Podcasts about k9 nose work

Le nosework, cette activité qui peut devenit totalement game-changer pour ton chien ! Qu'il soit réactif ou non, le nosework a largement fait preuve de son efficacité et de son bienfait pour les chiens. Aujourd'hui avec Marjorie on fait un focus sur l'activité, ses bienfaits, mais aussi et notamment dans le cadre de gestion de chien réactif ! On parle de valence émotionnelle, on parle de structure de travail, on prend des études de cas très concrètes et on décortique les choses petit à petit !

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 odor, K9 Nose Work, training, trialing and more. ----more---- Speakers: Dianna L. Santos Amy Herot Jill Marie O'Brien Scent Work University is an online dog training platform focused on all things Scent Work. Our online courses, seminars, webinars and eBooks are not only for those who are interested in competition, but also for those dog owners who are simply looking for something fun and engaging to do with their dogs. Check out Scent Work University today! Are you interested in competing in Scent Work? Give virtual trialing a try! Check out Cyber Scent Work, Inc. where not only may you earn qualifying scores, titles and ribbons, you may also receive training feedback from our incredibly talented and experienced Review Officials. Submit your video entry today. Interested in other dog sports, helping a new dog or puppy learn the ropes to be more successful at home and when out and about? Check out Pet Dog U, where we offer online dog training courses, webinars, mini-webinars, seminars as well as a regularly updated blog and podcast for all of your dog training needs! #allaboutscentworkpodcast #nacsw #k9nosework #amyherot #jillmarieobrien #odor #competing #training #scentworkinstructors #noseworkinstructors #scentwork #nosework #scentworktraining #noseworktraining #scentworktrialing #noseworktrialing #scentworkwebinar #noseworkwebinar #onlinescentwork #onlinenosework #virtualscentwork #virtualnosework #scentworku #scentworkuniversity

Heather Sumlin spends time interviewing Mental Management Certified Instructor, Teah Anders. We talk about what K9 Nose Work is and why the mental game is so important in this sport. She shares some advice for handlers as well as how she uses Mental Management in her personal and professional life as well. Check out her website - http://www.noseworkmind.com/ Join our Patreon membership for a more indepth conversation with Teah - https://www.patreon.com/posts/inside-coachs-80161448 Heather Sumlin's website - https://www.heathersumlin.com/ Products mentioned: With Winning in Mind - https://mentalmanagement.com/products/with-winning-in-mind Freedom Flight - https://mentalmanagement.com/products/freedom-flight-the-origins-of-mental-power Performance Analysis - https://mentalmanagement.com/products/performance-analysis-the-ultimate-performance-journal Audios you can access on Patreon we discussed: What Every Nose Work Handler Should Know First About the Mental Game with Teah & Heather - https://www.patreon.com/posts/what-every-nose-64351171 Freedom Flight Audio - https://www.patreon.com/posts/freedom-flight-59201533 More about Teah: Teah Anders founded Gentle Touch Pet Training in 1999 and has successfully taught thousands of people the clicker training method. In 2008, Teah published a comprehensive dog training book entitled, “Click ‘n Connect: Training Your Dog a Lifelong Journey.” In 2021, Son Care Foundation purchased Gentle Touch Pet Training and Teah has continued to instruct her favorite dog sport, K9 Nose Work. Teah is a Certified Management Instructor (Level III) through Mental Management Systems in Texas. Since 2013, she has been traveling the U.S. sharing Mental Management concepts with clients who compete in dog sports helping them perform at an optimal level, consistently under pressure. She has taught many group seminars and smaller or personal on-line classes on the incredible concepts of Mental Management. Teah has helped many handlers across the country learn more about how to effectively handle their thoughts during competition and become even better handlers. Teah has been a Certified Nose Work Instructor through the National Association of K9 Scent Work since 2010 and currently teaches Nose Work Classes. She is a NACSW Certifying Official (CO) and judge for trials and CO and judge for Odor Recognition Tests (ORTs). She is a frequent NACSW Trial and ORT Host and has enjoyed instructing at NACSW/Dogs of Course NW Camps in CO, GA and PA. Teah is a Certified Professional Dog Trainer through the Certification Council for Professional Dog Trainers and is a professional member of the Association of Pet Dog Trainers (APDT). Teah has also earned a CAP2 (Competency Assessment Program – Level 2) certification through Kay Laurence's Learning About Dogs organization in the UK. She has been a Canine Good Citizen (CGC) Evaluator through the American Kennel Club since 2004.

What to listen for:In the second part of this two-part series, Stacy, Robin, and Crystal share their biggest takeaways from previous episodes of the podcast, covering everything from Odor Hygiene to Incentive Salience Theory to imposter syndrome in K9 training, and more!Key Topics:The Dames of Detection answer questions from the K9 community (01:19)Distraction Camp 2022 (12:38)Training your detection dog with a purpose (17:33)Incentive Salience Theory with Jo-Rosie (24:43)The importance of odor hygiene (29:41)Competitive tracking and confidence training with Emily Lawrence (32:05)Our hosts answer more questions from the K9 community (38:20)“Dreamers, doers and self-care” from the surprise ambush episode (40:40)K9 cross-training and what our hosts do with their dogs outside of traditional training (43:27)Why words matter in K9 training (44:51)Amy Herot: Co-founder of K9 Nose Work (48:53)Being intentional in K9 handling (50:58)Setting goals based on gratitude (54:09)Imposter syndrome in the K9 training world (58:51)Remembering episode 50, the highlight episode (01:03:07)Resources:See web post for list of previous episodes mentioned in this episodeK9 Sensus Distraction Camp 2023We want to hear from you:•Check out the K9 Detection Collaborative FB page and comment on the episode post!•K9Sensus Foundation can be found on Facebook and Instagram. We have a Trainer's Group on Facebook!•Scentsabilities Nosework is also on Facebook. Here is a Facebook group you should join!•Crystal Wing K9 Coach can be found here!•You can follow us for notifications of upcoming episodes, find us at k9detectioncollaborative.com to enjoy the freebies and tell your friends so you can keep the conversations going.Jingle by: www.mavericksings.com Instagram: @mavericktasticAudio editing & other podcast services by: www.thepodcastman.com Instagram: @the_podcast_man

