Exteriors and Vehicles with Birch Course (Student)

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Student Session: March 2nd

Intro to Odor

Length: 6 weeks

Course Material is Pre-Recorded

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Live Weekly Zoom Classes

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Intro to Odor

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.

Student Enrollment Details

Student Session: March 2nd

The Student enrollment option is an intensive one. Every week, Students must submit their videos for review by a given deadline. These videos will be reviewed and then discussed during a live 1-hour Zoom class, which will be recorded and posted to the course player.

Student Schedule

Video Submission Deadlines

Videos will be submitted to the course community.

- March 4th

- March 11th

- March 18th

- March 25th

- April 1st

- April 8th

Zoom Class Schedule

Meeting at 9:00AM PT/12:00PM ET

- March 5th

- March 12th

- March 19th

- March 26th

- April 2nd

- April 9th

Has your dog graduated from the Introducing Birch course? Are they ready to take their skills to the next level? Wonderful! This 6-week online course will cover how to introduce your dog to the concept of searching for Birch in exterior and vehicle search areas, both of which can be rather challenging. Gain the skills you need to succeed!

Course Details

This course will concentrate on how to introduce your dog to the concept of searching exterior and vehicle search areas for Birch.

We will discuss the various considerations which should go into hide placement to ensure your dog can be successful. These include how the environment and wind will affect the odor as well as safety concerns handlers should always be mindful of.

Additionally, we will cover how handlers can both help set their dog up to succeed while still pushing them to further improve and build upon their skills and capabilities.

As with the Introducing Birch course, we will be using pairing to allow the dog to self-reward at source, as source needs to be the most rewarding thing!

By following the K9 Nose Work® training methodology, not only are we giving your dog a strong foundation so they may be successful at a NACSW™ trial, but they will be successful competing with other Scent Work competition organizations as well!

Course Outline

The Exteriors and Vehicles with Birch course is designed to provide the same exact learning experience we provided to our in-person group dog training classes in a virtual format. Same great quality with more flexibility and convenience!

Here is a quick breakdown of the types of topics that will be covered each week:

Introduction to Exterior Searches with Birch
Using Boxes to Expand Your Search
Wind, Start Lines and Distractors
Introduction to Vehicle Searches with Birch
Multiple Hides on a Vehicle
Putting it All Together

What You Will Need

your dog
flat or martingale collar
back-clip harness (optional)
6'-8' leash
10'-15' long line
LOTS of high-value and smelly treats
crate or area you can stage your dog in while setting up your searches
minimum of 10 boxes of various sizes (good excuse to shop at Amazon!)
minimum of 5 novel containers (e.g. Tupperware, purse, bag, etc.)
1-3 vehicles (e.g. car, SUV, truck, tractor, riding lawnmower, etc)
earthquake putty or GlueDots
q-tips
Birch (“Sweet Birch” aka Betula Lenta)
minimum of 3 tins with holes

Should You Take This Course

Have you taken the Introduction to Birch course or similar course? Now that your dog has an understanding that Birch is indeed a worthwhile and valuable scent to hunt for, you can now dive into having your dog work two of the trickier search elements: exteriors and vehicles!

Are you interested in competing in Scent Work? f this is the case, then you DEFINITELY want to have an understanding on how you can work an exterior and vehicle search area! Even for those competition organizations that may not offer a formal "vehicle search class", they will oftentimes allow vehicles to be in their exterior search areas!

Are you already competing and noticing some issues? We will be utilizing pairing in this course, focusing on helping the dogs understand how to work these two tricky search elements with proficiency, efficiency and lots of enthusiasm. So, if you are struggling at all, shoring up your foundation skills with these courses can really help!

Are you looking to fulfill the requirement for acquired training strand in the NACSW Instructor Certification Course? This course fulfills the Exteriors and Vehicles with Birch requirement!

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The feedback was outstanding.

Exteriors and Vehicles with Birch Course Brenda C.

Owner and Lead Instructor

Dianna L. Santos

The President of Online Dog Training, Inc. and Cyber Scent Work, Inc., Dianna is the Owner and Lead Instructor for Scent Work University. She is passionate about Scent Work and loves the benefits it awards dogs and handlers alike.

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Is This Option Too Time Demanding?

No worries! Enroll in our self-taught Introduction to Scent Work Course.

Go through the course material at your own pace and order a video review or schedule a Zoom consultation at your leisure.

Exteriors and Vehicles with Birch Course

Price

$95⁰⁰

Save $-95

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Length: 6 weeks

Self-Taught Option

Course Material Pre-Recorded

Go At Your Pace - Make It Work for Your Schedule

Continual Access - No Deadlines

May Add Video Reviews or Zoom Consults for an Additional Fee

Passionate About Scent Work

We are committed to offering outstanding learning opportunities that will benefit both you and your dog as you embark on your sniffing journey.

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