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
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Odor Theory
The Difference Between Theory and Reality Seminar
Instructor: Tony Gravley

Are you looking for a down-to-earth explanation of odor theory with tips on how to design specific odor puzzles? This seminar is for you!
Puppy Sniffing Program
Helping Puppies Succeed for a Lifetime of Sniffing Webinar
Instructor: Holly Bushard

Do you have a new puppy? Looking to build the skills they will need to have a successful sniffing career? This webinar is for you!
Trial Prep Program
Training Blank Areas Webinar
Instructor: Michael and Natalie McManus

While blank searches are usually considered an “NW3” concept, they can be important at every level of the dog’s development. Worried about messing up your dog with blank searches? Learn how to use blank area in training and better read your dog in competition with this webinar.
Trial Prep
Skills Supporting the Sniff Webinar
Instructor: Holly Bushard

Training is all about building skills. Learn about all the various skills which exist outside of searching which allow for our dogs to be successful when they ARE searching!
Handler Skills
Language of Nose Work: Reading Your Dog Webinar
Instructor: Michael McManus and Natalie McManus

Learning how to read our dogs is a necessary skill for every Scent Work handler to master. See how you can go about doing this in this webinar.
Trial Prep
Train the Drive Webinar
Instructor: Jill Kovacevich

Let's refresh our training skills for proficient odor drive search work. It is important to reconnect with an solid odor drive progression from basic hides in simplistic search areas to complex odor problems in environmental gotcha zones. Learn how in this information packed webinar!
Pre-Order: Releases on June 30th
365 Days of Searching eBook
Instructor: Dianna L. Santos

Are you looking for search ideas or inspiration? Do you keep running out of search ideas? Perhaps you are an instructor looking to keep things fresh for your clients. Find 365 ideas in this eBook!
Live Webinar
Nose Poke Alert Webinar
Date: July 30th at 4:30PM PT/6:30PM CT/7:30PM ET
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.
Live Webinar
Aggressive Alerts: Causes and Solutions Webinar
Date: July 22nd at 4:30PM PT/7:30PM ET
Instructor: Tony Gravley

Does your dog love to smash boxes, scratch up vehicles, retrieve hides or practice other types of aggressive alerts? Learn the common causes and practical training solutions in this webinar.
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.
Trial Prep Program
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.
Trial Prep Program
All About the Box; A Detailed Look at Container Searches Webinar
Instructor: Dana Zinn

Containers have proven to be one of the most challenging elements in nose work for many teams. Find out why and how you may be more successful in this detailed webinar.
Foundation Sniffing Program
Introduction to Scent Work Course
Instructor: Dianna L. Santos

Teach your dog how fun the game of Scent Work really is by using the K9 Nose Work® training method hunting for primary.
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.
Foundation Scent Work
Foundations: Building, Maintaining and Celebrating eBook
Instructor: Dianna L. Santos

Are you looking for ways to build and maintain solid foundational skills for you and your dog when it comes to Scent Work? Perhaps how to stay motivated to offer foundational searches throughout your entire sniffing journey? This eBook is for you!
Live Virtual Event
Learn More About The Dog-Driven Search Virtual Event
Date: September 4th at 4:30PM PT/5:30PM MT/7:30PM ET
Instructor: Sue Sternberg and Dana Zinn

You've heard of The Dog-Driven Search book. Take a deeper dive and gain a better understading of importance of handler orientation, matching pace and speed, tips for tackling a search, covering the search area and much more.
Trial Prep
Let's Look at Leash Work! Webinar
Instructor: Holly Bushard

Do you find using your leash or long line to be stressful, frustrating and downright a messy process? Learn how to work on this crucial skill and be far more effective in using your leash or long line in your searches with this webinar.
Trial Prep Program
The Dog-Driven Container: The Why and The How Webinar
Instructor: Michele Ellertson

Learn how to train a dog-driven pattern as a way for the dog to find success and not frustration when tackling their container searches.
Proofing
Squirrel! Distractor Training Webinar
Instructor: Judith Guthrie

