THE ORT IS FULL IF YOU WISH TO GO ON THE WAITING LIST PLEASE EMAIL ME
National Association of Canine Scent Work, LLC®
ODOR RECOGNITION TESTS
Odors: Birch, Anise, Clove
Sunday March 3rd 2024
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PAYING EFFORT & IMPROVING DECISION MAKING - FULL
SATURDAY FEBRUARY 3RD 2024
$175 FOR A WORKING SPOT
$85 TO AUDIT
SKILL BUILDING FOR ELITE/SUMMIT - NW3 with support
SUNDAY FEBRUARY 4TH 2024
$175 FOR A WORKING SPOT
$85 TO AUDIT
AM & PM SMALL GROUPS
MONDAY FEBRUARY 5TH 2024
6 DOGS PER GROUP
$160 PER HANDLER
VENUE: Vinton War Memorial
814 E Washington Avenue, Vinton VA 24179
or EMAIL ME if you have questions.
Saturday, October 28th 2023: ELITE
Sunday, October 29th 2023: NW2
Certifying Official: Elite - Jennifer Johnson
NW2 - Jennifer Johnson & Beth Bishop
Judges: Greg Wilkie
Jacy Kelley
Handlers must be a current member of NACSW. Dogs must have an NACSW
THE TRIAL OPENS ON: MONDAY SEPTEMBER 11TH 2023 AT 12 NOON EST
Volunteers are needed for the trials. If you are interested in being a volunteer any day, please sign up here. VOLUNTEER SIGN UP
Trial Registration Links:
5 CEU’S AVAILABLE (as both days are the same you can only collect 5 for one day)
SATURDAY SEPTEMBER 30th 2023
NW3 & ABOVE (All working spots are filled)
SUNDAY OCTOBER 1st 2023
Any dog below NW3 who is on Odor (All working spots are filled)
Workshop Fees
Working: $175 per day (limited to 12 working dogs per day)
Auditing: $75 per day (no limit)
VENUE: The Peaks Retreat and Adventure Center
1336 Simmons Mill Road, Thaxton VA 24174
Application Form & Detailed Information
Saturday, March 11th: NW3
Sunday, March 12th: NW1
Handlers must be a current member of NACSW. Dogs must have an NACSW
THE TRIAL OPENS ON Wednesday JANUARY 25TH 2023 AT 12 NOON
Volunteers are needed for the trials. If you are interested in being a volunteer any day, please sign up here. VOLUNTEER SIGN UP
Trial Registration Links:
Official NACSW™
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Word Doc
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Entries open at 12 noon EST October 3rd, 2022
TRIAL ENTRY LINK
TRIAL HOST
Ann Hogg/Canny K9 Companions
There are no BSL restrictions at this site
Certifying Official: Leah Ganglehoff
Judges: Garrett Dyer & Tony Gravley
ENTRY COST
$350
NUMBER OF ENTRIES
28
IF YOU ARE INTERESTED IN VOLUNTEERING PLEASE SIGN UP HERE: Vounteer Sign Up
Odors Tested
Birch, Anise, Clove
Date
October 9th, 2022
Test Site
The Peaks Retreat and Adventure Center
Thaxton, VA
Host
Ann Hogg/Canny K9 Companions LLC
info@cannyk9companions.com
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This two-day workshop will provide valuable information about how we, as handlers, influence the search with our body movements, direction and pathways, and speed and body orientation. Sue and Dana will also discuss what we are communicating to our dogs from all of our “handler actions or inactions” throughout the search, and why we may be getting certain behaviors from our canine partners in trial that baffle us.
This workshop will include video footage from other dog sports and video submissions from those attending the workshop as auditors, to demonstrate deliberate and inadvertent communication between dogs and their handlers. Additionally, Dana will set up exercises to highlight handler movement and the dog’s response to better understand what our dogs are communicating “at each moment” and improve our productivity as handlers without diminishing drive and independence.
You will also be given specific handling tools to increase your ability to listen while simultaneously allowing the dog more freedom to make choices and hunt independently.
Sue and Dana deliver this workshop with humor, compassion and enthusiasm knowing that teams will leave with a new way of looking at the search and new tools to strengthen the handler/dog team through the long-term journey of this amazing game.
Registration Information: This workshop builds on information over the two days so you are strongly encouraged to sign up for both days. There are limited spots to work dogs. To be considered you must have signed up to audit and must be willing to audit if you do not get selected. We cannot take registrations from people who only want to work a dog in order to attend. We will chose working spots from the pool of applications, see below.
