“The Low Down on High Hides”

Saturday, 7/12/25

9am-4:30pm

When and where should you call a high hide? How precise should you require our dog to be in alerting? Where do you pay? Some conventional wisdom is to pay at the highest concentration of odor and call it a day. But this makes no practical sense. First, in the real-life hunting context, the hunting dog does not alert on the tree next to where the raccoon or squirrel is located just because that is where they encounter the highest concentration of odor. That wouldn’t be terribly helpful to the hunter, would it? Second, rewarding at the highest concentration of odor is really rewarding fringing because the dog has not indicated where the hide is actually located. But how do we teach our dogs to finish the math problem to use the highest concentration of odor to calculate and communicate to us where the hide is? Tony will break it down for us in the challenging Clinic.

“Conquering Converging Odor and Close Proximity Hides!”

Sunday, 7/13/25

9am-4:30pm

Wow! Searches in both NACSW and AKC are getting tougher with complex converging and close proximity hides! (Spoiler Alert: close proximity does NOT always mean converging and vice versa.) How do we teach our dogs to solve converging odor problems? Can we observe our dogs to tell when they are in converging odor? How do we teach our dogs to find close proximity hides one after the other, rather than having to range out and return to the area to find the second (or third) hide? Tony will demystify all of this and more in “Conquering Converging Odor and Close Proximity Hides.” This full day workshop will give you the tools to teach your dog to solve these types of problems and will hone your observation skills so you can recognize when converging odor and/or close proximity hides are present.

Biography

You probably already know him, Tony Gravley, is the Owner and Founder of Next Generation K9, TWG Group LLC. Tony has over 30 years experience as a Trainer, Instructor, Manager and Handler of Police and Military Working Dogs.

Here are some of Tony's abbreviated highlights below: Owner and Head Trainer Next Generation K9 which has completed and held multiple Government contracts such as Department of Defense, U.S. Customs and Border Patrol, through these contracts Next Generation K9 provides fully trained Patrol Explosive Detection K9s Single Purpose Explosive Detection Dogs, Patrol Narcotics Detection K9’s along with “Green’ Dual Purpose Canines. Tony has also conducted countless workshops centered on Nose Work/Detection and has been a guest Instructor for several Police K9 Conferences. Next Generation K9 is averaging over 100 working dogs a year placed with Government Agencies this includes selection, importing and training. Tony has also managed and instructed for various groups including protecting the Embassy in Baghdad, Iraq; NATO, American and Canadian interests in Afghanistan and Kuwait. Tony Provided training of Explosive/Narcotic Patrol Dogs to the Department of Defense and Federal and Local Law Enforcement Agencies. Tony also taught all Military Working Dog Courses to include Patrol, Detection, Supervisor Course.

Additionally, Tony has the following credentials: Fully Accredited Master Trainer, United Police Work Dog Association; NACSW Nose Work Judge; Active in CNWI Program; AKC Scent Work Expert Judge (highest level judge and instructor/teaching judge); Numerous K9 Nose Work Titles; Qualified and Invited to 2016 AKC Obedience Nationals; Instructor for several NACSW National Competitors; Multiple Students achieved K9 Nose Work Elite Titles; U.S. Marine Corps Military Police K9 Handler; Graduate of Military Working Dog Patrol Dog Course; Graduate of Military Working Dog Explosive Detection Dog Course; Graduate of Military Working Dog Supervisor Course; Graduate of Air Education and Training Instructor Course.