EVENTS
Tony Gravley Seminars
2/28/26 - 3/1/26
12 Working spots per day $230/day
5 Audit spots per day $100/day
Location: Woodbury, MN
Saturday - Understanding the communication!
In this clinic, Tony will present “Understanding the Communication” of Your Nose Work Dog” – a look at recognizing your dog’s changes in behavior both before detecting and while ‘in odor’ and understanding how it differs depending on the hide scenario. Can you read your dog before he/she is ‘in odor”? Do you recognize the changes in behavior when your dog encounters odor compared to converging odors? What about the differences between a low and elevated hide? Or what does your dog look like when the hide is inaccessible versus accessible? How about a blank area – can you tell what your dog is telling you? Tony‘s theories are not only science based but are directly gained from countless hours training professional detection dogs and teams. This clinic is based on lessons learned from the professional explosive detection dog world where interpreting a canine’s communication is critical to life or death and will explain in depth what Tony calls the “4 Stages of Searching.” These four stages of searching will give the handler a far better grasp of understanding the communication your canine is providing during each search. Understanding the small details of your dog communication is the key to really understanding what is taken place. In this workshop Tony will develop each handler’s eye to actual see their dog work not just watch, As Tony says lots of us are watching out dog’s work but don’t see our dogs. Tony will change your perspective on how you watch the search develop and the dog’s communication will be clearer to you than ever before!
Sunday - Search Monster Plus
Tenacity, pushy bold actions to get to source and believing the nose is what the objectives for Search Monster Plus
If you are looking for your dog to have:
• More Tenacity
• More Drive to Source
• More Drive to push in on inaccessible hides
• Believe their nose over their brains
• Higher efficiency in their searching
Search Monster Plus is the workshop for you!
With exercises designed to draw out the most of your dog’s hunt and then by harnessing their instinctual drives a whole new level of searching will be accomplished. Tony’s unique ability to quickly read and assess all breads of dogs is fabulous but more so what is so exciting is how he can tailor exercises to get the most out of each dog. Tony also has a gift at explaining the why, behind what is taking placeso the team has the information to continue the success gained.
Signups will be taken until January 31. Confirmations all be sent 2/1. Payment will be due within 3 days. Cancelations prior to 2/14 full refund minus $40. Cancelations on or after 2/14 full refund minus $40 if you spot is filled. No refund if not.
***SEMINAR IS FULL***
Dave Conroy & Todd Johnson Seminars
3/21/26 - 3/22/26
12 Working spots per day $230/day
5 Audit spots per day $100/day
Oakdale, MN
Saturday - NW3 / Elite!
Inaccessible, Elevated & Converging Hides
At this level, success comes from understanding the odor picture — not just watching the dog.
You’ll learn to:
Read the odor puzzle so you can call hides with confidence
Set your dog up for faster, clearer success on inaccessible, elevated, and converging hides
Build the handler confidence needed to commit to a call without hesitation
Time Management, Search Strategy & Supporting the Dog
Elite teams manage the search as well as the dog.
You’ll learn:
How to cover a search area efficiently, on or off leash
When an area has been fully and effectively worked
When to step in and support your dog — and when to stay out of the way
Because at this level, precision beats speed — and clarity beats chaos.
Sunday - NW1 / NW2
Conquering Containers
Learn to clearly identify:
When your dog has located trained odor
When a container is truly blank
When a dog is working through distractors
No guessing. No hoping. Just clear information from your dog.
Reading Your Dog In and Out of Odor
This level is about building real handler skill, not testing.
Our approach:
Handlers know where the hides are so they can see and learn the dog’s true odor response
We train you to recognize behavior change into odor and out of odor
Handler confidence comes first — confident handlers create clear, successful teams
Testing only happens after confidence is built, reducing misreads and mixed signals
Because strong teams don’t guess — they read.
Signups will be taken until February 27. Confirmations all be sent 2/28. Payment will be due within 3 days. Cancelations prior to 3/10 full refund minus $40. Cancelations on or after 3/11 full refund minus $40 if you spot is filled. No refund if not.