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Welcome to the exciting world of HeRo Canine Consulting – where K9 Nose Work® and Mental Management® meet.

Simple, effective, flexible and proven solutions for you and your dog!

We provide the following:

  • Coaching provided by experienced Certified Nose Work Instructor (CNWISM), NACSW-approved Supervising Certifying Official and Trial Judge, Mental Management Certified Coach (level II)
  • K9 Nose Work® skill building for you and your dog
  • “Improve your mental game” with Mental Management®
  • Flexible service schedule to meet your goals
  • Methods that are easy to implement and highly effective
  • Solution-based approach
  • In-person or online support

At HeRo, we are all about you and your dog!

WHY CHOOSE HeRo?
Do you want the highest-quality and most up-to-date coaching for you and your dog? Do you want to work with an experienced and qualified professional instructor, presenter and high-in-trial competitor?  Find out more about Silke here. Click here to read more.

Do you have any questions about our services?

Testimonials

Hi! My name is Sophie! The lady-who-loves-me-and-feeds-me (you humans call her Betsy) is always looking for things to do and ways to keep me busy. A year ago someone suggested this thing called K9 Nose Work®. We found a place in Bloomsburg called HeRo Canine Consulting run by a very nice lady named Silke! She convinced Betsy to just let me be a dog and use my nose the way it was intended to be used!! How much fun is this!!! I get to sniff out food and odor, and Silke is teaching Betsy how to stay out of my way – until I might need her! It’s the BEST!! You should really give it a try. Your dog will thank you and you’ll have a great time – Betsy and I sure do!!

As my introduction to Canine NoseWork, Silke has been marvelous! She is able to combine a wealth of knowledge about dogs, an understanding of canine scenting skills, and a natural ability to teach humans with an approachable, friendly manner to create classes that are both enjoyable (for dogs AND humans) and productive.

Edy and I look forward to every class–I only wish we lived closer than over an hour away!

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Interesting study about scent work improving inhibition AND persistenceDid you know that training scentwork can have multiple benefits for your dog? 👃Scent is such a HUGE part of your dog's life, with their 300 million olfactory receptors to our mere 6 million, and the part of their brain dedicated to scent being 40 times larger than our own. So it isn't surprising that scentwork can have a impact on our dogs behaviour.It has previously been stated scentwork is calming for dogs, and helps create a positive bias (boosting confidence), but this latest study done at Aberystwyth University has shown it can also increase inhibitory control (self-control) and persistance in repeating rewarded behaviour! So how can you put a little extra scentwork into your dogs life? Here are a few ideas...🔸 Let your dog sniff whilst out on walks! This is your dog's equivalent to reading the newspaper, or even going on social media, and the only way they can find out what is going on in the outside world. Although sniffing every two steps may be a bit excessive, do make sure you aren't dragging them along past their favourite sniffing spots and maybe even point out some sniffing spots you think could be particularly good.🔸 Use a snuffle mat or scatter feed their food! Sniffing is an inherently calming activity for most dogs AND dogs are natural foragers, so sniffing-out their food amongst long grass, or in a snuffle mat, is a great outlet for this behaviour that can even help calm more excitable dogs. You can also add a cue to this behaviour, like with any, so that they are only looking for food on the ground when you say it will be there.🔸 Play 'Find it' games! You can hide treats, toys and even people for your dog to sniff out, which could come in handy later down-the-line when your keys go missing!🔸 Create a 'scent-box'! If you go out somewhere, either with or without your dog, try and pick-up different objects from your time out. You can then offer up these objects to your dog later to sniff, so they can either re-live their adventure, or learn about your day.Let us know what fun ways you incorporate scent into your dog's life!You can check out the study mentioned in the graphic for yourself here: www.mdpi.com/2076-2615/14/3/428 ... See MoreSee Less
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