“I wanted to add more training at home but was struggling to do it in a meaningful way, I ended up doing too much or not enough. For Your K9’s online academy courses have helped me learn about thoughtful hide placement and isolate skills that I was trying to train with my dog.

Over the sessions we’ve completed we were able to uncover that some of the meds my dog was on was affecting her searching and by thin slicing/isolating the skills we were working on my dog, and improved health by changing meds, improved my dog’s odor obedience and problem-solving skills.

Nancy’s class format, with individual review of the uploaded videos, is great because you get areas to work specific to you and your dog vs. generic ‘one size fits all’ and you also gain insights from the other handlers/teams to round out the knowledge”.

“The online courses I’ve taken have been a great addition to the in-person training Mindy and I have done. I was skeptical at first; I wasn’t confident that we’d be able to learn Nosework remotely, but I found that we were able to succeed at learning new skills and honing old ones. Each week we’d cover a different skill. Nancy would send instructions on how to set the hides, we’d video our at-home searches, and share them with everyone to watch and critique.

Having to set my own hides was my biggest challenge, but over time (and with a lot of trial and error) I’ve gotten more confident (and, I hope, better). I’ve also been able to train with people from all over the country that I otherwise would never have met. I highly recommend the FYK9 Academy as adjunct or exclusive Nosework training- it’s a unique and highly rewarding experience”.