Introduction to Scentwork
Sat, Mar 02
|Saint Paul Dog Training Club
The PWDCTC is hosting two half-day workshops with Scentwork judge, instructor and coach Holly Bushard. Holly is a dedicated competition detection coach, competitor, and judge. The morning event will be an introduction and the afternoon event will be for experienced teams.
Time & Location
Mar 02, 2024, 8:30 AM – 11:30 AM
Saint Paul Dog Training Club, 219 13th Ave S, South St Paul, MN 55075, USA
Guests
About the event
This session is for dog and handler teams that have little or no experience with scentwork. You will learn about the basics of scentwork and how to get more involved though training and eventually trialing.
Instructor: Holly Bushard is a dedicated competition detection coach, competitor, and judge. Her foundation began as a narcotics detection handler and rapidly expanded when she discovered the joy and excitement of competition scenting sports. Now, Holly coaches full time, actively judges for three venues (NACSW, AKC, and CPE) and competes at the highest levels of the sport whenever time allows. She has successfully competed at the elite level with three different dogs and was privileged to be partnered with the first whippet to achieve an Elite Championship in NACSW. She enjoys playing at Summit Level with her beloved Mahto.
Holly enjoys breaking scent work skills down into small pieces and constructing drills and exercises that…