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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Common Issues
Common Pitfalls When Training Scent Work Webinar
Instructor: Dianna L. Santos

There are some common pitfalls that can occur when training Scent Work. Take this webinar to ensure you do not fall victim to them as well!
Common Issues
Lacking Problem Solving? Problem Solved! Webinar
Instructor: Dianna L. Santos

You've received feedback while training or trialing that your dog is "lacking problem-solving skills"...but what does that mean and how can you fix it?! We'll show you in this webinar.
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What is a Purposeful Search Webinar
Instructor: Judith Guthrie

You've heard the importance of being purposeful when designing your searches. Learn what it means to be purposeful, how to plan your training even if you only have 10 minutes, how to quickly decide what you should do in an environment and more.
Intro to Odor Program
Pairing: Why and How Webinar
Instructor: Dianna L. Santos

A powerful training technique, we delve into what pairing is, why we use it and how you can incorporate it into your own Scent Work training.
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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! Filming our searches is the answer. Learn tips for how to film, equipment to use, technical tips, how to review your vidoes and much more.
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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
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.
Learn About Odor
Odor Series Part 1: Hierarchy of Found and Unfound Odor Webinar
Instructor: Judith Guthrie

Odor obedience is essential in Scent Work, but what do you build afterwards, especially when it comes to working multi-hide searches? Learn in this webinar!
Common Issues
The Floor is Lava Webinar
Instructor: Kayla Dever and Samantha Winslow

Are slippery surfaces something your dog struggles with when tackling interior searches? Get solutions in this webinar!
Trial Host Program
Hosting Scent Work Trials eBook
Instructor: Lori Timberlake

This eBook is written to help prospective trial hosts navigate the process of trial hosting for whatever organization they choose to host for.
Instructor Program
Instructors: Teaching and Training Scent Work Foundations Seminar
Instructor: Dianna L. Santos

Are you an instructor looking to start offering Scent Work classes? Perhaps you are currently teaching and looking to further evaluate or build upon your program? This seminar is for you! We will walk through the program we offer through Scent Work University to help you develop your own!
Trial Prep Program
It's What’s Inside that Counts: A Study of Interior Searches Webinar
Instructor: Dana Zinn

Interior searches can be tricky for many teams. Learn all the ins and outs, from hide placement to training and trialing Interiors with 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.
Handler Skills Program
Reading Your Dog Course
Instructor: Dianna L. Santos

One of the most crucial skills you can have as a handler is being able to properly read your dog.
Common Issues
Back to Foundations: Vehicles Webinar
Instructor: Dianna L. Santos

Vehicle searches can be challenging for dog and handler alike. Ensuring your foundation is solid is the key to success. Learn why and how to implement helpful foundation exercises with this webinar.
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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.
Trial Prep Program
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.
Puppy Sniffing Program
Puppy Sniffing Indoor Adventures Course
Instructor: Dianna L. Santos

Your puppy has finished the Puppy Scent Work course and did great...now what? Tackle some super fun interior searches and field trip searches, that's what!
Common Issues
My Head Hurts: Dealing with Frustration Threshold in Scent Work Webinar
Instructor: Dianna L. Santos

Solving odor puzzles is hard! Many dogs will give up on challenging searches when they meet their frustration threshold. Learn how to help these dogs stick with the puzzle instead, even when their heads hurt.
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.
Advanced Topics Program
Building Speed in Scent Work Course
Instructor: Dianna L. Santos

While every dog is an individual with a unique way of hunting, each can improve their efficiency and speed while searching.
Trial Prep Program
Trial Prep for Sensitive Dogs Webinar
Instructor: Dianna L. Santos

Scent Work is a wonderful activity in that it can help sensitive dogs gain new confidence. Trialing may even be in these dog's future, however these events can be rather challenging environments for any dog to deal with, not to mention a sensitive dog!
Learn About Odor
Odor Series Part 3: The Mystery of Strings and Triangles Webinar
Instructor: Dianna L. Santos

Learn how to work these two mystical odor puzzles of strings and triangles. What is happening? Why does your dog miss one consistently? How do you train these puzzles? What can you do as a handler? This webinar will answer all these questions and more.
Proofing
Find Your Hide - Proofing for Food and Toys Webinar
Instructor: Dianna L. Santos

The most common planned distractors found within Scent Work search areas are food and toy distractors. Proofing our dogs off these distractors is a key element to any training program. Learn how to do just that in this webinar.
Trial Prep
From Easily Frustrated to Joyful Searchers Webinar
Instructor: Vicky Lovejoy

