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NW Truffle Dogs

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NW Truffle Dogs provides a unique training opportunity. If you have dog training experience, and would like to find out if we have availabilty for trainers in your area, contact us for more information.

NW Truffle Dogs
NW Truffle Dogs

NW Truffle Dogs

The Oregon Truffle Festival leads in promoting the exclusive use of truffle dogs to ensure harvest of the highest quality truffles while preventing the environmental harm caused by raking. NW Truffle Dogs has partnered with the Oregon Truffle Festival to produce the Truffle Dog Training Seminar held at the Festival each January, and in the development of standards for certification of truffles harvested by trained truffle dogs.

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European truffles retail for around $500—$600 per pound. Oregon is home to several wonderful culinary truffles that can indeed rival their European counterparts for more than $300 per pound. In any market the only truffle of any culinary value is an aromatic one and the only way to consistently locate fragrant, ripe truffles is through the use of specially trained canines.

There are not enough truffle dogs to harvest Oregon's native wild truffle crop. NW Truffle Dogs has set out to fill this unique market niche and bring the joy of harvesting wild edibles to adventurous souls and their favorite four legged companions.

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2012 - The New York Times : In Oregon, Truffles Are No Match for Wet Noses
2012 - Portland Tribune and Community Newspapers - Picking up the scent of 'black diamonds'
2012 - Bark Inspiration in the New York Times The Bark
2012 - The K9 Guy - Dog News, OR
2012 - Portland Tribune and Community Newspapers - Portland Tribune and Community Newspapers
2012 - Portland Tribune and Community Newspapers - Portland Tribune and Community Newspapers
2012 - OregonLive
2012 - JoCoSAR Blog Clackamas County Truffles Are No Match for Wet Noses
2012 - Paw Nation : Oregon Truffles on the Rise
2012 - Working Dogs Nobody Knows The Truffles They've Seen
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