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
16 products
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.
Learn About Odor
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.
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!
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.
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
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, 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
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
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.
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.
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
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!
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!
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.
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