Nancy Reyes Workshops
Nancy Reyes, owner and trainer at For Your K9 in Chicago, CNWI and NACSW Certifying Official is coming to work with us Sunday, October 26. There will be 2 workshops, a morning workshop on thresholds and an afternoon workshop on elevation.
10 working spots and unlimited auditing spots/clinic- working spots are $80, auditing spots are $20. Teams are limited to 1 working spot/handler in each session, but may audit the other seminar that day. If I do not fill with single entries, I will maintain a waitlist for people wanting a second working spot for the other seminar.
Level Up Your Learning Workshops
November 20, 2025: Stick It- Building Odor Obedience
Do you want a dog who prioritizes odor in the environment? Do you want a dog who begins to work and source odor as soon as they encounter it? Or a dog who sticks with the hide until they have been paid for it? Of course you do! In this workshop we will discuss what odor obedience means to us and work on exercises that helps build and maintain a high commitment to target odor.
December 11, 2025: Creating Container Clarity
Do you have struggles with false alerts in containers? Alerting on the box next to the hot one, alerting on food distractions, alerting on the first or last box in a row? This workshop is all about helping our dogs understand containers, how odor presents, what pays and also handling tips to help prevent handler-prompted false alerts in containers.
16 working spots and unlimited auditing spots/clinic- working spots are $60, auditing spots are $20
Scent Work University Webinars
Instructors: How Best to Prep NACSW Clients Virtual Event
Live Symposium: October 17th at 4:30PM PT/5:30PM MT/6:30PM CT/7:30PM ET
Ft: Holly Bushard, Kayla Dever, Tony Gravley, Michael McManus, Natalie McManus, Khara Schuetzner
Both instructors and clients will benefit from this exciting roundtable. Our panelists will discuss ways instructors can best help their client prepare to succeed in the various levels of NACSW trials.
Our panelists will discuss what skills are typically missing for teams who are competing, how to build these missing skills, ways to ensure clients successfully progress up the levels, common issues and possible solutions, common pitfalls to avoid and much more.
How Would You Train It Virtual Event
Available for Replay
Ft: Holly Bushard, Kayla Dever, Tony Gravley, Michael McManus, Natalie McManus, Nancy Reyes
During this exciting 3 hour roundtable, our impressive panel of speakers will be posed with (3) training scenarios/issues and will discuss how they would tackle each. A group discussion will then follow, working through hypotheticals, possible subsequent issues, solutions and much more. Anyone and everyone involved in Scent Work will benefit from attending this event!
Improving Scent Work Trials for Everyone Virtual Symposium
Available for Replay
Ft: Holly Bushard, Kayla Dever, Michele Ellertson, Tony Gravley, Michael McManus and Lori Timberlake
During this 3 hour roundtable, a superb panel of professionals who will share their insights and suggestions during this roundtable on how we can improve Scent Work trials.
There are realities of Scent Work trials across all competition organizations. Better understanding the perspective of trial hosts, trial officials and accomplished competitors can help the community put in place helpful suggestions to further improve these events. This virtual symposium is designed to achieve just that!
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