Instructor Program

We support all our fellow colleagues who are pivotal in promoting more dog and handler teams play the sniffy game. This program includes resources specifically geared toward instructors.

Instructor Program
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Instructor Program
Calling All Instructors: Tips for Teaching Scent Work eBook
Instructor: Dianna L. Santos

With Scent Work exploding in popularity, this eBook is written to help instructors be aware of the special considerations which accompany offering this service in their programs.
Foundation Scent Work
Foundations: Building, Maintaining and Celebrating eBook
Instructor: Dianna L. Santos

Are you looking for ways to build and maintain solid foundational skills for you and your dog when it comes to Scent Work? Perhaps how to stay motivated to offer foundational searches throughout your entire sniffing journey? This eBook is for you!
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Teaching Scent Work Seminar
Instructor: Dianna L. Santos and Lori Timberlake

Designed to help newer and experienced instructors alike, this seminar will outline how best to help your human and canine clients succeed and reach their training goals, regardless of what your training methodology is.
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Teaching Scent Work Webinar
Instructor: Dianna L. Santos

Are you an instructor who has been bitten by the Scent Work bug? Great! Take this webinar to ensure you are aware of all the special considerations that go along with teaching Scent Work classes.
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Instructors: Bark Less, Teach More Webinar
Instructor: Dianna L. Santos

Are you a Scent Work instructor? Then this webinar is for you! We will discuss ways instructors can be more effective in communicating with their human clients, setting them up to be more successful and enjoying the process.
Training for Trainers
Instructors: Canine Body Behavior and Teaching Classes Webinar
Instructor: Dianna L. Santos

When teaching a group dog training class, it is essential for instructors to properly read what their canine clients are saying. Learn ways to do so, keep tensions low and set your clients up for success in this webinar.
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Instructors: Teaching and Training Scent Work Foundations Seminar
Instructor: Dianna L. Santos

Are you an instructor looking to start offering Scent Work classes? Perhaps you are currently teaching and looking to further evaluate or build upon your program? This seminar is for you! We will walk through the program we offer through Scent Work University to help you develop your own!
AKC Scent Work
Instructors: How Best to Prep AKC Scent Work Clients Virtual Event
Instructor: Anita Ambani, Holly Bushard, Tony Gravley, Judith Guthrie, Natalie McManus, Khara Schuetzner

Both instructors and clients will benefit from this exciting roundtable. Our panelists will discuss ways instructors can best help their client prepare to succeed in the various levels of AKC Scent Work trials.
Live Virtual Event
Instructors: How Best to Prep NACSW Clients Virtual Event
Date: October 17th at 4:30PM PT/5:30PM MT/6:30PM CT/7:30PM ET
Instructor: Holly Bushard, Kayla Dever, Tony Gravley, Michael McManus, Natalie McManus, Khara Schuetzner

Both instructors and clients will benefit from this exciting roundtable. Our panelists will discuss ways instructors can best help their client prepare to succeed in the various levels of NACSW trials.
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Instructors: How to Help Teams Succeed Webinar
Instructor: Dianna L. Santos

As a Scent Work instructor, it is our job to ensure both our canine and human clients are as successful as possible. But what is the best way to achieve this?
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Instructors: Make Scent Work Foundations Fun Webinar
Instructor: Dianna L. Santos

Do your clients moan and complain at the thought of running a foundational exercise? They want the snazzy and fun searches! Learn how to make those foundation searches just as appealing in this webinar.
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Instructors: Assessing Your Program Webinar
Instructor: Dianna L. Santos

It can be challenging for Scent Work instructors to do a thorough and objective assessment of their program, curriculum and exercises. We will discuss how to do so in this webinar.
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Instructors: Find the Why Webinar
Instructor: Dianna L. Santos

As a Scent Work instructor, it is essential that we be able to identify and explain the "why" behind any given exercise, how we have designed our our overall program or any suggestions we make to a team. We will discuss how you may better find and explain your "whys" in this webinar.
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Instructors: Maintaining the Joy Webinar
Instructor: Dianna L. Santos

Being a Scent Work instructor can be incredibly rewarding and challenging at the very same time. Burnout and becoming disillusioned is a strong possibility! Learn how you may avoid these pitfalls and reignite your joy for teaching in this webinar.
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Building an Effective Nosework Training Plan for Instructors Module
Instructor: Michele Ellertson

As instructors, we need to breakdown advanced concepts into smaller, manageable pieces for our students to be successful. Learn how to develop effective training plans with this module!
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Canine Body Behavior and Scent Work for Instructors Webinar
Instructor: Dianna L. Santos

As Instructors, we must understand canine body behavior so that we may properly support and advocate for our canine clients.
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Teaching Mixed-Level Classes Seminar Module
Instructor: Michael McManus and Natalie McManus

After teaching single level classes for years, Michael and Natalie shifted to offering mixed-level classes and never looked back. Learn about their journey and how they make it all work in this module.
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.
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Setting Up Your Training Space for All Dogs Seminar Module
Instructor: Lori Timberlake

The design of your training space can help or hinder the ability of your clients to succeed. Learn some helpful tips, and common pitfalls to avoid, in this seminar module.
Foundation Sniffing Program
Starting with Food: The Whys and The Hows Webinar
Instructor: Dianna L. Santos

There are many schools of thought when it comes to training Scent Work. In this webinar, we discuss the philosophy of starting with food, the hows and whys in doing so.
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.
Understanding Odor Theory
Odor Theory: How to Set for the Goal Webinar
Instructor: Judith Guthrie

We know we must set hides with purpose and that means having a goal. But how do you actually do that? Setting hides that consistently do what you want is a skill in itself. Learn how to do so by having a better understanding of odor theory with 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.
Trial Official Program
Training Hide v. Trialing Hide Webinar
Instructor: Judith Guthrie

Scent Work trial officials must undertake the monumental task of designing appropriate searches for competitors to tackle. This means they must understand the difference between "training" and "trialing" hides.
Trial Official Program
Handbook for Scent Work Trial Officials eBook
Instructor: Dianna L. Santos

This eBook is written to provide general tips and guidelines for all Scent Work trial officials, regardless of the organization they may officiate for. Ways to avoid common pitfalls, as well as the dreaded trial official burnout, are covered as well.
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The Mindful Scent Work Instructor Webinar
Instructor: Dianna L. Santos

Scent Work instructors are pivotal in helping their human clients be the trainers their dogs deserve. We'll cover ways instructors can ensure they are indeed cultivating mindful training practices in their Scent Work group classes and private sessions.
General Scent Work
What Are You Training Webinar
Instructor: Judith Guthrie

Learn how to distinguish WHAT you are working on, WHY you would work on it and WHEN it is best to do so in relation to other concepts and skills.
Training for Trainers
Instructors: Canine Body Behavior and Consultations Webinar
Instructor: Dianna L. Santos

As instructors, it is essential that we properly read what our canine clients are saying. Learn tips on how to do so, ways to be proactive and set your clients up for success in private and semi-private consultations.
General Scent Work
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.
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