Where can I find truffle dog training in the US?
There are very few places that offer truffle dog training in the U.S. (we only know of two trainers: Pasqual Sricco in New Jersey and Trifecta Training in Oregon. The general principal is to start when the dog is young, and get them used to the scent of truffles by having them fetch a sock with mature truffles inside, and gradually work up to finding the hidden, then buried sock. Some folks have used a pungent cheese (like limburger) as a surrogate for mature truffles. Some links to accounts of truffle dog training are below: Truffle dog training in Italy A history of training poodles Hunting truffles with dogs in France Hunting truffles with dogs in Alba There is also an article about truffle dogs (“Sniffing Around”) in the October 2006 edition of The Bark magazine. Back to top…