What to listen for:On this very special year-end episode, Stacy, Robin, and Crystal bring back all six of the guests they've had on the podcast over the past nine months of K9 Detection Collaborative. They share what they're most grateful for and what they're most looking forward to in 2023 and beyond!Police K9 officer Tabitha kicks things off by talking about the value of having a support team. She's followed by Dr. Lauryn DeGreeff, analytical chemistry and forensic science expert, who passionately shares the real-world problems she's excited to solve in the near future.Next, Nose Work trainer Holly Bushard reflects on how she got to know her furry friend on a more intimate level just before his passing earlier this year. Behavioral specialist Jo-Rosie Haffenden then speaks on the importance of gaining feedback from someone you trust in the industry.Emily Lawrence, competitive tracking extraordinaire, tells us how she's mentored others in improving their own tracking game. Finally, Amy Herot, Founder of K9 Nose Work, lets us know why she's most grateful for her supportive community.Don't miss the last 16 minutes of the episode, where our amazing guests tell us what they're most excited for in 2023, rapid-fire-style!“What I'm Most Grateful For in 2022”:Tabitha (02:26)Dr. Lauryn DeGreeff (06:35)Holly Bushard (08:29)Jo-Rosie Haffenden (15:37)Emily Lawrence (26:46)Amy Herot (33:10)“What I'm Most Looking Forward To in 2023”:Tabitha (44:22)Dr. Lauryn DeGreeff (45:26)Holly Bushard (46:45)Jo-Rosie Haffenden (51:02)Emily Lawrence (54:24)Amy Herot (57:36)Resources:Dr. Lauryn DeGreeffJo-Rosie HaffendenEmily LawrenceAmy HerotWe want to hear from you:Check out the K9 Detection Collaborative FB page and comment on the episode post!K9Sensus Foundation can be found on Facebook and Instagram. We have a Trainer's Group on Facebook!Scentsabilities Nosework is also on Facebook. Here is a Facebook group you should join!Crystal Wing K9 Coach can be found here!You can follow us for notifications of upcoming episodes, find us at k9detectioncollaborative.com to enjoy the freebies and tell your friends so you can keep the conversations going.Jingle by: www.mavericksings.com Instagram: @mavericktasticAudio editing & other podcast services by: www.thepodcastman.com Instagram: @the_podcast_man

Today, Stacy, Robin, and Crystal sit down with special guest Amy Herot, co-founder of K9 Nose Work. Amy has over 20 years of experience under her belt as a trainer, handler, and educator. She has certified teams in Narcotics and Explosives and has logged over 1,500 instructional hours in detection dog training.Amy kicks off the conversation by sharing what drew her to the world of detection and how initial experiments with essential oils eventually led to the development of K9 Nose Work's methodology as it exists today.“We didn't say, ‘Let's create a dog sport.' We just said, ‘Let's create an outlet for dogs to have fun and for people to learn about this side of their dog.'” For Amy and her team, the community they created was dedicated to building who the dog is and encouraging our furry friends to bring us into their world in order to better understand and work with them.Listen in as Amy shares how to get the best out of Nose Work competitions by letting your dog be the star of the show, navigating competition nerves, knowing how best to work with a ‘reactive dog,' and using nosework to improve yourself holistically as a K9 trainer.Key Topics:Amy's background in detection work (01:54)The goal of K9 Nose Work (09:21)Behind the glamor of detection work (15:40)What's next for K9 Nose Work? (23:08)Letting the dog be the star of the show (30:20)What Amy would change or add to nosework competitions (35:16)Competition nerves (42:11)Working with a reactive dog (50:27)How nosework makes you a better trainer overall (50:21)How nosework practitioners pick their dogs (56:37)How Amy would explain her profession to her parents (58:47)Resources:Find Amy hereLearn how to host a trialLearn how to become an instructorWe want to hear from you:•Check out the K9 Detection Collaborative FB page and comment on the episode post!•K9Sensus Foundation can be found on Facebook and Instagram. We have a Trainer's Group on Facebook!•Scentsabilities Nosework is also on Facebook. Here is a Facebook group you should join!•Crystal Wing K9 Coach can be found here!•You can follow us for notifications of upcoming episodes, find us at k9detectioncollaborative.com to enjoy the freebies and tell your friends so you can keep the conversations going.Jingle by: www.mavericksings.com Instagram: @mavericktasticAudio editing & other podcast services by: www.thepodcastman.com Instagram: @the_podcast_man

In our latest Spotlight episode, we have the distinct privilege of speaking with Becky Thomas of The Ultimate K9 in Australia about how she has been helping to grow K9 Nose Work® in Australia. This conversation is fantastic, as it highlights how this activity is for all dogs and handlers and is something that everyone should play. Becky's enthusiasm is contagious and we are fortunate to have her as a part of the community. Learn more about Becky here: Facebook https://www.facebook.com/ultimatek9training Instagram – Ultimate K9 YouTube – coming soon ----more---- PODCAST TRANSCRIPT Coming soon!

