Beth Bishop Memorial Sniff and Go

Time slots will be 1 hour in length. You can request an AM or PM slot and we will accommodate to the best of our ability but cannot guarantee your preferred time. You will run 3 searches back to back including 1 container search and 2 interiors appropriate to the level you select, then you are free to go!

Beth Bishop, our dear friend and a huge positive presence in our Michigan nosework community, sadly passed away in June from pancreatic cancer. Our entire nosework community mourns her loss. We wanted to honor her by doing what she most loved- nosework! And while we have fun with our dogs, we’ll also raise money to donate to the Doberman Pinscher Health Foundation in her memory.

Beth inspired many of us to connect with our dogs in this way and was a great advocate for this sport as well as skillful instruction, education and foundation. She will be missed, but her legacy lives on in all who loved her and whose lives she touched, both human and canine.

If you are unable to join us but would still like to donate, you may do so through the link below, or you can email everydognosework@gmail.com for an address to mail a check to. Thank you!

Crystal Wing Seminar

We are SO EXCITED to be bringing the phenomenal Crystal Wing out to work with us!  Crystal is a SAR handler, amazing dog trainer and play guru. She is a guest faculty for Fenzi Dog Sports Academy and co-host on the awesome podcast "K9 Detection Collaborative". What Crystal is best at, though, is seeing dogs and helping their people see them, too. She shows us how to "speak dog" in a way that I hadn't experienced from anyone else before. I promise you, this is an amazing opportunity to learn more about your dog, blossom your relationship and also learn how to help the pieces come together to help bring play and joy into our nosework and into our lives with our dogs!

Working spots FULL- will maintain a waitlist

Saturday is for dogs AT NW1 OR BELOW. 

Sunday is for dogs AT NW2 OR ABOVE.

Working spots are $200 (one day). If you have a working spot, we will discount your auditing spot the second day to only $25! For auditing, $50/day or $80 for the whole weekend! Come make a weekend out of it and learn with all of us! 

Exact locations will be sent out later, but will be in the Holly/Fenton, MI area.

Registration is first come first serve- confirmations and payment info will NOT go out before June 18.

Scent Work University Webinars

Worth Waiting For: Leveraging Staging Areas to Maximize Performance

Available for Replay

This webinar will:

  • Discuss the different types of staging and waiting we see at trials

  • Discuss how to minimize waiting and energy expenditure

  • Discuss strategies to help your dog get in their optimal arousal state for searching

  • Discuss mental management strategies that you can use in staging to maximize your trial performance

Tackling NW3 Head On: Conquering the Mind Game

Available for Replay

This webinar will:

  • Discuss the unique challenges to the mind game that NW3 brings

  • Discuss introductory mental management tools and resources

  • Discuss how to apply these concepts to your NW3 trial day

  • Discuss how to use mental management to actually have FUN at NW3

Geared Up for Success- All About Gear for the Nosework Competitor

Available for Replay

This webinar will:

  • Discuss the benefits of self-timing and review different options for timing and the pros and cons of each

  • Discuss the benefits of self-recording in training and competition and review the options for self-recording and pros and cons of each

  • Discuss how to actually use, view and transfer video from a Go-Pro

  • Discuss some basic editing options for iPhone and Android

  • Discuss how to upload, store and share videos on Youtube

  • Discuss how to actually use this technology in competition

Harnessing Joy: Selecting and Positively Acclimating Harnesses for Nosework

Available for Replay

This webinar will:

  • explore the benefits of using a harness with nosework

  • review how to select a harness and discuss some popular brands and the pros and cons of each

  • discuss step by step training plans for how to introduce a harness to your dog that will result in a happy emotional response to the harness

  • discuss step by step training plans for helping a dog with an existing harness sensitivity

Car Crate Crazy- Taking the Stress and Adding the Rest to Car Crating

Available for Replay

This webinar we will:

  • Discuss why car crating is commonly utilized in nosework and the benefits of car crating as a skill

  • Discuss how to help make sure your car crate is comfortable for your dog, including keeping it climate controlled in the heat or cold

  • Discussing fear of the car, reasons this can occur, a basic overview of interventions for fear/anxiety related to the car and additional resources for dogs struggling with “car feelings”

  • Provide a step by step training plan for helping your dog become comfortable with their car crate

Floor is Lava Webinar

Available for Replay

This webinar will discuss:

  • Reasons a dog may struggle with slippery floors (fear vs speed vs physical impairments) and the different implications of each

  • What NOT to do when your dog is afraid of the floor

  • Different types of tools available for increasing traction, including different kinds of boots

  • Introducing and desensitizing dogs to boots

  • Positive reinforcement training methods for helping your dog become more comfortable with slippery floors

  • How to build searching back into the picture