CEU Opportunities

Below are the online dog training courses, seminars and webinars that have been approved for CEUs through CCPDT, KPA and/or NACSW. View the course description for details on the CEUs offered.

CEU Opportunities
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Common Issues
Back to Foundations: Exteriors Webinar
Instructor: Dianna L. Santos

It can be so easy to get swooped up into setting snazzy and flashy exterior searches but ensuring your dog has solid foundations is crucially important! Learn why and how to incorporate these foundation exercises into your routine with this webinar.
General Scent Work
Well-Rounded Sniffing Webinar
Instructor: Lori Timberlake

In this webinar, Lori discusses ways handlers can keep their Scent Work training fresh, exciting and continuing to build skills for dog and handler alike.
Common Issues
You Can Do It Pup: Building Efficiency Webinar
Instructor: Dianna L. Santos

When it comes to searching, one of our goals is for our dogs to be as efficient and effective as possible. Learn some exercises and approaches in this webinar to weave into your training sessions.
Proofing
Find Your Hide - Proofing for Food and Toys Webinar
Instructor: Dianna L. Santos

The most common planned distractors found within Scent Work search areas are food and toy distractors. Proofing our dogs off these distractors is a key element to any training program. Learn how to do just that in this webinar.
Common Issues
What's the Issue: Vehicles Webinar
Instructor: Dianna L. Santos

Do you and your dog find Vehicle searches challenging and frustrating? Figuring out WHY will help you better devise a training solution. We discuss how you can do just that in this webinar.
Trial Prep Program
Cause and Cure for False Alerts: Interior Searches Webinar
Instructor: Dianna L. Santos

Do you struggle with blind Interior searches? Find out why false alerts occur and possible training solutions in this webinar.
Trial Prep Program
Cause and Cure for False Alerts: Container Searches Webinar
Instructor: Dianna L. Santos

Do you struggle with blind Container searches? Find out why false alerts occur and possible training solutions in this webinar.
Common Issues
The Floor is Lava Webinar
Instructor: Kayla Dever and Samantha Winslow

Are slippery surfaces something your dog struggles with when tackling interior searches? Get solutions in this webinar!
Instructor Program
Instructors: Teaching and Training Scent Work Foundations Seminar
Instructor: Dianna L. Santos

Are you an instructor looking to start offering Scent Work classes? Perhaps you are currently teaching and looking to further evaluate or build upon your program? This seminar is for you! We will walk through the program we offer through Scent Work University to help you develop your own!
Trial Prep Program
It's What’s Inside that Counts: A Study of Interior Searches Webinar
Instructor: Dana Zinn

Interior searches can be tricky for many teams. Learn all the ins and outs, from hide placement to training and trialing Interiors with this webinar!
Trial Prep
Conquering Crack Hides Webinar
Instructor: Holly Bushard

Crack hides can be challenging. Learn tips and tricks on how to train for and tackle these hides in this webinar.
Live Webinar
Mastering the Big Picture: Preparing for Elite & Summit Level Nosework Webinar
Date: December 17th at 10:00AM PT/11:00AM MT/12:00PM CT/1:00PM ET
Instructor: Michele Ellertson

You are embarking on your Elite or Summit journey. Learn how to balance efficiency with thoroughness, develop handling plans that adapt in real time, and build the skills needed to succeed at Elite and Summit level trials.
Live Webinar
What the Nose Knows and the Camera Sees Webinar
Date: October 23rd at 4:30PM PT/7:30PM ET
Instructor: Ana Cilursu

Whether you’re learning about changes of behavior, fine-tuning your observation skills, working on your handling or everything in between, this webinar will show you how to use video to recognize patterns and behaviors, build clearer communication, expand your knowledge and take your Scent Work to the next level.
Common Issues
Back to Foundations: Vehicles Webinar
Instructor: Dianna L. Santos

Vehicle searches can be challenging for dog and handler alike. Ensuring your foundation is solid is the key to success. Learn why and how to implement helpful foundation exercises with this webinar.
Trial Prep Program
Intentional Practice for the Extreme Webinar
Instructor: Vicky Lovejoy

Help your dog develop the skills they need to tackle a variety of searches regardless of what the search area throws at them. Great for trial-prep or simply taking your sniffing game to the next level.
Field Trip Training
Field Trip Training On Your Own Webinar
Instructor: Dianna L. Santos

Field trip training is an important part of any Scent Work training regiment. The question is: are you getting the most out of these sessions when you are training on your own.
Puppy Sniffing Program
Raising Your Scent Work Puppy Webinar
Instructor: Judith Guthrie

Start your Scent Work puppy off right and understand what it takes to make a competitive dog from puppyhood on up with this webinar.
Trial Prep Program
Barrier Training: What Is It and Why It Matters Webinar
Instructor: Judith Guthrie

Barrier training can help our dogs better understand a variety of odor puzzles in all four search elements. Learn how you can leverage barrier training in this webinar.
Live Webinar
Common Pitfalls When Training Scent Work Webinar
Date: September 15th at 4:30PM PT/7:30PM ET
Instructor: Dianna L. Santos

There are some common pitfalls that can occur when training Scent Work. Take this webinar to ensure you do not fall victim to them as well!
General Scent Work
What is a Purposeful Search Webinar
Instructor: Judith Guthrie

