Webinar Details

Searching any area starts with searching deliberately and with purpose. Search patterns will vary but they share a common goal of providing organization and a systematic structure to ensure that no items or productive areas are missed. Deliberately using hide placements, and reward history, can drive search dog behavior using context clues to generalize to environmental/contextual cues and search productive search areas they’ve received rewards at before. The dogs past experience paired with motivation to work, will increase the likelihood that they will search areas without any input from their handlers. Then the handler’s role is to learn to manage the search and support their dogs as they search.

Length

90-minutes

Should You Take This Webinar

Does your dog ping-pong around the search area? Perhaps introducing the concept of patterns, through the use of thoughtful hide placement and reward history, will help.

Are you a Scent Work instructor? Having as many tools in your toolbox as possible is the best way to help your clients! Know how to introduce the concept of patterns and see how you can incorporate them into your curriculum without cueing the handler to take over the search from the dog.

Webinar Outline

    1. Welcome!

    2. Video: Patterns: CSI to Novice Detection Webinar Replay with Secret Word

    3. Handout: Slide Deck

    4. Download: Slide Deck

    5. Work with Bill Gaskins

    1. Cyber Scent Work - Give It a Try

    1. Submit a Video for Review

    2. Schedule a Zoom Consultation

    1. Provide Your Feedback

    1. Request CEUs

About this course

  • Free
  • 10 lessons
  • 1.5 hours of video content

Meet the Speaker

Scent Work Instructor Bill Gaskins

Bill is an approved AKC Scent Work and NACSW Judge. Bill served 21 years in the US Air Force as a Law Enforcement Specialist Military Working Dog Handler of 10 different dogs, a trainer of over 50 operational K9 Team and the Kennel Master managing kennel operations all over the world. Bill trained and certified 624 operational canine teams for deployment to Iraq and Afghanistan tasks from Obedience, Patrol Protection as well as Explosive and Narcotics detection.


Bill's Accolades
  • AKC Scent Work Judge
  • NACSW Judge
  • Cyber Scent Work, Inc. Review Official
  • Military Working Dog Handler of 10 dogs
  • MWD Trainer for 50 dogs teams at 5 kennels
  • MWD Kennel Master Manager for 2 Kennels
  • MWD Instructor for 9 years with 624 graduates
  • MWD Course Developer of 5 courses
  • Owner and Founder of Integrity Nose Worx LLC