In a continuation of last week's episode, we're finishing our discussion with one of the leading K9 Nose Work experts, Kristina Leipzig, about the growing sport of K9 Nose Work! This sport is a less training-intensive option for working with your dogs, and the competitions are set up nicely for those dogs that might be more reactive and less able to work in more complex environments like agility or flyball. Today we're focusing on what dogs tend to excel in the sport, what training mistakes people make, and more. We talked through some of the sanctioning bodies where you can get involved in K9 Nose Work or Scent Work, as it is otherwise known: NACSW: NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF CANINE SCENT WORK USCSS: UNITED STATES CANINE SCENT SPORTS UKC: UNITED KENNEL CLUB AKC: AMERICAN KENNEL CLUB SCENT WORK Where should you look for an instructor? Check out the K9 Nosework list of certified instructors. Did you like this episode? Do us a favor and like, share and subscribe to the podcast! And if you haven't gotten your CHJ swag, yet, check out the Swag Store, now!

This week we're talking to one of the leading K9 Nose Work experts, Kristina Leipzig, about this growing sport! This sport is a less training-intensive option for working with your dogs, and the competitions are set up nicely for those dogs that might be more reactive and less able to work in more complex environments like agility or flyball. Listen in to hear more about what this sport is and how you can get started. Part 1 starts now! We talked through some of the sanctioning bodies where you can get involved in K9 Nose Work or Scent Work, as it is otherwise known: NACSW: NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF CANINE SCENT WORK USCSS: UNITED STATES CANINE SCENT SPORTS UKC: UNITED KENNEL CLUB AKC: AMERICAN KENNEL CLUB SCENT WORK Where should you look for an instructor? Check out the K9 Nosework list of certified instructors.

Geryah interviews Dianna Santos of cyberscentwork.com on how to get started with cyber scent work with any dog. Dianna is the president and co-founder of Cyber Scent Work Inc. She has been training dogs since 2011 and specializes in reactive, sensitive, and aggressive dogs. She is a lover of scent work and presides over multiple online dog training programs and organizations. These include Online Dog Training University, which has three different divisions: Scent Work University, Dog Sport University, and Pet Dog U. These are all online dog training platforms designed to help people achieve their dog training goals. During the podcast interview, Dianna discusses the Cyber Scent Work origin story, how to get started in Cyber Scent Work, the target audience for Cyber Scent Work, to include the Cyber Scent Work Shelter Program, some early-stage Cyber Scent Work success stories, and next steps for handler/dog teams to start Cyber Scent Work. TIMESTAMPS 00:00 Intro 01:11 Dianna Santos' background /Cyber Scent Work Origin Story 09:20 Getting Started in Cyber Scent Work 13:32 Target Audience for Cyber Scent Work 18:04 Cyber Scent Work Shelter Program 21:23 Cyber Scent Work Success Stories 23:55 Next Steps to Start Cyber Scent Work / Dianna Santos Contact Info

In this episode, we speak with the Co-Founder of NACSW™ and Founder of the K9 Nose Work® Shelter Program, Jill Marie O'Brien and Steven DeTata, CNWI who is spearheading the growth of the program and spreading the word on social media. This wonderful program pairs up of K9 Nose Work® certified instructors, or those who are going through the certified instructor program, with shelters and rescues to provide much-needed enrichment to shelter dogs.  ----more---- If you want to learn more about the K9 Nose Work® Shelter Program and how you can get involved, whether you an instructor, volunteer or shelter staff member, be sure to check out the program's Facebook Page here. You should also check out the webinar Jill offered that goes into even more detail about the program.  There are also some articles that offer a great overview of using K9 Nose Work® in shelters. Article 1. Article 2. Article 3.  If you interested in learning more about K9 Nose Work® and/or NACSW™, click this link, which includes information about workshops, webinars, Instructor Program and an Instructor search. If you want to learn more about the competition-side of things, be sure to check out the NACSW™ site. ___________________________________ Scent Work University is an online dog training platform focused on all things Scent Work. SWU courses, seminars, webinars and eBook are not only for those who are interested in competition, but also for those dog owners who are simply looking for something fun and engaging to do with their dogs. Check out Scent Work University today! Interested in another dog sport? Dog Sport University is sister online dog training platform, give it a peek and see what it has to offer you and your dog. Want to help your dog in the manner department? Maybe you have a new puppy? Check out our newest online dog training platform, Pet Dog U, where we offer online dog training courses, webinars, seminars as well as a regularly updated blog and podcast for all of your dog training needs! Do you want earn Qs, titles and ribbons and receive helpful training advice? Be sure to checkout Cyber Scent Work, Inc. #allaboutscentworkpodcast #k9noseworkshelterprogram #scentwork #nosework #scentworktraining #noseworktraining #scentworku #scentworkuniversity

