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    Explore " detection dog" with insightful episodes like "Fill in the Blank", "Managing Your Adolescent Puppy or That K9 Teenage Tyrant", "Expectations, Relationships, and Gratitude", "Engagement and Advocating for Your Dog" and "Thoughts on Finding a K9 Training Tribe, Coach, or Instructor" from podcasts like ""K9 Detection Collaborative", "K9 Detection Collaborative", "K9 Detection Collaborative", "K9 Detection Collaborative" and "K9 Detection Collaborative"" and more!

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    Fill in the Blank

    Fill in the Blank

    Today, Robin, Stacy and Crystal discuss how to use blank sessions to your advantage. Blank areas, while they can be anxiety-inducing, can be a way for handlers to evaluate their dog’s behavior, and in the process build their stamina, attention, and trust.


    “We should really start redefining how we think of blank areas: Blank areas are an opportunity for us to work on nose time with the dog. We call when it’s finished. The dog doesn’t call when it’s finished.”


    Our hosts discuss how blank areas allow handlers and dogs to forge a closer partnership through greater awareness and communication by giving the dog the skills they need to search an area with no scent/odor. They also encourage trainers to reframe blank areas as hunt setups. This way, it becomes more productive when taking on blanks to ask: “How do I build a dog that enjoys hunting?”


    Key Topics:

    • Finding opportunities in blank areas (03:35)
    • Blank areas as nose time (10:58)
    • Establishing your “working contract” with a dog early on (17:48)
    • Going from a blind blank to a blind with a hide (18:28)
    • How frequently to train blanks (24:43)
    • Dealing with handler anxiety (32:52)
    • Subtlety versus confidence in a dog (35:38)
    • How blanks teach handlers how to push and pull their dog (42:03)
    • When to start incorporating blank searches (45:30)
    • Why blank sessions do not need to end with wins (51:08)
    • Finding what motivates your dog (55:08)


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    K9 Detection Collaborative
    en-usJuly 19, 2022
    tracking
    k9
    canine
    detection
    working dog

    Managing Your Adolescent Puppy or That K9 Teenage Tyrant

    Managing Your Adolescent Puppy or That K9 Teenage Tyrant

    Today, Stacy, Robin, and Crystal discuss what changes to expect as your puppy enters adolescence.


    Lasting between the ages of 18 months and two years, dogs in their “teenage” years will seem to forget everything they’ve been taught up to that point.


    Listen in as our hosts share how to instill focus and impulse control in your puppy as early as possible in order to minimize the challenges trainers should expect in the “terror stage” of their growth.


    They talk about becoming relevant to your dog and creating an environment around yourself that incentivizes them to make good choices, while at the same time avoiding so much manipulation and artificiality that your dog’s trained habits fail to translate well into the real world.


    Finally, our hosts discuss the proper way to socialize your dog, explaining that socialization is less about interacting with other dogs and humans (which causes them to be reactive more often than not) and more about acclimating them to the appropriate environments.


    “Socialization is about protecting the dog from bad experiences. It’s not about giving them lots of experiences that they’re going to be afraid of later on in life.”


    Key Topics:

    • Dealing with teething (05:25)
    • Differences in the maturity time frame between different breeds (07:36)
    • Establishing your “working contract” with a dog early on (12:53)
    • Incentivizing behaviors through deprivation (18:28)
    • Setting up an environment for your dog to make good choices (28:00)
    • Paying your dog for their attention (33:07)
    • Why you should not manipulate your environment just to force your dog to learn (39:37)
    • The right way to socialize your growing puppy (42:39)
    • Final takeaways (58:03)


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    K9 Detection Collaborative
    en-usJuly 12, 2022
    teenage
    dog
    puppy
    tyrant
    adolescent

    Expectations, Relationships, and Gratitude

    Expectations, Relationships, and Gratitude

    Today, Stacy, Robin, and Crystal reflect on the reality that, as K9 handlers, our expectations don’t often play out in the long term quite as we expect them to.


    Listen in as our hosts talk about the awkwardness of receiving unsolicited advice for simply sharing their interesting training experiences with their neurodivergent dogs, and how to move forward regardless in your quest to hone your skills as a trainer.


    They explain the vital differences between getting clear on what you as the handler can accomplish, what the dog can accomplish, and what your goal as a trainer is.


