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What Else Should You NOT Do with Your Dog?
What to listen for: Can a dog excel at multiple areas in detection work, or will attempting multiple specialties only compromise their...
Feb 24

Reflections on Chatting with Denise Fenzi
What to listen for: Our hosts, Robin Greubel, Stacy Barnett, and Crystal Wing, reflect on their recent two-part conversation with Denise...
Feb 10

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 15, 2024

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 16, 2024

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...
Aug 19, 2024

Distraction Camp 2024 Hot Wash!
What to listen for: “Every distraction is a possible reinforcement.” Could minor changes in your training strategy routine drastically...
Aug 6, 2024

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...
Jul 30, 2024

Talking Detection Dogs with Adee Schoon Pt 1
What to listen for: “When you're with your dog, you're working with the dog, and when he's resting, he's resting, and don't ask him to...
Jun 18, 2024

Troubleshooting Your Detection Chain
What to listen for: "You need to give the dog a bit more space, release the pressure, so that then the dog has the option of leaving the...
Jun 3, 2024

All things Area Search/Live Find SAR
What to listen for: “We're dealing with a dog who has its own set of motivators. And so we just need to always be conscious of the fact...
Apr 2, 2024

Questions From the Crowd - Winter 2023 Pt 2
What to listen for: “How well does the dog actually understand target odor? Part of the issue is that we think we've taught the dog to...
Dec 25, 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 19, 2023

Summits, Certifications and Travel Part 2
What to listen for: “I think I've made a lot of personal growth. I was okay with it. I was like, ‘you know, what? Yeah, it's a bummer.’...
Nov 28, 2023

Conquering Summits and FEMA Recertifications Part 1
What to listen for: “When I'm getting ready for trials, I feel like that week before I'm not building new skills. I'm building the...
Nov 21, 2023

Reflections on Chatting with Lee Laubach
What to listen for: “I've had lots of people ask me questions about, should you train your dog to tell you that nothing's there. And I...
Nov 7, 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 30, 2023

All Things Arson Dogs and Nosework with Lee Laubach Part 1
What to listen for: “I have a nice-looking lab that wants to come up and be friendly with you and if all of a sudden he sits next to you...
Oct 17, 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...
Oct 2, 2023

All things Nosework with Jill Kovacevich
What to listen for: “I think the story is very similar to a lot of folks who, even in our present day, are doing Nosework. We find out...
Sep 19, 2023

Kickin' Back with Christi Raak
What to listen for: “We can adjust. So, to be able to build that confidence in that handler, or dog, it’s both actually, and to be able...
Sep 12, 2023
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