crystal wing | K9 Detection Collab

Dec 17

Training Ideas and Takeaways with Diana Bunch

What to listen for: “For the disaster, particularly this last one, you have to appreciate your emotional response that you’re going to...

Nov 26

Talking Cadaver Dog Training with Jack Thorpe and Annissia Justice (pt. 1)

What to listen for: Today, two of the three Dames of Detection, Stacy Barnett and Crystal Wing, sit down with two amazing handlers, Jack...

Oct 15

Recognizing and Dealing with Displacement Behavior

What to listen for: "If we're a really confusing trainer, then our dogs have to be really damn confident because they’ve got to put up...

Oct 1

Working Up Your Behavior Chain to Find Where it Went Wrong

What to listen for: "I found that the things I taught in higher arousal have held up better in higher arousal environments. The things...

Sep 16

Developing Training Plans without In-Person Mentors

What to listen for: “It takes a dutiful trainer to show up and train in those sorts of situations all of the time. For search and rescue,...

Sep 2

Handling: When Do You, When Don't You

What to listen for: “Handling is not a recipe. It’s a craft.” Odor detection handling mastery comes down to hitting that delicate balance...

Aug 19

Encouraging Your Dog to Be Brave

What to listen for: “I think by encouraging it [confidence] and allowing it to happen and letting the dog utilize what's fun and what's...

Jul 30

The Importance of Known Hides

What to listen for: “Even if you don't give them a cookie, you don't play, the dog has been reinforced. [It’s] just the way their brain...

May 20

Functional Agility and All its Benefits

What to listen for: "Physical agility gives them some mental agility too, and so it's giving them that well-exercised brain, and then...

Apr 30

How Do You Define Success?!!?

What to listen for: “Success is the joy that we have with our dogs and the relationships that we're building.” Ever wondered how small...

Feb 20

Martha Hoffman Reflections - 5000 Hour Eyes and Kindness

What to listen for: “That's the part that just takes it over the edge for me - I know that my dog feels my excitement, my anticipation,...

Jan 23

Martha Hoffman: Bali Dogs and 5000 Hours of Observation Pt. 1

What to listen for: "The doggy daycare worker and the shelter worker who is not being touted as any kind of behaviorist or trainer, are...

Jan 16

Tinkering and Creativity in Training

What to listen for: “I look at the dog and if something goes wrong I say, ‘Thank you for the information.’ As dog trainers, we modify...

Dec 19, 2023

Questions from the Crowd - Winter 2023 Pt 1

What to listen for: “If you have a good reinforcement system, it really doesn't take long. And that reinforcement system is how you pay...

Dec 12, 2023

Puppies, Turtles, and Internships with Julia Sirois

What to listen for: “Conservation dogs have been around for maybe 20, 30 years, starting to grow in popularity. But more conversations...

Oct 30, 2023

Let's Talk About Fear on Halloween!

What to listen for: "It's about living in the now and to keep going and to keep working and keep doing. And it's almost like behavior...

Oct 2, 2023

Reflections on Ronny LeJeune, Christi Raak, and Jill Kovacevich

What to listen for: Step into the world of canine detection with the Dames of Detection, themselves - Robin Greubel, Stacy Barnett, and...

Sep 26, 2023

Stupid Question Day 2023

What to listen for: The time has come, once again, for Stupid Question Day! Of course, there are no stupid questions. In fact, The Dames...

Sep 4, 2023

It's All About Time...and Training

What to listen for: “I think that it's really important for us to understand that as we're setting up hides and things of that nature, we...

Jul 17, 2023

Boundaries For Our Dogs

What to listen for: “I don’t randomly run up to people’s kids and start hugging their kids. Why are you doing it to my dog?” Listen in as...