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Instructor Training Course (Online) – July & December 2026

NACSW K9 Nose Work® Instructor Online Training Course

K9 Nose Work® Instructor Certification Course

Segment One: 7/24/2026 – 7/27/2026 (Fri-Mon)

Segment Two: 12/4/2026 – 12/7/2026 (Fri-Mon)

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Webinar: Confident Communication: Public Speaking Skills for Nose Work Instructors

INSTRUCTOR:

Heather Sumlin

DATE/TIME:

Tuesday July 7, 2026

10:00 – 10:30 am Pacific Time

If you’ve ever:

😳Felt nervous or “on the spot” when teaching a seminar

🤷🏻‍♀️Wondered if your students were really getting what you were saying

🤯Struggled to manage different expectations, learning styles, or personalities in the room

🥸Known you had the knowledge, but didn’t always feel confident delivering it...

Webinar: Air vs. Odor Movement: What Every Handler Needs to Know

INSTRUCTOR:Lindsay Waldrop, PhD

DATE/TIME: Thursday August 20, 2026

10:00 am – 11:30 am Pacific Time

WEBINAR DESCRIPTION:

Understanding how odor moves is essential for handlers who want to accurately interpret their dog’s behavior during a search.

Webinar: Short Sniffs – The Amazing Benefits of Quick Easy Searches that You Can Fit into Your Busy Life

INSTRUCTOR: Chris Mason CNWI

DATE/TIME: Saturday, September 12, 2026 / 10:00 am – 11:30 am Pacific Time

WEBINAR DESCRIPTION:

Ready to level up your hide-setting game? In this webinar, Chris Mason will guide you through the art of setting hides with purpose—from foundational setups to advanced challenges that prep your team for the highest levels of competition.

Webinar: Implementing Double Blind exercises for your Detection Dog

INSTRUCTOR: Fred Helfers CNWI

DATE/TIME: Wednesday October 28, 2026 / 7:00 – 8:30 pm Pacific Time

WEBINAR DESCRIPTION:

The webinar will utilize videos and powerpoint to:

• Define what a double blind detection dog exercise is.

• The protocols necessary to successfully incorporate double exercises into detection dog training.

• and more...

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Webinar: Motivation, Behaviour and the Brain

INSTRUCTOR: Simon Gadbois, PhD

Length: 90 Minutes

Format: Online Zoom Webinar (recorded)

WEBINAR DESCRIPTION:

A great experimental psychologist, Woodworth (from the beginning of the last century), argued that psychology should be the science of motivation, and even suggested to call this new science “motivology.”