Odour Indications: A 7 Day Challenge

Learn from elite trainer Jens Frank to perfect odour indications, ensuring clarity, consistency, and reliability in scent detection training.

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Odour Indication Mastery: 7 Days with Jens Frank

Join Jens Frank for a focused 7-day course designed to refine your dog’s odour indication skills.

Elevate your training with a systematic approach that builds from basic movement to complex indications, ensuring your scent dog excels in precision and reliability.


What’s In The Course?
Over 7 dynamic days, Jens Frank will guide you through a series of structured challenges. Each task is designed to progressively enhance your dog’s odour indication abilities, setting the stage for real-world success.

Daily Challenges Include:
Day 1: Mechanics of Movement : Lay the groundwork by mastering the essential movements that form the basis of effective odour indication
Day 2: Introducing Toys : Use engaging toys to capture your dog’s attention and associate play with scent work, making training enjoyable.
Day 3: Helper & Distance : Incorporate a helper to gradually increase the training distance, ensuring your dog maintains focus over greater spans.
Day 4: Reducing The Odour Picture : Streamline the scent environment to help your dog focus on key odour cues, sharpening its discrimination skills.
Day 5: Bridges, Duration & Distraction : Combine the concept of bridges with extended duration exercises, all while introducing controlled distractions to test reliability.
Day 6: Buried Targets : Tackle the challenge of locating hidden, or ‘buried’, targets to enhance depth perception and scent tracking under varied conditions
Day 7: Deep Finds : Culminate your training by delving into deep finds, consolidating all skills for thorough, confident odour indication.

Who Is This Course For?

• Handlers & Trainers: Scent dog enthusiasts seeking a structured, science-driven approach to odour indication.

• Service Dog Practitioners: Enhancing operational readiness with advanced scent work techniques.

• Working Dog Teams: Ideal for police, military, or specialised search and rescue units aiming to boost precision and performance.


What You’ll Get

• 7 Days of Progressive Training: Daily challenges that build on each other for a comprehensive learning experience.

• Expert Guidance from Jens Frank: Leverage Jens’ extensive experience at the Scandinavian Working Dog Institute and his academic insights.

• Comprehensive Training Materials: Access a suite of online videos, pictorial guides, and written resources tailored for every learning style.

• Certificate of Completion: Validate your enhanced skills and bolster your professional credentials.


Ready to master odour indication with precision and confidence?

Sign up today and let Jens Frank’s expert guidance transform your approach to scent work.


Your Instructor


Jens Frank
Jens Frank

Jens Frank is a globally respected trainer at the Scandinavian Working Dog Institute (SWDI), specialising in the training of handlers and service dogs for police, military, and government agencies. With a career dedicated to the development of elite working dogs, Jens is at the forefront of modern training methodologies that enhance operational performance in high-stakes environments.

In addition to his hands-on expertise, Jens holds a position as Associate Professor at the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, where he contributes to cutting-edge research in canine training and behaviour. His work bridges the gap between science and practical application, ensuring that training methods are both evidence-based and field-tested.

Jens also plays a key role in Sweden’s government program for service dogs used in large carnivore management, working as a dog handler in tracking and monitoring bears, wolves, and lynx. This unique experience has refined his ability to develop precise and reliable training techniques for scent detection, tracking, and operational deployments.

Known for his progressive, science-driven approach, Jens is a sought-after international instructor, delivering seminars worldwide to help working dog handlers, trainers, and professionals enhance their skills in odour and article indications, tracking, and operational deployments. His training philosophy prioritises clarity, efficiency, and reliability, making him a leading figure in the field of service dog training.


Course Curriculum


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Frequently Asked Questions


When does the course start and finish?
The course starts on the when you buy the course and essentially never ends! There are 7 days worth of videos to watch, but training to lest months as you perfect your skills. The course is yours for life, so work at your own pace.
How long do I have access to the course?
How does lifetime access sound? After enrolling, you have unlimited access to this course for as long as you like - across any and all devices you own.
How long will the course take me to complete?
Honestly, you can take as long as you like... and the skills you pick up here will have value to your current dogs, your future dogs and your clients.

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