Scent Detection Dog Handler & Instructor
Transform your professional journey with the UK's only City & Guilds Assured Scent Detection Programme. It’s the gold standard that instantly elevates your credibility and attracts clients who value excellence. Whether you're a dog trainer looking to expand your services, a behaviourist seeking new approaches, or a passionate pet owner wanting to unlock your dog's incredible potential, this programme opens doors you never knew existed.
Become the instructor or dog handler you've always aspired to be. Our comprehensive three-week direct learning experience, supported by ongoing training programmes, webinars, online resources, and exclusive WhatsApp help groups, ensures you're never learning alone.
You'll discover how to bring out the absolute best in every dog, using proven techniques that create remarkable transformations. As the UK's strongest scent detection programme, we don't just teach you skills; we build your confidence, expand your expertise, and give you the tools to succeed in ways that will surprise and delight you. Are you ready to join the elite?
The Scent Detection Programme
City & Guilds Assured.
Three weeks of in-person learning, plus online support for just
£2950 (+VAT).
This isn't just another mantrailing course; you're securing a complete professional evolution that opens doors to the fastest-growing dog sport and premium mantrailing services. We're passionate about making the best training accessible, offering an easy payment scheme over up to 18 months. That’s under £10 a day! This allows you to master the skill of mantrailing and become the specialist everyone in your community wants to learn from.
This comprehensive training provides exceptional knowledge advancement and respected professional qualifications, but it won't magically create overnight success. Your enthusiasm, commitment, and dedication to practising what you discover will be the true catalysts for your accomplishments.
Consider this our ideal collaboration: we deliver expert instruction, coveted City & Guilds certification, and continuous guidance, while you contribute the passion, perseverance, and entrepreneurial spirit to make everything flourish spectacularly. Together, we'll create something extraordinary, but your unique success journey will unfold through your personal commitment and innovative application of these remarkable mantrailing skills. We'll equip you with exceptional abilities – you'll be the architect of your own triumph!
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Week One
Monday 9th - Friday 13th March 2026
Week Two
Monday 11th - Friday 15th May 2026
Week Three
Monday 14th - Friday 18th September 2026
The key highlights of our programme
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Explore the amazing world of professional scent detection with Dr Rob's innovative 'Venn Diagram of Search.' Instead of sticking to strict methods, you can embrace flexible training strategies that cater to each dog's individual learning style. This approach helps you create a versatile toolkit that deepens your understanding and allows you to train the unique dog in front of you, rather than relying on just one method over and over again.
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Enhance your skills with our professional assessment tools and engaging scenario-based training! Discover systematic search techniques designed for buildings, open areas, routes, and vehicles. Uncover competition-winning strategies that will help your clients shine in the field and encourage them to return for more!
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Understand how to create engaging courses that not only draw in clients but also keep them coming back, all while fostering safe and effective learning environments for both handlers and their dogs. Combine innovative adult learning theories with training skills to craft an experience that leaves a lasting impression and helps your reputation flourish. Let your passion pave the way and become the go-to expert in your field!
Our Training Location
Location: Statfold Barn Railway. Ashby Rd, Tamworth B79 0BU.
The postcode/SatNav may take you away from ‘Statfold Barn Railway. We also have ‘What Three Words’ that can help, holds.soup.code for the front entrance and hails.games.reason for the entrance to the classroom where there is plenty of parking outside.
Timings: 09:00 – 16:00: Tea, Coffee and ‘Posh Biscuits’ provided.
Accommodation: Our training venue offers camping, caravan and motorhome hook-up with large exercise areas for your dog . This accommodation is available at an additional cost, via our venue managers, info@statfold.com
The booking secures a place for yourself and one dog. However, some people choose to bring two dogs, but these need to be rotated within your allocated ‘training/search slot’.
The first day of all our courses are predominantly classroom-based theory lessons, plenty of breaks will be given for you to exercise your dogs, and all our parking is within a private, safe and secure area.
Full joining instructions will be sent upon booking.