CEU Opportunities

Below are the online dog training courses, seminars and webinars that have been approved for CEUs through CCPDT, KPA and/or NACSW. View the course description for details on the CEUs offered.

CEU Opportunities
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Trial Prep
Hunt Drive Webinar
Instructor: Tony Gravley

What is actual hunt drive? Does your dog have adequate hunt drive and how can you get the most out of your dogs hunt drive? Learn all of this and more in this informative webinar.
Training On Your Own
Considerations: Training Scent Work on Your Own Webinar
Instructor: Dianna L. Santos

When training on our own, there are considerations we should keep in mind to ensure we and our dogs are successful and progressing as expected. Learn what these are and how to maximize on your training in this webinar.
Instructor Program
Instructors: Find the "Why" Webinar
Instructor: Dianna L. Santos

As a Scent Work instructor, it is essential that we be able to identify and explain the "why" behind any given exercise, how we have designed our our overall program or any suggestions we make to a team. We will discuss how you may better find and explain your "whys" in this webinar.
Canine Body Behavior
Learn How to Speak Dog: Vol I Webinar
Instructor: Dianna L. Santos

Our dogs are communicating to us all the time. Do you know what they are saying? Learn to better "speak dog" in this webinar.
Trial Prep
Games for Maintenance Webinar
Instructor: Michele Ellertson

Remember when you first introduced the game of Nose Work to your dog and they loved it, excited and driven to play? Learn how to further build and maintain this drive all throughout their Nose Work journey in this webinar.
Trial Prep Program
The Dog-Driven Vehicle: The Why and How Webinar
Instructor: Michele Ellertson

Are you finding your dog is having a lack-luster response to searching vehicles? Learn how to build your dog's eagerness and determination to tackle their vehicle searches by making them dog-driven patterns in this webinar.
Foundation Sniffing Program
Foundation: The Four Pillars of Nose Work Webinar
Instructor: Michael McManus

Without a solid foundation, you and your dog will falter in your Scent Work training and trialing goals. Learn what the four pillars of a solid foundation in Nose Work are in this webinar.
Skills for All Dogs
Door Dashers Webinar
Instructor: Dianna L. Santos

It is a huge problem when our dogs try to dash out of open doors, gates and crates. Learn some easy and engaging training exercises and games to teach your dog how to wait and not dash.
Search Ideas
Spice Up Your Chair Hides Webinar
Instructor: Dianna L. Santos

Does the idea of setting yet another chair hide make your skin crawl? Learn no less than 20 unique search set-ups using chair hides which are certain to spice up your training sessions.
Trial Prep Program
Helping Your Dog Find That Last Hide: Friend or Foe? Webinar
Instructor: Sue Sternberg

We've all had that search where our dog is struggling to find the last hide. There are several ways we can step in to "help", but is doing so truly helpful? Delve into this topic and learn other paths to take in this webinar.
Trial Prep
Hide Placement in Training: Making Odor More Fun Webinar
Instructor: Jill Kovacevich

Effective hide placement can ensure our dogs develop the search clarity needed to tackle their searches, even rather complex ones. Learn how we can use hide placement to help our dogs develop healthy search habits that will serve them well through their sniffing journey.
Trial Prep Program
All About the Box; A Detailed Look at Container Searches Webinar
Instructor: Dana Zinn

Containers have proven to be one of the most challenging elements in nose work for many teams. Find out why and how you may be more successful in this detailed webinar.
Trial Prep Program
All About Brackets Webinar
Instructor: Michele Ellertson

In this webinar, Michele will discuss the differences between all brackets styles including how bracketing looks when a dog is working an inaccessible and elevated hide!
Trial Prep Program
Beyond Dog Driven Container Search Webinar
Instructor: Michele Ellertson

You’ve mastered the dog-driven container search and made it through NW1, NW2 and NW3 but find yourself a bit lost when it comes to large container searches in elite and upper levels? Maybe the containers were scattered in your last trial and your dog-driven pattern fell apart? This webinar is for you!
General Scent Work
Intro to Mastering Vehicles Seminar
Instructor: Tony Gravley

Is your dog just getting started in vehicle searches? Perhaps you have been tackling vehicle searches for awhile but are struggling. This seminar is what you have been looking for!
Trial Prep
Are You Getting Any Better? Webinar
Instructor: Tony Gravley

Do you know if you and your dog are progressing in your skills and abilities as expected? Learn to assess if you are on track, stagnanting or backsliding in this webinar!
Trial Prep Program
Elevated Hides Webinar
Instructor: Tony Gravley

Elevated hides commonly trip up many dog and handler teams. In this webinar, Tony will highlight how to help dogs better understand and tackle elevated hides.
Trial Prep Program
Inaccessible Hides Webinar
Instructor: Tony Gravley

Inaccessible hides can be tricky for many dog and handler teams. In this webinar, learn how to train for these hides, avoid common pitfalls and how handlers can better read their dogs.
Trial Prep Program
Conquering Competition Stress Webinar
Instructor: Michael McManus

