All About Scent Work Podcast
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All About Scent Work Podcast
Get ready to discuss all things Scent Work! Topics will be helpful for both companion dog owners and serious dog sport competitors. #allaboutscentworkpodcast #scentwork #nosework #scentworktraining #noseworktraining #scentworktrialing #noseworktrialing #scentworku #scentworkuniversity
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Power of Effective Treat Delivery with Emma Parsons
Scent Work is a unique dog sport as handlers are encouraged and expected to reward their dogs upon finding a hide or finishing a search. However, does...

Spotlight: Epitome of Enthusiasm - Dr. John Strassner
In this Spotlight Series episode, we have the opportunity to speak with Dr. John Strassner, an Expert AKC Scent Work Judge and former AKC Field Repres...

Break It Down...What Does That Mean?!
You are taking a Scent Work class, attending a working or webinar, reading a blog or listening to a podcast and you hear the phrase, "break it down"....

Imposter Syndrome: Discussion with Teah Anders and Silke Wittig
Have you ever felt as though you were being smothered by a blanket of doubt when it comes to Scent Work? Are you second guessing every little thing yo...

Before and After the Trial
There exists a world of opportunities in the days immediately before and after a given trial. What we choose to do with our dogs during these days can...

Embracing Consequences
Consequences are all bad things, right? Not necessarily. When training, consequences are merely results, not inherently good or bad. By embracing the...

Wearing All the Hats
Each of us have certain "hats" we wear pertaining to Scent Work. Dog owner. Handler. Competitor. Instructor. Trial official. Trial host. Volunteer. Ea...

That's BAD! ... Or Is It?
Training Scent Work offers us a multitude of choices. What training approach, school of thought or tools will we use? Each of us has our own preferenc...

Honest Advocacy and Trialing
Choosing to trial with our dogs requires that we ask some questions. Would trialing be the best thing for us, our dogs and our team, right now, at thi...

Dog's Perspective
When tackling your searches, are you keeping your dog's perspective in mind? Meaning, how they are perceiving the space or environment? Doing so can b...

Getting Off the Hamster Wheel
Do you feel as though you are running at top speed on a hamster wheel and unable to get off? There are many of us in the sniffing community that may f...

Strategic Trialing
When it comes to trialing in Scent Work within the United States, there many competition organizations to choose from. This variety grants us an incre...

Are We Asking the Right Questions?
Why are we doing Scent Work in the first place? What drew us to this activity? We are all so incredibly busy, stretched ridiculously thin, constantly...

Scent Work is Hard!
There are many moving pieces when it comes to the activity of Scent Work. A common misconception is that Scent Work is easy: train dog to find thing,...

Dog Asked a Question...Is That Bad?
You're tackling a search with your dog. They have found a few hides and there are one or more hides left. Suddenly, they stop and look back at you. Th...

Perspectives and Blind Spots
It is far too easy to develop blind spots when training or trialing with our dogs, working with clients, designing searches as a trial official, findi...

Art of Giving and Receiving Information
Instructors are tasked to share their knowledge and expertise with their human clients in such a way that the client can then internalize, understand...

Importance of Flexibility
It is all too common to find ourselves making statements such as, "At this stage, I should do THIS" or "After this STEP, I follow this STEP and then t...

Spotlight: Kayla Dever and Samantha Winslow
In this spotlight episode, we have the distinct privilege to speak to Kayla Dever and Samantha Winslow of Every Dog Nosework about how they plunged in...

Is the Issue Scent Work Related?
It is interesting how when it comes to Scent Work, everything is seemingly viewed through the lens of the dog's ability to hunt and source their hides...

Spotlight: Foster Dog Sniffer School
In this Spotlight Series episode, we have the distinct privilege of speaking with Lori Timberlake of Do Over Dog Training regarding her amazing Foster...

Keeping It Safe: The Choices We Make Matter
The choices we make regarding our reactive, sensitive and aggressive dogs is an important conversation to have. It is paramount that safety be a signi...

Our Misleading Dialogue
When it comes to training or trialing in Scent Work, we oftentimes have a running dialogue in our mind that may be less than accurate. Some common exa...

Meaning of Trial Results May Vary
Competing in Scent Work involves receiving qualifying or non-qualifying scores, earning titles or even placements...but what does all of this really m...

Celebrate Learning Opportunities
We are living through an exciting time where there is a plethora of learning opportunities within the Scent Work training community! This includes acc...

Let's Talk: Creative Sniffy Events
As we play Scent Work, we work to develop skills for the dog, handler and team in our classes and training sessions. Especially for teams who are inte...

Let's Talk Reactive Dogs and Scent Work
One of the many wonderful aspects of Scent Work is how it is a benefical activity for so many categories of dogs, including reactive dogs.
In th...

Retiring a Dog from Nose Work
Whether it be due to old age, injuries, illness or simply not wanting to play the game anymore, we may find ourselves faced with the prospect of retir...

Tale of Squeezing in a Training Session
We are all incredibly busy, fluttering around doing a million things at once. How often have you found yourself trying to squeeze in a Scent Work trai...

Take Time to Understand Odor
Regardless of why we are playing Scent Work or what our goals are, we should take time to better understand odor, odor theory and hide placement.

Embracing the Grey
Dealing with absolutes is riddled with issues. Yet it is far too common for statements containing "always" and "never" to be thrown around when discus...

Group Classes and Customization
Handlers should absolutely advocate for their dogs. They know their dogs best and will be the ones who will decide the short-term and long-term goals...

Issues with Success
As we are training and trialing in Scent Work, we will start accumulating successes. However, we should evaluate these successes objectively and hones...

Instructors: The Pain of Growth
Being a Scent Work instructor is an honor and a privilege. You devote countless hours learning and honing your craft, perfecting it with your own dogs...

There's More to Sniffing Success
When it comes to Scent Work, we work to to ensure our dog has solid odor recognition, that they find their hides valuable and are able to competently...

Cyber Scent Work: Games, Evaluators, Oh My!
In this episode, we discuss Cyber Scent Work and some of the changes, updates and new offerings including the launch of the Cyber Sniffing Games Progr...

Let’s Talk Odor with Amy Herot and Jill Marie O’Brien
For our 100th episode, we have the distinct privilege of speaking with the Co-Founders of NACSW, Amy Herot and Jill Marie O'Brien about all things odo...

Run on All Cylinders...Or Maybe Not
Are you going a million miles a minute when it comes to Scent Work? Doing all the training, learning, trialing possible, essentially all the things al...

Instructors: Clients Cannot Live Inside Bubbles
As Scent Work Instructors, given our learning, background and expertise, we oftentimes have a fairly solid grasp for how a sniffy journey may go, comm...

It Depends: Missed a Hide in Training
"It depends", one of the most common responses Scent Work instructors will give regarding what to do when a dog misses a hide in training. While this...