Welcome Everyone to the Mountain Dogs Coaching Call & Podcast. Im Jill Kovacevich from Mountain Dogs and am excited to launch a new format for our monthly live-zoom coaching calls. We will be recording the audio from our live zoomcast and uploading a link to the Mountain Dogs and Release Canine websites, and onto our Podcast Hosted page,  as an On-Deman Podcast available to a broader audience as a scent detection sport dog training and trialing resource. 

Getting to Know Our Podcast

1- Format Change- We have had great success with our coaching calls covering training and trialing topics, that are invaluable, with input from all those that attend. But rather than offering the live cast to only those who attend live via zoom, offering our discussions as a valued training resource has great merit , so we can reach a broader audience via a recorded PODCAST with published links on the Mountain Dogs and Release Canine websites. 

2. More Expertise - We are adding Aleks Woodroffe from Release Canine as a co-host/ co-coach to broaden the discussions and provide added perspectives to nose work and scent work training and trialing.

3- Guest Speakers- We look forward to adding Guest Speakers to discuss hot topics again with the added benefit of posting the coaching sessions as an available on demand PODCAST and important resource for training.

Host and Co- Host Introductions

Introductions- Jill and Aleks; 

Jill Kovacevich from Mountian Dogs in Colorado  is our moderator and co-host with over 13 years of nose work coaching, training and trial experience and as a trial event host and official with NACSW;

Aleks Woodroffe from Release Canine joins us from Arizona and brings another perspective for coaching on all things nose work and scent work. Aleks has extensive experice in multiple nose work trial venues as a compeitior, trial host, AKC Judge and highly experienced coach including NACSW and AKC Scent Work.

Aleks- give us your background in nosework and scentworks,  how you got started and where you see yourself today with all the numerous nosework and scentwork hats you wear.

Our Podcast- Your Training Resource

Resources -We aim to provide you with training resources- Tips and Tricks to Fix- discussing how  we,  Jill and Aleks,  are available as a fundamental resource to your nose work dog training. We will detail specific methods and chat about whether those methods are inclusive or exclusive, pros and cons of each, the impact of a result focused training versus a  growth mindset with a goal to develop a balanced skill set for your  nose work team success.

Inclusive- Open Minded Approach

Offering open minded discussions on multiple and variable training methods and techniques cationing as best we can to avoid the "Never" and " Always" training regminens to support an open inclusive dog training development that is so important in nose work, no matter which event venue you or we choose to enter or have available for competition or trials.

Future Topics- 

-Distractions- Environment and More 

-Engaged Dog- High and Low Arousal and the Engaged Dog

-Running the Elements- Setting up training for all elements- NACSW and AKC and more

-The Box Search and Intentional container distractions- How to Train for success

-+R Nose work- using food or toy as primary reinforer for Intro to Elite and Summit beyond

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