This five-unit class is a deep dive into nose work and a dog’s incredible scenting abilities. The curriculum and practice exercises use your dog’s innate scent skill to boost confidence, build resilience, and have fun at the same time. This class is designed for dog behavior consultants, dog guardians, shelter staff, and dog behavior enthusiasts. You will learn how to unlock a dog’s super smell powers to help them become more confident, resilient, and optimistic learners. Ann will teach you how to set the stage for growth through thoughtful consideration of your “hide” arrangement and how to evolve that arrangement from a simple game your family plays inside with your dog into a strategy for managing arousal, building the dog’s resiliency, and encouraging confidence out in the uncontrolled environment of the real world. Ann will work with each Excel team via the groups.io discussion board and one-on-one during each Zoom session. Teams can submit videos of training and socialization progress for individualized feedback from Ann beginning on July 1, leading up to the first Zoom class, and between the remaining four classes. Engage students can follow along with the training, share their own training with one another in the discussion group, and ask the instructor questions during the Zoom classes.

Sponsor:Karen Pryor Academy for Animal Training & Behavior
Speaker(s):Ann Waterbury

Contact: Nathan Andrews
 Email: ceu@karenpryoracademy.com
 Phone: 781-398-0754
 Web: https://karenpryoracademy.com/live-classes/every-dog-smells-live-with-ann-waterbury/