Geryah Dingle interviews Tori Mistick of wearwagrepeat.com about what it takes to be Instafamous in 2021 and pro tips to make Instagram-worthy dog content. With the influx of humans welcoming dogs into their homes during this pandemic and the recent changes to the Instagram algorithm, Tori discusses some of her thoughts on feed posts, stories, the Explore page, IGTV videos, and Reels. The interview also touches on some of Tori's work as an influencer, educator, podcaster, and founder of the award-winning dog mom lifestyle brand Wear Wag Repeat and her passion for amplifying women's voices in a way that embraces diversity; compassion, and a love of dogs! TIMESTAMPS 00:00 Intro 01:12 Tori's Background 03:10 How can pet parents create Instagram-Worthy content? 05:15 Tik Tok Example of authentic, honest content 06:30 Types of Instagram engagement/interaction (likes, comments, share, save) 10:26 What type of content works for pet industry/user accounts, specifically? 12:00 What should you post in your Petfluencer Instagram Reels? 13:30 Instagram infeed posts vs. stories vs. IGTV 16:30 How to use carousel posts effectively to “stop-the-scroll!” 18:30 Is Instagram too much work to maintain and curate? 19:41 Instagram Hacks to save time and be strategic about your posts 23:08 Using Instagram to support rescues, animal welfare, and awareness 24:26 Using Instagram to work with brands as a Petfluencer 27:10 Dingle Days Rapid Fire Questions 32:00 The Wear Wag Repeat Society overview

Geryah interviews Tina Spring of sithappens.us about how to prevent dog bites with children and overall canine safety. With the influx of humans welcoming dogs into their homes during this pandemic, Tina dives into some of her thoughts on how one should behave around a dog and some of the things one should consider when children are in the household. The interview also touches on some of the work Tina has done with Doggone Safe and the broader canine safety community, behavior and some training resources for pet parents. Tina owns Sit Happens Dog Training & Behavior, LLC. She is the co-host on the Your Family Dog Podcast and creator of 90 Days to the Perfect Puppy, Long time Family Paws Educator, and SE US Coordinator for Doggone Safe, an international dog bite prevention and victim support organization.

Don Blair had his start with working K9s as a police officer. Having served as a K9 officer for 5 years, he moved into US Customs and Border Protection and quickly worked his way through a variety of roles including Canine Enforcement Officer, Instructor/Course Developer and Canine Branch Chief. He was responsible for supervision of Department of Homeland Security/Customs Border Protection anti-terrorism inspections and special enforcement operations as well as canine training and research development programs.   After founding CIA in 1984, Don continued to procure skills in optimizing canine learning through the attendance of numerous courses all over the world focused on operant conditioning. He actively applied these techniques to each position during his career resulting in highly effective and efficient results for teams under his oversight. Through CIA, he brings these same standards of learning coupled with over 30 years of experience to AKC obedience handlers, Schutzhund (IPO) handlers, and most recently with the relatively new sport of K9 Nose Work. Don continues to provide consulting services to multiple industries including personal protection companies, AmTrak, Search and Rescue Teams, police organizations, and the military.   Don is a United States Police Canine Association (USPCA) judge in tracking, detection, obedience, and protection, as well as an AKC CGC evaluator.   His website is www.CIAK9.net    Show Sponsors:   Are you looking for Scent wheels for detection training?? Some of the best in the business are made sold by Pat Nolan, go visit Pat Nolan's website.  www.tacticaldirectionalk9.com    FORD K9 LLC.   www.fordk9.com   Ford K9 MOBILE CLASSROOM - We come to YOU.  Any one of our classes and seminars can come to you and your area.  Contact us today to schedule.   FORD K9 in LAS VEGAS:  Attend any one of our classes or seminars.  Ford K9 now offers the new CSDT (Certified Sport Detection Dog Trainer) classes.  We offer Level 1 and Level 2.  Becoming a CSDT will help you develop as a trainer and become more familiar and efficient as a trainer working with all types of dogs and handlers wanting to join in the great sport of scent detection.   Ford K9 also offers CPDT (Canine Police/Professional Detection Dog Training School ) Levels 1, 2, and Master Trainer. This is for Handlers and Trainers or those working professional detection dogs such as Explosive, Firearm, Narcotic, Mass Media, and Cell Phone Detection.   LOOKING FOR YOUR NEXT DOG? Contact us here at Ford K9 to purchase your next fully trained Detection Dog.  email info@fordk9.com    SHOW YOUR SUPPORT for K9s TALKING SCENTS PODCAST you now have all kinds of gear for you guys from Shirts, Hats, Mugs and more just got to www.fordk9.com and click on the ONLINE STORE

Are you looking for some cool gift ideas for dog lovers? Well, in this episode, I share my top fur baby Christmas gift ideas for every budget. Let's get after it! With the holidays in full swing, that means, maybe, it's time to shop for others and maybe even pick up a few things for yourself and dog.

No one wants to be the handler with a dog that showed up to game day ill-prepared. In this episode, I explain how you can set up an AKC Scent Work Novice practice area to prepare you for your next trial better. When getting started with scent work trials, aka “competitions,” one must first understand that there are two scent work trial divisions: 1) the odor search division where the dog searches for odor of essential oil and (2) the handler discrimination division. These are go/no-go events. So, you either qual or you don't. You're looking to the dog to communicate to the handler that the scent has been found. This indication is referred to as “a change in behavior” (i.e., pawing, lie down, nose to target, something like that). You can pretty much train for this anywhere, and I explain to you referencing some equipment lying around your house. CHAPTERS [01:06] Introduction to staging the search area [1:07] Scents [1:40] Containers [2:20] The arrangement [3:15] Spacing [3:50] The boundaries [5:00] The number of hides [5:30] Calling your alert [5:48] Time limit [6:30] Distractions AND MUCH MORE!

