USCSS: Hide Placement for Trial Course

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USCSS: Hide Placement for Trial Course Instructor Michelle Doram Gain a better understanding on how to place hides in your practice sessions with the same techniques trial officials use.

Whenever an official sets a hide at a trial, it should be a thoughtful and well-planned process in an attempt to pose a particular odor puzzle to each dog and handler team.

A course geared toward all trial officials, especially those with United States Canine Scent Sports, you will learn how to ensure each hide is successful at your next trial!

COURSE DETAILS

Trial officials should not simply be saying, "Look, a flat surface to stick my tin, yay!". Rather, officials should evaluate how the various considerations will affect their hide placement. These include, but are not limited to, weather, air flow, environmental considerations, the number of hides to be placed and the level of the trial. We will cover each of these in this course as well as pitfalls for officials to avoid and tips to ensure their trials are successful.

Competitors will also find this course incredibly helpful in outlining how they should set-up hides in their own practice sessions, and what to consider the next time they walk up to the start line.

CEUS FOR USCSS TRIAL OFFICIALS

Auditors: 3 CEUs with United States Canine Scent Sports

Watchers: 1 CEUs with United States Canine Scent Sports

Should You Take This Webinar

Are you a trial official with USCSS or another Scent Work competition organization?

Ensure you know all the factors that you should consider when you are designing a search area for a Scent Work trial.

Are you a Scent Work handler, trainer or competitor?

We can all benefit from having a better understanding on how to set-up our training search areas, what factors affect odors, etc.

Course Outline

Philosophy of "More=Less" Explained
Climate Considerations
Environmental Considerations
Placement Tips
Correct Alert Parameters
Problem Solving and Pitfalls to Avoid

What You Will Need

Read over the most recent version of the USCSS Rules.

★★★★★
I like all the detail for the CO in what to consider when setting hides and of course this helps instructors too. Doing so many sniff n go's, starting the Cyber Scent Work Traditional & Games and instructing it's nice to make sure you are considering the right hides based on the conditions, interior (I never thought about if its a few people vs 25 kids in a space how distracting that could be to the dog's nose). This is just what I was looking for to be a better hide setter and validate what you know and learn new things too

Terri G. USCSS: Hide Placement for Trial Course

★★★★★
A nice overview of different considerations for hide placement.

Colleen H. USCSS: Hide Placement for Trial Course

Scent Work Instructor

Michelle Doram

The owner of White Collar K9, Michelle is a Certified Nose Work Instructor through NACSW and accomplished competitor in her own right. Her passion about training a solid foundation when it comes to Scent Work is much appreciated by her clients.

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