What to Do: Days Before a Trial Webinar
Instructor
Dianna L. Santos
The days leading up to the trial can be immensely powerful if we leverage them well. However, poor decisions in the days prior to a trial 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
Stopping the Potty: Tips for Exterior Searches Webinar
Instructor
Dianna L. Santos
You see grass. You see trees. You see vertical spaces. All of this means your dog is going to potty during the search and your heart is racing! What to do?! Find out in this webinar.
Common Issues
Box Smashers Webinar
Instructor
Dianna L. Santos
Do you dread doing container searches with your dog since they love to smash the boxes? Learn some tips to counter this commonplace behavior in this webinar.
Common Issues
Back to Foundations: Containers Webinar
Instructor
Dianna L. Santos
We oftentimes hear the term, "go back to foundations" when it comes to training in Scent Work. Learn what this means, the benefits and how to go about it regarding our cotnainer searches in this webinar.
Common Issues
Conquer the Boogeyman in Your Searches Webinar
Instructor
Dianna L. Santos
Vertical spaces. Distractors, planned and unplanned. Huge search areas. Doing searches on-leash. Regardless of the boogeyman in your Scent Work training, we will discuss how you can confront and conquer it 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.
Learn About Odor
Prepping and Storing Odor Webinar
Instructor
Dianna L. Santos
When it comes to working with the essential oils for Scent Work, there are some important considerations to keep in mind, including how to prepare and store the odor. We discuss this, and more, in this webinar.
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.
Common Issues
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!
AKC Scent Work
Gettin' Ready to Trial: AKC Master Webinar
Instructor
Dianna L. Santos
You've made it and are ready to tackle an AKC Master level class, how exciting! Take this webinar to ensure you, your dog and your team have all the skills necessary to succeed.
Trial Prep
You Can Do It Pup: Building Endurance and Stamina Webinar
Instructor
Dianna L. Santos
To ensure our dogs can indeed be successful in their searches, we should take steps to build their endurance and stamina. We will discuss ways to do so in this webinar.
Common Issues
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.
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
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
Masterful Mazes Webinar
Instructor
Dianna L. Santos
Mazes can be an excellent tool in your Scent Work training toolbox! Learn the benefits of mazes, how you can leverage them and ideas to help inspire you to create your own in 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.
Instructor Program
Instructors: Bark Less, Teach More Webinar
Instructor
Dianna L. Santos
Are you a Scent Work instructor? Then this webinar is for you! We will discuss ways instructors can be more effective in communicating with their human clients, setting them up to be more successful and enjoying the process.
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.
Common Issues
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.
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.
General Scent Work
Video It! Webinar
Instructor
Dianna L. Santos
Let's face it: our memories when we are running our dog in training or at a trial are terrible! Filming our searches is the answer. Learn tips for how to film, equipment to use, technical tips, how to review your vidoes and much more.
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!
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.
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.
Common Issues
Common Pitfalls When Training Scent Work Webinar
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!
Common Issues
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.
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.
Common Issues
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
Scent Work for Sensitive Dogs Webinar
Instructor
Dianna L. Santos
Sensitive dogs can greatly benefit from playing Scent Work. Learn how and what types of special considerations you should keep in mind when working with these dogs, in this webinar.
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.
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.
Cyber Scent Work
Let's Play: Look Up Game Webinar
Instructor
Dianna L. Santos
The Look Up Game in the Cyber Sniffing Games is testing the dog's ability to find elevated hides. Learn how you can prep and train to tackle all the varieties of the Look Up Game in this webinar.
Cyber Scent Work
Let's Play: Pool Party Webinar
Instructor
Dianna L. Santos
Dogs are expected to solve a pooling odor puzzle in Interior, Exterior and Container searches in the Pool Party Game. In this webinar, learn ways to design practice searches to help your dog ace the Pool Party Game.
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.
Common Issues
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.
Skills for All Dogs
5 Mental Games for Winter Webinar
Instructor
Dianna L. Santos
Is your dog cooped up and bouncing off the walls due to inclement weather? Learn 5 fun training games you can play to help take the edge off in this webinar.
Trial Official Program
So, You Want to be a Trial Official Webinar
Instructor
Dianna L. Santos
Firstly, thank you for wanting to give back to the community by becoming a trial official! In this webinar, we will discuss what trial officials are expected to do and how rigorous and demanding the role can truly be.
Common Issues
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.
Common Issues
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?!