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Thinking Outside The Box

Thinking outside the box is so important in dog training. A few years ago I started doing box acclimation drills for my Into to NW classes. The container search element often has the lowest pass rate - not because dogs can’t find odor in a container, but because we...

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NW Hide Highlight #5 – Vehicle Search

This is the fifth in my series of Hide Highlights. Some hides are just SO cool to watch being solved that it deserves a highlight! I have opinions about searching Vehicles! It is so easy to get stuck on an unproductive vehicle due to blowing odor or just how cars...

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NW Hide Highlight #4 – Crack Hides

This is the fourth in my series of Hide Highlights. Some hides are just SO cool to watch being solved that it deserves a highlight! We all love a good crack hide! We see them more and more in trials. It's also a skill I teach earlier in my program. Our dogs are...

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NW Hide Highlight #3 – Airscenting

This is the third in my series of Hide Highlights. Some hides are just SO cool to watch being solved that it deserves a highlight! I was able to use this splash park as it was closed down for repairs. It's a big open area without a lot of surface for odor to catch...

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Top 5 Nosework Trial Reminders

After a recent Nosework Elite trial, I was reflecting on a few things I wish I had reviewed prior to the trial. It's been a busy few weeks of trialing for me and many of my friends. Some who thought they weren't doing well, were finding all the hides! Others were in...

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Embrace the NW3 Challenge

NW3 doesn't have to be scary! It's often described as a mind-game. It's simply learning to run a search with unknown number of hides (range of 0-3 hides). Ok, it's not that easy but it's the next step that is the rest of your life in Nosework! And then it's pretty...

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