Compass Canine

12/23/2025

We are renting Affelder House for private scent work lessons on Wednesday, 1/7/26 and have some morning availability if any other established clients want in on the fun! Message Meagan Corr or Compass Canine to inquire.

12/08/2025

Congrats to Team Emma on their NW1 title with an overall 2nd placement in Kittaning, PA this past weekend! Jeff has worked hard with Emma both on his own time and during our weekly lessons. We completely redid her search foundations on primary and built a solid nose freeze indication. So happy to see it all pay off. Go Emma, go!

12/02/2025

What all exactly does Compass Canine do? 🤔

Compass Canine is a one-woman-operation run by (me!) Meagan Corr, BCBA, Owner/Trainer. The two main focal points at Compass Canine are scent work training and professional bed bug detection. I primarily offer private lessons in scent work instruction as well as occasional group classes, “Scent Club” events, and other educational opportunities for sports competitors. I also offer bed bug detection training and will soon be offering K9 inspections, which I intend to grow as my main gig alongside scent work coaching.

I also offer some service dog raising and training with limited availability in addition to other task training, foundational, and functional obedience skills for sport and working dogs as well as higher drive pets. Other areas of specialty include (but are not limited to!) puppy raising, motivation/drive building, environmental exposure, and engagement training.

Until I further develop the professional detection side of Compass Canine, I will continue to offer board and train and day train services on a very limited and selective basis. Most of the dogs you see in my social media content are client dogs in various training and enrichment programs, but I also have longer term residential project dogs in the mix from time to time who are prospects for service or detection work (dog sales).

Last but not least, I want to send a big shout out to all my clients and people in my circle. Thank you for your ongoing business and friendship! Happy training!! 🧭

📸 Wherever The Nose Goes

12/02/2025

We are BEYOND excited and honored to be hosting NACSW for a training fest in Michigan!!! At one of our favorite sites, Crossroads Village and Huckleberry Railroad, with some of our favorite people, this is sure to be a super exciting and FUN learning opportunity! Spots will be chosen by random draws submitted by 8pm EST on December 30- you have to enter to be in the draw, so get those entries in! https://k9nosework.com/workshops/training-fest-midwest-2026/

10/28/2025

Thank you to everyone who participated in our first Haunted Scent Club event! This was just too much fun. I was SO impressed at the environmentals of these dogs- this was some spooky business!

Thank you to for having us again as well as my fabulous helpers Ann Smorado and Jen Lottes. I am both overwhelmed and thrilled by how much these events have grown. Can’t wait for next time!

10/24/2025

Please read! A note I’d like to add is that crating doesn’t end when your dog grows up or completes training. It’s not something your dog should ever fully “graduate” from. This is a lifelong management and safety skill to maintain.

PLEASE, crate train your dogs.

The number of puppies and adult dogs we see who are absolutely manic in a crate breaks our hearts. More and more, it seems like people are giving up on teaching this skill to their dogs because they feel their dog is happier free in the house, sleeping in bed, or gated off in an area. But here’s the problem —

You are setting your dog up for huge amounts of stress later on if you don’t teach your dog to settle in a crate.

Dog need surgery? Now they’re stressed about medical treatment, AND being confined.

Need to go out of town? You’ll either need to find a facility that doesn’t care about barking (which means, little to no sleep for your dog and a lot more anxiety from the constant noise), or hire an in-home pet sitter.

Want to do a board and train where your dog lives with a trainer *inside their home*? They’ll need to be crated, and the barking will need to be controlled. They may even get turned away if the barking is excessive, or refused for future stays.

Traveling? Staying in a hotel or Airbnb? Crating your dog should go without saying.. it’s not your home, and unless your dog is absolutely bomb proof about staying off furniture, not having potty accidents, and is not at all destructive, leaving them loose and “seeing how it goes” is how all of us lose the privilege of dog-friendly accommodations if it goes wrong.

I have other peoples dogs in my home almost every day of the year. It’s a 24/7 life, and the *most* draining part is when dogs arrive here unprepared for the crate. I feel bad for the dogs who are in a new place, stressed about being away from home, and now expected to be crated when it’s never utilized at home. But also, selfishly, I also feel a little bad for myself.. as I also deserve to be able to relax and get a full nights sleep in my own home.

So, please, crate train your dog. Help them be happier when away from home, whether that be at a vet, a groomer, during boarding, or on a vacation.

Quick tips: Feed your dog in their crate to build a positive association. Practice different types of crates (plastic, wire). Practice when you’re home during the day. Daily reps will get results, fast.

10/10/2025

Anyone dare to experience the full effect of Pioneer’s haunted houses prior to our scent club event?!

10/10/2025

Cut loose! Please support our friends at HYT by donating or attending a show!!

Everybody cut loose! HYT presents Footloose!
Catch us on Oct 17-19 & Oct 24-26 at Wiley Middle School, (2181 Miramar Boulevard, University Heights, OH 44118.)
Join us for an electric night of song, movement, and heart as our talented cast brings Footloose to life under the direction of Eugene Sumlin. Musical direction is by Stacy Bolton, and our Stage Manager is Zach Nicol.
Performance times:
• Fridays & Saturdays at 7:00 PM
• Sundays at 2:00 PM
A huge thank you to our season sponsors — we’re honored to partner with:

Buy tickets 🎟️ here: https://www.onthestage.tickets/show/heights-youth-theatre/68dc0f7ffac14f0ffec7e729

09/29/2025

Bella Valley’s Beluga Whale, CGC! 🐳

Beluga passed his AKC Canine Good Citizen evaluation today! He is a big fan of Miss Laura at !

We are approaching his 1-month countdown until he transitions into his new home in Seattle as a service dog. His psychiatric assistance tasks, public access skills, and obedience is coming along nicely. Beluga will also be trained as a diabetic alert dog at a later date.

09/21/2025

And that’s a wrap on Compass Canine’s first seminar with the fabulous Crystal Wing!

The Power of Play in Nosework: Engagement, Motivation, & Distraction Training with Reward Events

Students learned all about fine tuning their play routines, how to utilize play as reinforcement in nosework, how to build more value for odor, and so much more. Huge thanks to everyone who came out to join us for this super fun and informative day!
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09/21/2025

Go team Arrow!! Congrats on your bed bug recertification!

09/11/2025

We are SO EXCITED for this event!!! We've walked the park and have picked out some super fun search areas for you. We're also going to set a bonus "Self Serve Sniff" outside the gates that everyone can do on their own while waiting for their turn. We'll have a map with hide locations posted for you. Stay tuned for more surprises we hope to add for this event. Registration can be found on the Events page of the Do Over Dog Training website.