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I am a Truffle Hunter, Truffle Dog Trainer, writer, and founder of Truffle Dog School. Bridging the gap between training and wild truffle finds.
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✨ The Winter Wonder Series is Coming! ✨
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❄️ Coming this December...
Truffle Dog Daily Dig: A Winter Wonder Series
Join us for a month of professional truffle dog training insights, outdoor skill-building, and scent work development. Perfect for handlers interested in developing their dog's natural searching abilities.
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Hey there! Who wants to learn how to have this much fun?
Don't know how to get started truffle hunting?
We can teach you!
A truffle hunting team is only as strong as the bond between human and hound. A trusting, loving relationship can make all the difference in a successful search for these delicious fungi!
Watching people and their dogs grow closer while exploring the art of truffle hunting brings me immense joy. It is one of my favorite journeys to witness - seeing how relationships change, strengthen, and deepen with each step taken together!
Truffles have an aroma truly like no other—one crafted and perfected by Nature. Their enchanting scent serves as a beacon, luring animals close enough so they can be discovered and devoured - dispersing the spores to form new truffles!
Did you know that a dog's nostrils are two separate openings? This allows them to control the amount of air they take in and helps them distinguish smells better. Plus, the shape of the nostrils helps them determine the direction of a smell too! Amazing, right? 🐶😊
Oh, hey! It's just us. Doing what we love ❤️
Did you know that Da Vinci was the FIRST truffle hunting Belgian Tervuren in the Pacific Northwest?
Our truffle hunting webinar is tonight. If you want the link, just ask me!
SURPRISING BENEFITS OF TRUFFLE HUNTING
These are just three of the many hidden benefits!
1. Truffle hunting is helpful for reactive dogs and their owners.
2. Truffle hunting is a fulfilling retirement job for sports dogs.
3. Truffle hunting is great cross-training and conditioning for dogs and their people.
Read more about how truffle hunting helps reactivity in my blog post for Fenzi Dog Sports Academy.
When I decided to begin truffle hunting, I never imagined how much our lives would change.I became fascinated with truffles after tasting them on a trip to Italy. I joked that I was going to teach our dogs to find truffles. One day, in a random internet search, I discovered that truffles grow where I live, here in the Pacific Northwest. I was certa...
I am honored to work alongside my dogs and I love sharing this activity with others! It's more than a scent game. The communication and connection is unique to each team and can't be standardized to a one size fits all process. Here is my answer to a recent question.
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ASK THE PRO:
Q: Why don't you teach group classes?
A: Because truffle hunting is not a group activity and learning in context allows for faster understanding while eliminating irrelevant variables.
In the Pacific Northwest, truffles favor the Douglas Fir stands so it helps to know how to identify these trees.
Douglas fir trees have flat needles, the same color on both sides, soft to the touch, and fragrant. The bark is a reddish brown color accented by ridges running vertically up the trunk. The bark on young Douglas Fir trees looks similar to Subalpine fir, but as the tree matures, the bark shows its telltale ridges.