Trial Prep Program

You are interested in competing or are already competing in Scent Work trials, how exciting! The resources offered in this program are designed to ensure you, your dog and your team are prepared to tackle the challenges posed at trial.

These training resources will be helpful across a variety of competition venues, but there are several thar are venue-specific.

Are you looking for one-on-one coaching or support for your team? Contact us and we will provide you with some customized suggestions!

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Trial Prep Program
Training With The End in Mind; Focus on the Overall Team Webinar
Instructor: Bill Gaskins

The third and final webinar in a three-part series, we'll focus on how to ensure that from imprinting to trial we build mutually supporting teams.
Trial Prep
Start Line to Finish: Assessing Your Trial Team Webinar
Instructor: Jill Kovacevich

Learn how to assess the effectiveness of you, your dog and your team as you tackle NW1 all the way through Summit.
Trial Prep
Trial Readiness in Training: How to Build Happy Hunters for Trial Webinar
Instructor: Jill Kovacevich

Training and trialing differs. How will you best utilize training for optimized trial results? Delve into how we can build happy hunters which will allow our teams to be more prepared for trial.
Trial Prep
Odor Observation: How to Read Your Dog and Become a Proficient Trial Team Webinar
Instructor: Jill Kovacevich

Ask yourself, as a nosework and scentwork handler, how would you rank your skill set to read your dog working odor? Learn how to become a proficient odor observer in this webinar. It is more than "watching" your dog, it is watching your dog work ODOR.
Trial Prep
Building Resiliency in You and Your Dog for Training & Trialing Webinar
Instructor: Jill Kovacevich

Building resilency and the capacity to recover from all things scary for your dog and for YOU is fundamental for any competition sport. This is not just a mindset, it is an in-the-moment understanding that you will fight the fight and survive or fight another day.
Trial Prep
Skills for Elite and Summit: High-End Problem-Solving Webinar
Instructor: Jill Kovacevich

Join us as we explore, with input from Elite and Summit level teams, Coaches, Judges and others, this very evolving competition level of dogs and their handlers. Learn what does it take to succeed, who has it and what is so fascinating about Elite and Summit.
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
Hide Placement in Training: Making Odor More Fun Webinar
Instructor: Jill Kovacevich

Effective hide placement can ensure our dogs develop the search clarity needed to tackle their searches, even rather complex ones. Learn how we can use hide placement to help our dogs develop healthy search habits that will serve them well through their sniffing journey.
Advanced Topics Program
Zone Training in Nosework Webinar
Instructor: Michele Ellertson

The way we set up our searches in training provides an experience for the dog. We want to make sure those experiences curate the type of searcher we’re looking for. Zone training can help.
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.
High-Drive Dogs
Keep Your Head: Maintaining Good Arousal in Nosework Webinar
Instructor: Michele Ellertson

Finding your dog's ideal arousal level in Scent Work is crucial, so they are not over-aroused and unable to think or focus. Learn helpful techniques with this webinar!
Trial Prep Program
How to Make Your Trial Official (and Instructor) Cringe Webinar
Instructor: Michele Ellertson

Our nerves can cause us to do crazy things at a Scent Work trial...some of which make trial officials cringe. Find out how to avoid these pitfalls and have smiling officials instead!
Scent Work for Everyone
The New Dog Conundrum Webinar
Instructor: Jill Marie O'Brien

We oftentimes build specific training and handling approaches around our current canine teammate. This can make things challenging when we add in a new dog to our lives. Learn how to make this a smoother transition in this webinar.
Trial Prep Program
Trial Teamwork: The Handler's Role Webinar
Instructor: Michael McManus and Natalie McManus

Do you know your role as the handler at trial? We sometimes think of ourselves as just a ride and a treat dispenser, but the handler's role is so much deeper and more important than that!
Advanced Topics Program
Passive Alerts: How, Why and Possible Pitfalls Webinar
Instructor: Michael McManus

Many people want a trained final response on their Scent Work dog. In this webinar, Michael discusses what passive alerts really are, how you can go about training them and possible pitfalls to be aware of should you do so.
Trial Prep Program
Why Stress is Good Webinar
Instructor: Michael McManus and Natalie McManus

Dogs and handlers encounter stress both within and outside their searches. Learn how to better cope with this stress using targeted exercises meant for both ends of leash in this webinar.
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
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)!
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 Program
P for Pronounced or Pee? Webinar
Instructor: Sue Sternberg

Have you ever been puzzled as to whether your dog was working a hide, was invested in dog odor or getting ready to potty? In this webinar, Sue will show the differences between a dog sniffing doggy odors vs a dog sniffing target odors.
Trial Prep Program
Influence of Dog's Reactivity on their Scent Work Training and Trialing Webinar
Instructor: Sue Sternberg

