Vehicles with Confidence!
Amy Herot, Co-Founder, NACSW ™, CPDT-KA
Saturday, October 22, 2016 Lacey, WA
Sunday, October 23, 2016 A COACHING Day with Amy!
The coaching day may NOT focus primarily on vehicles depending on weather!
Hosts: Dorothy Turley, CNWI [email protected] 360-586-6657 &
Rachelle Bailey Austin [email protected] 360-493-0220
Location: Thurston County Fairgrounds, 3054 Carpenter Rd SE, Lacey, WA 98503
This will be the ONLY Vehicles with Confidence in the Northwest this year!
Vehicles with Confidence—Saturday, October 22
This is a non-working seminar for the human part of the team.
Variations in vehicle types and sizes, number of vehicles, layout, number of hides, accessibility,
searching terrain, weather conditions, and time limits all affect your dog’s ability to successfully solve
the scent problem. As the handler, you play an important role in giving your dog the opportunity to
access the odor and helping him solve the puzzle in an expedient and efficient way. Are you giving
your dog the best advantage possible, or are you hindering your dog? Can you confidently come up
with a search strategy during the walk through and then modify in the moment if an environmental
factor changes or your dog’s behavior indicates a need to adjust? As always, learning from the dog is
your best game plan, but understanding how to support the dog when you’re on the other end of the
leash is the art of vehicle searches.
Studying the variations in environment and conditions that affect the dog’s access and perception of
the scent source can help the handler become more skilled in allowing the dog to work as freely as
possible. Training that allows the dog to gain exposure and experience, while the handler builds
observation and mechanical skills, will help the team develop strong and resilient vehicle searches.
When you have mastered the art of vehicle scent movement, you become a more confident handler
and your dog becomes more confident in her/his work.
A COACHING Day with Amy!—Sunday, October 23
Attendance on Saturday (Vehicles with Confidence) is a prerequisite for attending the Sunday
Coaching Clinic as an auditor or working team as we will be building on and practicing the skills and
techniques discussed on Saturday. Teams wanting to be considered for a working spot Sunday must
also have attained their NW1 title. There will be 8 working spots for the day. Those that chose to
attend Sunday but are not working a dog will audit all searches, all day. The advantage of this
particular coaching day is that all of the pertinent information and background will have been covered
over the day before. The day will be non-stop exercises.
This weekend is open to all K9 Nose Work® enthusiasts that have a basic understanding of K9 Nose
Work® training techniques.
Amy Herot, Co-Founder, NACSW ™, CPDT-KA
Amy is one of the country’s most experienced K9 Nose Work® instructors. In addition to teaching
many of the top competitive teams, she has also reviewed hundreds of trial videos that have provided
important insights into training and handling for success, including search area analysis, search
management, understanding environmental conditions and working with the search style of your dog.
Through video review, live demos, environmental study, and discussion, Amy will offer a number of
options for setting up an exercise training plan for your dog (or your students’ dogs) that will increase
skills and confidence. This seminar will help you go to the start line with confidence at any level K9
Nose Work® Trial.
WEEKEND DETAILS
SCHEDULE:
Saturday October 22, 2016: Vehicles with Confidence Seminar
Check in opens at 8:30 a.m. each day, Seminar 9:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.
Sunday, October 23, 2016: Coaching Clinic
Check in opens at 8:30 a.m. each day, Seminar 9:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.
REGISTRATION IS LIMITED TO 60 PEOPLE ON SATURDAY
SUNDAY IS LIMITED TO 8 WORKING TEAMS AND 30 AUDITORS
WHAT TO BRING:
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Participants may want to bring a folding chair. The chairs at the fairgrounds are metal. You are also
welcome to bring a pillow or cushion for the metal chairs that we will be using in the lecture area.
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Wear weather-appropriate clothes and shoes, as we may be working outside.
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Note taking supplies. There will be handouts and exercises to write down.
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Your own reusable beverage holder. We like to be as green as possible.
DOG POLICIES:
Saturday is a non-working seminar. Please leave your dogs at home or in appropriate vehicles if you must
bring your dog. There is limited shade on the grounds and no interior space for crating.
Requirements for consideration for working dog/handler teams on Sunday:
• Dog must have been passed NW1. Handlers must attend all two days of this workshop.
• Mild reactivity towards other dogs is acceptable. This workshop would not be appropriate for dogs with
reactivity toward people – the presence of many observers would likely be overly stressful.
• Dogs with mild environmental sensitivities are welcome; however, working dogs should be comfortable
being watched by a group of people.
• Dogs must be able to stay quietly in their vehicles out of sight from their handlers. There is limited
shade available.
• Only one dog/handler team per household will be selected but you may submit more than one of your
dogs for consideration.
• Handler will pay $99 for their working spot in addition to regular 2-day attendance fees. This fee must
be paid within 7 days of notification (approximately September 29) of your selection for a working
spot.
FOOD
We will provide beverages and snacks. You are responsible for your own lunch.
VIDEO AND AUDIO TAPING
Please sign the photography/video release form below. Audio and/or videotaping is not permitted in general,
however, working participants only may have someone videotape only their own dog if they wish. The rule is
that only ONE other video camera that is not one of the presenters can be taping and only if requested by the
current person running their dog
LOCATION:
Benoschek Building, Thurston County Fair, 3054 Carpenter Road SE, Lacey, WA.
Please note,GPS directions are not always reliable to this location.
Directions - Heading to Lacey on I-5 South: Take Exit 109, turn left onto Martin Way. Take Martin
Way to Carpenter Road. Turn right onto Carpenter and follow approximately 3 miles to the
fairgrounds. The fairgrounds will be on your left.
Directions - Heading to Lacey on I-5 North: Take Exit 109, turn right onto Martin Way. Take Martin
to Carpenter Road. Turn right onto Carpenter and follow approximately 3 miles to the fairgrounds.
The fairgrounds will be on your left.
PARKING: You may park anywhere at the fairgrounds. There may be other events going on at the
fairgrounds but do not worry, there is still plenty of parking.
HOTELS
This is only a partial list of hotels in the area. Please check pet policies & fees before making
reservations!
LaQuinta Inn
4704 Park Center Ave NE, Lacey, WA
360-412-1200,
www.6124.lq.com
4 miles away
Super 8
112 College St SE, Lacey, WA
360-459-8888,
www.super8.com
4 miles away
Quality Inn
120 College St. SE, Lacey, WA
360-493-1991,
www.choicehotels.com/hotel/wa130
4 miles away
Motel 6
400 Lee St. SW, Tumwater, WA
360-754-7320,
www.motel6.com
11 miles away
Holiday Inn Express
4440 3rd Ave. Southeast, Lacey WA
360-491-7985
4 miles away
Comfort Inn
4700 Park Center Ave. Northeast, Lacey WA
360-456-6300
4 miles away
Best Western Plus
8326 Quinault Drive NE
Lacey, WA
360-456-5655
5 miles away
There may be RV parking and camping at the Fairgrounds. Reservations must be
made in advance directly with the Fairground. 360-786-5453
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