by Stacy Barnett | Apr 11, 2025 | Nosework
I see people make decisions all the time and as a trainer and I can’t help but think of the downstream ramifications. Decisions regarding how to fix a training problem… all the way to how we respond to failure in a search… all the way to how we...
by Stacy Barnett | Apr 4, 2025 | Nosework
Words matter, just like the criteria that we set for our dogs. Clarity in criteria means that our dogs are more likely to exhibit high performance in whatever we ask them to do. The need to have clear criteria is something that most of us can agree on. The trouble...
by Stacy Barnett | Mar 28, 2025 | Nosework
After the Frontier’s publication “Effectiveness of Marker Training in Detection Dogs” https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/veterinary-science/articles/10.3389/fvets.2025.1538452/full, there has been a lot of buzz on all sides about the use of markers...
by Stacy Barnett | Feb 15, 2025 | Nosework
During the Fenzi Dog Sports Academy Know the Nose 2.0 conference panel, we got into a conversation about motivation vs. drive. vs. arousal…. and then today I started repair on my drywall from one too many body slams from Powder…. the thoughts prompted me...
by Stacy Barnett | Jul 14, 2024 | Nosework
One of the most powerful and quick things that you can do for your performance is to increase the clarity of your communication by cleaning up your markers. In this lecture we will talk about (1) the power of a clear marker, (2) what are the qualities of an...
