Prep and Excel at Trial

You are interested in competing or are already competing in Scent Work trials, how exciting! The resources offered in this program are designed to ensure you, your dog and your team are prepared to tackle the challenges posed at trial.

These training resources will be helpful across a variety of competition venues, but there are several thar are venue-specific.

Are you looking for one-on-one coaching or support for your team? Contact us and we will provide you with some customized suggestions!

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Trial Prep

Building Blocks for Elite and Summit Webinar Instructor Wendy Krehbiel Learn how to master the transition from NW3 to the Elite and Summit levels by deconstructing high-level challenges into foundational building blocks.

Monthly Coaching

Monthly Nose Work Coaching Program Instructor Lori Timberlake Are you looking for consistent guidance and feedback to help YOU and YOUR dog progress in Nose Work? This personalized program offers detailed coaching designed to help teams build skills, solve training challenges and better understand their dogs, their handling and the unique needs of their team.

Trial Prep Program

The Decision Zone: Where Behavior Tells the Truth Seminar Instructor Tony Gravley During this seminar, Tony will highlight what he refers to as the "the Decision Zone" and will breakdown the habits and patterns dogs exhibit right when they encounter odor—not just the obvious ones, but the subtle, easy-to-miss shifts that separate guessing from knowing.

Live Webinar

Let's Get Motivated: Secret of Motivational Searches Webinar Date July 7th at 4:30PM PT / 7:30PM ET (5:30PM MT / 6:30PM CT) Instructor Tony Gravley You've heard of motivational searches and want to incorporate them into your training program...but what are they and how can you do that? Learn all about the secrets of motivational searches with this webinar!

Live Webinar

Supporting v Interfering: Becoming a Better Handler in Scent Work Webinar Date June 25th at 4:30PM PT / 7:30PM ET (5:30PM MT / 6:30PM CT) Instructor Khara Schuetzner The goal in Scent Work is to achieve teamwork, where the dog drives the search with its superior nose, while the handler manages logistics, reads body language, and tries to stay neutral enough to avoid cueing or pressuring the dog. Learn how to find the balance between supporting and interfering with this webinar.

Trial Prep Program

Winning the Environment: Enviro-Testing Your Ability to Execute a Team Mindset Webinar Instructor Jason Heng Does it feel as though it is you and your dog up against the environment when you are tackling your searches? Learn how to develop a team mindset where the environment doesn't dismantle your primary skills simply due to a barrier, no go-back requirement, time pressure, wind, summit-twists, hot, cold, cluttered areas, etc. Prevailing over what the environment throws at you is the true win.

Trial Prep Program

Detoxifying Distractors! Webinar Instructor Holly Bushard Do intentional distractors have you down? Are you stressed out trying to distinguish between snack interest and an alert? Maybe you’re just looking for a few fresh and fun “gamified” drills! If so, consider joining us for a night of exploring multifaceted ways to detoxify the distractor downers!

Trial Prep Program

Make It Make Sense: Human Expectation v. Canine Interpretation Webinar Instructor Dianna L. Santos When training or trialing, there can be a large chasm between our human expectation and what our dogs interpret their goal or objective is. Learn how to identify these misunderstandings and bridge the gap with this webinar.

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Now What Do I Do?! How to Build a Dream Scent Work Team Course (Student) Instructor Judith Guthrie Diagnose your searches, come up with plan and have the answers to the "when, why and how's" of building YOUR dream Scent Work team!

Live Webinar

The Power of Purposeful Goal Setting in Dog Sports and Life Webinar Date September 8th at 4:30PM PT / 7:30PM ET (5:30PM MT / 6:30PM CT) Instructor Teah Anders Do you have goals you want to achieve but feel unsure where to begin? Do you have projects or ideas that keep getting pushed aside despite your best intentions? This webinar is precisely what you are looking for!

Live Webinar

Advanced Supportive Handling: Who We Can Become for Our Dogs Webinar Date September 17th at 2:00PM PT / 5:00PM ET (3:00PM MT / 4:00PM CT) Instructor Leah Gangelhoff Gain a better appreciation for the what our dogs are contending with in complex converging odor environments that they encounter in upper-level searches with this webinar. This knowledge will help you be a better supportive handler for your canine partner.

Live Webinar

Cycle of the Hunt: Reading the Full Search Sequence Webinar Date October 14th at 4:30PM PT / 7:30PM ET (5:30PM MT / 6:30PM CT) Instructor Judith Guthrie Do you understand the sequence of behaviors your dog moves through during a search, and how those behaviors fit into the phases of the search? Learn how to better recognize what is going well, identify where the cycle is breaking down, and make more targeted training decisions.

Live Webinar

Stay at That Hide: Building Stickiness Between Communication and Handler Response Date September 23rd at 4:30PM PT / 7:30PM ET (5:30PM MT / 6:30PM CT) Instructor Judith Guthrie Can your dog communicate source and hold the answer long enough for you to respond? Learn how to build duration, clarity, confidence, and independence at source so the dog can hold the answer while the handler reads the behavior, moves, thinks, calls, or rewards.

Live Webinar

Squirrel! From Distracted to Committed: Reading, Training, and Recovering the Search Webinar Date August 19th at 4:30PM PT / 7:30PM ET (5:30PM MT / 6:30PM CT) Instructor Judith Guthrie Distractor behavior tells you what changed in the search. Learn how to how to read distractor interest, understand how distractors affect hunt, odor work, decision-making, and recovery, train stronger task commitment, and help the dog return to productive searching when competing reinforcement, environmental pressure, or handler choices change the dog’s search.

Live Webinar

Tony's Strategic Insights: Evaluating NACSW Virtual Walkthrough Videos (July 2026) Webinar Date July 21st at 4:30PM PT / 7:30PM ET (5:30PM MT / 6:30PM CT) Instructor Tony Gravley Are you ready to apply the skills covered in the Be Strategic: Breaking Down the NACSW Walk Through Webinar? Perfect! Join us for this live webinar and put your skills to the test!

Live Webinar

Releasing the Inner Dog Webinar Instructor Bob Deeds Puzzles are used to manipulate drive states, build confidence, and enhance nose time, all the while fine tuning handler/trainer observation skills. Learn how to create search environments that help dogs by giving them environmental challenges they can overcome.

Live Webinar

Single Hide Pattern Games for Reliability and Fun Webinar Date August 5th at 4:30PM PT / 7:30PM ET (5:30PM MT / 6:30PM CT) Instructor Holly Bushard Looking to develop better concentration and focus on immediately getting to work in search areas? Learn 10 single hide pattern games that will accomplish just that!

Live Webinar

Find It. Own It. Get Paid. Webinar Date September 16th at 10:00AM PT / 1:00PM ET (11:00AM MT / 12:00PM CT) Instructor Michele Ellertson Learn why some dogs leave source too quickly, disconnect after the find, or show unclear communication, and how to build stronger commitment through intentional training.

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