AKc Scent work Judge, International clinician, top competitor, and FDSA Instructor
Stacy BarnettLearn with Stacy
Online Classes through Fenzi Dog Sports Academy
Classes are geared towards all levels of competitors, regardless of your venue of choice! Come see why Stacy’s FDSA classes receive consistent accolades.
Webinars for hobbyists and competitors
Tuesday is webinar day! Topics run the gamut and are a popular augment to every Nosework handler’s education. See also for special events!
International Seminars and Special Events
Stacy is a popular clinician and travels across the US and abroad teaching Nosework! Currently booking 2020 engagements.
Learn about Nosework on the blog and podcast
Want access to free educational resources? Read Stacy’s blog and listen to her podcast.
What is Nosework?
Nosework is one of the fastest growing dog sports in the world. It’s modeled after real world detection.
In Nosework, your dog searches for essential oils, usually on cotton swab. You may search inside buildings, out in the open, boxes and luggage, on vehicles and even buried in the ground! Every search is different and exciting. This is a timed sport where the dog’s skill and handling come together.
Nosework is a sport that every dog and handler can do. It’s a great way to focus hyper dogs and calm nervous dogs. You will be surprised how Nosework can build confidence. Plus it’s FUN!
What can it do for your dog?
Engage his brain
Build Confidence
Build Your Bond
Upcoming Webinars
Developing the Essential Elements of Focus in Nosework
Oct 15st, 2019 @ 9:30 PM ET
Do you wish your searches were ONLY about finding target odor? Focus is the key and is the most critical foundational piece of FLOW.
Our dogs have three choices when searching. They can either focus on the environment (squirrels and dog pee!), they can focus on YOU (hey mom or dad, where do YOU think the hide is?), or they can focus on the search. Even if your dog is completely comfortable with searching, your dog may not be focused. Learn how to establish Focus in a searching context.
This webinar will give you an understanding of:
- What IS Focus in Nosework and what does it actually look like?
- What are the pieces that need to be put into place in order for Focus to be possible?
- What should a training session look like if you want to develop a Focused Nosework dog?
- How do you remediate the chronically unfocused search dog?
- And more!
In a later webinar, we will cover a really cool concept of FLOW…. this webinar contains essential information if you want to truly develop FLOW.
Remember that if you can’t attend live, you will get the recording in your In Box after the fact… but you HAVE to pre-register!
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Latest Blog Posts
Verbal Marker or Clicker? …and the role of Emotion!
Let me start out by saying that I'm a huge believer in using markers for Nosework training. I think it makes an incredible difference in clarity and confidence. Clarity sweeps away the clouds of uncertainty and gives the dog a way to truly understand how to win the...
How often should you trial?
A comment came up recently on one of the Facebook groups that questioned how we train. I'm paraphrasing of course... but it sparked some thought! How often should you trial? Should trialing drive your training or should purpose drive your training? The two questions...
The greatest honor… treasure every moment
There is no greater honor than searching behind your best friend. Dogs let us into their secret world with every Change of Behavior and every "Sniff and Dismiss". They float along the rapidly changing and unstable air currents, tasting and sampling, looking for...
Training Philosophy
Stacy structures everything around her Pyramid: The Four Cornerstones of Trial Preparation. Confidence and Motivation are sacred. Emotions can be trained. Arousal is a habit. These are core concepts of what she teaches.
