Online Dog Training University, Inc.

10/03/2025

LIVE WEBINAR TODAY - DO NOT MISS OUT!

Come learn from the amazing Sue Sternberg about dog-to-dog interactions, how to tell when things are getting hairy, how to prevent issues and more with her Maximizing Your Dog's Experiences at the Dog Park Webinar scheduled for today, March 10th at 4:30PM PT/7:30PM ET.

"WHAT DOES THIS HAVE TO DO WITH SCENT WORK!?"

Never fear dear grasshopper.

This presentation is part of our Pet Dog U program, which includes resources for general dog training and dog sports.
Regardless, these skills are applicable to us in the Scent Work realm too. Perhaps you are taking class or practicing with friends and the thought crosses your mind to let the dogs romp around aftewards to blow off some steam. Wouldn't it be nice to know if things are going well or not? It would be less than ideal to end a wonderful training session with your dog being mugged!

"BUT I DON'T GO TO THE DOG PARK!"

Perhaps you have multiple dogs at home. I am the outlier with being a single dog-having dog trainer. It is crucial that we be able to determine if these interactions are going well and how to about teaching proper interruptions.

In short, these skills are something we ALL need and let's face it, Sue is incredible with her skills at observing dog behavior.
We look forward to seeing you during the live webinar scheduled for March 10th at 4:30PM PT/7:30PM ET.

If you cannot make the live webinar, no worries, order the webinar replay and go through the materials at your own pace.

REGISTER FOR THE LIVE WEBINAR OR ORDER THE WEBINAR REPLAY HERE: https://www.scentworku.com/products/maximizing-dog-park-experience-webinar

See you there!

Happy Training!

14/11/2024

WOW! Jill Kovacevich did an amazing job with her live Hide Placement in Training: Making Odor More Fun Webinar. A ton of excellent information that our live attendees thoroughly enjoyed. Speaking of our live attendees, they were INCREDIBLE! Excellent questions and participation - GOLD STARS ALL AROUND!

The live webinar presentation is being edited now and the replay will be posted to the Scent Work University site by the end of the day on November 14th.

Did you miss out on the live webinar? No worries! Order the webinar replay and enjoy continual access. This means you may go through the material as often and for as long as you wish.

ORDER THE WEBINAR REPLAY HERE: https://www.scentworku.com/products/hide-placement-make-odor-fun-webinar

Be certain to check out Jill's upcoming live webinar, Skills for Elite and Summit: High-End Problem-Solving Webinar scheduled for December 10th at 4:00PM PT/5:00PM MT/7:00PM ET.

LEARN MORE ABOUT THIS WEBINAR AND REGISTER FOR THE LIVE OR ORDER THE WEBINAR REPLAY: https://www.scentworku.com/products/skills-for-elite-and-summit-webinar

Happy Training!

Effective hide placement can ensure our dogs develop the search clarity needed to tackle their searches, even rather complex ones. Learn how we can use hide placement to help our dogs develop healthy search habits that will serve them well through their sniffing journey.

20/08/2024

A HUGE "Thank You" to Christina Young for her excellent Walking the Reactive Dog and Making it Work Webinar. Providing insights on how we can incorporate management approaches, build a solid foundation of skills and use a variety of training games to help our reactive dogs be more successful when out on their walks.

The live attendees asked superb questions and were so participatory, YOU ALL ROCK!

The live webinar is being edited and the replay will be posted to the Pet Dog U site by the end of the day on August 20th.

Did you miss out on the livew webinar? No worries! Order the webinar replay and go through the material at your own pace. No deadlines or cut-off dates to worry about.

ORDER THE WEBINAR REPLAY HERE: https://petdogu.com/products/walking-the-reactive-dog-webinar

Happy Training!

Taking a reactive dog out for a walk can be challenging to the say the very least. In this webinar, learn management and training techniques to help make walking your dog reactive easier, safer, and less scary.

14/08/2024

REMINDER: Join us for Christina Young's live webianr, Walking the Reactive Dog and Making It Work Webinar on August 19th at 4:30PM PT/7:30PM ET.

REGISTER FOR LIVE WEBINAR OR ORDER THE WEBINAR REPLAY HERE: https://petdogu.com/products/walking-the-reactive-dog-webinar

Does the thought of walking your reactive dog in public make you cringe? Do you hope for bad weather so fewer people will be out and about? Do you try to keep your dog under threshold, but the world just won't cooperate?

