SEVILLE, Ohio — There are jumping dogs who can leap through a hoop. Diving dogs who will soar off a dock after a favorite toy. Those who fetch with ease, and those who know a long list of tricks.

IACP-affiliated dog training team draws on PSA protection sport, tracking, and scent detection backgrounds to address ...

Nosework, also known as Scent Work, is a sport in which a dog fully relies on his own sense of smell, turning a dog’s favorite activity — using its nose — into a fun game. In training and in ...

But, with the myriad modern breeds, what makes for the best scent-detection dog? A new study published in PLOS One figured out the ideal dog characteristics for scent detection, based on structured ...

Magpie, a dog from Satchel’s Last Resort, is heading to South Padre Island, where her scent-detection training will help conservationists locate and protect endangered Kemp’s ridley sea turtle nests.