Common Issues

When it comes to playing Scent Work, there are common issues that dogs, handlers and teams may encounter.

These resources will focus on these common issues and provide helpful solutions and suggestions to get your team back on track.

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On or Off Leash: Deciding Which Option is Right for the Moment Webinar Date January 22nd at 4:30PM PT/5:30PM MT/6:30PM CT/7:30PM ET Instructor Kayla Dever and Samantha Winslow Picture it: you're at the start line, ready to cue your dog to search, and a decision lies before you - should you go on or off leash? Learn how to make the best decision based upon the scenario in this webinar.
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Elevated Hides for the Vertically Challenged Webinar Instructor Lori Timberlake Do you have a smaller dog and are stressing about how they will be able to work out elevated hides? Then this webinar is for you!
Trial Prep Program
What to Do: Days After the Trial Webinar 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.
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Keeping Scent Work FUN! Webinar Instructor Dianna L. Santos Scent Work should be your dog's FAVORITE activity! After all, it is celebrating their most impressive natural instinct. Yet, as we move up the levels, the game starts to morph into work and our dogs may find it to be less fun. Learn how you can keep this activity fun and engaging for them, no matter how challenging the searches become!
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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!
Odor Puzzle
Threshold Hides: From Terrible to Terrific Webinar Instructor Michele Ellertson Threshold hides can be tricky for dog and handler alike! Learn why these hides can be so challenging and ways to better prepare in training with this webinar.
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Wait...Did You Find a Hide?! Webinar Instructor Dianna L. Santos Does your dog buzz around the search area seemingly finding hides without telling you? Learn some solutions with this webinar.
Trial Prep Program
Cause and Cure for False Alerts: Buried Hides Webinar Instructor Dianna L. Santos Do you struggle in the AKC Buried Class, calling false alerts left and right!? Find out why and ways to work on it in this webinar.
Trial Prep Program
Influence of Dog's Reactivity on their Scent Work Training and Trialing Webinar Instructor Sue Sternberg Can a dog’s temperament qualities influence their performance at a Scent Work trial? Does a dog’s reactivity with other dogs affect their distractibility during searches? Sue will discuss this and more in this webinar!
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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.
Sensitive Dogs
Be Brave: Using Scent Work to Build Confidence Webinar Instructor Dianna L. Santos Scent Work is an amazing activity and we can leverage it to help our dogs build their confidence. Learn how in this webinar.
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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.
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Conquering the Environment in Scent Work Webinar Instructor Dianna L. Santos Does it feel as though it is you and your dog v. the environment in your searches? Learn how to better help your dog cope with what the environment throws at them.
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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!
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Lacking Problem Solving? Problem Solved! Webinar Instructor Dianna L. Santos You've received feedback while training or trialing that your dog is "lacking problem-solving skills"...but what does that mean and how can you fix it?! We'll show you in this webinar.
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You Can Do It Pup: Building Focus Webinar Instructor Dianna L. Santos When playing Scent Work with our dogs, we need them to be focused on the task at hand. But there are times, where they are seemingly distracted. "Butterfly!" Learn how to build your dog's focus 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
Skill Building for Elevated Hides Course Instructor Lori Timberlake Learn how to practice for variety of elevated hide odor problems to ensure you're ready for the upper levels of competition!
Handler Skills Program
Reading Your Dog Course Instructor Dianna L. Santos One of the most crucial skills you can have as a handler is being able to properly read your dog.
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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.
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Back to Foundations: Interiors Webinar Instructor Dianna L. Santos Does your dog really understand how to tackle an interior search? Are their foundations solid? Learn how to tell and how to better leverage foundation Interior searches in this webinar.
