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...
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- 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...
- Jun 18
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 3
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...
- May 21
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...
- Apr 2
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...
- 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 2
Reflections on 2023
What to listen for: "As a trainer, no matter what you're doing with your training or where you are, what level you are, how advanced you...
- Dec 25, 2023
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...
- Nov 28, 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 21, 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 14, 2023
Changing Your Training Contract with Your Dog
What to listen for: “That's the hard part. That paralysis that you can get into of being afraid to train something because it can make...
- Nov 7, 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...
- 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 24, 2023
All Things Arson Dogs and Nosework with Lee Laubach Part 2
What to listen for: “You see two types of canine handlers on the professional side; the ones that do it as a job, and the ones doing it...
- Oct 9, 2023
Mental Management and Training: It's the little things.
What to listen for: “Finding those little ways to help you get back on track, and the appropriate people to talk to, so that you can do...
- 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 12, 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 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...
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