Geryah discusses how your dog's behavior is often a reflection of you. Yes, that's right! You get out what you put in. Whether your dog is energetic or chill, a worker-bee or a couch potato, a loudmouth or quiet pooch, a worrywart or an easy-breezy, a cuddly doggy or a distant friend, a buddy buddy or an aggressive mind - your dog's behavior is often a reflection of you and a few other factors too. During the talk, Geryah highlights a University in Budapest's study that asserts, “a dog's personality is not fully set in his genes but is also affected and shaped by his life history, living conditions, his owner's nature and characteristics, and the social and educational interactions he has with his owner.” People can generally summarize a dog's personality traits in a few categories that measure calm, trainability, sociability, and boldness. Source: https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/canine-corner/201307/life-history-and-owners-nature-shape-dogs-personality CHAPTERS [0:30] The question of dog behavior [1:45] Case study on dog behavior and environment [4:00] Dogs being in-tuned to their humans [6:45] Dog personality trait [8:45] History, living conditions, owner's nature and characteristics, and social and education interactions of the dog's owners [11:00] Looking at the other end of the leash [12:00] Shaping behaviors with positive reinforcement [14:00] The importance of communicating with your dog [17:00] Calmness, trainability, sociability, and boldness. [19:00] The importance of reinforcing the behaviors you like [20:00] The importance of getting to know what works for your dog

Today’s episode is “Making Sense of Smell” with our guest, Jessica Schulte. It’s a fascinating conversation about how this superhuman ability informs the ways in which our dogs perceive, navigate, and understand the world around them. It also provides insight into the value of adding structured or competitive nosework into your dog’s routine.Our Guest:Jessica is a certified dog behavior consultant and a certified professional dog trainer and is one of the first Nose Work instructors certified on the East Coast and has been teaching Nose Work classes for over a decade. She has been the Odor Recognition Test National Coordinator for the NACSW, as well as the editor for the NACSW newsletter.She is also a Certifying Official, and also a licensed AKC Scent Work judge, approved to judge all levels and classes for AKC Scent Work trials. Jessica competes with her own dog, Trix, in K9 Nose Work where they compete at the elite level. They also compete in Rally, Rally Free, and Freestyle. Jessica works with Instinct Dog Training and Behavior in NYC teaching manners, obedience, and solving behavioral issues for dogs and their people.Episode References:J.E. Hayes, P.D. McGreevy, S.L. Forbes, G. Laing, R.M. Stuetz, Critical review of dog detection and the influences of physiology, training, and analytical methodologies, Talanta, Volume 185, 2018, Pages 499-512, ISSN 0039-9140,https://doi.org/10.1016/j.talanta.2018.04.010. A. Kerepesi, G.K. Jonsson, A. Miklosi, J. Topal, V. Csanyi, M.S. Magnusson, Detection of temporal patterns in dog-human interaction, Behav. Process. 70 (1) (2005) 69–79.C. Mariti, E. Ricci, B. Carlone, J.L. Moore, C. Sighieri, A. Gazzano, Dog attachmentto man: a comparison between pet and working dogs, J. Vet. Behav. 8 (3) (2013) 135–145.(http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0039914018303552)Horowitz, A., Hecht, J., & Dedrick, A. (2013). Smelling more or less: Investigating the olfactory experience of the domestic dog. Learning And Motivation, 44(4), 207-217. doi:10.1016/j.lmot.2013.02.002I. Gazit, A. Goldblatt, J. Terkel, The role of context specificity in learning: theeffects of training context on explosives detection in dogs, Anim. Cogn. 8 (3)(2005) 143–150. [108] G. Lupfer-Johnson,L. Lit, J.B. Schweitzer, A.M. Oberbauer, Handler beliefs affect scent detection dog outcomes, Anim. Cogn. 14 (3) (2011) 387–394.D. Lefebvre, C. Diederich, M. Delcourt, J.-M. Giffroy, The quality of the relation between handler and military dogs influences efficiency and welfare of dogs, Appl. Anim. Behav. Sci. 104 (1–2) (2007) 49–60.Dr. Alexandra Horowitz Ted Talk: https://www.ted.com/talks/alexandra_horowitz_how_do_dogs_see_with_their_noses?language=enPBS Nova: https://www.ted.com/talks/alexandra_horowitz_how_do_dogs_see_with_their_noses?language=enDog Field Study (The Art of the Walk): http://www.dogfieldstudy.com/en/pulse-study/at-the-heart-of-the-walkInstinct Dog Behavior & Training (To Sniff or Not to Sniff): https://www.instinctdogtraining.com/sniff-not-sniff-dog-follow-nose/

Sue is a lifelong resident of the Honesdale area. She has also had a lifelong passion for animals. Sue discusses the path that led her to work at the Dessin Animal Shelter for 25 years, and also talks about her business teaching dog obedience, therapy dog certification, and a fast-growing sport for dogs called K9 Nose Work. Sue is also involved in the Dorflinger Fall Music Festival, a fundraising event for several area memorial funds including her sister who passed away from lung cancer. Sue shares cheese from her neighbor's farm and Adam brings in an unusual new flavor of Twinkies. Find photos from today's podcast posted on Adam's Facebook page.

