General Scent Work Skills

There are general Scent Work skills all dog and handler teams will need to work on and perfect during their sniffing journeys.

These resources will help you and your dog master these skills!

General Scent Work Skills
    58 products
    Sniffy Fun
    50 Sniffy Fun Challenges eBook
    Instructor: Dianna L. Santos

    Whether your dog is hunting for food, toys or target odors, playing the Scent Work game for fun or getting ready to compete, you will find these challenges fun, engaging and flexible enough so that you can make them your own.
    General Scent Work
    Catalog of Odor Puzzles eBook
    Instructor: Dianna L. Santos

    Wouldn't it be nice to have a resource which listed all the various odor puzzles we can offer our dog when training Scent Work? Look no further than this helpful eBook.
    Sniffy Fun
    Winter Sniffy Fun Challenge eBook
    Instructor: Dianna L. Santos

    While it is true that Scent Work is done in all sorts of weather, it can be difficult to come up with the inspiration to do so in the dead of winter! Never fear, the Winter Sniffy Fun Challenge eBook is here!
    Trial Prep Program
    P for Pronounced or Pee? Webinar
    Instructor: Sue Sternberg

    Have you ever been puzzled as to whether your dog was working a hide, was invested in dog odor or getting ready to potty? In this webinar, Sue will show the differences between a dog sniffing doggy odors vs a dog sniffing target odors.
    Trial Prep
    Why Games in Nose Work are Serious Business Webinar
    Instructor: Michael McManus and Natalie McManus

    Games are an amazing catalyst for learning. Michael and Natalie will discuss how we can use them in Nose Work to incentivize important skills and strategies for dogs and handlers (especially handlers)!
    Sniffy Fun
    Winter Sniffy Fun 3.0 Challenge eBook
    Instructor: Dianna L. Santos

    Beat the winter blues by tackling these 36 unique challenges, each offer easier and challenging modifications as well as images and diagrams to get your creative juices flowing!
    Sniffy Fun
    Winter Sniffy Fun 2.0 Challenge eBook
    Instructor: Dianna L. Santos

    Written in a way to get the creative juices flowing, each of the 32 unique challenges is posed highlighting the types of hides you may use, the search element to tackle, what the training goal is as well as easier and more challenging modifications.
    Skills Beyond Odor
    Puzzle Pieces of Scent Work eBook
    Instructor: Dianna L. Santos

    In this eBook, we will lay out what the puzzle pieces are when it comes to Scent Work and provide some ideas on how we can ensure to spend the necessary time and attention on each.
    Advanced Topics Program
    Field Trip Training Suggestions eBook
    Instructor: Dianna L. Santos

    Once a dog understands what the game of Scent Work is all about, it is time to embark on some field trip searches. This eBook is written to provide handlers with some ideas and suggestions on how they can design and run their field trip searches.
    Trial Prep
    Are You Getting Any Better? Webinar
    Instructor: Tony Gravley

    Do you know if you and your dog are progressing in your skills and abilities as expected? Learn to assess if you are on track, stagnanting or backsliding in 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.
    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.
    For Everyone
    Let's Get Inspired: Creative Search Areas
    Instructor: Dianna L. Santos

    Are you starting to dread your practice and training sessions? Do all of your searches feel the same? Are you BORED? Let's help you feel inspired again, learning how to design some creative searches!
    Foundation Sniffing Program
    A Comprehensive Scent Work Glossary
    Instructor: Dianna L. Santos

    All the jargon, terms and lingo associated with Scent Work can be daunting for those new to activity. Learn what all this means in this easy-to-ready eBook!
    Reactive Dogs
    Primary, Paired and Odor Hides: Choosing the Hide for the Training Challenge Webinar
    Instructor: Christina Young

    When it comes to our reactive, sensitive or less-confident dogs, we want to ensure we are setting them up for success during training. This includes mindfully choosing the hide type they are hunting for. Learn how to do just that in this webinar.
    Live Seminar
    Odor Puzzles: Training and Trial Prep Seminar
    Date: October 19th at 12:30PM PT/3:30PM ET
    Instructor: Dianna L. Santos

    Have you ever wondered what all the odor puzzles your dog must be exposed to and learn to master are to be successful in Scent Work? Find out in this seminar!
    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
    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.
    General Scent Work
    What Are You Training Webinar
    Instructor: Judith Guthrie

    Learn how to distinguish WHAT you are working on, WHY you would work on it and WHEN it is best to do so in relation to other concepts and skills.
    Live Webinar
    Odor Observation: How to Read Your Dog and Become a Proficient Trial Team Webinar
    Date: September 17th at 4:00PM PT/5:00PM MT/7:00PM ET
    Instructor: Jill Kovacevich

