Squirrel! Distractor Training Webinar

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Instructor: Judith Guthrie

General Scent Work and Trial Prep

Length: 90 minutes

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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!

Distractions can be one of our worst nemesis whether they are artificial or natural distractors. Learn in this webinar how to deal with them “in the wild”, how to set up distractor training in your training program and much more.

This webinar is designed to be helpful for all levels of competitors and trainers.

Topics Covered Include:

What are distractors
What are artificial distractors
Why would we want to use artificial distractors
What’s a “wild” distractor
Techniques for handling distraction
Don’t freeze
How to set up training puzzles to teach an operant dog who can make the right decision for themselves
Setting you and your dog up for success

CEUS

This webinar has been approved for 2 NACSW CEUs.

Should You Take This Webinar

Are you training or trialing in Scent Work? Having a solid approach for how to train and cope with distractors is a-must!

Are you a Scent Work instructor? Garner some ideas you may incorporate into your own program to further help your human and canine clients.

It was both informative and enjoyable. Thanks for the help. Working through the problem and deciding which tool to use.

Laura L. Squirrel! Distractor Training Webinar

Jam packed with practical information for training and trialing. Specific information about how to train for distractors and also a great flowchart of how to handle distractors during a trial. Now I have a plan for when that squirrel or rabbit inevitably appears during a critical moment of a trial.

Carrie A. Squirrel! Distractor Training Webinar

Scent Work Instructor

Judith Guthrie

A professional detection dog trainer, handler who is also an approved Scent Work trial official with AKC Scent Work and USCSS, Judith brings the breadth of knowledge an perspective sought after by many Scent Work handler teams.

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