Working Spot Requirements:
Participating dogs should be on all three odors. A title is not required, but dogs should be comfortable working in front of a larger group of people than in a regular class and have a very good drive for target odor (and have spent training time working hides that are not paired with food). Dogs who have less experience or understanding of odor or who can become easily distracted by the environment would not be well suited for a working spot given that it typically takes some time to work through those things. Additionally, dogs who are reactive/aggressive with people or more than mildly reactive with other dogs would not be well suited for this type of format so we ask that you don’t request a working spot.
If you would like a working spot (one day only to allow maximum participation) complete the second page of the application form.
Deadline for application is February 26th 2022. Working spots will be selected from the application pool and everyone will be notified by March 5th 2022. Payment for a working spot will be an additional $150 and will be due within 72-hours of notification. (So a person who gets working spot will pay $175 to audit and an additional $150 for their one-day working spot).
Dogs will need to be comfortable and quiet crated in a kennel or staying in the car. Please bring whatever your dog needs to be made comfortable and cool/warm enough in between working exercises.
Dogs must be able to stay quietly in their vehicles when out of sight from their handlers.
REGISTRATION
Print the application form and mail it with your check to the address on the form.
Working spots: Working spots will be chosen from the application pool for both days. PLEASE see above for detailed information.
$175 to audit both days
$100 to audit one day
Working Spot (one day only): is an additional $150 if selected
Refreshments – Coffee, water and snacks will be provided. Lunch is on your own.
COVID REQUIREMENTS:
Please be prepared to wear a mask and to social distance.
The situation is changing all the time, we do not know what the situation will be in April, so be prepared to be flexible as far as COVID restrictions.
AUDIT/VIDEO TAPING: ONLY ONE other video camera (and only at the request of the handler currently running a dog) besides the presenter’s camera may be operating at any given time during the event. Absolutely no other audio or video-taping is allowed. Videos may only be posted on social media if the sound has been removed (you do not have permission to post a video if the Presenter can be heard speaking). Thank you for your cooperation.
PHOTOS: Everyone is WELCOME to post any PHOTOS of themselves, of the Presenter, of dogs etc. on social media at any time during or after the seminar. Be sure you have permission of other participants before posting photos that include them. Photo restrictions: No photos of Sue eating and if she is making a horrid face for no reason, please delete those photos and do not post.
CANCELATION POLICY: All cancellations must be in writing by email to Ann at info@cannyk9companions.com No other forms of communication for cancelation will be accepted. A confirmation of cancelation will be emailed back to you by Ann at Canny K9. Cancelations by noon eastern time on April 20th 2022 - will receive a refund minus $25 processing fee. Cancelations after noon April 20th 2022- will not be refunded unless there is a wait list and someone can take your spot.
REGISTRATION FORM - word doc
REGISTRATION FORM - PDF
QUESTIONS: Contact Ann at info@cannyk9companions.com
Dana Zinn has been working with and training dogs since 1999. Her many years of dog training experience include working at the spcaLA as an Animal Behavior & Training Specialist. It was the time working with dogs in the shelter that drew her to the sport of K9 Nose Work®; not only for her own dogs, but for the many dogs in need of a "job" to do.
Dana was involved in the first publicly offered Nose Work class in Long Beach, CA. She not only participated but eventually assisted in instruction. From there, Dana became involved in the development of the K9 Nose Work® instructor certification program. Dana was one of the first participants to be certified as an instructor for the K9 Nose Work® curriculum approved by the National Association of Canine Scent Work, LLC. She is proud to be a founding faculty member, certifying official, and judge for sanctioned NACSW trials across the country. She is also a Supervising Certifying Official, which means she is involved in the training of new COs for NACSW In regard to K9 Nose Work®, her learning never stops as she continues to teach classes, instruct at camps, compete in trials, and conduct workshops and webinars. One of her proudest moments was placing first in the 2014 NACSW National Invitational with Kudos, her Belgian Tervuren.
Sue has been working in shelters and as a dog trainer since 1981. Sue was the 2016 recipient of the APDT's Lifetime Achievement Award. She founded the shelter featured in the HBO documentary: Shelter Dogs. Her over 40 years of canine behavior experience includes as a dog control officer, behavior consultant at the ASPCA, shelter owner, successful competitor in a variety of dog sports (with Nose Work being her current wild favorite) and a teacher of dog trainers world-wide. She has published many books and DVDs on all aspects of dog behavior, training and assessments, available through www.Dogwise.com and www.TawzerDog.com.
