Relying on my 40-plus years of horse experience, I developed a step by step program to train the air scenting detection horse.

My training program uses the horse's natural instincts along with positive reinforcement. To the equine, it's a game, which they really enjoy.

Over the years, I have trained many scent detection horses using the innovative training steps described in this booklet. My horses are finding their subjects with an extremely high probability of detection. It's a thrill to see the horses air scenting, searching, and thinking all on their own.

This training booklet is recommended for all MSAR personnel and natural horsemanship enthusiasts.

Riding scent detection horses provides the natural enthusiast a perfect, first of its kind, avenue for learning equine sign language. During air scent detection training you will develop an understanding of previously undiscovered equine sign language and rely totally on it in order to achieve your detection goal. Horses can learn to use scenting to locate a variety of sources that range from missing people all the way to your horses favorite toy. Equine scent detection is the ultimate horsemanship game and challenge. This is the first step in forming a bond and building natural communication between horse and rider.

Book/Training Manual

This 30-page booklet is written in a manner so it will be of interest to everyone involved in SAR whether they are involved in mounted searching or not and to anyone who has an interest in horses in general. It contains a variety of information, including different methods of scent searching, understanding of scent movement, unique abilities and advantages the horse can offer SAR, a training log, and pictures plus illustrations in a easy-to-read format.

SAR would benefit if this booklet was on the recommended reading list of everyone who has a major involvement in SAR. They would then understand how horses can be best utilized in a search, which is an area that has been misunderstood and overlooked by many in SAR.

Horse people will enjoy the booklet because it includes information on subjects such as natural horsemanship, silent alert signals, and some general training rules that every horse person should know. Of course, it also includes the foundation and only of its kind information for training the air scenting horse. But even if you do not plan to train a finished air scenting horse, some of this type of training will increase your awareness of your horse's silent alert signals, which is knowledge that everyone involved in mounted SAR should have. I have been told of several experiences where people were on a missing person search and did not read their horses correctly, therefore it delayed finding the missing subject. I often wonder how many times has this happened on searches and the victim was never found?

The following is a quote from the book that I believe best describes riding an air scenting horse, "A large portion of the time the rider will be merely a observer. You will have the best seat in the house to witness an instinctive phenomena from your horse that most people never before thought possible." Speaking from experience, I can tell you that it is an incredible experience to be in the saddle when this happens. Most importantly, the booklet is about ways to save lives, and that says it all!

Cost of the booklet is $12.50 plus $2.00 for shipping and handling (U.S. funds only). Minnesota residents please add 81¢ for state sales tax per book. For additional booklets add 60¢ per booklet for shipping and handling. For international shipping rates, please inquire first. Please allow approximately two weeks for delivery. Send check or money order to Whirlwind Farms, Inc., 32908 310th Ave. N.W., Argyle, MN 56713. Please include your email address when ordering in case we need to contact you in regards to your order.

In the future we will possibly offer a very limited number of Air Scenting Horses for sale.

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