TRUFFLE HUNTING

We are based in Melbourne and visit multiple farms servicing all around Victoria, Australia.

The rate for a truffle hunting team is $100/hour (+travel) (2025 rate)

When you have a visit from Kovu and Zara you get weeks worth of hunting for just one visit as they will detect truffle which is ripe now and also truffle which is semi ripe. You will be able to harvest the ripe truffle and I will mark the locations of the semi ripe truffle to be revisited in a few weeks time. We find fortnightly or 3 week intervals are best to ensure the truffles are harvested at peak ripeness.

To get the most out of a truffle dog team is for the owner to accompany us and while I am marking the areas Kovu detects truffle you can be harvesting them if they are deemed to be ready.

BUT I ALREADY HAVE A TRUFFLE DOG:

If you already have a truffle dog I would still recommend having a different set of nostrils come through. Different dogs work the fields different ways, different dogs are better in different weather conditions, detect truffles to different depths and varying strengths of odors. We always find extra truffles when going through a farm which has a truffle dog.

TRUFFLE HUNTING EVENT/TOURS

If you have a truffle farm and are doing truffle hunting tours and need a dog to help with your hunting tours, Kovu/Zara is up for the challenge.

Kovu was a Therapy Dog via Alpha Canine Professionals and Delta Therapy dogs before he became a truffle dog. He visited aged care, hospitals, universities and multiple businesses on a weekly basis and thus is used to large crowds of people watching him. In fact he loves the audience. He is very focused on truffle hunting and can ignore any distractions (ducks, cows, kangaroos, other dogs etc etc).

Kovu/Zara has been running truffle events at RedHill Truffles since 2023. They love the meet and greet before the hunt, then get busy with work where they ignore everything except me then lastly the post hunt pats are their favourite as everyone is so happy to pat and praise them.

Please email me for rates and availability for truffle hunting tours.

TRUFFLE DOG TRAINING:

In the off season I have availability to provide 3 levels of truffle dog training courses: Beginner, Intermediate and Advanced.

See the Truffle Dog Training Tab for more information and rates.

Have a look at the Past Students Tab to see who we have trained so far.