Do you feel as though distractors in your searches are your worst nemesis? Learn how to better train for distractors, both artificial and those "in the wild", set your dog up for success and more in with 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.
Trial Prep Program
Call Finish: Clearing Your Nosework Search Areas Webinar
Instructor: Michele Ellertson

Clearing a search area at trial can be unnerving to say the least. Learn the clues our dogs provide at the very start of the search that can help us more confidently call "Finish" with this webinar.
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.
Live Virtual Event
How Would You Train It Virtual Event
Date: July 18th at 4:30PM PT/5:30PM MT/6:30PM CT/7:30PM ET
Instructor: Holly Bushard, Kayla Dever, Tony Gravley, Michael McManus, Natalie McManus, Nancy Reyes

Our roundtable will be posed with three common issues handlers may encounter when training or trialing in Scent Work. Learn how they would design a training plan, react to subsequent issues and more in this exciting event.
General Scent Work
Gettin' Creative: Unique and Themed Searches eBook
Instructor: Dianna L. Santos

Do you find yourself in a sniffing rut? Running out of ideas? Lacking inspiration? We have what you need to jumpstart your creativity with this collection of searches and suggestions to keep you and your pup happily searching all yearlong.
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!
Live Webinar
Strategic Trialing - Choosing Which Venue and When Webinar
Date: July 9th at 4:30PM PT/7:30PM ET
Instructor: Holly Bushard

There are several Scent Work competition organizations out there. Learn how to be more strategic in which you choose to compete with, when and how in this webinar.
AKC Scent Work Program
Beat the Buried Blues! Webinar
Instructor: Holly Bushard

Has the AKC Scent Work Buried element got you down? Explore solutions to common problems and break down training concepts to increase your consistent reliability in competition. Let's prove how fun Buried can be.
Trial Prep Program
All About Brackets Webinar
Instructor: Michele Ellertson

In this webinar, Michele will discuss the differences between all brackets styles including how bracketing looks when a dog is working an inaccessible and elevated hide!
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.
Live Virtual Event
Failure is a Growth Opportunity Virtual Event
Date: August 15th at 4:30PM PT/5:30PM MT/6:30PM CT/7:30PM ET
Instructor: Holly Bushard, Tony Gravley, Jill Kovacevich, Michael McManus, Nancy Reyes, Aleks Woodroffe

Failure is a necessary feature of the learning process. Yet, we in the sniffing community seemingly shy away and treat failure as a "bad" or "scary" thing! Our speakers will share how we can more leverage failure to further grow as dog trainers, handlers and dog owners.
Trial Prep
Mastering Multiple Hides Webinar
Instructor: Michael McManus

Do you want a step-by-step guide to how we teach our own dogs to do multiple hides? Learn how to take the conflict out of multiple hides, starting with building stickiness, and then following a procedure that introduces each new concept slowly and clearly.
Trial Prep Program
The Dog-Driven Vehicle: The Why and How Webinar
Instructor: Michele Ellertson

Are you finding your dog is having a lack-luster response to searching vehicles? Learn how to build your dog's eagerness and determination to tackle their vehicle searches by making them dog-driven patterns in this webinar.
Trial Prep
Games for Maintenance Webinar
Instructor: Michele Ellertson

Remember when you first introduced the game of Nose Work to your dog and they loved it, excited and driven to play? Learn how to further build and maintain this drive all throughout their Nose Work journey in this webinar.
Trial Prep Program
Inaccessible Hides Webinar
Instructor: Tony Gravley

Inaccessible hides can be tricky for many dog and handler teams. In this webinar, learn how to train for these hides, avoid common pitfalls and how handlers can better read their dogs.
Reactive Dogs
Stress-Free Learning and Trialing with a Reactive Dog Webinar
Instructor: Christina Young

In this webinar, Christina will discuss and illustrate strategies and games to help you and your dog navigate the challenges of taking a reactive dog to a Scent Work class or trial.
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)!
Intro Webinar
What is Scent Work Webinar
Instructor: Dianna L. Santos

You've heard of Scent Work, but what is it? Should you give it a try with you dog? We think so! Learn why in this helpful introductory webinar.
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.
Live Webinar
Conquer the Boogeyman in Your Searches Webinar
Date: December 2nd at 4:30PM PT/7:30PM ET
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!
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