Truffle hunters use pigs and mixed-breed dogs to sniff out truffles. Dogs are preferred to pigs because pigs love to eat truffles. Dogs like other food better than truffles, so bread and other treats are used for rewards. The night before a truffle hunt the dog is not fed so it will be eager to find truffles for the treat. Dogs generally do not find young truffles because the odor is too weak. The odor becomes stronger with age as the spores mature.

     We offer the training of dogs for truffle hunting. The cost is $350.00, this includes one jar of truffles.