The Benefits of Nose Work

Nose work and scent detection training offer GREAT BENEFITS for both dogs and their handlers

  • FUN for your dog!

  • Mental stimulation and focus

  • Builds a special bond between you and your canine

  • Builds canine confidence

  • Creates FRIENDS for Life with nosework handlers

About Jill Kovacevich, CNWI

& Mountain Dogs Scent School

Jill is the owner of Mountain Dogs LLC specializing in K9 Nose Work training and compeition events. She is a passionate scent work and nose work trainer offering self-paced home study courses here in the Scent School with webinars, online courses or online "live" training sessions to fit your schedule. She is passionate about our scent detection sport dogs and "how they do what they do" as search dogs in training and compeition trials. Focusing on canine olfaction and handler-canine search work is a key factor in her training guidance for all teams- beginners to Summit.

Specializing in training teams for competition, hosting ORT and trial events, actively working as a NACSW™ Certifying Official, Judge and seasoned Nose Work competitor with her own dogs at all levels, Jill and Mountain Dogs have over twelve years experience developing TOP competitive teams from Intro to Nose Work to Summit and all levels in between.

  • NACSW member and competitior 2010 to present
  • Certified Nose Work Instructor 2014-present
  • Experienced Workshop Host & Presenter- All Levels
  • Certifying Official & Trial Judge- NACSW NW1 to SUMMIT
  • ORT Certifying Official and Judge
  • Experienced NACSW Trial Host- 15-20 Events Annually
  • Elite and Summit League Competitor

What Students Are Saying

Highly recommend this program!

...just finished the 6 week Master Handler live online course - It was excellent -detailed assignments with training progressions, review of assignments, great training arcs for Team Jax based on our individual goals. Highly recommend this program!

Laura Tokar

Ready to Dive Into Nose Work with Your Dog?

Scent School has everything you need to learn how to train your dog and compete!

The Benefits of Nose Work

Nose work and scent detection training offer numerous benefits for both dog owners and their dogs: