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Learn the real causes behind false alerts, not just quick fixes

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A troubleshooting framework you can apply to any dog

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Learn how genetics, drive, and experience can all be false-alert culprits

About the webinar

False Alerts can happen for SO MANY reasons! Putting the wrong "solution" in place can set you back even more. Learn the WHY and WHAT! There is little more frustrating in competition detection than getting a False Alert. And as good handlers, we want to fix things! The problem is that if you fix the wrong thing, you can actually make your problem even worse. Not every dog is an individual, but there are so many potential causes for the same problem! And how do you know if there even IS a problem? In this webinar, we will talk about common false-alert problems and then get into how we might identify the problem... and what to do about it. This webinar is meant to help you problem-solve and have direction. We will talk about common solutions that you can try (this webinar is not a deep dive into How To, but rather an opportunity to make sure you don't do the wrong thing and make your situation much worse!) In this webinar, some of what we will talk about will be: - How do you know if you actually have a problem? And that it wasn't a hide (or a judging) issue? - How can you tell if a false alert is YOUR fault? - How can you tell if it's actually a training hole? - How can the dog's drive levels, previous experience, genetics, thought processes, and searching behaviors contribute to the false alert? - What are some of the things we can do to fix the issue in a way that can be tailored to the dog?

Stacy Barnett

Stacy Barnett is both a sport and working dog handler. She is a top nosework competitor and trainer, and the first handler to put multiple Summit titles (16 so far) on 3 dogs (Judd SMTx3, Brava SMTx7, Powder SMTx6) in the National Association of Canine Scent Work (NACSW). Stacy is also a certified SARTECH II Search and Rescue professionally trained responder and has trained, certified, and deployed with her dog, K9 Prize, for Wilderness Search and Rescue. Stacy has recently joined Missouri Task Force 1 as a US&R Canine Search Specialist. She has been a faculty member at Fenzi Dog Sports Academy since 2015 and is an international clinician for seminars around the world. She is a licensed Judge for for AKC Scent Work where she was also retained in an advisory position for the AKC Scent Work program for 2 years. Stacy is the founder of Scentsabilities Nosework, and has delivered over 250 educational webinars since 2017. Stacy also co-hosts the popular podcast, K9 Detection Collaborative with Robin Greubel.

Watch Now and Stop Guessing at False Alerts

This 2h 3m session (plus Q&A) gives you a repeatable framework, not just a one-off fix. Lifetime access means you can revisit it whenever a new false-alert pattern appears.

$39.00

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