    They also speak on the necessity of managing expectations when taking on a new dog, why being “gifted” with a difficult dog is an opportunity to become a more multidimensional trainer, and how to help your dog unlock their fullest potential.


    “We are a compilation of the dogs we trained. They all teach us. Every dog gives us a special gift.”


    Key Topics:

    • Working with a neurodivergent dog (02:58)
    • Networking at trials for sport professionals (10:20)
    • Replicating “once-in-a-lifetime” dogs by building your training chops (18:20)
    • Mourning your dog’s passing and learning from your experience training them (23:27)
    • Becoming a better trainer with each dog (32:06)
    • Living up to your dog’s expectations (38:27)
    • Seeing yourself as being “gifted” with a difficult dog (45:20)
    • Final takeaways (55:57)


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    K9 Detection Collaborative
    en-usJuly 05, 2022
    relationships
    expectations
    gratitude
    working dog
    detection dog

    Engagement and Advocating for Your Dog

    Engagement and Advocating for Your Dog

    Today, Stacy, Robin, and Crystal discuss how to set your dog up for success by becoming their advocate.


    Listen in as our hosts explain how to see consistent growth in your training—pushing your dog while ensuring that you only put them in situations that they can handle. To them, a key factor to building your dog’s confidence in this way is by assuring them that they always have a choice during your sessions. They remind us that we as handlers are here to train our dog, not test them.


    With the belief that, “Every dog you have is going to help you grow as a handler,” Stacy, Robin, and Crystal encourage handlers to learn how to “ask the dog” instead of imposing a one-size-fits-all training framework for every dog they become responsible for.


    They also talk about the importance of understanding dog behavior, body language, and even your dog’s level of engagement in order to understand how to develop them further.


    “Don’t beg your dog to work. They should be the ones pushing you to work.”


    Key Topics:

    • Being an advocate for your dog (03:11)
    • Embracing “the suck” when working with sensitive dogs (08:36)
    • Overcoming frustration as a handler (11:32)
    • Setting up a training approach that works for the specific dog (20:33)
    • Understanding dog body language (25:50)
    • Learning how to read your dog’s engagement (29:30)
    • Engagement as a habit (36:04)
    • Building situational awareness as a handler (43:37)
    • Final takeaways (54:41)


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    K9 Detection Collaborative
    en-usJune 28, 2022
    tracking
    engagement
    advocating
    working dog
    detection dog

    Thoughts on Finding a K9 Training Tribe, Coach, or Instructor

    Thoughts on Finding a K9 Training Tribe, Coach, or Instructor

    Today, Stacy, Robin, and Crystal discuss how to find a mentor or a community that fits your goals in the K9 world, their advice rooted in the belief that, “If you want your dog’s behavior to change, you have to change yours first.”


    Listen in as our hosts break down the benefits (and limitations) of using social media and video content to attract the right people to you, the value of openness and clarity, and picking your “lane” as a K9 professional while augmenting your specialty with different perspectives.


    On the part of the trainer, our hosts stress the importance of being coachable and maintaining consistency in your training by adhering to the three-part criteria of timing, criteria, and rate of reinforcement.


    “There isn’t just one way to train a dog. As long as you care for, respect, and honor the dog, that’s where the magic is.”


    Key Topics:

    • Using social media and video to find the right people to work with (02:22)
    • Networking at trials for sport professionals (09:00)
    • The qualities of a great K9 professional, and the difference between handlers, trainers, and instructors (11:44)
    • The value of content knowledge versus your learning environment (16:10)
    • The skill set needed for judging versus the skill set needed for instructing (21:49)
    • Maintaining consistency in your training (29:10)
    • Being the right kind of student (35:30)
    • Honoring your dog (44:12)
    • How to decide whether to mentor someone (47:34)
    • Being vulnerable as an instructor (51:58)
    • Narrowing down your ideal trainer (56:02)
    • Final takeaways (1:00:09)


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    K9 Detection Collaborative
    en-usJune 21, 2022
    coach
    tribe
    instructor
    detection dog
    k9sensus

    Using Speed Drills / Games in K9 Training

    Using Speed Drills / Games in K9 Training

    Today, Crystal, Stacy, and Robin discuss how they use speed drills, or speed games in their training. They chat about the value of speed games as a teaching tool, how they allow for efficient training, and the ways in which they make training fun for the dogs. Crystal leads an effort to rebrand speed drills as speed games, to drive an emphasis on the point that they are not just for training, but also for fun. Stacy notes the importance of centering motivation over outcome when setting speed games. They explore the concept of rate of reinforcement, and the benefits that come from it when properly utilized, or as Robin says, “Don’t train till it’s ugly.”


