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How to recognize your own dog's personal search patterns

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Video examples of common search styles and problem-solving patterns

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Use those patterns for better training decisions and blind searches

About the webinar

Did you know that your dog seeks out odor and problem solves using a specific set of patterns? These patterns are partially genetic and partially learned from doing what has worked in the past. When we sensitize ourselves to HOW our dog searches, we make better training decisions and are more successful in blind situations and in competition. We cover approaches to learning the patterns your dog shows. HOW do you recognize your dog's personal patterns? We also watch video examples of common "styles" and problem-solving patterns dogs use. Some common patterns we cover: Using vertical surfaces to gather information away from the hide Working in to the hide briefly, then working out to the edge of the scent cone to work back in and source Clearing areas low first before investigating up Working the perimeter first Wanting to work the search area from back to front And many more! Includes a downloadable handout with a summary, checklist, training log and more, so you can spot and record your own dog's search patterns over time.

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 Learn Your Dog's Patterns

This 1h 48m session (plus Q&A) helps you see what your dog has been showing you all along. Lifetime access means you can rewatch the examples as you study your own dog.

$39.00

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