This Episode we talk about all things K9 Nose Work, This is an amazing emerging detection dog sport. We talk about its past, the present and the future.  We cover how the program began, who can compete in this sport, to common questions all to help our listeners learn more about this wonderful sport.   (USE SAME LINKS as last time for our sponsors **except replace the Scentsable K9 and Fredhelfers.com and add....  National Association Of Canine Scent Work. www.nacsw.net  Facebook  https://www.facebook.com/NACSW   www.k9nosework.com

When it comes to training, we oftentimes want to take shortcuts or cannot wait to work on the "big dog stuff"! This is no different in Scent Work. However, the dismissal of potential training tools outright, or being in such a huge hurry to get rid of them, can be limiting the effectiveness of your training. We dive into this topic in our latest episode, specifically speaking to the use of boxes and pairing as Scent Work training tools. ----more---- Scent Work University is an online dog training platform focused on all things Scent Work. SWU courses and webinars are not only for those who are interested in competition, but also for those dog owners who are simply looking for something fun and engaging to do with their dogs. Check out Scent Work University today! Interested in another dog sport, or looking for help getting your dog to learn some manners? Dog Sport University is sister online dog training platform, give it a peek and see what it has to offer you and your dog. PODCAST TRANSCRIPT Welcome to the All About Scent Work Podcast. In this podcast we're gonna be talking about all things that work. We'll be giving you a behind the scenes look at what your instructor or trial officials may be going through. Giving you some training tips, and much more. In this episode we're gonna be talking about boxes and pairing, and how people can not wait to get rid of either of those in their training, and how that could actually be a shortsighted way of looking at your training. Before we start diving into the podcast itself, let me just do a very quick introduction of myself. My name is Dianna Santos. I'm the owner and lead instructor for Scent Work University, and Dog Sport University. Scent Work University is an online dog training platform where we focus on all things Scent Work. We provide online courses, webinars and seminars. They're designed to help people who are either just getting started in Scent Work, have been doing Scent Work for a while. Maybe playing the game for fun, or may also be interested in doing competition. In addition to being a professional trainer, I'm also an approved trial official, and have actually worked for a competition organization. So now that you know a little bit more about me, let's dive into the podcast. In this episode I wanted to go over a very common thing that I've notice while I've been training students across the country. It is the desire to get away from foundation skills, and to get away from those quickly. Particularly for those individuals who are interested in competition. There seems to be a rush in order to get their dog ready for trial. But even for people who aren't interested in competing, there seems to be an allure to designate certain things as just a stage, and to announce to the world that my dog no longer needs that. It's as though they're looking at their dog training as though it's having the training wheels on. They can't wait to get them off. What I'm hoping to do in this podcast is to outline for two particular types of training tools that they are tools, and they shouldn't be seen merely as stepping stones. They should be seen as something that you can use throughout the duration of your Scent Work training career. To allow your dog to be more successful, and to allow your dog to really understand particular odor puzzles, and that they have value throughout the duration that you're going to be doing Scent Work. So that's the goal. We'll see if we reach that goal. The two things that I wanted to talk about in this podcast is the use of boxes and the use of pairing within the context of Scent Work. Now there are going to be some people right out of the gate who say, "I don't train that way." And that's okay. The one thing that we all have to recognize with Scent Work is, as with all things dog training, there are millions of different ways of getting to the same goal. We can all have our preferences, and that's okay. There's nothing wrong with that. For this podcast I just want to talk about the two things that I tend to do when I am teaching someone for foundations that work, and to hopefully help people understand why it is that those are used in the first place, and the value that they hold. Not only within the foundation context, but that you can also use them throughout any type of Scent Work training that you're trying to do. The first thing I want to talk about is boxes. For myself, when I'm doing foundations that we're training with the student, either within my online classes or if I was still be able to work with people one-on-one. We would use boxes in order to focus the dog's attention onto a particular part of a search area. It's basically introducing the dog to a container search set up. It allows the dog to self reward, because we'd be using food. It also allows the trainer to assess the dog's confidence, which is extraordinarily important. If I have a dog come up and they're trying to do a box search, and they're very concerned about the boxes, that's important information for me to have as a trainer. I now need to make certain adjustments to ensure that we can build that dog's confidence. Not only within the contents of Scent Work, but overall. So that I know that this is going to be ... this will be an issue. This is something that we need to address. The boxes give me that information. In addition to that, I can also use the boxes to present a variety of different odor pictures to the dog so that they're able to figure out how to work those out. So for instance, I can use the boxes to present an elevated hide problem, where you have an odor box on top of the seat of a chair for instance. But what I like to tell my students to do, is to use a empty box that's a little distance away from that elevated hide. They'll be collecting some of that odor that's coming out of the odor box, and the dog is typically going to sniff the empty box, because there's going to be odor going into it, realize it's not where the hide is, and then hopefully pick their head up, get a whiff of the actually odor cone, and then work their way up to the elevated box. This has worked time and time again, and it's a very powerful training technique. This is all the sort of thing that I do in my foundation classes. Now something to point out is, you can do that same exact approach when you are further along in your training. So let's say that you were no long working on primary. Let's say that you were following the K9 Nose Work training method where you start with food and then you do paired odor as far as birch, anise or clove, and now you're just solely on a target odor, and you've been doing it for a while. You may even be competing. Your dog is doing great. But now they're going to the point where they need to do even higher elevation. They need to be doing hides that are three, four, five feet high. You could absolutely bring your boxes back into the picture. What I mean by that is, you can still have your non paired, if you decided to do that, at large elevation hide. Meaning it's four or five feet up. But you could have some empty boxes facing that hide to allow the dog to investigate the box first, to then figure