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Community Exclusive: How to Train Migraine Alert (Scent Training) (Patreon)

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2023-02-16 21:00:01
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I am excited to bring you this exclusive-to-the-community bonus video from Megan after our public interview on the actual process of training her dog to alert her to the scent of her ocular migraines 30 minutes prior to their onset. That's enough time to get her safely home. This alert allowed her to resume driving safely after 7 years of being unable to do so.

I am so grateful for Megan's generosity with her time and story. I hope you enjoy it as well <3

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Izzy

this was so helpful! Thank you both💜💜

Earth2Wendy

It was eye-opening to me to hear Megan’s experience pioneering a training protocol for this rather unique scent alert. Very kind of you both to record and share it!

DOGGY•U
>>102095043

She's absolutely wonderful and went above and beyond as a first time SD owner-trainer. I was impressed the minute I started working with her! Glad you enjoyed it!

Teresita Acosta

Wow! This is amazing! Great job, such a delicate process. I am very glad it worked. Thank you for sharing!!

Melody Townsend

This was excellent!!!!!!! Thank her so much for me!! And thank you Laura!!

Becky Coley

How did you find a scent trainer?

Becky Coley

This was so helpful and thank you for sharing!

DOGGY•U
>>106468671

Megan worked with a local recommended positive reinforcement training facility and took basic scent training classes, and then I believe some private lessons from that trainer. Alternatively, there are online training platforms that can be helpful for scent-work if there isn't a local class nearby. Super Sniffers by Debby Kay is a popular program, among others. Hope that helps!

Cheyanne Smith

What age would you suggest beginning this process? I wouldn't want to burn out my puppy by starting too early.

Shauna

Would this work for seizure alert as well? If so at what age can you start training for this.

DOGGY•U
>>123790936

Hi Shauna! I am not a scentwork expert and recommend that you seek out a trainer that specializes in this type of work for questions related to seizure alert. For a long time it was believed that a dog either alerted to seizures, or they didn't. Now there's some anecdotal evidence of it being trained with scent, but I don't believe there are any scientific studies of it yet. That being said, you can start a puppy on odor (if that is how you're training the seizure alert) pretty much right away. I recommend you start with a few nosework classes first though to teach the puppy about scentwork.

Clau Holsch T

Very interesting. I would like to train my dog to alert. I have chronic migraines with no aura or known triggers. They come and go daily, but I’m hoping she can alert so I can take a preventive medicine. Is it possible to use old glass jars to storage the scents? Or do they have to be new to be sterile to have no smells? If I have cotton pads that have been open, do they still work or has to be a new bag? Just wondering because I understand the importance of avoiding scent cross contamination. THANKS!

DOGGY•U
>>131300144

Hey Clau! Unfortunately, I'm not a scent work expert. The little I do know would make me think that you would need to use new, or somehow sterilized jars, and that a new bag of swabs would be ideal, but I don't know for sure. I recently came across a trainer that does a lot of scent-based training. You might want to check out what she offers for classes regarding SD scent work: https://www.deltatails.com/

Karen Hill

How old was Archie when Megan started to do the initial scent training on birch?

DOGGY•U
>>150901761

I believe they were around 6 months or so when they started general scentwork training, but it might have been sooner. I would recommend getting started as soon as possible with general nosework skills and independent searches.