Description
Description
Swabs are “short cut” (about 1/3) so they fit well in all your hide vessels
15cc vials – all white swabs
1oz jars – your choice of all white swabs or 1/2 white and 1/2 black (20 of each)
We prepare our swabs using the “cooking” or “absorption” method and not the direct drop method.
Preparing for a competition? If you would like “trial strength” swabs for organizations that use the direct drop method, please click here
Our regular scented swabs can be used to train for all organizations. Teams should be training with a varied amount of target odour so your dog gets experience with different strengths. Target odour strength is difficult to exactly reproduce each time and there are varying factors, including the batch of essential oil used.
There are many ways to vary the strength of hides, but we typically use the following methods in our training:
mixing new and old swabs
varying the number swabs used in the hide vessel
For information/training purposes, the number of our regular scented swabs to use in a hide vessel to approximately match each organization’s strength is as follows:
SDDA/CKC/CPE/UKC: 4-6 swabs
NACSW/PSD/USCSS/C-WAGS: 3 swabs
AKC: 6+ swabs