out where the odor is actually coming from. It gives a dog a sense of familiarity. When they already have a long reinforcement history with boxes, there's no reason to really throw that away. The other great thing about boxes is that they're really easy to transport. So when you want to be able to do training sessions at your field trip locations further down the line for your dog's training, you can just set your boxes up. It could also be a great way of warming your dog up. Anyone who does trialing knows the boxes are used for warm ups. So you could do that within your search area as well. For instance, let's say that you wanted to do an exterior search with your dog, and your dog happens to be a little bit on the sensitive side. Maybe they're environmentally sensitive, or they could just be very environmentally invested. Or maybe they're not worried about the environment, but they think the environment is really cool. Wouldn't it be nice if you could do a test search where you can see whether or not your dog can actually even think in this space? That's where you can bring your boxes into play. Use the same exact search area that you were going to. You can even still have exterior hides, but have your boxes near those exterior hides to help offer a level of familiarity for the dog. They can come in. They can say, "Oh, we're doing boxes. Clearly we're doing the sniffy game." You can test whether or not they're actually able to perform, or if they may need to have more skills to be successful in that space. That'll be so beneficial, as opposed to trying to force your dog to do well within a given space and just hope for the best. To do repetition after repetition after repetition and then have them fail over and over and over again. Have you get frustrated, simply because you think that using boxes will be going backwards. "Only baby dogs use boxes!" It's silly. Use this sort of thing as a tool. Use it as a training tool. Don't just simply throw it away, because you perceive that it is something that only baby dogs do. The other great thing about boxes is that you can use them to incorporate into really complicated odor pictures. So if you're trying to do something, like we noted, with very high elevation, that could absolutely be something you can use your boxes for. What about suspended hides? You can do that as well. You could just have boxes. You can suspend your boxes up. If you're going to a completely crazy location in order to do your searches. Maybe you're trying to work a lot on distractors, where it could literally just be the environment is really distracting, or you actually have a lot of distractors. Wouldn't it be nice to have, again, a level of familiarity for your dog? Where you can set them to succeed, maybe for a warm up search. See if they can actually work in that space first. Give them an opportunity to be successful, and then you can go from there. I'm hoping that these examples can showcase that this is suppose to be a training tool. It's not simply suppose to be some black mark that we never talk about and say, "Oh well, I used to use boxes, but I don't use boxes anymore. I'm this really accomplished Scent Work person, and I'm amazing, and boxes are just for baby dogs." That's just silly. It should be used as a training tool. It should be used as a way to help your dog master these skills, and to further progress in their Scent Work training. The other thing I wanted to talk about was pairing. I know pairing is definitely something that not everyone agrees upon. There's lots of different schools of thought as far as Scent Work is concerned. There's lots of different schools of thought as far as pairing is concerned. I am a CNWI with an NACSW. I follow the K9 Nose Work training method. I think that it works really well, and I am a very big proponent about pairing. I think pairing is awesome. That being said, if you wanted to use pairing, it should not be seen as something that you do for a very short period of time and you can't wait to get rid of. I tend to see this a lot with people who are definitely interested in competition. Because they say, "Well, I wouldn't be able to use pairing, obviously, at a trial. It's just going to be birch, anise or clove, or whatever target odor that we're using. So I need to get rid of that pairing as quickly as possible, so that I know that my dog understands finding the hide." Now, I guess I can see the argument in all of that, but I would use a similar type of dog training scenario to try to make my point. Let's talk about the Canine Good Citizen test. For AKC, they offer a Canine Good Citizen test where basically there are 10 different test items. Where they're trying to assess whether or not the dog has the manners that would be necessary for them to be safe out in public. Throughout this test you are not permitted to use any toys or treats in order to reward your dog throughout the exercises. However, there are Canine Good Citizen Prep courses taught throughout the country. I teach them through Dog Sport University online, and I've taught them before in person. The thing that I would always stress to all of my students, and it would typically be a six week class, is while we are training we are going to be using rewards. Whether it be treats, or whether it be toys, or verbal praise, or anything else. Because we're teaching our dog. We're trying to help them understand a skill. Yes for the test you're not allowed to use that, and we will go through a very specific way of fading out those rewards and to use different types of rewards or just smiling at your dog, and even giving them some verbal praise. But where they wouldn't necessarily have to have the treat immediately, I would strongly suggest that when you're done with the test that you give them lots of treats, let them play with a toy or something. Let your dog know how great they did. But when you are training, you absolutely want to be using all of those rewards. Why wouldn't you? It doesn't make any sense. Now stepping back into Scent Work. The same would apply. I completely agree with you that when you're competing your dog is finding the target odors by themselves. They're not finding birch plus hot dog. They're finding birch. But when you're training you absolutely should be using rewards regardless, and the great thing about Scent Work as a sport is that you are allowed to reward your dog at source, even at trial. While it won't be paired at the hide itself, you're still allowed to actually feed them a treat when they find the hide, which is great. When we're talking about pairing, I think that we're conflating trying to see whether or not we can help our dog succeed in a given exercise, with trying to ensure that they can actually do the thing at trial. I think those are two completely different things. Let me try to clear up what I mean by that. I initially start off all my students with pairing. The second that they start working with birch, for instance, they're going to see paired hides. They're going to see a tin, typically speaking, with a treat on top of it. This allows the dog to self-reward. The whole purpose behind self rewarding is that there is no convincing the dog what the answer is to the question that you posed. It's very simple. They came up, they found the hide, they eat their treat. "Ah, brilliant. You want me to find birch." It's very simple to the dog. There's no guess work around it. The handler doesn't have to get involved and trying to explain what it is that this game is all about. That's a very powerful way to train. So if you have a really challenging hide placement, if you pair it it could actually help the dog work that problem out. I'm