    Ask yourself, as a nosework and scentwork handler, how would you rank your skill set to read your dog working odor? Learn how to become a proficient odor observer in this webinar. It is more than "watching" your dog, it is watching your dog work ODOR.
    Advanced Topics Program
    From Boxes to Real-Life Searches eBook
    Instructor: Dianna L. Santos

    Our latest eBook is geared toward those dog and handler teams who may have been doing introductory box searches and are itching to embark on more "real-life searches
    Training On Your Own
    Creative Searches at Home Webinar
    Instructor: Dianna L. Santos

    Bad weather. Crazy schedules. There are lots of reasons why you may not want to do a field trip with your searches. Learn some ways you can be creative right from the comfort of your own home.
    Trial Prep
    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.
    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.
    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! With that in mind, we discuss the benefits of videoing our training and trialing sessions to review later.
    Rescue Dogs
    Nose Work: Perfect Activity for Dogs in Rescue Webinar
    Instructor: Lori Timberlake

    If you’re active in shelter or rescue work and just don’t know how to better enrich the dogs’ lives in your care, this webinar is for you.
    Skills Beyond Odor
    Parkour to Benefit Nose Work Dogs Webinar
    Instructor: Lori Timberlake

    Do you have a timid Nose Work dog? Does your dog worry about different flooring, going into tight spaces, going to new places? Dog parkour may be just the thing!
    Proofing
    Intelligent Disobedience...SAY WHAT?!?!? Webinar
    Instructor: Judith Guthrie

    Ever heard of intelligent disobedience? Want to know what it is? How to implement it? Why you may need it?
    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
    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. Learn how you can keep this activity for them, even if you are doing a serious level of training and trialing.
    Odor Puzzles
    Multi-Hide Searches Webinar
    Instructor: Dianna L. Santos

    Setting up multi-hide searches can be greatly beneficial for our dogs. We discuss how and why you should weave these types of searches into your training program 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!
    Live Webinar
    Beyond the Dog-Driven Container Search Webinar
    Date: January 15th at 10:00AM PT/1:00PM ET
    Instructor: Michele Ellertson

    You’ve mastered the dog-driven container search and made it through NW1, NW2 and NW3 but find yourself a bit lost when it comes to large container searches in elite and upper levels? Maybe the containers were scattered in your last trial and your dog-driven pattern fell apart? This webinar is for you!
    Rescue Dogs
    The Power of Sniffing: Leveraging Nose Work to Acclimate Foster and Shelter Dogs Webinar
    Instructor: Nancy Reyes

    Explore the benefits of nose work exercises for foster and newly adopted shelter dogs, focusing on their acclimation, enrichment, confidence development, and relationship building with their new caregivers.
    Live Webinar
    Hunt Drive Webinar
    Date: November 19th at 4:30PM ET/7:30PM ET
    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.
    Live Webinar
    Marker Cues in Nosework Webinar
    Date: December 18th at 10:00AM PT/1:00PM ET
    Instructor: Michele Ellertson

    Marker cues in Nosework, to click or not to click… there is a tremendous amount of debate about this topic that all comes down to timing. Learn more in this informative webinar.
    Odor Puzzles
    Single Hide Searches Webinar
    Instructor: Dianna L. Santos

    There are many handlers who assume every search area must have multiple hides. Nothing could be further from the truth! Single hide searches can be extremely helpful in a variety of ways! We discuss this and provide you some tips to try in this webinar.
    Common Issues
    Search Pickles: Breaking Down the Components Webinar
    Instructor: Judith Guthrie

    If you have run into an issue when you are training Scent Work, it can be difficult to determine the cause and what to do. Can you solve it with searches, or are more creative "out-of-the-box" solutions a better choice? Learn this, and much more, in this webinar!
    Live Webinar
    Toys as Primary Webinar
    Date: September 25th at 10:00AM PT/1:00PM ET
    Instructor: Michele Ellertson

    Are you interested in using toys as your form of primary to get your dog started in Nosework? Learn toy play mechanics, toy rules, and how to set up your toy search to get the most out of the work with your dog.
    Live Webinar
    Make a Plan: Training Scent Work on Your Own Webinar
    Date: September 14th at 4:30PM PT/7:30PM ET
    Instructor: Dianna L. Santos

    It can be far too easy to feel at a loss when training Scent Work on our own. Where do we start? How do we know what to do next, what adjustments to make? Learn some tips and tricks in this webinar!
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