About Us

I have run K9 Solutions Dog Training & Behaviour since 2003 and love what I do but nosework grabbed hold of me from my very first foray back in 2012. I was totally hooked and couldn't learn enough about it.

It was such a different sport to what I had been used to and I wanted to bring it to the pet dog owners so they could enjoy it as much as I did.

I have trained and studied and practiced and competed bringing each area of my study to the operational level of training. It started with my Longhaired Weimaraner, Ehren and she has been and still is an amazing dog.  We have worked our way through the Scentwork UK Levels and are just about to move to the final stage of Level 8, we completed our Skills for Justice Mantrailing Team in August 2019 with the British Mantrailing Academy and we have done so much together and love every moment.

In 2021 I began my NASDU Operational training with Flea, my Working Cocker Spaniel and we achieved our Level 3 Tobacco Detection Dog License, it was a wonderful journey which has led to operational deployments with Trading Standards and  have been a wonderful challenge for us.  It seemed only logical to take on another Working Cocker and Tic joined us in November 2020 and in March 2021 we have achieved our NASDU Level 3 Proactive Drugs Detection license.

The courses and workshops we run are always full within days.  Our clients excel at competitions and thoroughly enjoy the sport.  2021 was an amazing year for K9 Scent & Serach with not only the winner & reserve being part of the K9SaSUK 'squad' but the top 15 dogs were mostly trained by us.

2021 also saw the launch of The National Nosework Association of which I am a co-founder.  Bringing competition searches of a more operational style to the teams out there that are as addicted to nosework as me.  The National Nosework Association has got off to a flying start and a year on, I am super excited to see what 2022 brings.

Jo Crosby-Deakin