Latest Releases

These are the latest dog training online courses, seminars, webinars and eBooks we have released through Scent Work University.

Be certain to check them all out, your dog will thank you!

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UPCOMING LIVE WEBINARS
Latest Releases
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General Scent Work
Marker Cues in Nosework Webinar
Instructor: Michele Ellertson

Marker cues in Nosework, to click or not to click… there is a tremendous amount of debate about this topic that all comes down to timing. Learn more in this informative webinar.
Trial Prep
Skills for Elite and Summit: High-End Problem-Solving Webinar
Instructor: Jill Kovacevich

Join us as we explore, with input from Elite and Summit level teams, Coaches, Judges and others, this very evolving competition level of dogs and their handlers. Learn what does it take to succeed, who has it and what is so fascinating about Elite and Summit.
General Scent Work
Gettin' Creative: Unique and Themed Searches eBook
Instructor: Dianna L. Santos

Do you find yourself in a sniffing rut? Running out of ideas? Lacking inspiration? We have what you need to jumpstart your creativity with this collection of searches and suggestions to keep you and your pup happily searching all yearlong.
Foundation Scent Work
Foundations: Building, Maintaining and Celebrating eBook
Instructor: Dianna L. Santos

Are you looking for ways to build and maintain solid foundational skills for you and your dog when it comes to Scent Work? Perhaps how to stay motivated to offer foundational searches throughout your entire sniffing journey? This eBook is for you!
Trial Prep
Don’t Let the Q in Detective be a Sleuth; How to Prep for Success! Webinar
Instructor: Tony Gravley

That oh so elusive Q in Detective! “I missed it by just one” seems to be a statement that goes hand-in-hand with Detective. Learn the skills necessary for the dog and handler to master to be more successful in this challenging class.
Scent Work for Everyone
The New Dog Conundrum Webinar
Instructor: Jill Marie O'Brien

We oftentimes build specific training and handling approaches around our current canine teammate. This can make things challenging when we add in a new dog to our lives. Learn how to make this a smoother transition in this webinar.
Getting Started
Toys as Primary Webinar
Instructor: Michele Ellertson

Are you interested in using toys as your form of primary to get your dog started in Nosework? Learn toy play mechanics, toy rules, and how to set up your toy search to get the most out of the work with your dog.
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.
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
Decoding Toy Obsession in Your Searches Webinar
Instructor: Dianna L. Santos

Do you fret whenever there is a planned toy distractor in your search area? Does your dog seemingly forget all about their hide and become obsessive with the toy instead? Learn why this may happen and possible training solutions in this webinar.
Trial Prep
Detective and Summit: Compare and Prepare Webinar
Instructor: Holly Bushard

Are you interested in competing at the upper levels of AKC Scent Work and NACSW? Learn the unique challenges posed by these two high-level classes, their similarities, their differences and gain insights for how to better prepare for each.
Trial Prep Program
Odor Puzzles: Training and Trial Prep Seminar
Instructor: Dianna L. Santos

Have you ever wondered what all the odor puzzles your dog must be exposed to and learn to master are to be successful in Scent Work? Find out in this seminar!
General Scent Work
Catalog of Odor Puzzles eBook
Instructor: Dianna L. Santos

Wouldn't it be nice to have a resource which listed all the various odor puzzles we can offer our dog when training Scent Work? Look no further than this helpful eBook.
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.
Trial Prep
Odor Drive: How To Train to Maintain Webinar
Instructor: Jill Kovacevich

Let's discuss odor drive! Enjoy an in depth discussion on what odor drive is, why it is important for scent detection sport dogs, how we can assess what drive gear our dogs are in when they are searching, when to train odor drive and how to maintain it.
Trial Prep Program
Trial Teamwork: The Handler's Role Webinar
Instructor: Michael McManus and Natalie McManus

Do you know your role as the handler at trial? We sometimes think of ourselves as just a ride and a treat dispenser, but the handler's role is so much deeper and more important than that!
General Scent Work
Masterful Mazes Webinar
Instructor: Dianna L. Santos

Mazes can be an excellent tool in your Scent Work training toolbox! Learn the benefits of mazes, how you can leverage them and ideas to help inspire you to create your own in this webinar.
Training On Your Own
Make a Plan: Training Scent Work on Your Own Webinar
Instructor: Dianna L. Santos

It can be far too easy to feel at a loss when training Scent Work on our own. Where do we start? How do we know what to do next, what adjustments to make? Learn some tips and tricks in this webinar!
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.
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.
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.
Training On Your Own
Creative Searches at Home Webinar
Instructor: Dianna L. Santos

Bad weather. Crazy schedules. There are lots of reasons why you may not want to do a field trip with your searches. Learn some ways you can be creative right from the comfort of your own home.
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.
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.
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.
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
Intentional Practice for the Extreme Webinar
Instructor: Vicky Lovejoy

Help your dog develop the skills they need to tackle a variety of searches regardless of what the search area throws at them. Great for trial-prep or simply taking your sniffing game to the next level.
Rescue Dogs
The Power of Sniffing: Leveraging Nose Work to Acclimate Foster and Shelter Dogs Webinar
Instructor: Nancy Reyes

Explore the benefits of nose work exercises for foster and newly adopted shelter dogs, focusing on their acclimation, enrichment, confidence development, and relationship building with their new caregivers.
Skills Beyond Odor
Parkour to Benefit Nose Work Dogs Webinar
Instructor: Lori Timberlake

Do you have a timid Nose Work dog? Does your dog worry about different flooring, going into tight spaces, going to new places? Dog parkour may be just the thing!
Odor Puzzles
Multi-Hide Searches Webinar
Instructor: Dianna L. Santos

Setting up multi-hide searches can be greatly beneficial for our dogs. We discuss how and why you should weave these types of searches into your training program in this webinar.
Odor Puzzles
Single Hide Searches Webinar
Instructor: Dianna L. Santos

There are many handlers who assume every search area must have multiple hides. Nothing could be further from the truth! Single hide searches can be extremely helpful in a variety of ways! We discuss this and provide you some tips to try in this 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.
Rescue Dogs
Nose Work: Perfect Activity for Dogs in Rescue Webinar
Instructor: Lori Timberlake

If you’re active in shelter or rescue work and just don’t know how to better enrich the dogs’ lives in your care, this webinar is for you.
AKC Scent Work
Preparing for Your AKC Scent Work Debut Webinar
Instructor: Holly Bushard

Getting ready to make your AKC Scent Work trialing debut? How exciting! Ensure you and your dog are fully prepared by taking this webinar with Holly Bushard.
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.
Reactive Dogs
Stress-Free Learning and Trialing with a Reactive Dog Webinar
Instructor: Christina Young

In this webinar, Christina will discuss and illustrate strategies and games to help you and your dog navigate the challenges of taking a reactive dog to a Scent Work class or trial.
AKC Scent Work Program
Beat the Buried Blues! Webinar
Instructor: Holly Bushard

Has the AKC Scent Work Buried element got you down? Explore solutions to common problems and break down training concepts to increase your consistent reliability in competition. Let's prove how fun Buried can be.
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.
Low-Drive Dogs
Games for Low-Drive Dogs Webinar
Instructor: Michele Ellertson

When it comes to low-drive dogs, we need to convince them they are strong, powerful and able to successfully play the sniffing game. Learn how to do this in this webinar!
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.
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