Scent Work University Training Solutions

These are all of the online courses, seminars, webinars and eBooks offered through Scent Work University.

Regardless of where you are in your Scent Work training journey, we have an online dog training solutions for you.

Whether you are just starting out, looking to build more advanced skills or are preparing to trial, we can help! Be sure to check out our various Scent Work training course programs and webinars, you will be happy you did!

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Canine Fitness

Beginning Canine Conditioning Instructor Kathy Childers Beginning Canine Conditioning is a six-week canine conditioning course that will focus on strength, balance, body awareness, flexibility, and new skills for canine fitness.

Trial Prep Program

Don't Give Up: Building Your Reward Clock Webinar Instructor Judith Guthrie Does your dog quit, get frustrated or start returning to found hides if they cannot solve an odor puzzle right away? The issue could be their reward clock. Learn how to develop their reward clock with this webinar.

NASDA Program

NASDA Upper-Level Lost Item Webinar Instructor Donna Morgan Murray Getting prepared to tackle the upper-level of the Lost Item class in NASDA? Learn how to better prepare in this webinar.

General Scent Work

Video It! Webinar Instructor Dianna L. Santos Let's face it: our memories when we are running our dog in training or at a trial are terrible! Filming our searches is the answer. Learn tips for how to film, equipment to use, technical tips, how to review your vidoes and much 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.

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

Covering the Search Area Webinar Instructor Lori Timberlake Particularly as you climb the levels in Scent Work trials, the need for you to properly cover the search area becomes more and more important. Learn tips on how you can do so in this webinar!

AKC Scent Work

Gettin' Ready to Trial AKC Excellent Webinar Instructor Dianna L. Santos You and your dog are moving up the levels in AKC Scent Work and are getting ready to tackle an Excellent trial. Ensure you have the skills you need!

Trial Prep

Learning, and Moving On, From Trial Mishaps Webinar Instructor Dana Zinn Let’s face it, most of us have had things not go perfectly in competition. Many times, the challenge is figuring out which were preventable, and which were anomalies. Learn common issues teams experience at trial and how to learn from them.

Zoom Consultation

Scent Work Zoom Consultation: Michael McManus Instructor Michael McManus Are you a brand new team looking to build a solid foundation? Perhaps an experienced team seeking ways to develop more resilience or maybe an instructor interested in improving your own program. Working with Michel is a great option for you!

Intro to Odor

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Exteriors and Vehicles with Birch Course (Student) Instructor Dianna L. Santos Get ready for an intensive learning experience where we introduce your dog to hunting for Birch in the two more challenging search elements: Exteriors and Vehicles.

Foundation

Leveraging Containers for Life Course Instructor Dianna L. Santos Did you know that you can introduce a whole array of odor puzzles and challenges simply using containers? We will do just that in this course!

Handler Skills Program

Reading Your Dog Course Instructor Dianna L. Santos One of the most crucial skills you can have as a handler is being able to properly read your dog.

Handler Skills Program

Leash Handling Skills Course Instructor Laurel Scarioni Do you dread doing searches that are on-leash? You won't after taking this course!

Common Issues

Fearless Open Areas with Confidence Webinar Instructor Judith Guthrie Do large open areas in search area give you anxiety? Unsure how to tackle them? Learn how in this webinar!

Puppy

Puppy Sniffing Games Course Instructor Dianna L. Santos Introduce your puppy to some advanced puzzles that will help serve them later should you be interested in competition or just playing for fun.

AKC Scent Work

AKC Scent Work Masters Level Explained Webinar Instructor Judith Guthrie AKC Masters Level Explained is a webinar breaking down the ins and outs of the Masters level is, what it looks like and what competitors can expect.

Handler Skills Program

To Help or Not to Help Webinar Instructor Judith Guthrie The age old question in Scent Work: should I step in to help my dog or not? We evaluate this and provide some tips on how you can make an informed decision when working with your own dog in this webinar.

Common Issues

It's About More Than Just Stuff Webinar Instructor Dianna L. Santos Are you finding that your dog is obsessed with checking "stuff" when they are searching? Scent Work is about so much! See how you can change up your dog's perspective to focus more on odor as opposed to items within a given space.