    Robin reflects on how she’s used speed games to address latency, particularly to build on foundational skills. They dig deeper into the factors that affect speed games, such as wind placement, before exploring the ways in which dogs’ memories are visual and how that can be used for training.


    They then discuss arousal levels and how they impact training. Robin introduces the importance of training videos, especially for addressing the trainer’s timing. Stacy shares an anecdote about how she built confidence in her mini-Aussie to make his movements easier to read, prompting a discussion around the importance of setting criteria. Crystal asks what one should be looking for regarding body language when teaching somebody, to which Stacy and Robin reply with what they watch for in both human and dog movement. 

    They announce a roundtable discussion July 7 which fans of the podcast can tune into for $20.


    Key Topics:

    • Using speed games to address the Ds (2:06)
    • Speed drills as a game (3:09)
    • The wayward home for dog trainers (5:48)
    • Rates of reinforcement & latency in speed games (7:45)
    • The importance of building on foundations (17:56)
    • Wind placement & dogs' visual memory (24:08)
    • Neutrality in responses (30:34)
    • Arousal levels (32:01)
    • Training videos (36:27)
    • Confidence & setting criteria (42:15)
    • Watching body language (47:00)
    • Roundtable announcement (52:01)


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    K9 Detection Collaborative
    en-usJune 14, 2022
    tracking
    law enforcement
    explosives
    narcotics
    working dog

    Motivation and Editing Your Expectations

    Motivation and Editing Your Expectations

    Today, Crystal, Stacy, and Robin take a deep dive into motivators, or the things that drive your dog to do the things that it does, and they explore different ways to harness those motivators. Stacy explores how she makes activities intrinsically motivating, so that the work itself is interesting and not just reward driven. In doing so, something that they coin a “positive addiction” emerges. Stacy then introduces her ultimate sourcing game, where she created a course in her crate room that was so engaging for the dogs, they’d be eagerly waiting for their next turn.
    They discuss the positive psychology of flow state, more commonly referred to as being “in the zone,” where one is so immersed in their focus that they feel energized by and enjoy the process of the activity. They then explore how to utilize that flow state with dogs. They discuss the balance of optimizing the level of difficulty set for a dog in a way that maximizes the challenge without completely wearing the dog out. 


    Robin divulges one of her pet peeves: when people say “reward your dog” instead of “reinforcing behavior” within the context of training, which leads into a conversation about behavior chains. They introduce how behavior chains work before getting into its pieces that make it up and the factors involved, such as timing. 


    They give a more in depth break down of motivators, explaining how they work scientifically. They discuss the importance of not overworking a dog before competition, or as Robin says, “Don’t train until it’s ugly.” They explore how to prevent distractions from interfering with training. Crystal shares a trick for getting a dog to sniff on cue, using Hannah Branigan’s tips of training. They discuss the value of the “victory pee” and how to handle your dog’s inner omnivore.


    They explore the importance of changing mindsets, and how changing your own mindset can impact a change in your dog’s mindset. Crystal explains how she thinks of what would cause problems in reinforcing a behavior as a means of figuring out what the dog’s motivation is. 


    Key Topics:

    • Making activities intrinsically motivating (2:26)
    • The ultimate sourcing game (4:58)
    • Flow theory (7:10)
    • Finding the right amount of challenge (8:38)
    • Rewarding versus reinforcing (14:20)
    • Behavior chains (18:39)
    • Motivators (23:59)
    • Avoiding overworking (33:28)
    • Distractions (40:52)
    • Sniffing on cue (43:51)
    • Victory pees (48:40)
    • Eating grass (50:51)
    • Changing mindsets (51:53)
    • Reversing motivation (55:32) 


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    K9 Detection Collaborative
    en-usMay 24, 2022
    working dog
    canine detection
    detection dog
    k9sensus
    k9 motivation

    The D's of Detection Work

    The D's of Detection Work

    Today, Crystal, Stacy, and Robin discuss the 4 Ds of detection work: distractions, distance, difficulty, and duration. Then they add a few more Ds of their own, like diversions and discrimination. Robin breaks down how she uses the Ds to shift her criteria by making a hierarchy of Ds. She breaks down what bridges are and how she uses them in training. Stacy explains how she uses the 5 Ds, and adds in her sixth D, discrimination. 


