Detoxifying Distractors! Webinar
Instructor
Holly Bushard
Do intentional distractors have you down? Are you stressed out trying to distinguish between snack interest and an alert? Maybe you’re just looking for a few fresh and fun “gamified” drills! If so, consider joining us for a night of exploring multifaceted ways to detoxify the distractor downers!
Common Issues
Squirrel! From Distracted to Committed: Reading, Training, and Recovering the Search Webinar
Instructor
Judith Guthrie
Distractor behavior tells you what changed in the search. Learn how to how to read distractor interest, understand how distractors affect hunt, odor work, decision-making, and recovery, train stronger task commitment, and help the dog return to productive searching when competing reinforcement, environmental pressure, or handler choices change the dog’s search.
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.
Advanced Topics Program
Proofing v. Trick Questions eBook
Instructor
Dianna L. Santos
In this eBook we will highlight the stark difference between thoughtful and mindful proofing exercises and trick questions, the latter which may confuse, demotivate or frustrate the dog. Additionally, we will provide sample proofing exercises you may do with your dog.
Common Issues
Conquer the Boogeyman in Your Searches Webinar
Instructor
Dianna L. Santos
Vertical spaces. Distractors, planned and unplanned. Huge search areas. Doing searches on-leash. Regardless of the boogeyman in your Scent Work training, we will discuss how you can confront and conquer it in this webinar!
Proofing
Don't Take Me Personally: Tips for Handler Proofing Webinar
Instructor
Judith Guthrie
In this webinar, we will talk about what handler proofing is, when to use it, when you might not want to use it, and discuss some strategies for how to start teaching this vital skill.
Proofing
Intelligent Disobedience...SAY WHAT?!?!? Webinar
Instructor
Judith Guthrie
Ever heard of intelligent disobedience? Want to know what it is? How to implement it? Why you may need it?
Proofing
Find Your Hide - Proofing for Crittering Webinar
Instructor
Dianna L. Santos
Does crittering in your searches get you down? It is understandable, critters are super interesting to our dogs! Learn how you to help them value finding their target hides more than the potential critter activity within their search areas.
Cause and Cure for False Alerts: Container Searches Webinar
Instructor
Dianna L. Santos
Do you struggle with blind Container searches? Find out why false alerts occur and possible training solutions in this webinar.
Trial Prep Program
Cause and Cure for False Alerts: Interior Searches Webinar
Instructor
Dianna L. Santos
Do you struggle with blind Interior searches? Find out why false alerts occur and possible training solutions in this webinar.
Trial Prep Program
Cause and Cure for False Alerts: Buried Hides Webinar
Instructor
Dianna L. Santos
Do you struggle in the AKC Buried Class, calling false alerts left and right!? Find out why and ways to work on it in this webinar.
Trial Prep Program
Cause and Cure for False Alerts: Exterior Searches Webinar
Instructor
Dianna L. Santos
Do you struggle with blind Exterior searches? Find out why false alerts occur and possible training solutions in this webinar.
Trial Prep Program
Cause and Cure for False Alerts: Vehicle Searches Webinar
Instructor
Dianna L. Santos
Do you struggle with blind Vehicle searches? Find out why false alerts occur and possible training solutions in this webinar.
Trial Prep Program
Cause and Cure for False Alerts: Handler Discrimination Webinar
Instructor
Dianna L. Santos
Are you calling false alerts when tackling the AKC Handler Discrimination class? Find out why and what to work on to avoid those false alerts in this webinar.
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
All About the Box: Part 2 Webinar
Instructor
Dana Zinn
In this webinar, Dana returns to discuss why container searches can vex so many teams, including discussing distractors and how to take the guesswork when tackling this search element.
Common Issues
Back to Foundations: Containers Webinar
Instructor
Dianna L. Santos
We oftentimes hear the term, "go back to foundations" when it comes to training in Scent Work. Learn what this means, the benefits and how to go about it regarding our cotnainer searches in this webinar.
Trial Prep Program
Beyond Dog Driven Container Search Webinar
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!
Trial Prep Program
Cause and Cure for False Alerts: Container Searches Webinar
Instructor
Dianna L. Santos
Do you struggle with blind Container searches? Find out why false alerts occur and possible training solutions in this webinar.
Foundation
Leveraging Containers for Life Course
Instructor
Dianna L. Santos
Did you know that you can introduce a whole array of odor puzzles and challenges simply using containers? We will do just that in this course!
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.