Common Issues

Common Pitfalls When Training Scent Work Webinar Instructor Dianna L. Santos There are some common pitfalls that can occur when training Scent Work. Take this webinar to ensure you do not fall victim to them as well!

Common Issues

Lacking Problem Solving? Problem Solved! Webinar Instructor Dianna L. Santos You've received feedback while training or trialing that your dog is "lacking problem-solving skills"...but what does that mean and how can you fix it?! We'll show you 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.

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.

Common Issues

You Can Do It Pup: Building Focus Webinar Instructor Dianna L. Santos When playing Scent Work with our dogs, we need them to be focused on the task at hand. But there are times, where they are seemingly distracted. "Butterfly!" Learn how to build your dog's focus in this webinar.

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

Go Find a New Hide, Please Webinar Instructor Dianna L. Santos Does your dog get stuck a hide they already found? Learn why this happens and how to help them move on to find new hides.

Instructor Program

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.

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.

Skills Beyond Odor

Shrinking Space = Success Webinar Instructor Vicky Lovejoy Scent sports are expanding to all kinds of targets and all sorts of search areas. Many of them may require your dog to navigate tight or complicated spaces, which may not be physically or mentally “comfortable” for them. This webinar works on building tolerance and comfort in tight or confined spaces.

Trial Prep Program

25 Ways to Support Your Dog’s Love of Nosework Webinar Instructor Holly Bushard This webinar is going to cover a broad range of topics related to helping your dog enjoy scent sports. Ideas will range from core training ideas, handler habits, reinforcement considerations, equipment use and more.

Trial Prep Program

How to Make Your Trial Official (and Instructor) Cringe Webinar Instructor Michele Ellertson Our nerves can cause us to do crazy things at a Scent Work trial...some of which make trial officials cringe. Find out how to avoid these pitfalls and have smiling officials instead!

Trial Prep

Building Resiliency in You and Your Dog for Training & Trialing Webinar Instructor Jill Kovacevich Building resilency and the capacity to recover from all things scary for your dog and for YOU is fundamental for any competition sport. This is not just a mindset, it is an in-the-moment understanding that you will fight the fight and survive or fight another day.

Trial Prep

Trial Readiness in Training: How to Build Happy Hunters for Trial Webinar Instructor Jill Kovacevich Training and trialing differs. How will you best utilize training for optimized trial results? Delve into how we can build happy hunters which will allow our teams to be more prepared for trial.

Zoom Consultation

Scent Work Zoom Consultation: Judith Guthrie Instructor Judith Guthrie Judith works with instructors, trainers, trial officials and handlers alike. Particularly if you have a high-drive dog, Judith has a litany of tricks up her sleve thay just do the trick. Schedule a Zoom consultation with Judith today!

Zoom Consultation

Scent Work Zoom Consultation: Lori Timberlake Instructor Lori Timberlake Be it developing and hosting creative sniffing events, tips for improving as a trial official or host or providing training and trialing advice for teams at all levels across various competition organizations, working with Lori is an excellent option!

NACSW

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All-Level NACSW Trial Prep Course (Student) Instructor Lori Timberlake Getting ready to trial is about more than simply running blind hides. Consider the entire trial picture and properly prepare with this course.

Intro to Odor

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Introducing Birch Course (Student) Instructor Dianna L. Santos Ready to introduce your dog to hunting for Birch within container and interior searches? Looking for an intensive learning experience for you and your pup? This is the course for you!

Cyber Scent Work

Let's Play: Pool Party Webinar Instructor Dianna L. Santos Dogs are expected to solve a pooling odor puzzle in Interior, Exterior and Container searches in the Pool Party Game. In this webinar, learn ways to design practice searches to help your dog ace the Pool Party Game.

Common Issues

Fading Pairing: Yay or Nay Webinar Instructor Dianna L. Santos Pairing is an incredibly effective training method when it comes to Scent Work, but a common question is how to go about fading pairing in training. In this webinar, we discuss if fading is necessary and how to do so, if a handler chooses that route.

Instructor Program

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.