Are you fascinated by nose work and want to develop yourself and your dog further? Then this year-long course is for you! 🐶
Throughout a whole year we meet for instructive and intensive training weekends, where we go in depth on different aspects of nose work. We won't just train your dog – we'll also become better observers, trainers and problem-solvers. 🧠
The course is suitable for you if you want to develop yourself within nose work, whether your goal is competition, further training or simply to become even better at understanding and utilising your dog's fantastic sense of smell. 👃✨
Here you'll have the opportunity to geek out with like-minded people 🤓, observe several dogs solving the same tasks and receive individual guidance on your own training.
🎯 This is what you'll learn on the course:
The course runs over four weekend gatherings and one evening gathering throughout the year. We work both individually and in groups with concrete tasks, and you'll receive one-to-one guidance along the way. 🙌
An important part of the course is also learning through observation. 👀 By watching several dogs solve the same search, you'll have the opportunity to train your own eye for detail and become better at reading what your dog is actually telling you.
👃 Topics we work with:
- 🐾 Introduction and training on all three scents
- 🎯 Indication and communication
- 🌬️ Scent trailing
- 📍 Target placement
- 👃 Following the scent
- 🎯 Nose on source
- 👀 Reading your dog
- 🧠 How to become a better nose work trainer
- 👃 Your dog's sense of smell – and how we can utilise it in training
- 🔎 Observation and analysis of search work
- 🧩 Problem-solving and adapting search tasks
- 🐕 How the handler's actions affect your dog's search
- 🏆 Competition focus
- 📚 Introduction to the different classes and the challenges they present
- 🏅 Strategic training towards competition
- 👥 Practical work in groups with concrete tasks
- 🤝 Individual guidance and feedback
- 👀 Observation of several dogs solving the same search
Throughout the year you'll receive tasks and challenges that mean you'll not only train your dog, but also train yourself to become a better nose work trainer. 💡🐾
🐶 Prerequisites
To get the most from the course, foundational skills in nose work should be in place before you start. Your dog should be well acquainted with search work and have experience searching for target scents.
This is not a beginner course, but a course for you who want to build on what you already know and develop your search work to a higher level. 🚀👃
📅 Course weekends (2026/2027):
- 24–25 October
- 28–29 November
- 9–10 January
- 13–14 March
In addition, we have one evening gathering:
- 13 May, 18:00–approx. 21:00
Weekend gatherings are from 10:00–approx. 16:00.
(We reserve the right to make changes to the course dates.)
👩🏫 Instructors
The course is run by Karin Lyng and John Kalvik. We are experienced nose work instructors and active judges in Nose Work, and have long experience with training, instruction and competition. 🏆🐾
We place great emphasis on seeing each individual team, providing concrete feedback and helping you understand why your dog does what it does – and how you can continue training.
📌 Practical information:
- 📍 Location: Sola area
- 💰 Price: 12,750 kr
- 📝 Enrolment deadline: 16 October
Places are limited. Enrolment is binding, and after the enrolment deadline has passed we will review the applications and select the best-qualified applicants.
We look forward to a whole year of nose work, learning, problem-solving and lots of geeking out – together with you and your dog! 🐶👃🤓❤️
👃 Do you want to become a better nose work trainer and learn more about your dog's unique sense of smell? Then we hope you'll join us for a whole year of in-depth nose work! 🐾✨