This webinar will give you both management and training techniques designed to get through those hard times. These techniques will work in conjunction with various training programs. Additionally, we will discuss ways to help you feel confident as a handler and owner, having the tools to set you and you dog up for success.

HOST
Pet Dog U

LENGTH
90 minutes

INSTRUCTOR
Christina Young, CDBC, PCDC-A, KPA-CTP

CEUS
We have applied for CPDT and KPA CEUs - stay tuned!

LIVE WEBINAR
Join us on August 19th at 4:30PM PT/7:30PM ET for this live webinar where you may ask Christina questions in real-time and receive free, continual access to the fully edited webinar replay.
COST: $40.00

WEBINAR REPLAY
Cannot make the live webinar? No worries! Order the webinar replay and go through the material at your own pace. There are no deadlines or cut-off dates to worry about. We fully edit all our live webinars, so the replay will be posted by the end of the day on August 20th.
COST: $35.00

REGISTER FOR LIVE WEBINAR OR ORDER THE WEBINAR REPLAY HERE: https://petdogu.com/products/walking-the-reactive-dog-webinar

We look forward to seeing you there!

Happy Training!

10/08/2024

NEW ALL ABOUT SCENT WORK PODCAST EPISODE - Art of Giving and Receiving Information

Instructors are tasked to share their knowledge and expertise with their human clients in such a way that the client can then internalize, understand and interpret that information for their dog. This is no easy task! However, it becomes close to impossible if the way this information is packaged causes the client to not want to receive it.

In this episode, we discuss the art of giving and receiving information. Tone, facial expressions, body behavior are all important factors. Exhaustion, burnout and frustration can further complicate the situation on both sides of this divide. We must openly discuss the need to take a breath, modify and adjust our approaches the very same way we advocate when working directly with our dogs. Instructors and clients should see one another as teammates and partners, not adversaries.

LISTEN TO THE FULL EPISODE HERE: https://www.scentworku.com/blogs/all-about-scent-work-podcast/ep-120-art-of-giving-and-receiving-information

Happy Training!

10/08/2024

REMINDER: Join us on August 11th at 4:30PM PT/7:30PM ET for the live Learn How to Speak Dog: Vol II Webinar with Dianna L. Santos.

REGISTER FOR THE LIVE WEBINAR OR ORDER THE WEBINAR REPLAY HERE: https://petdogu.com/products/learn-how-to-speak-dog-2-webinar

We know that our dogs are always communicating to us, yet there are times we do things that as humans may seem normal or acceptable, but is alien, stressful or even scary for our dogs. In this webinar we analyze whether an interaction is "cute"...or something else.

It is very common to see photos or videos on the internet of owners interacting their dogs thinking it is cute or funny when in reality the dog stressed and is giving all kinds of warning signals. In this webinar, we will evaluate a series of images and videos to help you assess: does my dog like this or am I stressing them out or scaring them?

LENGTH
90 minutes

INSTRUCTOR
Dianna L. Santos, KPA-CTP, CPDT-KA, CNWI, Owner - Pet Dog U

CEUs
This webinar has been approved for 1.5 CPDT CEUs and 1.5 KPA CEUs.

LIVE WEBINAR
Join us for this live webinar on August 11th at 4:30PM PT/7:30PM ET to ask Dianna questions in real-time and receive free, continual access to the fully edited webinar replay.
COST: $40.00

WEBINAR REPLAY
Cannot make the live webinar? No worries! Order the webinar replay and go through the material at your own pace - no deadlines or cut-off dates to worry about. We fully edit all our live webinars, so the replay will be posted to the Pet Dog U site by the end of the day on August 12th.
COST: $35.00

REGISTER FOR THE LIVE WEBINAR OR ORDER THE WEBINAR REPLAY HERE: https://petdogu.com/products/learn-how-to-speak-dog-2-webinar

We look forward to seeing you there!

Happy Training!

03/08/2024

REMINDER: Holly Bushard is offering a live webinar for Pet Dog U, WOW!

Join us on August 7th at 4:30PM PT/7:30PM ET for the Prop Games for Mad Skillz Webinar with Holly Bushard.

REGISTER FOR THE LIVE WEBINAR OR ORDER THE WEBINAR REPLAY HERE: https://petdogu.com/products/prop-games-for-mad-skillz-webinar

Let’s spice up our training with props! In this webinar, Holly will demonstrate ways to utilize simple household items to help teach dogs how to sit, stand, down, stay, go around, go over, and retrieve, all while maintaining a feeling of Play. Training should be fun, so let’s play!

