Advanced Topics Program

Become the best Scent Work team you can be by delving into specific skills, handling techniques and becoming a mindful and thinking trainer.

Advanced Topics Program
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Advanced Topics Program
Building Endurance in Scent Work Course
Instructor: Dianna L. Santos

Scent Work can be exhausting! Learn how to build your dog's searching, and overall, endurance.
Advanced Topics Program
Building Speed in Scent Work Course
Instructor: Dianna L. Santos

While every dog is an individual with a unique way of hunting, each can improve their efficiency and speed while searching.
Advanced Topics Program
Building Independence in Scent Work Course
Instructor: Dianna L. Santos

Your dog is the one with the nose and they have to know to trust it and not cue solely off you! So, let's work on building independent hunting!
Advanced Topics Program
Now What Do I Do?! How to Build Your Dream Team Course
Instructor: Judith Guthrie

Diagnose your searches, come up with plan and have the answers to the "when, why and how's" of building YOUR dream Scent Work team!
Advanced Topics Program
Passive Alerts: How, Why and Possible Pitfalls Webinar
Instructor: Michael McManus

Many people want a trained final response on their Scent Work dog. In this webinar, Michael discusses what passive alerts really are, how you can go about training them and possible pitfalls to be aware of should you do so.
Advanced Topics Program
Zone Training in Nosework Webinar
Instructor: Michele Ellertson

The way we set up our searches in training provides an experience for the dog. We want to make sure those experiences curate the type of searcher we’re looking for. Zone training can help.
Common Issues
Fearless Open Areas with Confidence Webinar
Instructor: Judith Guthrie

Do large open areas in search area give you anxiety? Unsure how to tackle them? Learn how in this webinar!
Advanced Topics Program
Building an Effective Nosework Training Plan for Dog Owners Webinar
Instructor: Michele Ellertson

Breaking down complex ideas into smaller pieces helps our dogs better understand. Learn how you can do this in Nosework, designing effective training plans, with this webinar!
Advanced Topics Program
More Than Odor: Environmental Considerations Webinar
Instructor: Judith Guthrie

There's more to competing in Scent Work than just the odor. We must learn to prepare for all the vast possible environmental considerations. Learn how in this webinar.
Advanced Topics Program
Finding the Dog's Motivation in Scent Work Webinar
Instructor: Dianna L. Santos

Our dogs MUST want to use their nose if we have any hope in being successful in Scent Work! Learn ways to identify what motivates your dog in this webinar.
Advanced Topics Program
Using Play in Scent Work Webinar
Instructor: Dianna L. Santos

As handlers, we need to have as many tools at our disposal as possible. Play can an extremely effective way to keep the game fun for our dogs.
Advanced Topics Program
The Professional Companion Dog Webinar
Instructor: Khara Schuetzner

Learn the differences and similarities of companion dogs versus professional dogs and some fun games to play with your pup and how to work as a team.
Advanced Topics Program
Hierarchy of Behavior: What Is It and Why It Matters Webinar
Instructor: Judith Guthrie

Judith Guthrie grants Scent Work University license to feature her courses, seminars and webinars on our online dog training platform. All of the content in this online webinar is created by, owned by, and the rights to the content, are reserved to Judith Guthrie.
Advanced Topics Program
Training to Plan; Planning to Train Webinar
Instructor: Michael McManus

Being thoughtful trainers is something all Scent Work handlers should strive for. In this webinar, we discuss how to go about building a training plan with our dog.
Advanced Topics Program
Mindful Goal Setting Webinar
Instructor: Dianna L. Santos

Setting realistic short- and long-term Scent Work goals can help us stay motivated and honest. We discuss how to go about doing this, specifically for Scent Work, in this webinar.
Trial Prep
Train a Freeze Indication Webinar
Instructor: Michele Ellertson

In this webinar, Michele will talk about all the steps involved in how to create the behavior of a nose freeze, how to proof it and perhaps most importantly, why and how it could go wrong!
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