High-arousal dogs can easily become frustrated and overwhelmed in their searches. Learn techniques in this webinar to help these dogs develop more resilience and focus.
Advanced Topics Program
Training to Plan; Planning to Train Webinar
Instructor: Michael McManus

Being thoughtful trainers is something all Scent Work handlers should strive for. In this webinar, we discuss how to go about building a training plan with our dog.
Trial Prep
Learning, and Moving On, From Trial Mishaps Webinar
Instructor: Dana Zinn

Let’s face it, most of us have had things not go perfectly in competition. Many times, the challenge is figuring out which were preventable, and which were anomalies. Learn common issues teams experience at trial and how to learn from them.
Live Webinar
Performance Redefined: Agility to Nosework Webinar
Date: October 24th at 3:00PM PT/4:00PM MT/5:00PM CT/6:00PM ET
Instructor: Vicky Lovejoy

Agility requires handler focus whereas Nosework demands an entirely different dynamic between dog and handler. In this webinar, learn how to help overcome these challenges and make for a smoother transition from agility to Nosework.
Cyber Scent Work
Let's Play: Pool Party Webinar
Instructor: Dianna L. Santos

Dogs are expected to solve a pooling odor puzzle in Interior, Exterior and Container searches in the Pool Party Game. In this webinar, learn ways to design practice searches to help your dog ace the Pool Party Game.
Common Issues
Fading Pairing: Yay or Nay Webinar
Instructor: Dianna L. Santos

Pairing is an incredibly effective training method when it comes to Scent Work, but a common question is how to go about fading pairing in training. In this webinar, we discuss if fading is necessary and how to do so, if a handler chooses that route.
Field Trip Training
Field Trip Training On Your Own Webinar
Instructor: Dianna L. Santos

Field trip training is an important part of any Scent Work training regiment. The question is: are you getting the most out of these sessions when you are training on your own.
Puppy Sniffing Program
Puppy Sniffing Outdoor Adventures Course
Instructor: Dianna L. Santos

Now that your puppy understands what the sniffing game is all about, it is time to up the ante by having them solve exterior and vehicle odor puzzles and searches.
Puppy Sniffing Program
Raising Your Scent Work Puppy Webinar
Instructor: Judith Guthrie

Start your Scent Work puppy off right and understand what it takes to make a competitive dog from puppyhood on up with this webinar.
Trial Prep Program
Barrier Training: What Is It and Why It Matters Webinar
Instructor: Judith Guthrie

Barrier training can help our dogs better understand a variety of odor puzzles in all four search elements. Learn how you can leverage barrier training in this webinar.
Live Webinar
It's About More Than Just Stuff Webinar
Date: October 27th at 4:30PM PT/5:30PM MT/6:30PM CT/7:30PM ET
Instructor: Dianna L. Santos

Are you finding that your dog is obsessed with checking "stuff" when they are searching? Scent Work is about so much! See how you can change up your dog's perspective to focus more on odor as opposed to items within a given space.
Trial Prep Program
Start Lines: From Beginning to End Webinar
Instructor: Lori Timberlake

Your start lines matter and can shape the entirety of your search! Learn how and the ways to ensure your start line routine is as good as possible in this webinar.
Trial Prep Program
Pairing: Use to Prep for Trialing Webinar
Instructor: Dianna L. Santos

In preparing to tackle a trial, you are wondering how you can build your dog's enthusiasm and clarity for the game. Learn how to leverage pairing to do this and more in this webinar.
Learn About Odor
Odor Concentrations Webinar
Instructor: Judith Guthrie

Learn how the concentration of odor works and affects the way your dog hunts, sources, and communicates with you with this webinar.
Trial Prep Program
Scent Work for Reactive Dogs Webinar
Instructor: Dianna L. Santos

Scent Work is an amazing activity for all dogs, but especially for reactive dogs. Learn how you can ensure this activity is beneficial and safe for reactive dogs.
Trial Prep Program
Trial Prep for Reactive Dogs Webinar
Instructor: Dianna L. Santos

Scent Work is a unique dog sport in that it is open to reactive dogs. However, a Scent Work trial can be rather challenging for reactive dogs...triggers abound! Learn a variety of exercises, routines and tips to help your reactive dog be more successful at a Scent Work trial with this webinar.
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