Ericka Duggan on Helping Your Dog Get Comfortable with a New Training Environment

In this video, Ericka Duggan explains how to start working dogs in a scent training environment. It's important to introduce dogs to new spaces through a strategic process. The first step Ericka recommends especially in a class setting is to meet the instructor in a one-on-one session. The next step is just bringing the dog into the new space and assessing their comfortability. If the dog is willing to eat and take treats, it's a good sign to move on to the next step. The final step is actually starting the training session.

This clip is one of many that came from The Foundation of Sport Detection with Ericka Duggan. This course is available as an online self-study course.CLICK HERE to sign up!

When people have specific training questions we recommend that they go to our website and post those questions in the ASK CINDY on the front page of leerburg.com. Cindy has been training dogs since she was a teenager and has competed in several dog sports at a regional and national level. She was also a vet tech and owned a boarding/training and grooming business for many years as well as breeding working Dobermans and Belgian Malinois under the kennel name Kaiserhaus. Questions posted to ASK CINDY are answered almost every day. They are also recorded in our systems if a dog owner has additional questions Cindy will review the previous Q&As and this helps her give better feedback and assistance. Ask Cindy!