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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Trial Prep Program
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.
Trial Prep Program
Displacement Sniffing and Other Stress Behaviors Webinar
Instructor: Sue Sternberg

Better understand displacement sniffing and other stress behaviors as they relate to Scent Work. Learn how to distinguish the various types of sniffing and how to better support your canine teammate throughout the search with this webinar.
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!
Common Issues
Is That Pooling or Something Else Webinar
Instructor: Michele Ellertson

Do you have a hard time observing the difference between pooling/trapping odor verses source or inaccessible? In this webinar we will talk about clarifying the purpose of the dog, as well as how to avoid some common handling mistakes that can lead to your dog being confused!
Common Issues
Aggressive Alerts: Causes and Solutions Webinar
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.
Handler Skills Program
Learn More About The Dog-Driven Search Virtual Event
Instructor: Sue Sternberg and Dana Zinn

You've heard of The Dog-Driven Search book. Take a deeper dive and gain a better understanding of importance of handler orientation, matching pace and speed, tips for tackling a search, covering the search area and much more.
Trial Prep Program
Let's Make Thresholds Work Webinar
Instructor: Tony Gravley

You've worked hard to develop the dog's desire to seek. But this may mean they are rocketing through their search area, rushing through those thresholds. Learn how to make those thresholds more productive with this webinar.
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!
General Scent Work
How Would You Train It Virtual Event
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.
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.
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
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!
Trial Prep Program
Failure is a Growth Opportunity Virtual Event
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 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.
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.
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
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!
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.
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 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.
Trial Prep Program
You Can Crush Pooling Odor! Webinar
Instructor: Tony Gravley

The dreaded pooling odor has been the cause of many painful “NO”s ! Learn how to crush this odor puzzle in this webinar!
General Scent Work
Bringing Experience to the Nose Game: Starting Strong in Scent Work Webinar
Instructor: Ana Cilursu

You already have that fascinating combination of instinct, training and trust between you and your dog. Starting Scent Work with prior experience in other dog sport venues can give you a serious edge. Learn 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.
AKC Scent Work
Instructors: How Best to Prep AKC Scent Work Clients Virtual Event
Instructor: Anita Ambani, Holly Bushard, Tony Gravley, Judith Guthrie, Natalie McManus, Khara Schuetzner

Both instructors and clients will benefit from this exciting roundtable. Our panelists will discuss ways instructors can best help their client prepare to succeed in the various levels of AKC Scent Work trials.
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 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!
Trial Prep Program
Strategic Trialing - Choosing Which Venue and When Webinar
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.
Intro to Odor Program
Introducing Birch Course
Instructor: Dianna L. Santos

It's officially time to show your dog how to hunt for a target odor and love doing it in Container and Interior search elements.
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.
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!
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
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.
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.
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!
Live Virtual Event
Judge's View Virtual Event
Date: November 7th at 4:30PM PT/5:30PM MT/6:30PM CT/7:30PM ET
Instructor: Anita Ambani, Bill Gaskins, Judith Guthrie, Michelle Munson, Caroline Oldham, Aleks Woodroffe

Wouldn't it be nice to know what the Judge sees? What works. What doesn't. Trends they notice over a course of judging several teams over a variety of events. We will discuss this and more in this exciting virtual event!
Live Webinar
Nose Work for Small Dogs Webinar
Date: November 12th at 10:00AM PT/11:00AM MT/12:00PM CT/1:00PM ET
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.
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
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 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.
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