Common Issues
Back to Foundations: Interiors Webinar
Instructor
Dianna L. Santos
Does your dog really understand how to tackle an interior search? Are their foundations solid? Learn how to tell and how to better leverage foundation Interior searches in this webinar.
Be Strategic: Breaking Down the NACSW Walk Through Webinar
Instructor
Tony Gravley
Learn how to extract critical information from the NACSW Trial Walk Through videos. The type of information that separates those teams who simply run a search at a trial from those who tackle the very same search strategically.
Read Your Dog
What Did Ya Say: Learning to Read Your Dog Seminar
Instructor
Tony Gravley
Your dog is constantly communicating during the search, the real question is whether you understand what they are saying. Join Tony for this information-packed seminar as he breaks down the behaviors handlers commonly see but often struggle to interpret when both training and trialing.
Trial Prep Program
Know Your Role: The Handler’s Role in Trialing Webinar
Instructor
Tony Gravley
We can quite literally derail an otherwise fantastic search at trial when we step out of our lane and, well, forget to remember our role! Learn what your role is at Scent Work trials and how to best support your canine partner in this informative webinar.
Trial Prep Program
Who’s Watching Who? Understand the Dog’s Changes of Behaviors (COBs) Webinar
Instructor
Khara Schuetzner
Can you describe 5 out of the 10 changes of behaviors (COBs) your dog exhibits while they're in odor? No worries, you will learn how in this webinar! Join Khara to learn how to identify these COBs and better read and decipher what your dog is telling you during a search.
Handler Skills
Know Your Role: The Handler’s Role in Training Webinar
Instructor
Tony Gravley
Do we have a role when training Scent Work with our dogs? YES! If we step out of our lane, this can cause our dogs to become confused, frustrated or demotivated by the search. Learn how to better understand your role in 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 Program
Nerves Poisoning the Fun Webinar
Instructor
Silke Wittig
Are you a nervous competitor? Do you find yourself dreading trialing? Is your anxiety starting to chip away at your joy for the sniffing game? This webinar will offer some approaches that are designed just for you!
Trial Prep Program
Tony's Strategic Insights: Evaluating NACSW Virtual Walkthrough Videos (July 2026) Webinar
Instructor
Tony Gravley
Are you ready to apply the skills covered in the Be Strategic: Breaking Down the NACSW Walk Through Webinar? Perfect! Join us for this live webinar and put your skills to the test!
Building Endurance in Scent Work Course
Instructor
Dianna L. Santos
Scent Work can be exhausting! Learn how to build your dog's searching, and overall, endurance.
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!
Skill Specific
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
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.
Advanced Topics Program
Building an Effective Nosework Training Plan for Dog Owners Webinar
Instructor
Michele Ellertson
Breaking down complex ideas into smaller pieces helps our dogs better understand. Learn how you can do this in Nosework, designing effective training plans, with this webinar!
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.
AKC Scent Work
Be Prepared...For Detective! Course
Instructor
Judith Guthrie
Are you preparing for the upper levels of competition and looking for more structure on how to tackle bigger and more complicated searches? Learn how to address unknown number of hides, complex odor pictures, distractions, time pressure, transitions, coverage decisions, and final-call responsibility with this course.
Common Issues
Conquering Converging Webinar
Instructor
Tony Gravley
Are you and your dog struggling with solving converging odor puzzles? Gain an understanding of what converging is, the various types of converging and learn Tony's step-by-step training plan designed to give your dog the skills they need to conquer converging odor!
You Can Do It Pup: Building Independence Webinar
Instructor
Dianna L. Santos
Does your dog seemingly rely on you in their searches? Learn some techniques to help your dog be more independent, confident, resilient and tenacious in this webinar.
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.
Trial Prep Program
Worth Waiting For: Leveraging Staging Areas to Maximize Performance Webinar
Instructor
Kayla Dever and Samantha Winslow
When trialing, the staging areas can be an excellent way to ensure you and your dog are ready to tackle your next search. Learn how to more fully leverage your staging areas in this webinar.
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.
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.
General Scent Work
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.
Common Issues
Wait...Did You Find a Hide?! Webinar
Instructor
Dianna L. Santos
Does your dog buzz around the search area seemingly finding hides without telling you? Learn some solutions with this webinar.
Common Issues
Sexy Time: Dog Odor v. Target Odor Webinar
Instructor
Dianna L. Santos
Does it seem as though your dog always has sexy time on the brain? They come upon dog odor and suddenly they are drooling, chattering and thinking of everything but finding their hide? This webinar is for you!