    They outline the definitions of each of the 5 Ds and dive into the differences between them. Distraction is the unintentional component of the environment that takes your dog’s focus away. “Dogs are Goldilocks of the animal kingdom,” and they have a sweet spot of how close they want their handler to be, that is distance. Duration is the amount of time the hunt takes as well as the length of the trained final response until it is released. Diversions are the intentionally placed items that take your dog’s focus away from the desired task. Difficulty is the level of complication that the hunt entails. Discrimination is recognizing the differences between scent/odor in the hunt. 


    However many Ds you choose to use, they are an important aid in detection work. “If you think about those Ds, it will help you to make your training decisions in a way that splits that out into small enough increments, that then makes learning very easy for the dog,” Stacy explains.



    Key Topics:

    • 5 Ds of Detection work (00:50)
    • The hierarchy of Ds (4:43)
    • Bridges (5:53)
    • Defining distraction (9:58)
    • Defining distance (23:31)
    • Defining duration (24:04)
    • Defining diversions (27:01)
    • Difficulty (31:42)
    • Diving back into duration (38:05)
    • Defining discrimination (39:39)
    • How many Ds should you actually use (44:49)
    • Splitting versus lumping (50:38)


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    K9 Detection Collaborative
    en-usApril 26, 2022
    tracking
    law enforcement
    explosives
    narcotics
    working dog

    Reflections on the Interview with Tabitha & Relationships with our K9 Partners

    Reflections on the Interview with Tabitha & Relationships with our K9 Partners

    Today, Stacy, Robin, and Crystal reflect on their interview with police K9 officer Tabitha. They discuss their biggest takeaways from the conversation, including the bedrock of engagement and building a relationship with your dog, as well as the power of using imagination as a training tool.


    They also talk about the differences between working with a “hard” dog as compared to a “sensitive” dog, practical tips on earning the trust of a difficult dog, avoiding the pitfall of using “the leash as a substitute for the relationship,” and giving your dog enough attention every day.


    Building trust mainly comes down to spending an adequate amount of time simply being present with your dog. According to our hosts, “The most important person is the one standing right in front of you. Being with our dog at that moment is probably one of the most important things we can do as trainers.”


    Key Topics:

    • Our biggest takeaways (1:47)
    • Building trust between dog and handler (7:26)
    • Working with a “hard” dog versus a “sensitive” dog (15:12)
    • Gaining the trust of a difficult dog (23:30)
    • Giving your dog the right amount of daily attention (39:12)
    • The importance of body language (48:14)
    • Do you have to have a relationship to build engagement? (50:49)
    • Closing thoughts (57:53)


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    K9 Detection Collaborative
    en-usMarch 29, 2022
    tracking
    law enforcement
    explosives
    narcotics
    working dog

    The Journey of Building Relationships with Dual-Purpose K9 with K9 Trainer Tabitha

    The Journey of Building Relationships with Dual-Purpose K9 with K9 Trainer Tabitha

    Today, Robin and Crystal sit down with Police K9 Officer Tabitha. For over 15 years, she has worked for a large police department in Missouri, and has been a K9 handler for the last eight of those years. Aside from her work as a unit trainer, Tabitha is also a trainer for the American Mantrailing, Police & Work Dog Association (AMPWDA).


    Tabitha does a deep dive into the unique challenges of her role, all while reminding handlers of every stripe that the entire trainer-dog dynamic rests on: the bedrock of engagement and relationship development. Engagement covers the outward behaviors displayed when a handler and their dog interact, whereas one’s relationship with their dog is an internal bond strengthened by trust.


    She goes on to speak on her various experiences training and working with her dogs Bodý (now retired) and Admiral.


    Asked why nothing gives her more joy and purpose than actually being on the field with Admiral, Tabitha replies, “I like training dogs and learning and seeing what they do and learning from different handlers, but there’s just something about being at the other end of that leash.”



