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!

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Skill Specific

Building Independence in Scent Work Course Instructor Dianna L. Santos Your dog is the one with the nose and they have to know to trust it and not cue solely off you! So, let's work on building independent hunting!

Instructor Program

Instructors: How to Help Teams Succeed Webinar Instructor Dianna L. Santos As a Scent Work instructor, it is our job to ensure both our canine and human clients are as successful as possible. But what is the best way to achieve this?

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.

USCSS Program

USCSS: It's Game Time Trial Prep Course Instructor Judith Guthrie You are interested in tackling the Game Classes offered by USCSS, but where to begin?! Learn how to set yourself, your dog and your team up for success with this course.

Handler Skills Program

Tools to Help Design Your Scent Work Searches Webinar Instructor Dianna L. Santos Wouldn't it be great to visualize what the odor may do in a given search area? Learn tools you can leverage to do just that in this webinar!

Trial Prep Program

Working Blind Hides Webinar Instructor Judith Guthrie Blind hides are oftentimes stress-inducing for handlers, who dread hearing a "No". Learn how to effectively use blind searches in training.

General Scent Work

Allure of Snazzy Searches: Maintaining Criteria Webinar Instructor Dianna L. Santos We have been caught up in the allure of a snazzy search. You can feel the rush of adrenaline just thinking about it! But in focusing squarely on these snazzy searches, our criteria can suffer, thus chipping away at our proficiency as a sniffing team. Learn how to keep the balance with this webinar.

Trial Host Program

Best Practices for Securing a Trial Site Webinar Instructor Dianna L. Santos One of the most challenging aspects of hosting a Scent Work trial right out of the gate is securing a trial site. We provide some tips in this webinar.

Trial Official

Canine Body Behavior and Scent Work for Trial Officials Webinar Instructor Dianna L. Santos Trial official are the eyes and ears of a Scent Work trial and must be able to properly read canine body behavior to ensure they are setting everyone up for success.

Proofing

Find Your Hide - Proofing for Dog Odor Webinar Instructor Dianna L. Santos Do you dread it when there is a possibility of dog odor in your search area? Does it seem as though your dog become obsessed and forgets about hunting for target odor? 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!

New Puppy

Making the Leap: Introducing a Puppy as a Second Dog Webinar Instructor Anita Ambani In this webinar, we will walk through ways to keep the peace and meet the needs of your older dog and puppy as you introduce and integrate a new puppy into your lives and household.

Cyber Scent Work

Let's Play: Go Away Webinar Instructor Dianna L. Santos An important skill for dogs to possess is the ability to work independently to find their hides. This includes working away from the handler. Learn how to train this in preparation to tackle the Go Away Game in this webinar.

Cyber Scent Work

Let's Play: Focused Fido Webinar Instructor Dianna L. Santos Handlers can act rather strangely at a Scent Work trial due to nerves and this can trip up their dogs. Learn how to train your dog to ignore your weirdness in this webinar.

Intro to Odor Program

Combo Odors Course Instructor Dianna L. Santos Introduce your dog to the concept of combo odors, or "cocktail hides", in all four search elements with this course!

Trial Prep Program

Great Expectations: Creating your Scent Work Trial Experience Webinar Instructor Michelle Doram This webinar will address managing expectations for Scent Work trials and will help you feel more prepared when you step to the line with your dog.

General Scent Work

The Professional Companion Dog Webinar Instructor Khara Schuetzner Learn the differences and similarities of companion dogs versus professional dogs and some fun games to play with your pup and how to work as a team.

Handler Skills Program

Is That Odor or Not Webinar Instructor Dianna L. Santos Handlers can struggle being able to tell whether their dog is sniffing odor or not. We will try to help in this webinar.

Instructor Program

Instructors: Find the Why Webinar Instructor Dianna L. Santos As a Scent Work instructor, it is essential that we be able to identify and explain the "why" behind any given exercise, how we have designed our our overall program or any suggestions we make to a team. We will discuss how you may better find and explain your "whys" 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!

Proofing

When Proofing Goes Wrong Webinar Instructor Dianna L. Santos It is vitally important that proofing be a part of any Scent Work training program. However, it is entirely possible for proofing to confuse, frustrate or demotivate your dog if done poorly. In this webinar, we outline common pitfalls people fall into and better ways to design your proofing sessions.

Common Issues

Stretching Your Dog's Learning Webinar Instructor Dianna L. Santos Allowing our dogs to really stretch their abilities with thoughtful challenging hides and searches is something we should all do! Learn the benefits and some tips on doing so in this webinar.

NASDA

Getting Started in NASDA: Tips for New Exhibitors Webinar Instructor Donna Morgan Murray You've heard of NASDA, but how can you get started? This webinar is for you! Learn all the tips and tricks to get started, from registering your dog, finding trials, the rules, the annual and lifetime points and so much more!

General Scent Work

Components of Scent Work: Dog Communication Webinar Instructor Dianna L. Santos In this webinar, we will delve into the crucial component of our dog's communication to us as they are tackling a Scent Work search, how this goes beyond a final trained response and much more.

Handler Skills Program

Help: Why, When, How and the Aftermath Webinar Instructor Dianna L. Santos The final installment for this 3-part series, we will take a deeper dive into the help handling option, when to use it and suggested follow-up training exercises to ensure your dog has the skills they need to be successful.

Handler Skills Program

Quit: Why, When, How and the Aftermath Webinar Instructor Dianna L. Santos The second in this 3-part series, we will take a deeper dive into the quit handling option, when to use it and suggested follow-up training exercises to ensure your dog has the skills they need to be successful.

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.

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