top of page
Southern Tablelands Dog Training
Positive Reinforcement Training You Can Trust
The Intellectual Canine is a pet care company based in the Southern Tablelands, New South Wales, and owned and run by Chelsea Hindle, a professional, certified dog trainer and behaviour consultant.
We believe in ethical and positive dog training, with our methodology rooted in up-to-date science. We specialise in reactivity and anxiety cases, and we aim to empower dog guardians to live in harmony with their dogs.
![Remember to let your dog sniff!
Sniffing is an essential part of your dog’s mental and physical well-being, but unfortunately it is so often overlooked when considering the needs of a dog.
I’m currently reading Being a Dog, by the excellent canine behaviour researcher Alexandra Horowitz and I wanted to share a few little facts I’ve learnt about the capabilities of a dog’s nose. I highly suggest reading the whole book though, and hopefully these little facts help convince you.
Dogs can find banana scent [amyl acetate] until it was diluted in water to 1-2 parts per trillion.That is, 1 or 2 drops of amyl acetate in one trillion drops of water.
Explosives- detection dogs can find and identify as little as one pictogram of explosives. How much is a pictogram? One trillionth of a gram.
A trained tracking dog needs only five footprints, which are laid in around 2 seconds, to figure out which way the person they are trailing was going. They can tell how new or old a trail is based on the intensity of the scent.
Dogs can identify the sex and age of any dog they meet. They can identify females that are ready to mate, dogs that have been sick, and the emotional state of the dog.
They even seem to pass a scent-based sense of self test, suggesting dogs can understand their own self through smell.
Adapted from
Being a Dog: Following the Dog into a World of Smell
by Alexandra Horowitz.
Published 2016 by Scribner.
#Accessibility ID: first slide shows a photo of a red koolie sniffing at a pile of paving stones where a small treat is hidden put against a beige and chocolate brown background. The rest of the slides have the above text written on them.
#DogTraining #DogTrainer #DogTraining101 #PositiveReinforcement #PositiveDogTraining #ForceFreeDogTraining #ForceFreeDogTrainer #FearFreeDogTraining](https://scontent-iad3-2.cdninstagram.com/v/t51.75761-15/469896172_17949735386875524_510093909161810685_n.jpg?stp=dst-jpg_e35_tt6&_nc_cat=100&ccb=1-7&_nc_sid=18de74&_nc_ohc=pHYYhkjmq5MQ7kNvwFSlFKC&_nc_oc=Adndb26e9DNditB2-SlNcOrT1Oh-bptCm9_OEkiUIoft3wmrpbKHCk2OM8cPMVwkPHU&_nc_zt=23&_nc_ht=scontent-iad3-2.cdninstagram.com&edm=ANo9K5cEAAAA&_nc_gid=n2cLcKijUkASK57_ZmSESA&oh=00_AfFrLY9RJlB-FXdH9-gLr2uLI1I1bkKazTh-gJo-Gi8n_w&oe=6817A68F)
Our Values
Compassion Care Integrity
The Intellectual Canine
bottom of page