Learn About Odor

These are the resources which will help you have a better understanding about odor, which will improve how you design your search areas and tackle searches with your dog.

Learn About Odor
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Trial Prep Program
Elevated Hides Webinar Instructor Tony Gravley Elevated hides commonly trip up many dog and handler teams. In this webinar, Tony will highlight how to help dogs better understand and tackle elevated hides.
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.
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.
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.
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Odor Series Part 1: Hierarchy of Found and Unfound Odor Webinar Instructor Judith Guthrie Odor obedience is essential in Scent Work, but what do you build afterwards, especially when it comes to working multi-hide searches? Learn in this webinar!
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Odor Series Part 2: Convergence Webinar Instructor Judith Guthrie Learn what convergence is, what it looks like, and the best ways to help your dog learn how to be the best puzzle solver they can be in this webinar.
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Odor Series Part 3: The Mystery of Strings and Triangles Webinar Instructor Dianna L. Santos Learn how to work these two mystical odor puzzles of strings and triangles. What is happening? Why does your dog miss one consistently? How do you train these puzzles? What can you do as a handler? This webinar will answer all these questions and more.
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.
Learn About Odor
Odor Concentrations Webinar Instructor Judith Guthrie Learn how the concentration of odor works and affects the way your dog hunts, sources, and communicates with you with this webinar.
Learn About Odor
Prepping and Storing Odor Webinar Instructor Dianna L. Santos When it comes to working with the essential oils for Scent Work, there are some important considerations to keep in mind, including how to prepare and store the odor. We discuss this, and more, 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!

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