K9 Nose Work® Shelter Project
Shelter and rescue dogs often have unknown pasts that lead to unwanted, and sometimes unpredictable behavior. K9 Nose Work® offers a tailored workshop designed to address the special needs of these dogs. By engaging these once neglected and mistreated dogs in the activity of K9 Nose Work® you’ll bring real and positive change to their behavior.
Happy, confident, approachable dogs find safe, lifelong homes with caring people. K9 Nose Work® can help make the transition from shelter or rescue to permanent home, a positive experience.
If you’d like to find out more about the program, our “K9 Nose Work and the Shelter Dog” presentation by Jill Marie O’Brien is available for purchase.
This talk is designed to share the benefits of implementing a K9 Nose Work® program in the shelter environment, rescue group or for special needs dogs. The focus will be on the basic concepts to use as part of a shelter/rescue enrichment program. We will cover the foundation of K9 Nose Work® and its practical use in the shelter environment, as well as the basics for getting a program started in a facility. We will discuss the potential benefits for dogs in the shelter or rescue environment and challenges that can be addressed with the use of basic K9 Nose Work® skills.
Check out our K9 Nose Work Shelter Project facebook page at https://www.facebook.com/K9NWShelterProject
Listen to this podcast with Jill Marie O’Brien and Steve DeTata, hosted by Scent Work University: K9 Nose Work and the Shelter Dog
Still interested in learning more? Our webinar recording “K9 Nose Work and the Shelter Dog” by Jill Marie O’Brien is available for purchase for only $15.00 HERE.
For more information on hosting Shelter Project workshops, contact [email protected].
K9NW SHELTER RESEARCH INITIATIVE – SURVEY
We are in the process of collecting information for a research initiative to determine if there is solid evidence of improved adoptability of dogs that participate in K9 Nose Work® within the shelter environment. If controlled research data shows what we believe it may show, then a published research study could help with increased funding for K9 Nose Work® programs within the shelter environment.
If you work or volunteer in a shelter or rescue, we need YOUR help! Here is the link to our preliminary survey. It only contains four questions that will take less than two minutes to complete.
For more information, please check out this flyer, or email us at [email protected]. Thank you for your time!
The K9 Nose Work® shelter project is one that speaks to many nose work enthusiasts. From time to time, it feels right to freshen up the look and feel of the logo to better reflect the future ideals of the program. It is also good to be reminded of why many of us not only chose to work with dogs but chose to work with dogs that for one reason or another found themselves in shelters, with specialty rescue groups or are in a home but have special needs or unique challenges.
The dog featured in the new logo is Jill Marie O’Brien’s (Co-Founder of National Association of Canine Scent Work® & K9 Nose Work® dog Mary. She was a adopted from the Los Angeles East Valley Animal Shelter in 1986 and spent a life as a companion, educating young people on how to safely interact with dogs as well as helping to build the students’ appreciation for how important dogs are in our lives.
We hope you enjoy the new logo and that it brings awareness to the abundance of potential in our shelters and rescues just waiting for the opportunity to shine, and the value of K9 Nose Work® not just as a foundation for developing dogs for the sport of nose work, but as a valuable enrichment activity for dogs everywhere.