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Rescue Dogs
Nose Work: Perfect Activity for Dogs in Rescue Webinar
Instructor: Lori Timberlake

If you’re active in shelter or rescue work and just don’t know how to better enrich the dogs’ lives in your care, this webinar is for you.
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.
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.
Advanced Topics Program
The Professional Companion Dog Webinar
Instructor: Khara Schuetzner

Learn the differences and similarities of companion dogs versus professional dogs and some fun games to play with your pup and how to work as a team.
Common Issues
What's the Issue: Interiors Webinar
Instructor: Dianna L. Santos

You and your dog have an issue with Interiors, resulting in false alerts, a diminishing of the dog's motivation and a general sense of frustration. What is the root cause? How can you go about fixing it? Learn how to better identify both 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.
General Scent Work
Components of Scent Work: Odor Obedience Webinar
Instructor: Dianna L. Santos

Learn how you may build and maintain your dog's odor obedience when it comes to tackling their Scent Work searches in this webinar.
Skills Beyond Odor
Parkour to Benefit Nose Work Dogs Webinar
Instructor: Lori Timberlake

Do you have a timid Nose Work dog? Does your dog worry about different flooring, going into tight spaces, going to new places? Dog parkour may be just the thing!
Instructor Program
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.
Common Issues
My Head Hurts: Dealing with Frustration Threshold in Scent Work Webinar
Instructor: Dianna L. Santos

Solving odor puzzles is hard! Many dogs will give up on challenging searches when they meet their frustration threshold. Learn how to help these dogs stick with the puzzle instead, even when their heads hurt.
Proofing
Find Your Hide - Proofing for Messy Odor Profile Webinar
Instructor: Dianna L. Santos

Our goal is for our dogs to go into a space and locate all of the hides...but do they REALLY know that they are hunting for? Providing clarity should be a cornerstone of our training program. Learn how to provide this clarity in this webinar.
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?
Skills for All Dogs
Find Your Dog's Off-Switch Webinar
Instructor: Dianna L. Santos

Having the ability to settle and rest is a critical skill for our puppies and dogs to master. In this webinar, we highlight how we can teach our pups to have an ever useful off-switch.
Training On Your Own
Make a Plan: Training Scent Work on Your Own Webinar
Instructor: Dianna L. Santos

It can be far too easy to feel at a loss when training Scent Work on our own. Where do we start? How do we know what to do next, what adjustments to make? Learn some tips and tricks in this webinar!
Instructor Program
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.
Foundation Sniffing Program
Hunting for Primary: Tips and Tricks Webinar
Instructor: Dianna L. Santos

Learn some of the tips, tricks and common pitfalls to avoid if you choose to have your dog hunt for primary in this webinar.
Instructor Program
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?
Odor Puzzles
Multi-Hide Searches Webinar
Instructor: Dianna L. Santos

Setting up multi-hide searches can be greatly beneficial for our dogs. We discuss how and why you should weave these types of searches into your training program in this webinar.
Trial Official Program
Time Management for Trial Officials Webinar
Instructor: Judith Guthrie

Staying on-task and on-time are essential skills for every Scent Work trial official to master. In this webinar, Judith will outline ways Scent Work trial officials can practice good time management at a trial.
Common Issues
All About Balance: Ways to Build Sniffing Stamina Webinar
Instructor: Dianna L. Santos

You've been officially bit by the Scent Work bug! You are taking classes, workshop, seminars, going to Sniff N' Gos and trials, so much sniffing goodness! But what about your pup? Sure, they love the sniffy game, but can they keep up with all the sniffy plans you have for them?!
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!
General Scent Work
What is a Purposeful Search Webinar
Instructor: Judith Guthrie

You've heard the importance of being purposeful when designing your searches. Learn what it means to be purposeful, how to plan your training even if you only have 10 minutes, how to quickly decide what you should do in an environment and more.
General Scent Work
Components of Scent Work: Handler Communication Webinar
Instructor: Dianna L. Santos

The final installment in this webinar series, we discuss the importance of handler communication, how it can affect the totality of the search, ways to develop, finetune and maintain this skill and more.
Odor Puzzles
Single Hide Searches Webinar
Instructor: Dianna L. Santos

There are many handlers who assume every search area must have multiple hides. Nothing could be further from the truth! Single hide searches can be extremely helpful in a variety of ways! We discuss this and provide you some tips to try in this webinar.
Rescue Dogs
The Power of Sniffing: Leveraging Nose Work to Acclimate Foster and Shelter Dogs Webinar
Instructor: Nancy Reyes

Explore the benefits of nose work exercises for foster and newly adopted shelter dogs, focusing on their acclimation, enrichment, confidence development, and relationship building with their new caregivers.
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
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.
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.
Trial Official Program
Canine Body Behavior and Scent Work for Trial Officials Webinar
Instructor: Dianna L. Santos

Trial official are the eyes and ears of a Scent Work trial and must be able to properly read canine body behavior to ensure they are setting everyone up for success.
Live Webinar
Variable Reward and Nose Work Webinar
Date: April 9th at 4:30PM PT/7:30PM ET
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.
General Scent Work
Components of Scent Work: Dog Communication Webinar
Instructor: Dianna L. Santos

In this webinar, we will delve into the crucial component of our dog's communication to us as they are tackling a Scent Work search, how this goes beyond a final trained response and much more.
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.
Instructor Program
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.
Common Issues
Search Pickles: Breaking Down the Components Webinar
Instructor: Judith Guthrie

If you have run into an issue when you are training Scent Work, it can be difficult to determine the cause and what to do. Can you solve it with searches, or are more creative "out-of-the-box" solutions a better choice? Learn this, and much more, 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.
Skills for All Dogs
5 Mental Games for Winter Webinar
Instructor: Dianna L. Santos

Is your dog cooped up and bouncing off the walls due to inclement weather? Learn 5 fun training games you can play to help take the edge off in this webinar.
Live Webinar
Train the Drive Webinar
Date: April 16th at 4:00PM PT/5:00PM MT/7:00PM ET
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!
Training On Your Own
Considerations: Training Scent Work on Your Own Webinar
Instructor: Dianna L. Santos

When training on our own, there are considerations we should keep in mind to ensure we and our dogs are successful and progressing as expected. Learn what these are and how to maximize on your training in this webinar.
Instructor Program
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.
Canine Body Behavior
Learn How to Speak Dog: Vol I Webinar
Instructor: Dianna L. Santos

Our dogs are communicating to us all the time. Do you know what they are saying? Learn to better "speak dog" in this webinar.
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