Handler Skills Program

You are a crucial part of the team! With these courses, we focus on helping you be the best Scent Work teammate your dog can have.

Handler Skills Program
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    Trial Official Program
    Hide Placement and Odor Movement Seminar
    Instructor: Laurel Scarioni

    Understanding how odor moves can improve your skills as a handler and trainer and is something all trial officials must understand and use to their advantage when designing searches.
    Foundation Sniffing Program
    Language of Nose Work: Reading Your Dog Webinar
    Instructor: Michael 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
    Sniff Busters Webinar
    Instructor: Laurel Scarioni

    Learn about the common myths and misunderstandings about hide placement and odor movement that can result in issues when training and trialing in Scent Work.
    Handler Skills Program
    Leash Handling Skills Course
    Instructor: Laurel Scarioni

    Do you dread doing searches that are on-leash? You won't after taking this course!
    Handler Skills Program
    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.
    Handler Skills Program
    Wait, Quit or Help Webinar
    Instructor: Dianna L. Santos

    When your dog is struggling with a search, you have three choices: wait them out, call it quits or step in to help. We discuss the pros and cons of each in this webinar.
    Handler Skills Program
    To Help or Not to Help Webinar
    Instructor: Judith Guthrie

    The age old question in Scent Work: should I step in to help my dog or not? We evaluate this and provide some tips on how you can make an informed decision when working with your own dog in this webinar.
    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!
    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
    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.
    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.
    Handler Skills Program
    Wait: Why, When, How and the Aftermath Webinar
    Instructor: Dianna L. Santos

    The first in a three-part series, this webinar will delve into the wait handling option, why it is useful and follow-up training you should do to ensure your dog truly has the skills they need.
    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.
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