by Stacy Barnett | Oct 6, 2026 | Nosework
I get asked about fans a LOT. Can you use a fan to teach your dog about airflow? Absolutely!! Fans are great for isolating one idea at a time…. and I DO use them! But if you’re setting up in your backyard or local park… you might already be standing in one...
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 | 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...