This webinar will focus on using context cues to assist dogs in learning. Through playing games, our dogs will learn to hold stays in all positions in a playful and fun manner. Once they are able to perform those skills, we will add movement through the use of send-aways and jumps to increase clarity and FUN! We can also tack on a retrieves for a bonus challenge.

This webinar is appropriate for all levels of training and cam be modified for all ages of dogs.  It can also be used to train multiple dogs are the same time.   Please pop in and take a peek!

LENGTH
90 minutes

INSTRUCTOR
Holly Bushard

LIVE WEBINAR
Join us on August 7th at 4:30PM PT/7:30PM ET for the live webinar and ask Holly questions in real-time and receive free, continual access to the fully edited webinar replay.
COST: $40.00

WEBINAR REPLAY
Cannot make the live webinar? No worries! Order the webinar replay and go through the material at your own pace. There are no deadlines or cut-off dates to worry about. We fully edit all our live webinars, so the replay will be posted to the Pet Dog U site by the end of the day on August 8th.
COST: $35.00

REGISTER FOR THE LIVE WEBINAR OR ORDER THE WEBINAR REPLAY HERE: https://petdogu.com/products/prop-games-for-mad-skillz-webinar

We look forward to seeing you there!

Happy Training!

02/08/2024

NEW ALL ABOUT SCENT WORK PODCAST EPISODE: Importance of Flexibility

It is all too common to find ourselves making statements such as, "At this stage, I should do THIS" or "After this STEP, I follow this STEP and then that STEP." What's the issue you may ask? Well, this line of thinking is rather concrete. Individual needs of the dog, handler or team, unique factors for that given search, environment or training session or trialing search are not taken into account.

In this episode, we discuss the importance of being more flexible both when we are training and trialing in Scent Work and how challenging being flexible can be!

LISTEN TO THE FULL EPISODE HERE:
https://www.scentworku.com/blogs/all-about-scent-work-podcast/ep-119-importance-of-flexibility

Happy Training!

20/07/2024

SCENT WORK UNIVERSITY WEBINAR

REMINDER: Join us on July 23rd at 4:30PM PT/7:30PM ET for the live Are You Getting Better? Webinar with Tony Gravley.

REGISTER FOR THE LIVE WEBINAR OR ORDER THE WEBINAR REPLAY HERE: https://www.scentworku.com/products/progressing-or-not-so-much-webinar

So many times, handlers judge their progress by their last trial results, which does not always actually give a true picture of the teams progress. There are so many variables when it comes to trials that it is not always a good measurement to teams progress in the sport.

Do you know how to self-evaluate you and your dog’s progress in Companion Dog Detection Sports? Do you know how to pinpoint where your weak areas were and where your strengths were? Without understanding your strengths or weaknesses. You will not be able to develop a training plan to really help you put you on the path to success. Another critical key element is your training program and is your training actually addressing the skills needed?

Tony is going to break down key elements that will show your progress or maybe lack of progress. How to pick apart key items that are many times overlooked as markers or reflections of your progress. Tony is going to give you methods on how to look at the skills needed.

Taking directly from his background in the professional K9 world where he has thousands of teams complete certifications, Tony is going to cut throw the fluff to give each team a check list which will provide feedback on if they are getting better, staying stagnant or getting worse.

LENGTH
90 minutes

INSTURCTOR
Tony Gravley, CNWI, Fully Accredited Master Trainer, United Police Work Dog Association, Judge - NACSW and AKC Scent Work

CEUS
This webinar has been approved for 2 NACSW CEUs.

LIVE WEBINAR
Join us on July 23rd at 4:30PM PT/7:30PM ET for the live webinar where you may ask Tony questions in real-time and receive free, continual access to the fully edited webinar replay.
COST: $40.00

WEBINAR REPLAY
Cannot make the live webinar? No worries! Order the webinar replay and go through the material at your own pace. There are no deadlines or cut-off dates to worry about. We fully edit all our live webinars, so the replay will be posted to the Scent Work University site by the end of the day on July 24th.
COST: $35.00

REGISTER FOR THE LIVE WEBINAR OR ORDER THE WEBINAR REPLAY HERE: https://www.scentworku.com/products/progressing-or-not-so-much-webinar

We look forward to seeing you there!

Happy Training!

20/07/2024

PET DOG U WEBINAR WITH MICHELE ELLERTSON

Join us on July 22nd at 11:00AM PT/2:00PM ET for the FUNdamentals Games for Dog Sport Careers Webinar with Michele Ellertson.

