Drive to Source

One of our many objectives when training Scent Work should be to build and maintain the dog's deisre to drive into source, or get as close to source as they physically can when searching. Cultivating this desire and effort, as opposed to a "is this close enough" approach is key.

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Nose Poke Alert Webinar Instructor Holly Bushard Explore ways to increase a dog’s excitement about getting to source, staying at source, and communicating about source with this information-packed webinar.
Small Dogs
Nose Work for Small Dogs Webinar Instructor Michele Ellertson Small dogs are faced with additional challenges that large dogs aren’t when it comes to Nose Work. Learn about these challenges, how to tackle them and ways to handle small dogs in Nose Work searches in this webinar.
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The Power of Pairing: Search Monster Webinar Instructor Tony Gravley Learn the power of pairing and Tony's unique system that has afforded his clients to enjoy epic results where dogs consistently drive to source, avoid fringing and are not tripped up by distractors.
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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!
Common Issues
Maintaining and Troubleshooting the Nose Poke Alert Webinar Instructor Holly Bushard Have you taken the Noke Poke Alert Webinar? Perhaps you have been practicing building a nose poke alert with your own dog. Are you looking for more tips on how to maintain this behavior and cope with any issues you may running into? This webinar is for you!
Trial Prep
Hunt Drive Webinar Instructor Tony Gravley What is actual hunt drive? Does your dog have adequate hunt drive and how can you get the most out of your dogs hunt drive? Learn all of this and more in this informative webinar.
Trial Prep
Odor Drive: How To Train to Maintain Webinar Instructor Jill Kovacevich Let's discuss odor drive! Enjoy an in depth discussion on what odor drive is, why it is important for scent detection sport dogs, how we can assess what drive gear our dogs are in when they are searching, when to train odor drive and how to maintain it.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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: 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: Handler Communication Webinar Instructor Dianna L. Santos The final installment in this webinar series, we discuss the importance of handler communication, how it can affect the totality of the search, ways to develop, finetune and maintain this skill and more.
General Scent Work
Components of Scent Work: Dog Communication Webinar Instructor Dianna L. Santos In this webinar, we will delve into the crucial component of our dog's communication to us as they are tackling a Scent Work search, how this goes beyond a final trained response and much more.

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