Easily accessible for anybody working with horses at any level, scentwork can be done in small areas as well as in larger spaces on various surfaces. Whether veterinarian, behaviourist, trainer, animal-assisted therapist, equine physiotherapist, osteopath, or interested horse owner, this book promises to bring both you and the horse enormous benefits, strengthening the human-animal bond.

Rachaël Draaisma has always lived with and had a passion for dogs and horses. In 2002, she decided to make it her profession. Achieving several diplomas, she started to work full time as a trainer and behavioural consultant, first with dogs, later with horses. Her best-selling book Language Signs and Calming Signals of Horses, published by CRC Press in 2017, has been translated into several languages. Another pillar of Draaisma´s working life with horses revolves around equine mental stimulation and scentwork, and she has developed an extensive method to undertake scent tracking with horses, a new tool in enriching the human-equine relationship. Draaisma travels throughout Europe and the globe to provide workshops and lectures on calming signals of horses, equine mental stimulation, and scentwork.

You can purchase scent bags to aid your scentwork practice at the author's personal website: [...] or [...]

-- There is a huge gap in the market of books regarding specific enrichment techniques for equines. Many books focus on training and a few on behaviour, but none specifically on enrichment and also none on the subject of nose work.

--- The unique feature of this book that sets it apart from most other horse training books is that it centres around how the HORSE will benefit from the training. Most other books arise out of viewpoint of "how can the humans make the horse do what we want". This book could therefore be a game changer in the equine world, precluding the start of a change in how we manage and understand horses.

--- The author's research and knowledge of this field is groundbreaking: Draaisma holds great experience in analyzing the stress levels of horses and many hours of practical scent work and mental stimulation. She is extremely active,lecturing and training people all around the world. Her previous CRC Press book, 'Language Signs and Calming Signals of Horses' (ISBN 9781138070158 - CAT# K33622) has sold almost 5000 copies since Oct 17.

--- Extremely broad market due to author's accessible pitch and practical content: the mixture of scientific background chapters combined with very straightforward "how to-explanations" mean this appeals at all levels. Could be used in rehabilitation centres (enrichment could include scentwork, in rehab programmes for horses with behavioural issues), also as a recommended text at universities and vet schools offering equine behaviour and training qualifications. Leisure and competitive equines are found in most places across the globe, and this can be used by anybody working with horses competitively or otherwise. It could even be used in police training and search & rescue. There´s a growing movement in the US (i.e., new training center in New Mexico - Terra Nova Training) focusing on positive training. These groups would be very interested in the book.

-- Has accompanying videos showing scentwork in action