not saying you have to pair it forever, because you don't. Maybe you just pair it the first time. The same way we use the boxes, maybe do a warm up search where the hides are actually paired. Do a big jackpot with your dog when they find it. You can play with toys, whatever your reward system is. Take them out, throw them a party. Tell them how great they are. Remove all the pairings, keep the hides in the same locations and run the dog again. That's using your pairing as training. It's a training tool. It should not simply be seen as this stage you can't wait to get rid of. I still pair with my dog. He's been doing Scent Work for five years. That doesn't mean I pair at every single hide. I don't. I'll pair one or two hides within a session. There will be other sessions I don't pair at all. There will be other sessions I pair everything. It's all about being variable. It's about tapping into what we understand about training. What we understand about reward systems, and making things really clear to our dog. My goal is not to set my dog up for failure. I want him to be as successful as possible. It doesn't mean I want everything to be a gimme. I want him to still work and learn to figure out a problem. But I want him to be able to do that. So I don't want him just out there floundering. If pairing the hide is going to help him come up with the solution, and help him understand, "Oh, that's how that works." Then we can over time fade that pairing. Great. Why wouldn't I do that? So again, this is all a matter of opinion. But the one thing that I'm hoping to make clear in this podcast at least, is that if you are using these tools, whether you're working with someone like myself who follows the K9 Nose Work training method, or if you're doing training on your own, or whatever the case may be. But if you're using something like boxes or pairing or something similar, just realize that they are not simply something to do for a number of weeks, you can't wait to get rid of them and you never use them again. Then it wasn't that helpful of a training tool, and that's what you should be looking at this as, that they are training tools. They are helping your dog achieve the type of learning that you need them to to be successful. That's the whole point. The last thing I just want to talk about in wrapping up this episode is that when we are progressing in our Scent Work training, what we have to keep in mind is why it is that we're going from step one to step two to step three, and whether or not those steps are artificial, and they're not actually the steps that our dog needs to take, but they're the steps that we think are the steps that everyone else takes. As an example, let's say that you are getting ready to do your very first trail. You're gonna be doing an ORT for instance, and you signed up for birch. You didn't sign up for anise or clove, you just wanna do birch to start off with, which would be fine. It's about six months down the road, you signed up way ahead of time, which is wonderful. You're nice and prepared. But now you're starting to read things online and on social media about people who are rushing along with their dog, and the dog has already found all three odors. They're alerting and they're doing just brilliant things. They've only been training for two days. You then start coming up with a training plan for both you and your dog, and you're going to be using boxes to start, and you're gonna be using pairing. But now you think that you have to move ahead a lot faster because you've got to get ready for this ORT, so you start taking away some of these things artificially. Instead of giving your dog the time that they need to figure everything out, you're now rushing. You're going up against a false goal, a false deadline that doesn't really exist. What happens when you do that, when you have that kind of approach, is you're going to have glaring holes in your training. You also run the risk of having your dog not really understand what the game is all about. To pick up some suspicious behaviors as far as, if you're really involved in the process and you're trying to shape things or things like that. They may not think it's about the odor at all. They may think it's about something completely different, if you're not careful. Or they could just determine that the game isn't all that fun, because they're not really sure what's going on. Things are kind of confusing. Because you're up against this deadline, you're probably practicing a lot. So if it's not really fun, it's not really clear, it's not really winning for them, they may actually just not like it all that much. What I'm hoping that people can recognize is that every single dog, every single dog is going to have a different process in how they learn. Every single dog is gonna have a different learning path. Even if you have multiple dogs in your home, every single dog is still going to have a different learning path. Every dog will have different sets of strengths and weaknesses. But that's why you should have as many tools in your toolbox as possible so you can help all of those dogs, and you don't just paint yourself in a corner where you only turn into a one trick pony, this is all that you can do. You don't wanna just throw tools away. You wanna have them accessible as much as possible so that you can whip them out when you need to. So I hope that makes sense. That while the allure is there to determine what stage everything is and where it belongs, and you can't wait to get out of it so that you can show everyone that you're this pro. Doing this other stuff isn't bad. It's great. It's actually really helpful. It's stuff that you should still lean on throughout the duration that you're gonna be doing Scent Work with your dog. In my opinion you should be doing it forever. Find times when it would be helpful and then use it. I have no problem whipping out a box or using pairing with my dog. It doesn't bother me in the least. I don't think that it says anything about my training that's negative. I don't think that anyone would look down on me about it, and if they did, I don't care. It works for my dog, and also works for my clients. I'm just hoping that we can all have a better understanding of what these things actually are. It's not simply a, "I can't wait to graduate from this." That shouldn't be the point. "I cannot wait for my dog to actually understand what this is all about," would be a better thing to be excited for. "I can't wait for my dog to confidently do the search." "I can't wait for my dog to independently work this out." "I can't wait for my dog to come up to the start line with me and be really excited to do this game with me." Those are good things to be excited for. But to get rid of something that could be a really helpful training tool, to me that just seems counterproductive. It's showing that we're looking at this through the wrong lens. I hope that makes sense. I hope you found this podcast helpful. We're diving into some touchy subjects, and it's not meant to make anyone look down upon a different type of training. Different thoughts and different approaches are good. Having different ideas about how to get to the same goal is perfectly fine. It's always been there in dog training, it always will be, and Scent Work is no exception. But what I'm hoping that we can understand is that having tools in our training are there for a reason, and that they can be very helpful, and we shouldn't be so eager to throw them away. Thanks so much for joining us in this podcast. I hope you found it helpful. Happy training, and we look forward to seeing you soon.

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