Sue is a hobby paleontologist, and spends as much free time as she can exploring the desert with her dogs looking for fossils and also pretty rocks. She loves all things Star Trek, is an avid tea drinker, and plays the fiddle, too.
Saturday, April 2nd: NW3
Sunday, April 3rd: NW1
Handlers must be a current member of NACSW. Dogs must have an NACSW ID.
WAIT LIST INFORMATION
(Handlers in red have more than one dog entered)
NW3 Waiting List
Volunteers are needed for the trials. If you are interested in being a volunteer any day, please sign up here. VOLUNTEER SIGN UP
Trial Registration Links:
Saturday, June 12: NW1
Location
Lake Christian Church
733 S Boston Rd
Palmyra, VA 22973
Handlers must be a current member of NACSW. Dogs must have an NACSW ID.
Trial open May 5th, 2021 12 pm Eastern Time
NW1 Registration
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WAITING LIST
Odors Tested
Birch, Anise & Clove
Date
Saturday, April 17, 2021
TEST LOCATION
East Rivanna Volunteer Fire Company
3501 Steamer Dr
Keswick, VA 22947
Test Host
Your Dog Knows, LLC
Test Secretary
Thea Yancey, Your Dog Knows
3121 Rivanna Ridge
Troy, VA 22974
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Saturday, March 20: ELITE
Sunday, March 21: NW3
Location
Skelton 4-H Conference and Education Center
775 Hermitage Road
Wirtz, VA 24181
Registration opens Thursday February 11th, 2021 at 12:00PM (Eastern Time).
Handlers must be a current member of NACSW. Dogs must have an NACSW ID.
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TRIAL OPENS AT 12 NOON ON FEBRUARY 11TH, 2021
Trial Registration Links: TRIAL CLOSED
Volunteers are needed for the trials. If you are interested in being a volunteer any day, please contact Ann Hogg at info@cannyk9companions.com
Saturday, Nov 14: NW2
Sunday, Nov 15 AM: EST L1 Interiors
Sunday, Nov 15 PM: EST L1 Containers
WAIT LIST INFORMATION
(Handlers in red have more than one dog entered)
EST L1I wait list
EST L1C wait list
Registration opens October 6th, 2020 at 12:00PM (Eastern Time).
Handlers must be a current member of NACSW. Dogs must have an NACSW ID.
Trial Registration Links:
Volunteers are needed for the trials. If you are interested in being a volunteer any day, please contact Sara Cole at: goldenret@comcast.net
CNWI & AKC Scentwork Judge
Sunday September 20th, 2020
Charles Hill Senior Center
820 Washington Ave., Vinton, VA 24179
Workshop Fees
Working $90 per session (8 spots per sessions)
In order to give the maximum number of people an opportunity to participate you may only have one working spot over the two sessions. If you are interested in a working spot for both make a note on the entry form and if space is available a week prior to the workshop I will contact you
Auditing: $45 per session
Angie King
Angie's dog training experience started in 1982, with her German Shepherd Dog, Rottweiler and Yorkshire Terrier in Germany. She currently trains her dogs (4 Belgian Malinois and one intense Boston Terrier) in Conformation, Obedience, Herding, Agility, Parcourse and K-9 Nose Work®.
She has competed nationally and internationally in Agility and has achieved over 100 performance titles on her dogs. She has taught Agility and Obedience classes and is currently teaching multiple levels of K9 Nosework/Scentwork.
Angie is an approved AKC ATT Temperament Evaluator, Canine Good Citizen Evalutator, AKC Farm Dog Evaluator, AKC Agility Course Evaluator, Reiki Practioner and since June 2020 an AKC Fit Dog Instructor Level 1. A certified CNWI since 2013 for NACSW and an approved AKC scent work judge since 2018. Angie has managed the Daycare Program at Waggin Tails Junction in Manassas since 2006 and is continually educating herself and increasing her knowledge of canines and canine behaviors through regular attendance of seminars, training classes, webinars and camps. Early 2012 she founded K9 Bondz, to provide pet owners a fun and unique way to connect with their dogs and build a bond between them so they could further the development of trust, gain confidence and strengthen their partnership.
National Association of Canine Scent Work, LLC®
ODOR RECOGNITION TESTS
Odors: Birch, Anise, Clove
Saturday September 19th, 2020
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National Association of Canine Scent Work, LLC®
ODOR RECOGNITION TESTS
Odors: Birch, Anise, Clove
Sunday, 6th October 2019
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