    Key Topics:

    • How Tabitha became involved in the K9 world (1:21)
    • Getting into the K9 unit (5:19)
    • The difference between engagement and relationship (13:35)
    • The bond between human and dog (18:36)
    • How Tabitha was assigned her two dogs (28:24)
    • Training challenges that Tabitha did not expect (31:01)
    • A typical day for Tabitha and Admiral (36:27)
    • What exactly a police dog is trained to sniff for (45:24)
    • Why Tabitha loves being in the field even more than teaching (51:30)
    • The most important personality trait for those who want to train K9 dogs (52:32)
    • What it takes to be a K9 handler (56:06)
    • Tabitha’s closing thoughts (59:34)



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    K9 Detection Collaborative
    en-usMarch 22, 2022
    tracking
    law enforcement
    explosives
    narcotics
    working dog

    Let's Talk About Pressure

    Let's Talk About Pressure

    Today, our hosts Stacy, Crystal, and Robin pick up where they last left off with their prior conversation about fluency. They discuss what it takes for a team to grow past the first two of the three stages of dog training mastery, namely competency followed by proficiency.


    The road to true fluency begins once a trainer or handler realizes and embraces the fact that “you don’t know what you don’t know, until you know that you don’t know it.” One can’t grow in a vacuum. Our hosts encourage everyone to find the right group of fellow trainers who can guide them to that next level of mastery.


    Trainers ask for a lot of physical and mental maturity out of our dogs for them to go out and do the job that they’re going to do. Yet, they have to deal with pressure from multiple sources to meet certain demands in a limited window of time, including financial limitations as well as expectations from one’s agency.


    An important factor to consider, then, when looking to buy a working dog, is to find a courageous puppy ripe for development into a confident and versatile adult. From there, it is vital that a trainer develop a progression plan—a roadmap—as a visual to help the dog get from point A to point B.


    Ultimately, always stay in pursuit of excellence. Take the time to reflect on each stage of training with your dog and be willing to tweak your method as you both progress. “If your dog was happy, engaged, and successful, that’s pretty darn close to fluency for whatever you’re doing.”



    Key Topics:

    • How a trainer or handler can know whether they have reached fluency (2:17)
    • Escaping the habit of “good enough” (4:30)
    • Gaining a holistic view of your dog’s progress as well as your progress as a handler (6:53)
    • Becoming aware of your training philosophy/framework… and their limitations (12:28)
    • Teaching your dogs that stuff can be anywhere (23:57)
    • Dealing with pressure (25:00)
    • “Just because they can doesn’t mean they should.” (29:29)
    • Training a dog to be versatile (31:44)
    • The pressure of rehoming a dog (42:54)
    • The importance of having a progression plan in place (49:14)
    • Evaluating your training through reflection (52:25)


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    K9 Detection Collaborative
    en-usMarch 15, 2022
    behavior
    pressure
    dog training
    detection dog
    pressure in dog training

    Let's Talk Fluency

    Let's Talk Fluency

    Today, Crystal, Stacy, and Robin talk all things fluency.


    “Fluency” can be described as “a performance measure which refers to speed and accuracy of responding.” Another way to put it is as “the fluid combination of accuracy plus speed that characterizes a competent performance.”


    In the realm of dog training, fluency can be considered the third and final “stage” on the road to mastery. The first stage is competency, the second proficiency. Once a trainer has achieved proficiency (usually this is when they attain certification for a particular skillset), the final step is to demonstrate that the dog can exercise the behavior they were trained to exhibit in any given context. In other words, the key is for your dog to perform consistently regardless of the search area and distractions therein.


    “Beware the trainer that thinks they know it all.” It isn’t only the dog that needs to demonstrate fluency, but the handler as well. Our hosts break down how handlers typically make decisions at the competent, proficient, and fluent levels.


    Ultimately, our hosts contend that, “Until you’ve reached a fully generalized set of skills, you’re still competent or proficient. Fluency is always something to strive for.”


