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With a combination of informative narration, detailed video examples and helpful handouts, you will walk away understanding the hows and whys of each exercise.
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You have access to all the course and webinar materials for 1 full year. Refer back to this material as often as you like! Take your time and never feel rushed.
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Choose the enrollment option that works best for you. Use the course forum to ask questions to the instructor as well as your fellow participants.
How Can Scent Work University Help You?
Getting Started in Scent Work
Start with our Foundation Courses.
Building Skills for Scent Work
Expand your sniffing game.
Prepping for Trial
Learn how to earn those ribbons!
Courses to Check Out
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Introduction to Scent Work
Does your dog love to sniff? Are you looking for a way to work them out mentally and physically with an activity that is still easy for you to do and fit into your busy schedule? Do you need something to help build your dog's confidence or curb unwanted behaviors stemming from boredom? Great! Then the Introduction to Scent Work course is for you! Read More -
Introducing Birch
In this 6-week course, your dog will learn to find a new novel odor: Birch. Teams will be concentrating on searching interior and container search areas. Handlers will also learn the importance of reward placement and timing, as well as how they can further support their canine partner. Get ready to take your searching to the next level! Read More -
All Elements and Odors
Your dog is comfortable finding all three Scent Work odors: Birch, Anise and Clove. We will now ensure they can find all of these hides without pairing and in all the elements (Interior, Exteror, Vehicle and Container). Through the use of fun games and set-ups, your dog will stay engaged and love the game, even when the odor problem may be difficult! Read More -
Reading Your Dog
One of the most important skills for any Scent Work handler to hone is being able to read their dog. Every dog will develop their own personal "tell". In this course we will break down the common signs your dog is in odor, heading toward and finding the hide as opposed to what it looks like when they get distracted, are crittering or investigating "dog odor". Read More -
Introducing Cypress
In addition to Birch, Anise and Clove, dogs must be able to locate and hunt for Cypress in AKC Scent Work trials. In this course, we will cover how you should introduce this new odor to your dog and incorporate it into your training. We will also discuss rules specific to AKC, and steps you should take to set your dog up to succeed. Read More -
Handler Discrimination
In AKC Scent Work, competitors also have the opportunity to enter the handler discrimination class, where the dog will locate an article with their scent in the Novice levels, or a scented q-tip or cotton ball in the upper levels of competition. We will cover how you can introduce this concept to your dog and ensure their success! Read More -
NACSW: NW2 Trial Prep
The NW2 Trial Prep class will mentally and physically prepare teams for NACSW™ NW2 trials. Some of the topics covered include training with distractions, searching for multiple hides and solving converging odor problems, how to read your dog sourcing an inaccessible hide, covering the search area, working under pressure as well as tips on how to prepare for the day of the trial will be covered. Read More -
NACSW: NW3 Trial Prep
The NW3 Trial Prep class will mentally and physically prepare teams for NACSW™ NW3 trials. Some of the topics covered include covering the search area and reading when your dog has found all of the hides or if there are no hides, building stamina, training for high hides, how not to get lost during the search, dealing with the stress of the unknown, working under pressure as well as tips on how to prepare for the day of the trial will be covered. Read More -
Scent Work Coaching: Handler's Choice
Every Scent Work team has different goals. Some people practice every day, others are lucky to practice once a week (or less!). Many feel that they aren’t getting the most out of their practice. What should you practice? Do you know what you will do if a problem arises? Do you feel like you’re walking your dog from hide to hide (or giving them “hints”) instead of letting them work out the odor problem? With this course, we will coach YOU on how to be a better handler and Scent Work team as a whole! Read More
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