Excellent!! So glad you're going to do Nosework with Rory. Do be sure you're going to do it with a certified instructor - I'm also on another forum, and someone took a class from someone who's not certified, said it was "Nosework", it was more of a class run by a trainer who was into police detection dogs and the "alpha/dominance theory baggage" that comes with that, her dog shut down, and it was a disaster. She's now in a "real" Nosework class, from a certified instructor, and both she and her dog are loving it! It will really help Rory learn to focus, and give him a job! You'll LOVE it, keep me posted!!
Here are some Nosework statistics that were just sent out tonight from the NACSW, I thought they were pretty interesting, the sport is really growing:
Just a few statistics for those of you who like numbers! It's fun to periodically review how quickly we are growing. I can't believe how far we have come since the NACSW just held their first trial in 2009! Please feel free to share/repost
- 4966 registered dogs living in 48 different states & Canadian provinces
Over 1000 of these dogs are mixed breed dogs. The top 3 breeds in number registered with us include: German Shepherd Dog, Labrador Retriever, and Golden Retriever. We have 188 different breeds of dogs registered.
- 3126 members so far for 2012-2013 membership year living in 48 states & Canadian provinces
(Alabama, Alaska, Arizona, California, Colorado, Connecticut, DC, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Maine, Maryland, Massachussetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Misouri, Montana, Nevada, New Hamphsire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Vermont, Virginia, Washington, West Virginia, Wisconsin, Wyoming and Alberta, British Columbia, New Brunswick, Ontario)
- 3436 dogs have passed an ORT
- ORT/Trial Days by level and year
2009
2010
2011
2012
NW1
3
4
28
41
NW2
3
1
11
25
NW3
1
1
4
14
ORT
15
32
47
71
- ORTs have now been held in 26 states & 1 Canadian province including:
AK, AL, AZ, BC, CA, CO, FL, GA, IL, MA, MD, ME, MI, MO, NH, NJ, NM, NV, NY, OK, OR, PA, SC, VA, WA, WI, WV
- Trials have now been held or are scheduled to be held in 17 states including:
AK, AL, CA, CO, FL, IL, MA, MD, MO, NJ, NY, OR, PA, SC, VA, WA, WI
- 1255 NW1 titles earned to date (709 earned in 2012)
- 387 NW2 titles earned to date (256 earned in 2012)
- 39 NW3 titles earned to date (34 earned in 2012)
- 5 NW3 Elite titles earned to date
Happy sniffing!
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Wendy Krehbiel
NACSW National ORT & Trial Director