Common Issues
Dogs are Scary: Dog Odor v Target Odor Webinar
Instructor
Dianna L. Santos
Do you have a sensitive dog who worries about other dogs? If they know other dogs are in the area, do they become obsessive about dog odor, even during their searches? If so, this webinar is for you!
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!
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
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!
Trial Prep
Variable Reward and Nose Work Webinar
Instructor
Judith Guthrie
You've likely heard the power of using a variable reward system when it comes to general dog training. Is it possible to use this approach in Nose Work? Learn how to add variable rewards in a multitude of ways to your Nose Work training in this webinar.
Cyber Scent Work
Let's Play: Crazy Containers Webinar
Instructor
Dianna L. Santos
There are countless variations our dogs amy encounter as they are tackle a container search. In this webinar, we will discuss ways to ensure our dog well-prepared to find their hides!
Cyber Scent Work
Let's Play: Blankety Blank Webinar
Instructor
Dianna L. Santos
Can your dog encounter a blank area and not alert on "phantom hides"? That is the skill tested in the Blankety Blank Game. In this webinar, learn how to design training searches to prepare.
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.
Trial Prep Program
Use the Wind Webinar
Instructor
Judith Guthrie
Learn how to design exercises that fully leverage airflow and wind in your Scent Work training sessions in this webinar.
Common Issues
What's the Issue: Exteriors Webinar
Instructor
Dianna L. Santos
Are you and your dog struggling with Exterior searches and you do not know why?! In this webinar, we will outline ways you can assess the WHY and come up with the HOW in terms of a flexible training plan solution.
Common Issues
Keeping Scent Work FUN! Webinar
Instructor
Dianna L. Santos
Scent Work should be your dog's FAVORITE activity! After all, it is celebrating their most impressive natural instinct. Yet, as we move up the levels, the game starts to morph into work and our dogs may find it to be less fun. Learn how you can keep this activity fun and engaging for them, no matter how challenging the searches become!
Intro to Odor Program
Hide Choices: Odor Vessels, Adhesives & More Webinar
Instructor
Dianna L. Santos
Are you overwhelmed by all the choices when it comes to odor vessels, adhesives and more when designing your searches? Learn the pros and cons for each 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.
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.
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.
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.
Trial Prep Program
Harnessing Joy Webinar
Instructor
Kayla Dever and Samantha Winslow
Learn how to help acclimate your dog to wear a harness for their searches so they look forward to it and the harness doesn't hinder their ability to hunt.
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
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!
Trial Official Program
So, You Want to be a Trial Official Webinar
Instructor
Dianna L. Santos
Firstly, thank you for wanting to give back to the community by becoming a trial official! In this webinar, we will discuss what trial officials are expected to do and how rigorous and demanding the role can truly be.
Live Webinar
The Real Look at Scent Work Trials Webinar
Date
September 7th at 4:30PM PT / 7:30PM ET (5:30PM MT / 6:30PM CT)
Instructor
Dianna L. Santos
You are interested in trialing in Scent Work, but what does that really entail? What are the skills you and your dog will need to succeed? What will you both experience on trial day? What surprises await you? Learn this and more in this informative webinar!
Learn About Odor
Training Aid Handling and Storage Considerations for Contamination Webinar
Instructor
Lauryn E. DeGreeff, PhD
Learn the importance of proper training aid handling and storage, and will give examples of how faulty protocols can quickly change the odor perceived by your dog.
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!
Trial Prep Program
Find Mine: Training for Handler Discrimination Trials Webinar
Instructor
Vicky Lovejoy
In this webinar, we will discuss ways to train the dogs to find handler odor, introduction of the behavior and training strategies focusing on AKC, UKC and NASDA trials.
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)!
Cyber Scent Work
Prep for Success: CSW Advanced, Master and Expert Webinar
Instructor
Dianna L. Santos
In this webinar, learn how you can train to prepare to tackle and ace the Advanced, Master and Expert levels offered in the Traditonal Cyber Scent Work Program.
Common Issues
Fearless Open Areas with Confidence Webinar
Instructor
Judith Guthrie
Do large open areas in search area give you anxiety? Unsure how to tackle them? Learn how in this webinar!
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.
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.
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.
NACSW
Preparing for the Odor Recognition Test (ORT) Webinar
Instructor
Lori Timberlake
Learn what you and your dog will need to do to be properly prepared for the ORT test 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!
