Leveraging Containers for Life

NOTE: Material for this course will be released weekly starting on September 5th.

Did you know you can introduce and master a wide array of odor puzzles and challenges using containers alone? Well, you can!

All too often, people are rushing to get away from containers. Some teams DREAD tackling containers, which is so sad! Our focus with this course is to help dog and handler teams better leverage and LOVE container searches.

Better still, we will outline how you may tackle these container searches with primary, paired odor and odor hides. Therefore, we intend for this course to be helpful for everyone, regardless of their experience level.

• your dog

• collar (flat or martingale)

• harness (back-clip) (optional)

• leash (6'-8')

• long line (10'-15')

• treats (high-value and smelly)

• crate or area your dog can wait while you set-up your searches

• variety of containers to play with (boxes, sandcastle buckets, tupperware, totes, etc.)

• novel target odors (Birch, Anise, Clove)

• variety of odor vessels (metal tins, straws, tubes, etc.)

• earthquake putty or GlueDots

• Making Containers Fun for Dog and Handler

• Corners and Perimeters

• Planes...Not in the Sky!

• Close Proximity and Converging Odor

• Blank and Semi-Blind Searches

Did you complete the Introduction to Scent Work course? Build upon some of the concepts we covered the in this course.

Do you dread Container searches? We will reignite a love and appreciation for them with this course!

Are you an instructor? Get some ideas on how you can incorporate these ideas in your own curriculum. 

INSTRUCTOR NAME:

Dianna L. Santos

SHORT BIO:

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.