You've heard the importance of being purposeful when designing your searches. Learn what it means to be purposeful, how to plan your training even if you only have 10 minutes, how to quickly decide what you should do in an environment and more.
Intro to Odor Program
Pairing: Why and How Webinar
Instructor: Dianna L. Santos

A powerful training technique, we delve into what pairing is, why we use it and how you can incorporate it into your own Scent Work training.
Trial Prep Program
Start Lines: From Beginning to End Webinar
Instructor: Lori Timberlake

Your start lines matter and can shape the entirety of your search! Learn how and the ways to ensure your start line routine is as good as possible in this webinar.
Trial Prep Program
Pairing: Use to Prep for Trialing Webinar
Instructor: Dianna L. Santos

In preparing to tackle a trial, you are wondering how you can build your dog's enthusiasm and clarity for the game. Learn how to leverage pairing to do this and more in this webinar.
Common Issues
My Head Hurts: Dealing with Frustration Threshold in Scent Work Webinar
Instructor: Dianna L. Santos

Solving odor puzzles is hard! Many dogs will give up on challenging searches when they meet their frustration threshold. Learn how to help these dogs stick with the puzzle instead, even when their heads hurt.
Trial Prep Program
Trial Prep for Sensitive Dogs Webinar
Instructor: Dianna L. Santos

Scent Work is a wonderful activity in that it can help sensitive dogs gain new confidence. Trialing may even be in these dog's future, however these events can be rather challenging environments for any dog to deal with, not to mention a sensitive dog!
Trial Prep Program
Scent Work for Reactive Dogs Webinar
Instructor: Dianna L. Santos

Scent Work is an amazing activity for all dogs, but especially for reactive dogs. Learn how you can ensure this activity is beneficial and safe for reactive dogs.
Learn About Odor
Odor Series Part 2: Convergence Webinar
Instructor: Judith Guthrie

Learn what convergence is, what it looks like, and the best ways to help your dog learn how to be the best puzzle solver they can be in this webinar.
Handler Skills Program
Wait, Quit or Help Webinar
Instructor: Dianna L. Santos

When your dog is struggling with a search, you have three choices: wait them out, call it quits or step in to help. We discuss the pros and cons of each in this webinar.
Trial Prep
From Easily Frustrated to Joyful Searchers Webinar
Instructor: Vicky Lovejoy

High-arousal dogs can easily become frustrated and overwhelmed in their searches. Learn techniques in this webinar to help these dogs develop more resilience and focus.
Trial Prep Program
Blast Busters Webinar
Instructor: Holly Bushard

Are you struggling with your dog blasting off from the start line as if a rocket were strapped to them? Learn how to help our over-the-top dogs come off of the start-line focused on odor in this webinar.
Trial Prep Program
Sighthounds and Scent Work: Does It Work Webinar
Instructor: Holly Bushard

It takes a bit of courage to trial behind a sighthound! Holly will cover reinforcement strategies, acclimation ideas and training plans and discuss trial testing techniques to increase reliability and fun!
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.
Trial Prep Program
Why Stress is Good Webinar
Instructor: Michael McManus and Natalie McManus

Dogs and handlers encounter stress both within and outside their searches. Learn how to better cope with this stress using targeted exercises meant for both ends of leash in this webinar.
High-Drive Dogs
Keep Your Head: Maintaining Good Arousal in Nosework Webinar
Instructor: Michele Ellertson

Finding your dog's ideal arousal level in Scent Work is crucial, so they are not over-aroused and unable to think or focus. Learn helpful techniques with this webinar!
Training for Trainers
Instructors: Canine Body Behavior and Consultations Webinar
Instructor: Dianna L. Santos

As instructors, it is essential that we properly read what our canine clients are saying. Learn tips on how to do so, ways to be proactive and set your clients up for success in private and semi-private consultations.
Training for Trainers
Instructors: Canine Body Behavior and Teaching Classes Webinar
Instructor: Dianna L. Santos

When teaching a group dog training class, it is essential for instructors to properly read what their canine clients are saying. Learn ways to do so, keep tensions low and set your clients up for success in this webinar.
Live Webinar
Performance Redefined: Agility to Nosework Webinar
Date: October 24th at 3:00PM PT/4:00PM MT/5:00PM CT/6:00PM ET
Instructor: Vicky Lovejoy

Agility requires handler focus whereas Nosework demands an entirely different dynamic between dog and handler. In this webinar, learn how to help overcome these challenges and make for a smoother transition from agility to Nosework.
Live Webinar
What to Do: Days After the Trial Webinar
Date: September 29th at 4:30PM PT/7:30PM ET
Instructor: Dianna L. Santos

Opportunities abound in the days immediately after attending a trial. We discuss what these are and how to identify what will work best for you and your dog in this webinar.
Live Webinar
What to Do: Days Before a Trial Webinar
Date: September 22nd at 4:30PM PT/7:30PM ET
Instructor: Dianna L. Santos

The days leading up to the trial can be immensely powerful if we leverage them well or they can set our team back! Learn some of the possibilities and how to assess what will work best for your team in this webinar.
Common Issues
Fading Pairing: Yay or Nay Webinar
Instructor: Dianna L. Santos

Pairing is an incredibly effective training method when it comes to Scent Work, but a common question is how to go about fading pairing in training. In this webinar, we discuss if fading is necessary and how to do so, if a handler chooses that route.
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