No big introduction here, I'll just flip through the Tao Te Ching as I did in an earlier post (click here for that post) and play a little with its relevance to scent work: Passage 22 Yield and overcome; Bend and be straight; Empty and be full; Wear out and be new; Have little and... Continue Reading →

I recently judged an Elite trial in Eden Prairie, MN on a hot weekend at an arts school. When I judge I make every effort to record some of what I see and hear during the search on the competitor's score sheet. I find that when you are the competitor, you will often totally misremember... Continue Reading →

Jocko Willink dedicated podcast (Jocko podcast) episodes 251-256 to an obscure training text written by a general from the WWII and Korean War era, Bruce C. Clarke. The book, Guidelines For The Leader And The Commander, is at once comfortingly familiar and surprisingly demanding. You might imagine an army training manual to be all about... Continue Reading →

On a recent morning I was chatting with a student after a fun and enlightening sniffing session. We began our talk by wondering about what the dog experienced during the session and how our choices to connect with the dog in the gray areas (when scent work behavior patterns fade into less recognizable expressions) using... Continue Reading →