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 shelterproject@k9nosework.com.
HAPPY SNIFFING RESEARCH
Happy Sniffing Research, in partnership with the National Association of Canine Scent Work, is taking up the lead and the leash to implement a study for the purpose of sniffing out the data behind the adoptability rate of dogs that participate in K9 Nose Work within the animal shelter community. The proposed research plan is to supply a select group of shelters with tools and funding to provide K9 Nose Work within their shelter, while at the same time, monitoring a control group that will have all the same enrichment activities provided with the exception of K9 Nose Work.
This research, if it shows strong supporting evidence that K9 Nose Work Programs within shelters increase the adoptability rate of dogs, could help shelters gain valuable and much needed funding for the implementation of a K9 Nose Work enrichment program.
For more information and to support the research, go to: https://www.happysniffing.org/
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.