Below are the online dog training courses, seminars and webinars that have been approved for CEUs through KPA. View the course description for details on the CEUs offered.
Odor Chemistry Basics for Civilian and Sport Canine Detection Handlers Webinar
Instructor
Lauryn E. DeGreeff, PhD
Gain an understanding of factors that affect or change odor particularly in regards to Nosework odors (Birch, Anise and Clove) and how they may compare to other detection target odors, such as human remains and live human scent.
Reactive Dogs
Click to Calm: Turning Fear and Frustration Into Focus Through Positive Reinforcement Webinar
Instructor
Emma Parsons
Does your dog struggle with fear or reactivity? Learn how to utilize the principles from the Click to Calm methodology to reduce stress, teach alternative behaviors, and build emotional stability in dogs with this webinar.
NACSW Program
Tackling NW3 Head-On: Conquering the Mind Game Webinar
Instructor
Kayla Dever and Samantha Winslow
NW3 is notoriously challenging for dog and handler teams. In this webinar, Kayla and Samantha will discuss ways to improve your mental game so that you and your dog can rise to the challenge.
Support Your Dog
Intro to Control Unleashed Webinar
Instructor
Adam Skandarani
Do you have a sensitive, reactive, over-aroused, high-drive or low-drive dog? This webinar is for you! Learn about the Control Unleashed Program and the key concepts, exercises and pattern games.
General Trial Prep
Control Unleashed and Scent Work: Crazy Calm Start Lines Webinar
Instructor
Adam Skandarani
Learn how you can leverage Control Unleashed to help your dog better cope with their emotions, the environment and be better able to tackle their search.
Live Webinar
On or Off Leash: Deciding Which Option is Right for the Moment Webinar
Date
January 22nd at 4:30PM PT/5:30PM MT/6:30PM CT/7:30PM ET
Instructor
Kayla Dever and Samantha Winslow
Picture it: you're at the start line, ready to cue your dog to search, and a decision lies before you - should you go on or off leash? Learn how to make the best decision based upon the scenario in this webinar.
Reactive Dogs
Stress-Free Learning and Trialing with a Reactive Dog Webinar
Instructor
Christina Young
In this webinar, Christina will discuss and illustrate strategies and games to help you and your dog navigate the challenges of taking a reactive dog to a Scent Work class or trial.
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!
Trial Prep
You Can Do It Pup: Building Endurance and Stamina Webinar
Instructor
Dianna L. Santos
To ensure our dogs can indeed be successful in their searches, we should take steps to build their endurance and stamina. We will discuss ways to do so in this webinar.
Sensitive Dogs
Be Brave: Using Scent Work to Build Confidence Webinar
Instructor
Dianna L. Santos
Scent Work is an amazing activity and we can leverage it to help our dogs build their confidence. Learn how in this webinar.
Instructor Program
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.
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
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!
Trial Prep Program
Scent Work for Reactive Dogs Webinar
Instructor
Dianna L. Santos
Scent Work is an amazing activity for all dogs, but especially for reactive dogs. Learn how you can ensure this activity is beneficial and safe for reactive dogs.
Instructor Program
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!
Trial Prep Program
Scent Work for Sensitive Dogs Webinar
Instructor
Dianna L. Santos
Sensitive dogs can greatly benefit from playing Scent Work. Learn how and what types of special considerations you should keep in mind when working with these dogs, in this webinar.
Reactive Dogs
Walking the Reactive Dog and Making it Work Webinar
Instructor
Christina Young
Taking a reactive dog out for a walk can be challenging to the say the very least. In this webinar, learn management and training techniques to help make walking your reactive dog easier, safer, and less scary.
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.
Reactive Dogs
Primary, Paired and Odor Hides: Choosing the Hide for the Training Challenge Webinar
Instructor
Christina Young
When it comes to our reactive, sensitive or less-confident dogs, we want to ensure we are setting them up for success during training. This includes mindfully choosing the hide type they are hunting for. Learn how to do just that in this webinar.
Trial Prep Program
Trial Prep for Reactive Dogs Webinar
Instructor
Dianna L. Santos
Scent Work is a unique dog sport in that it is open to reactive dogs. However, a Scent Work trial can be rather challenging for reactive dogs...triggers abound! Learn a variety of exercises, routines and tips to help your reactive dog be more successful at a Scent Work trial with this webinar.
General Scent Work
Components of Scent Work: Value of Odor Webinar
Instructor
Dianna L. Santos
We need our dogs to value the odor they are tasked to hunt for in their Scent Work searches. Learn how to build and maintain their value in this webinar.
Instructor Program
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.
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.
Canine Body Behavior
Canine Body Behavior and Scent Work for Handlers Webinar
Instructor
Dianna L. Santos
We oftentimes hear how "reading your dog" is essential in Scent Work, but we must hone our eye outside the context of our dogs working odor too!
General Scent Work
Components of Scent Work: Sourcing Webinar
Instructor
Dianna L. Santos
For our dogs to succeed in Scent Work, they must build and maintain their sourcing skills. Afterall, we care about where odor is coming from not where it is traveling to! Learn how we can do this in this webinar.
General Scent Work
Components of Scent Work: Hunting Webinar
Instructor
Dianna L. Santos
In this webinar, we will discuss the importance of building our dog's value in the hunt itself, how doing so will build a resilient and tenacious hunter who will dig in deep to solve their odor puzzles.
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.
Trial Prep Program
Decoding Toy Obsession in Your Searches Webinar
Instructor
Dianna L. Santos
Do you fret whenever there is a planned toy distractor in your search area? Does your dog seemingly forget all about their hide and become obsessive with the toy instead? Learn why this may happen and possible training solutions in this webinar.
Skills Beyond Odor
Car Crate Crazy Webinar
Instructor
Kayla Dever and Samantha Winslow
Does your dog struggle to settle in their car crate or in a standalone crate? This can have a negative impact of the effectiveness of their search. Find helpful solutions in this webinar!
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.
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!
Skills for All Dogs
Power of Tug: How, When and Why Webinar
Instructor
Dianna L. Santos
Tug can be a powerful and effective tool when training and playing with our dogs. Learn how, when and why to use tug with this informative webinar.
Canine Body Behavior
Learn How to Speak Dog Vol. II Webinar
Instructor
Dianna L. Santos
There are things we do as humans that are strange, confusing or even scary to our dogs and we may mistake their response as "cute". Learn what your dog is REALLY saying 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.
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.
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.
Search Ideas
Spice Up Your Chair Hides Webinar
Instructor
Dianna L. Santos
Does the idea of setting yet another chair hide make your skin crawl? Learn no less than 20 unique search set-ups using chair hides which are certain to spice up your training sessions.
Agility
What Did Ya Say? Understanding Handler Cues Webinar
Instructor
Vicky Lovejoy
Once we have foundation agility behaviors, how do we clarify our cues to support our dog during an agility run? In this webinar, learn how we can communicate to our dogs ways to tackle an agility course.
Sensitive Dogs
Stranger Danger Webinar
Instructor
Dianna L. Santos
There are dogs who find people outside their designated "safe circle" to be downright scary and terrifying! This may result in the dog shying away or even barking at strangers. Learn ways to better support your dog, build their confidence and common pitfalls to avoid.
For Dog Owners
Tiny Terrors Webinar
Instructor
Dianna L. Santos
Many people mistakenly think smaller dogs do not need training. Nothing could be further from the truth! Learn how to prevent your dog from earning the moniker "tiny terror" with this webinar.