Does your dog perform great at home and at class, but under-perform at trial? Do you struggle to reproduce the problems you have at trial in training? Perhaps the real issues is your inability to cope and deal with competition stress. In this webinar, Michael will walk you through how you can turn competition stress from a negative to a positive.
Live Webinar
Odor Chemistry Basics for Civilian and Sport Canine Detection Handlers Webinar
Date: June 11th at 3:30PM PT/6:30PM ET
Instructor: Lauryn E. DeGreeff, PhD

Gain an understanding of factors that affect or change odor particularly in regards to Nosework odors (Birch, Anise and Clove) and how they may compare to other detection target odors, such as human remains and live human scent.
Skills for All Dogs
Power of Tug: How, When and Why Webinar
Instructor: Dianna L. Santos

Tug can be a powerful and effective tool when training and playing with our dogs. Learn how, when and why to use tug with this informative webinar.
General Scent Work
It's Hot: Summer Searching Tips Webinar
Instructor: Dianna L. Santos

Searching in the summer months offers unique challenges for dog and handler alike. Learn some tips and tricks as well as approaches to keep you and your dog safe.
Common Issues
Elevated Hides for the Vertically Challenged Webinar
Instructor: Lori Timberlake

Do you have a smaller dog and are stressing about how they will be able to work out elevated hides? Then this webinar is for you!
Trial Prep
From Easily Frustrated to Joyful Searchers Webinar
Instructor: Vicky Lovejoy

High-arousal dogs can easily become frustrated and overwhelmed in their searches. Learn techniques in this webinar to help these dogs develop more resilience and focus.
Instructor Program
Building an Effective Nosework Training Plan for Instructors Module
Instructor: Michele Ellertson

As instructors, we need to breakdown advanced concepts into smaller, manageable pieces for our students to be successful. Learn how to develop effective training plans with this module!
General Trial Prep
Control Unleashed and Scent Work: Crazy Calm Start Lines Webinar
Instructor: Adam Skandarani

Learn how you can leverage Control Unleashed to help your dog better cope with their emotions, the environment and be better able to tackle their search.
Trial Prep Program
P for Pronounced or Pee Webinar
Instructor: Sue Sternberg

Have you ever been puzzled as to whether your dog was working a hide, was invested in dog odor or getting ready to potty? In this webinar, Sue will show the differences between a dog sniffing doggy odors vs a dog sniffing target odors.
Trial Prep
Mastering Multiple Hides Webinar
Instructor: Michael McManus

Do you want a step-by-step guide to how we teach our own dogs to do multiple hides? Learn how to take the conflict out of multiple hides, starting with building stickiness, and then following a procedure that introduces each new concept slowly and clearly.
Trial Prep Program
Why Stress is Good Webinar
Instructor: Michael McManus and Natalie McManus

Dogs and handlers encounter stress both within and outside their searches. Learn how to better cope with this stress using targeted exercises meant for both ends of leash in this webinar.
Advanced Topics Program
Zone Training in Nosework Webinar
Instructor: Michele Ellertson

The way we set up our searches in training provides an experience for the dog. We want to make sure those experiences curate the type of searcher we’re looking for. Zone training can help.
Trial Prep
Odor Observation: How to Read Your Dog and Become a Proficient Trial Team Webinar
Instructor: Jill Kovacevich

Ask yourself, as a nosework and scentwork handler, how would you rank your skill set to read your dog working odor? Learn how to become a proficient odor observer in this webinar. It is more than "watching" your dog, it is watching your dog work ODOR.
Trial Prep Program
It's What’s Inside that Counts: A Study of Interior Searches Webinar
Instructor: Dana Zinn

Interior searches can be tricky for many teams. Learn all the ins and outs, from hide placement to training and trialing Interiors with this webinar!
Trial Prep
Conquering Crack Hides Webinar
Instructor: Holly Bushard

Crack hides can be challenging. Learn tips and tricks on how to train for and tackle these hides in this webinar.
Live Webinar
Instructors: Canine Body Behavior and Teaching Classes Webinar
Date: April 26th at 4:30PM PT/7:30PM ET
Instructor: Dianna L. Santos

When teaching a group dog training class, it is essential for instructors to properly read what their canine clients are saying. Learn ways to do so, keep tensions low and set your clients up for success in this webinar.
Agility
What Did Ya Say? Understanding Handler Cues Webinar
Instructor: Vicky Lovejoy

Once we have foundation agility behaviors, how do we clarify our cues to support our dog during an agility run? In this webinar, learn how we can communicate to our dogs ways to tackle an agility course.
Dog Sport Skills
Make Your Training Exciting Webinar
Instructor: Dianna L. Santos

If we want solid results in our training, we need to make the process as fun and engaging as possible. Learn ways to accomplish just that in this webinar.
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.
Common Issues
Wait...Did You Find a Hide?! Webinar
Instructor: Dianna L. Santos

Does your dog buzz around the search area seemingly finding hides without telling you? Learn some solutions with this webinar.
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.
Foundation Sniffing Program
Why Independence Matters Webinar
Instructor: Dianna L. Santos

Independence is crucially important to any dog who is doing Scent Work. We discuss why and some of the ways we can promote our dogs to be more independent in our searches.
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