    Key Topics:

    • An introduction to fluency (0:50)
    • Finding a match between the skillset of the handler and the skillset of the dog (3:21)
    • The definition of “fluency” (5:17)
    • What does it look like when a dog is not fluent? (10:37)
    • Defining the intermediate steps toward fluency that drive your everyday training (16:10)
    • Different levels of fluency (24:04)
    • Ensuring that you do not create handler dependence (29:14)
    • Remembering that you, as the handler, are the limiting factor (37:21)
    • How to become a fluent handler (41:23)
    • Can proficient handlers and dogs “succeed”? (50:46)
    • Our hosts’ closing thoughts (52:37)


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    K9 Detection Collaborative
    en-usMarch 08, 2022
    dog training
    detection dog
    behavior fluency
    fluency in dog training
    sport nosework

    Getting to know Robin Greubel

    Getting to know Robin Greubel

    Today, Stacy and Crystal chat with fellow co-host Robin Greubel. She, alongside her husband Joe, co-own and manage Dog Day Acres Land & Cattle Company. Robin also is the CEO of the K9Sensus Foundation which coaches the human end of the leash. 


    Robin has been involved in detection work since 2001, yet remains an avid student who always aims to stay on the cutting edge by learning from groups that cover subjects beyond her expertise. In Robin’s own words, “Some of the most valuable information can’t be learned in my circle.”


    As a certified Executive Coach, Robin understands that, “You can’t help anybody unless you’ve created a safe environment for them. Unless they feel safe, they can’t learn, they can’t explore who they need to be, and they can't ask questions.” It’s a philosophy that permeates everything that she does, whether she’s consulting with executives heading fortune 500 companies, faculty at Tier 1 research universities, or doing bucket training for her cows at the farm.


    Join us for a lot of laughter and some insight into how she balances all of the different aspects of her life, along with some new puppies!


    Key Topics:

    • What drives Robin (1:23)
    • What are “odor soaks?” (4:30)
    • Robin’s work at Dog Day Acres Land & Cattle Company (6:35)
    • How Robin’s cows undergo bucket training (8:06)
    • Why Robin doesn’t buy into “work-life balance” and how she raises her two puppies (11:51)
    • How Robin troubleshoots her training sessions (16:56)
    • Helping handlers and trainers through K9Sensus (18:40)
    • Robin’s upcoming initiatives and training collaborations (24:18)
    • What brought Robin to give up corporate America for Niko the cadaver dog (31:23)
    • About Robin’s narcotics dogs and her general love for labs (36:44)
    • Robin’s career as an evaluator for search and rescue dogs (45:06)
    • Setting standards for the detection dog industry (49:15)
    • What Robin’s parents thought she did for a living (50:49)
    • Robin’s closing thoughts (55:18)


    Learn more about Robin at www.k9sensus.org.


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    K9 Detection Collaborative
    en-usMarch 01, 2022
    heroin
    cows
    rdx
    detection dog
    search and resuce

    Getting to Know Stacy Barnett

    Getting to Know Stacy Barnett

    Today, Robin and Crystal chat with fellow co-host and detection dog extraordinaire Stacy Barnett. She is the founder of the Scentsabilities Nosework training platform, an avid and successful competitor, as well as a talented instructor.


    Stacy kicks off the conversation going down memory lane. She reflects on her long, multifaceted journey from corporate America to working with horses and, finally, to dog training, and why she decided to specialize in Nosework in particular. She also touches on the many useful skills that carried over from her previous jobs into her current work.


    Stacy also speaks on the importance of collecting data when working with your dog in order to know exactly how to optimize your training—an obvious carryover from her prior career in process improvement. Join us for an entertaining episode covering how she went from training horses to competing with dogs. We cover all sorts of sh*t in this episode!



    Key Topics:

    • How Stacy got into Nosework (2:18)
    • What carried over from Stacy’s horse work into her approach to dog training today (7:48)
    • The keys to positive reinforcement (10:37)
    • Managing emotions (13:38)
    • What Stacy learned from raising her dog Prize (19:28)
    • How a career in process improvement in corporate America translates into dog training (25:29)
    • Stacy’s favorite training feedback tool (29:08)
    • The most influential people in Stacy’s career and how she went from corporate to dogs (31:21)
    • Hacks for traveling with pets (43:24)
    • What Stacy is up to nowadays and how to get in touch (49:32)
    • Stacy’s closing thoughts (52:36)


    Learn more about Stacy at www.scentsabilitiesnw.com.


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    K9 Detection Collaborative
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