Can a dog’s temperament qualities influence their performance at a Scent Work trial? Does a dog’s reactivity with other dogs affect their distractibility during searches? Sue will discuss this and more in this webinar!
Trial Prep Program
Helping Your Dog Find That Last Hide: Friend or Foe? Webinar
Instructor: Sue Sternberg

We've all had that search where our dog is struggling to find the last hide. There are several ways we can step in to "help", but is doing so truly helpful? Delve into this topic and learn other paths to take in this webinar.
NACSW Program
NACSW: NW1 Trial Prep Course
Instructor: Lori Timberlake

You've passed your ORT in all three odors and now you are ready to tackle your first NW1. Get the skills you need with this course!
NACSW Program
NACSW: NW2 Trial Prep Course
Instructor: Lori Timberlake

You and your dog will be ready to tackle your NW2 and feel confident doing so with the provided training and handling tips.
NACSW Program
NACSW: NW3 Trial Prep Course
Instructor: Lori Timberlake

While NW3 trials have a reputation for being intimidating, you and your dog will be ready and prepared with this course.
NACSW Program
NACSW: Odor Recognition Prep (ORT) Course
Instructor: Lori Timberlake

You are officially ready to start your NACSW trialing journey. Find out how to ace your ORT test with this course.
NACSW Program
All Level NACSW™ Trial Prep Course
Instructor: Lori Timberlake

Getting ready to trial is about more than simply running blind hides. Consider the entire trial picture and properly prepare with this course.
Handler Skills
Toys for Nosework: How, When and Why Webinar
Instructor: Michele Ellertson

Are you and your dog interested in rewarding with toys in Nosework but are unsure where to begin? Figure out the how, when and why with this webinar, to ensure you are effectively playing with your dog, gaining the benefits and avoiding the common pitfalls!
Getting Started
Toys as Primary Webinar
Instructor: Michele Ellertson

Are you interested in using toys as your form of primary to get your dog started in Nosework? Learn toy play mechanics, toy rules, and how to set up your toy search to get the most out of the work with your dog.
AKC Scent Work
Getting Starting: AKC Virtual Scent Work Test (VSWT) Titling Program Webinar
Instructor: Anita Ambani

If you're starting out in the sport and was curious to learn about this program, interested in how to prepare for each of the levels, or having some struggles with the searches and looking to be successful searching for a treat, ball, or toy, this webinar is for you.
AKC Scent Work
Gettin' Ready to Trial: AKC Novice Webinar
Instructor: Dianna L. Santos

You and your dog have been training in Scent Work for a bit and are loving it. The thought crosses your mind, "Maybe we can start to trial!" Learn the skills you both will need to succeed at an AKC Novice level trial with this webinar.
AKC Scent Work
Gettin' Ready to Trial: AKC Advanced Webinar
Instructor: Dianna L. Santos

Having earned your AKC Novice title, you are ready to move up to Advanced. Learn the skills you and your dog need to succeed.
AKC Scent Work
Gettin' Ready to Trial AKC Excellent Webinar
Instructor: Dianna L. Santos

You and your dog are moving up the levels in AKC Scent Work and are getting ready to tackle an Excellent trial. Ensure you have the skills you need!
AKC Scent Work
Gettin' Ready to Trial: AKC Master Webinar
Instructor: Dianna L. Santos

You've made it and are ready to tackle an AKC Master level class, how exciting! Take this webinar to ensure you, your dog and your team have all the skills necessary to succeed.
AKC Scent Work
AKC Scent Work: Novice Level Trial Prep Course
Instructor: Dianna L. Santos

You are considering entering an AKC Scent Work Novice trial - how exciting! Take this course to ensure both you and your dog are ready!
AKC Scent Work Program
AKC Scent Work: Advanced Trial Prep Course
Instructor: Dianna L. Santos

You and your dog have earned your AKC Novice-level title and are ready to tackle the Advanced-level classes. We will help you get ready with this course.
AKC Scent Work Program
AKC Scent Work: Excellent Level Trial Prep Course
Instructor: Dianna L. Santos

You've earned your Advanced-level title and are eyeing Excellent. Ensure you and your dog are ready by taking this course.
AKC Scent Work Program
AKC Scent Work: Masters Trial Prep Course
Instructor: Judith Guthrie

Are you looking for ways to be more confident when tackling the AKC Scent Work Masters classes? Then this course is for you!
AKC Scent Work Program
Be Prepared...For Detective! Course
Instructor: Judith Guthrie

Currently competing in, about to take the plunge or are just intrigued by the mysterious AKC Detective class? Then this online 6-week class is for you!
AKC Scent Work Program
AKC Detective Class: Rising to the Challenge Webinar
Instructor: Judith Guthrie

The AKC Detective class is a challenging one! This webinar will outline what those challenges are and how teams can better prepare to tackle them head-on.
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