Truffle Dog Company

12/01/2025

Our friend Dawn Meiklejohn was interviewed on the below podcast. It was very informative.
Thank you Dawn for explaining your experiences with truffles

Podcast Episode · Cedar Falls Mycology Podcast · 01/11/2025 · 49m

11/01/2025

California, our thoughts and prayers are with all of you in this difficult time- all of us at Truffle Dog Company.

05/01/2025

What a great way to start 2025!
Flora found Alpine Truffle’s 1st Perigord today. Aziz has been waiting 6 years for this day. Lots of hugs and big smiles happened at the tree. Alpine Truffle inoculates baby trees with Perigord spores. When they are youngsters the journey begins for them to go to orchards. Just to much fun to be part of Aziz journey! Flora says it is time for a nap!

01/01/2025

I hope everyone had a great last day of 2024 !
Mora and Delta found thier 1st wild black truffles today and Cowboy enjoyed showing guests how much fun truffle hunting is !

01/01/2025

Happy new year to all! We had a great day with students in the field as part of the ‘Hunt with Us’ —-part of our advanced class series where students come out with our experienced dogs in the field…but one of the personal highlights and kudos go to both Miss Mora and Miss Delta who both found their very first truffles solo!!!

We’re so excited for these two girls as they develop into fabulous hunting dogs and partners!
Here’s to the future year and happy new year to all!

Special thanks to Pam Parker for capturing some of the photos and videos which we will use in class for what to do and what not to do! 😂

18/12/2024

What a feast we had at Caelesta Wines, Vineyard, and Truffière. The next morning guests went on a truffle hunt at the orchard.
There are still more events and you to can put your head in the truffle hole 🙂
They are located in Templeton just outside of Paso Robles.

04/12/2024

Interested in learning about mushrooms?
Savor the Wild Tours is still offering classes called Seattle Mushroom Foraging 101. I have gone on a couple of their events and I highly recommend them !
I was invited to scout some sites and below are some photos of what we found. Golden chanterelles, yellowfoot aka winter chanterelles, hedgehogs and Matsutakes.
TDC is doing a joint event of truffle hunting then clam and oyster harvesting in the spring. We will keep you posted.

02/12/2024

We're having our 1st ever Cyber Monday Sale. 15% off Wild Adventures (if you Book Today Only!) - Including our special Truffiere & Wild Hunt on Jan. 18th, Discount on Jan F1 Class, and 50% off ALL webinars as we gear up for the season! We highly recommend the Wild Animals one if you're headed out to the woods! Take a look at our Newsletter and we hope to see you soon!
https://mailchi.mp/truffledogcompany/february-truffle-events-experiences-classes-16572826

29/11/2024

SALE ON NOW MONDAY 8 am - 5 pm TODAY ONLY OR until Gone! CLICK LINK NOW!!!!!
https://truffledogcompany.com/product-category/instruction-all/online-classes/foundations-1/

20/11/2024

Welcome to with Mr. Magnificent, aka Perry. Perry, being short for “Perigord” which is what he finds, very successfully for his humans on their Truffière nestled at the southern end of the Willamette Valley at Cartwright Truffiere. He’s a New Year’s Eve baby, and now a seasoned Perigord truffle hunter.

Being the Mascot of the Truffière, Perry is ever present, and ever magnificent, hence his moniker “Mr. Magnificent”. There are many great stories about Perry, from his mom's original worry about getting a Brittany with enough drive to work-- to which I (Alana) said, “Linnet, it’s a Brittany. You’ll be fine…" to the trials and tribulations of being the lone Brittany in a family of Rhodesian Ridgebacks (yes, they hunt too) and Rhodesian ridgeback lovers. He's the 1st Brittany in the family, who have never had a bird dog (any Brittany owner can commiserate with this), to that time, recently, his dream came true and he actually CAUGHT a squirrel (isn’t that every dog's dream?) When he’s not hunting truffles, he takes care of kitties, visitors, and even some pests on the property— as mentioned ;)

He’s a dreamboat in my book.

You can meet him, give him LOTS of snuggles and pets, and learn all about how to grow truffles- and many, many Perry Stories at our upcoming Truffle Growing Workshop on Dec. 7th & 8th. There a few spots still available so we’re opening it up to the public. It’ll be a great chance to learn all about how to grow truffles, hunt truffles, and how not to damage your rotator cuff following your Brittany through the truffle orchard 😅. So come give Perry some love, and check out the Workshop if you’re curious about growing truffles (or already have a plantation in the ground- this is heavy on science and USEFUL info for you as farmers!)

18/11/2024

13/11/2024

We just moved the location of our Mushroom 101 hunt on Sunday to the Redmond, Wa area- Yay for closer to town! If you’re new to mushrooms this is a great opportunity to learn how to identify some of the tastier edible species this time of year including chanterelles, winter chanterelles (a personal favorite), some boletes, and russulas! If you’re a beginner, it's an especially great place to start! Hope you can join Moshe out in the woods! Moshrooming

https://truffledogcompany.com/product/mushroom101-nov-24/

11/11/2024

In Honor of Veteran’s day we are bringing you a day early to celebrate one of our Veterans who has contributed so much to our Truffle community here in the Pacific Northwest.

For those of you who haven’t already, please meet Aaron & Georgie.

Georgie is a 2 1/2 year old female Pembroke Welsh Corgi that is not simply a pet, but a companion to Aaron, an Afghan war vet. Georgie helps her handler with back pain and PTSD. Georgie has been trained in advanced obedience and Parkour training to also help with her truffle hunting! She has quickly become an advanced truffle hunter who has helped other handlers and their dogs get out in the woods and find truffles. Georgie’s favorite treat is string cheese and she loves taking long rides in the car.... (usually to truffle locations)!

Those of you who have had the pleasure of meeting Aaron (& Georgie) know them for their unending kindness and generosity. They are very humble, but have helped a great many teams get out in the woods to hunt. You’ll have a chance to meet Aaron and Georgie at some events this upcoming season, as they’ll be leading a few adventures for us this year in Washington (up now on the website to sign up!) and helping advanced students get out and get some practice in the field. Next time you see them, give them a hearty hello and thank them for all they do. And a Big thank you to all our Veterans, this and every day.

08/11/2024

Curious what it takes to farm truffles successfully here in the US?

We have only a couple of spaces left at our growers management workshop Dec. 7 & 8th at Cartwright Truffiere in Oregon where you too can learn some of the most up to date management techniques to grow truffles! If you couldn’t make it to NATGA in KY this year, this is a great opportunity to come learn. While this is heavy on science and gear towards individuals who have truffle trees in the ground already, it’sa great jumping off point for anyone looking to get started seriously.

And you might get to try or new cocktail- the Truffled Velvet (made with Perigord) or the Moss & Moonlight made with our native black truffles!!

Hope to see you soon!
(Link in bio- sin as we can or check on website!)

05/11/2024

If you missed the last chanterelle hunt with Savor the Wild and TDC you have another chance Nov 17th. Its great fun and lots of mushrooms are found.
So mark your calendar and sign up !

03/11/2024

Stopped in on the Woodinville In-Person Foundations Mixed Class today. Looks like Erica is working with two nice teams. Sage and Spice did a nice job working on truffle scent targets!
I think along with Victoria’s on line class and Erica’s in person class you will have a very reliable truffle dog !

30/10/2024

TDC attended the 2024 NATGA ( North American Truffle Growers Association ) annual meeting in Kentucky. Very informative, great food, getting to meeting new growers and best of all some good laughs!