A Full-Day Scent Work Seminar with Jasmin Barron-Harris

About Jazz

Jasmin (Jazz) holds a BSc (Hons) in Canine Behaviour Management alongside a Foundation Degree in Applied Canine Behaviour and Training. Her detection qualifications span explosives, drugs, pyrotechnics and tracking, trained and assessed to NASDU Level 4. She is a Scentwork UK instructor, a National Nosework Association judge and assessor, and a World Scent Dog Association instructor.

Before all of that, she was competing in gundog trials and scurries as a kid. Nosework isn’t a career pivot for Jazz – it’s been her whole life.

Whether you’re brand new to nosework or you’ve been searching for a while and feel like something’s missing, this seminar is built for you.

We’re going ground up. That means we’re not skipping the foundations that most people never get taught, and we’re not dumbing it down for the experienced handlers either.

You’ll leave with an understanding of the reasons your dog does what it does in a search, how odour actually moves, why your handling is either helping or hurting, and what you need to do differently to get consistent, reliable results.

On The Day:

🧠 Morning – Theory & Q&A (90 minutes)

A proper deep dive into the science and strategy behind nosework, covering how odour moves and how air flow affects the search, motivation and what actually drives a reliable working dog, markers and when each approach applies, the real difference between reinforcing and rewarding, and how to identify your own handler faults.

🐾 Practical Sessions (two working blocks across the afternoon)

Jasmin will work through search breakdowns and area clearance patterns, handling decisions, negative indications, what to do when things go wrong, double blinds, and trialling preparation.