In August 2025, the AKC released a new version of the Scent Work regulations. New red cover color. Same PDF format. Zero summary of what changed. I went through both versions, the purple April 2024 copy and the red August 2025 edition, section …
You see your dog heading toward a distractor. You tense up. You preemptively pull them off before they can get over there. Why? Because it's a distraction. We are here to find odor. We are not here to play with the stuffed duck. I get it. I've been…
The best camera for recording scent work depends on a few things: video quality, how easy it is to operate at the start line, and whether the camera fades into the background or is constantly in the way. After watching what other competitors use, I…
There is a long-standing joke in scent work that nobody reads the rulebook. And honestly, that tracks. Most of us would rather be training than reading PDFs formatted like legal documents. I think my favorite story of someone not knowing the rules …