not train them to do it. They already know how. You just have to learn to read them and get out of the way.
Watching your dog work out a trail for the first time is usually the moment an owner realises what their dog is actually capable of.
Who it suits
Every dog. Nervous ones, reactive ones, old ones, tiny ones, giant ones. Trails run one dog at a time, so your dog never has to deal with a group at all.
If you have never done anything like this before, start here.
If you have never done anything like this before, start here.
What a session actually looks like
Sessions run around three hours, with six dogs booked in and one dog trailing at a time. So there is a fair bit of watching between your own trails, which is where most of the learning happens. You will see how other dogs work a trail and start reading your own dog properly rather than guessing.
Bring something to sit on and a drink. It is an afternoon out, not a quick class.
Bring something to sit on and a drink. It is an afternoon out, not a quick class.
How it works
Start with an intro session. That is where your dog learns the game and, more to the point, where you learn to read them.
After that, book progression sessions whenever it suits. Trails get longer, older and more complicated as your dog gets better at it.
Prices
Intro session: £60
Progression sessions: £30
Questions people ask
Trails run one at a time. Your dog will not be near another dog.
Trailing is low impact and largely nose work. Age is rarely a problem.
No. The intro is the start.
Around three hours. Six dogs per session, one trailing at a time.
Come and try it
Book the intro and see what your dog does with it. Most people book their next one before they have got back to the car.
