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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Components of Scent Work: Value of Odor Webinar
Date: December 16th at 4:30PM PT/7:30PM ET
Instructor: Dianna L. Santos

We need our dogs to value the odor they are tasked to hunt for in their Scent Work searches. Learn how to build and maintain their value in this webinar.
Live Webinar
Marker Cues in Nosework Webinar
Date: December 18th at 10:00AM PT/1:00PM ET
Instructor: Michele Ellertson

Marker cues in Nosework, to click or not to click… there is a tremendous amount of debate about this topic that all comes down to timing. Learn more in this informative webinar.
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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.
Live Webinar
Beyond the Dog-Driven Container Search Webinar
Date: January 15th at 10:00AM PT/1:00PM ET
Instructor: Michele Ellertson

You’ve mastered the dog-driven container search and made it through NW1, NW2 and NW3 but find yourself a bit lost when it comes to large container searches in elite and upper levels? Maybe the containers were scattered in your last trial and your dog-driven pattern fell apart? This webinar is for you!
Live Webinar
Hunt Drive Webinar
Date: November 19th at 4:30PM ET/7:30PM ET
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.
Live Seminar
Odor Puzzles: Training and Trial Prep Seminar
Date: October 19th at 12:30PM PT/3:30PM ET
Instructor: Dianna L. Santos

Have you ever wondered what all the odor puzzles your dog must be exposed to and learn to master are to be successful in Scent Work? Find out in this seminar!
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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.
Live Virtual Symposium
Improving Scent Work Trials Virtual Symposium
Date: February 21st at 3:30PM PT/4:30PM MT/5:30 CT/6:30PM ET
Instructor: Holly Bushard, Kayla Dever, Michele Ellertson, Tony Gravley, Michael McManus and Lori Timberlake

There are realities of Scent Work trials across all competition organization. Join us for an exciting evaluation of how trial officials, trial hosts and accomplished competitors can all improve these events for all involved.
Live Webinar
Detective and Summit: Compare and Prepare Webinar
Date: November 6th at 4:30PM PT/7:30PM ET
Instructor: Holly Bushard

Are you interested in competing at the upper levels of AKC Scent Work and NACSW? Learn the unique challenges posed by these two high-level classes, their similarities, their differences and gain insights for how to better prepare for each.
Live Webinar
Odor Drive: How To Train to Maintain Webinar
Date: October 23rd at 4:00PM PT/5:00PM MT/7:00PM ET
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.
Live Webinar
Hide Placement in Training: Making Odor More Fun Webinar
Date: November 13th at 4:00PM PT/5:00PM MT/7:00PM ET
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.
Live Webinar
Skills for Elite and Summit: High End Problem Solving Webinar
Date: December 10th at 4:00PM PT/5:00PM MT/7:00PM ET
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.
Live Webinar
Building Resiliency in You and Your Dog for Training & Trialing Webinar
Date: January 8th at 4:00PM PT/5:00PM MT/7:00PM ET
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.
Live Webinar
Trial Readiness in Training: How to Build Happy Hunters for Trial Webinar
Date: February 11th at 4:00PM PT/5:00PM MT/7:00PM ET
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.
Live Webinar
Decoding Toy Obsession in Your Searches Webinar
Date: November 11th at 4:30PM PT/7:30PM ET
Instructor: Dianna L. Santos

Do you fret whenever there is a planned toy distractor in your search area? Does your dog seemingly forget all about their hide and become obsessive with the toy instead? Learn why this may happen and possible training solutions in this webinar.
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