Intro to Scent Work with Cathy Teeft and Doug Teeft
Sat, Aug 03
|Village Dogs
Ready to try your hand at the world of scent work? We have guest trainers Cathy and Doug joining us for a weekend in August offering problem solving and intro workshops in sport scent detection. (no experience required)
Time & Location
Aug 03, 2024, 1:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.
Village Dogs, 368 Keltic Dr, Sydney, NS B1R 1V7, Canada
Guests
About the Event
Village Dogs will be hosting Cathy and Doug for 4 workshops August 3rd-4th. We will be offering two time slots for a Beginner Intro to Scent Work (no prior experience necessary) and one Level 1 workshop (completion of intro required), with the fourth workshop TBA. Each workshop will be 3 hours and the cost per dog is $150.
Cathy Teeft has been working a detection dog for over 12 years and has a RCMP certified search dog presently. She has an International Police Work Dog certification in Cadaver Land, Shoreline, and is also certified in Building and Vehicle Search. She presently travels across Canada and the US judging scent trials and conducting workshops.
Doug Teeft has been working with K9s for about 35 years. He grew up around working dogs, as his father was a Dog Master and Trainer for the Royal Canadian Mounted Police. He founded the first Canadian branch of American Rescue Dog Association in Nova Scotia (ARDA-NS). He currently owns and operates Teeft K9 Center, a company that offers dog training and K9 equipment. Doug currently has three German shepherds at various stages of training in specialty work, including search and rescue, disaster, evidence recovery, and gas line leaks. He has worked with many national and state agencies.
Both Doug and Cathy have multiple years experience in the detection field and run dogs certified with International Police Work Dog Association. They are both all level judges with SDDA and Doug is a CKC judge and area rep.