REGISTER FOR THE LIVE WEBINAR OR ORDER THE WEBINAR REPLAY HERE: https://petdogu.com/products/fundamental-games-for-dog-sport-careers-webinar

Have you ever thought of taking the leap into dog sports? Don't know where to begin? We will discuss some of the crucial ideas our dogs should have a feel for before launching into a dog sport career. New dog or old dog - they can all learn the FUNdamentals!

Arousal mobility, marker words, recall, engagement are all important pieces of a dog who will be embarking on a career in dog sports. Regardless of what sport - agility, nosework, obedience, lure coursing - we want to set our dogs up for success, and taking a little time to play these games with them can mean the difference between a dog who's fully prepared and a dog who struggles a bit. FUNdamental games will help you on your journey!

If you are brand new to dogs sports, are dabbling in dog sports or even rather experienced but are looking for ways to build engagement and relationship with their dog, this webinar is for you!

LENGTH
90 minutes

INSTRUCTOR
Michele Ellertson, CNWI, NACSW Certifying Official, NACSW Trial Representative, K9 Nose Work® Camp Instructor, Professional dog trainer for over 20+ years, Owner of The Dog's PACE

LIVE WEBINAR
Join us on July 22nd at 11:00AM PT/2:00PM ET for the live webinar where you may ask Michele questions in real-time and receive free, continual access to the fully edited webinar replay.
COST: $40.00

WEBINAR REPLAY
Cannot make the live webinar? No worries! Order the webinar replay and go through the material at your own pace. There are no deadlines or cut-off dates to worry about. We fully edit all our live webinars, so the replay will be posted to the Pet Dog U site by the end of the day on July 23rd.
COST: $35.00

REGISTER FOR THE LIVE WEBINAR OR ORDER THE WEBINAR REPLAY HERE: https://petdogu.com/products/fundamental-games-for-dog-sport-careers-webinar

We look forward to seeing you there!

Happy Training!

13/07/2024

ATTN: RESCUE DOG OWNERS, FOSTER PARENTS AND DOG TRAINERS - THIS WEBINAR IS FOR YOU!

Join us on July 15th at 4:30PM PT/7:30PM ET for the live The Power of Sniffing: Leveraging Nose Work to Acclimate Foster and Shelter Dogs Webinar with Nancy Reyes.

REGISTER FOR THE LVIE WEBINAR OR ORDER THE WEBINAR REPLAY HERE: https://www.scentworku.com/products/the-power-of-sniffing-shelter-dogs-webinar

This webinar delves into the impactful role of Nose Work exercises in the acclimation process for foster and newly adopted shelter dogs. By engaging their natural sniffing instincts, these exercises provide essential mental and physical stimulation, promoting enrichment and reducing anxiety.

Participants will learn how to use Nose Work to help dogs develop confidence and form strong, positive relationships with their new caregivers. This session is tailored to meet the needs of foster parents, adopters, and professional instructors, offering practical strategies and techniques to ensure a smooth and successful transition for these dogs into their new homes.

LENGTH
90 minutes

INSTRUCTOR
Nancy Reyes, CNWI, NACSW CO, Judge - CPE and C-WAGS, Certified Mental Management Instructor, Owner, For Your K9, Inc.

CEUs
This webinar has been approved for 2 NACSW CEUs.

LIVE WEBINAR
Join us on July 15th at 4:30PM PT/6:30PM CT/7:30PM ET for this live webinar where you may ask Nancy questions in real-time and receive free, continual access to the fully edited webinar replay.
COST: $40.00

WEBINAR REPLAY
Cannot make the live webinar? No worries! Order the webinar replay and go through the material at your own pace - no deadlines or cut-off dates to worry about. We fully edit all our live webinars, so the replay will be posted to the Scent Work University site by the end of the day on July 16th.
COST: $35.00

REGISTER FOR THE LVIE WEBINAR OR ORDER THE WEBINAR REPLAY HERE: https://www.scentworku.com/products/the-power-of-sniffing-shelter-dogs-webinar

We look forward to seeing you there!

Happy Training!

13/07/2024

NEW BLOG POST: Parkour to Benefit Other Dog Sports

READ THE FULL POST HERE: https://petdogu.com/blogs/pdu-blog/parkour-to-benefit-other-dog-sports

Did you know that playing canine parkour can help you and your dog develop and perfect the skills needed to succeed in other dogs sports? Well, you can! Learn how in this short blog post.

Happy Training!

Did you know that playing canine parkour can help your dog develop skills needed for them to do well in other dog sports? Well, it can! Learn how in this short blog post.