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It's About More Than Just Stuff Webinar Instructor Dianna L. Santos Are you finding that your dog is obsessed with checking "stuff" when they are searching? Scent Work is about so much! See how you can change up your dog's perspective to focus more on odor as opposed to items within a given space.
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All About Balance: Ways to Build Sniffing Stamina Webinar Instructor Dianna L. Santos You've been officially bit by the Scent Work bug! You are taking classes, workshop, seminars, going to Sniff N' Gos and trials, so much sniffing goodness! But what about your pup? Sure, they love the sniffy game, but can they keep up with all the sniffy plans you have for them?!
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Go Find a New Hide, Please Webinar Instructor Dianna L. Santos Does your dog get stuck a hide they already found? Learn why this happens and how to help them move on to find new hides.
General Scent Work
Components of Scent Work: Value of Odor Webinar Instructor Dianna L. Santos We need our dogs to value the odor they are tasked to hunt for in their Scent Work searches. Learn how to build and maintain their value in this webinar.
Trial Program
Improving Scent Work Trials for Everyone Virtual Symposium Instructor Holly Bushard, Kayla Dever, Michele Ellertson, Tony Gravley, Michael McManus and Lori Timberlake In this roundtable, our panel of speakers discuss what works at Scent Work trials right now, potential pain points and issues, common pitfalls and actionable suggestions helpful for trial hosts, trial officials and competitors alike.
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What's the Issue: Containers Webinar Instructor Dianna L. Santos Is your dog struggling with their Container searches? Learn how to identify potential causes and create a flexible training plan in this webinar.
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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.
Training On Your Own
Considerations: Training Scent Work on Your Own Webinar Instructor Dianna L. Santos When training on our own, there are considerations we should keep in mind to ensure we and our dogs are successful and progressing as expected. Learn what these are and how to maximize on your training in this webinar.
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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!
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When Dog Odor Trumps Target Odor: Sexy Time Webinar Instructor Dianna L. Santos Does your dog obsess about other doggie smells, thinking they need to mark and drool over every spot another dog has visited? In this webinar, we provide reasons why your dog may be doing this and exercises you can try to help them better focus on their Scent Work searches instead.
General Scent Work
Components of Scent Work: Sourcing Webinar Instructor Dianna L. Santos For our dogs to succeed in Scent Work, they must build and maintain their sourcing skills. Afterall, we care about where odor is coming from not where it is traveling to! Learn how we can do this in this webinar.
General Scent Work
Components of Scent Work: Hunting Webinar Instructor Dianna L. Santos In this webinar, we will discuss the importance of building our dog's value in the hunt itself, how doing so will build a resilient and tenacious hunter who will dig in deep to solve their odor puzzles.
General Scent Work
Components of Scent Work: Odor Obedience Webinar Instructor Dianna L. Santos Learn how you may build and maintain your dog's odor obedience when it comes to tackling their Scent Work searches in this webinar.
Skills Beyond Odor
Shrinking Space = Success Webinar Instructor Vicky Lovejoy Scent sports are expanding to all kinds of targets and all sorts of search areas. Many of them may require your dog to navigate tight or complicated spaces, which may not be physically or mentally “comfortable” for them. This webinar works on building tolerance and comfort in tight or confined spaces.
Trial Prep Program
Decoding Toy Obsession in Your Searches Webinar Instructor Dianna L. Santos Do you fret whenever there is a planned toy distractor in your search area? Does your dog seemingly forget all about their hide and become obsessive with the toy instead? Learn why this may happen and possible training solutions in this webinar.
Trial Prep Program
How to Make Your Trial Official (and Instructor) Cringe Webinar Instructor Michele Ellertson Our nerves can cause us to do crazy things at a Scent Work trial...some of which make trial officials cringe. Find out how to avoid these pitfalls and have smiling officials instead!
Handler Skills Program
Leash Handling Skills Course Instructor Laurel Scarioni Do you dread doing searches that are on-leash? You won't after taking this course!
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You Can Do It Pup: Building Independence Webinar Instructor Dianna L. Santos Does your dog seemingly rely on you in their searches? Learn some techniques to help your dog be more independent, confident, resilient and tenacious in this webinar.
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