What Is Mantrailing?
Think search and rescue meets hide and seek.
Mantrailing in Ormskirk teaches your dog to find a hidden person by following their unique scent trail.
Dogs work the trail using a combination of:
Air scent
Ground scent
Ground disturbance
Environmental cues
As they follow the trail, dogs naturally switch between these different techniques depending on the environment, scent conditions, and the information available to them. During our Ormskirk mantrailing sessions, they are constantly problem-solving, making decisions, and working out the best way to continue the trail and locate their hidden person.
Every trail is different.
Every environment is different.
Every problem is different.
That's what makes mantrailing in Ormskirk so addictive for both dogs and their owners—they love the challenge.
Dogs Already Know How To trail
We’re not teaching dogs how to use their nose, they already know that part.
Dogs experience the world through scent, with up to 300 million scent receptors helping them process information in ways we will never fully understand.
What mantrailing does is give them a structured game that allows them to use those natural skills in new ways, new places and new pictures.
More Than A Hobby
Mantrailing is:
Mental stimulation
Physical exercise
Confidence building
Problem solving
Teamwork
Enrichment
Adventure
Fun
All rolled into one…and the best part?
99.99% of dogs absolutely LOVE it.
Mantrailing in Ormskirk is unlike any other type of dog training.
In obedience, agility, scentwork, and even tracking, the handler plays a much more active role in guiding the dog.
With mantrailing, it's completely different.
Mantrailing is entirely dog-led. Your dog makes the decisions, solves the problems, and works out the trail for themselves, while you learn to trust their instincts, support them through the process, and understand what they're telling you.
Once you see your dog "get it", you'll understand why so many people fall in love with mantrailing in Ormskirk.
Those "HOW did they do that?!" moments are unforgettable.
GETTING STARTED
For more information on how to get started with Mantrailing click below
Mantrailing logbook, with checklists to help you record and keep a track of your mantrailing sessions.
Each trail provides you and your dog an opportunity to work on something new, level up your skills and perfect others. Learning about how your dog trails and expanding their skills each and every time. The Crafty Canine Mantrailing checklists and logbook help you and your instructor keep a record of everything and provides challenges to work towards, giving you and your dog a well rounded mantrailing skillset.
