K9 SPORT SCENT WORK CONFERENCE Instructors
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Brenda Mills
Brenda G. Mills, DVM, CVA is a 1998 graduate of the veterinary school at UCDavis, practicing in Livermore, CA since 2000, at what is now ...
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Lindsay Waldrop
Lindsay Waldrop (she/her/hers) earned a bachelor of science in biology with a minor in physics from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and ...
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Melissa Casanova
Melissa has been training and working with dogs for over 20 years. During that time she has worked in shelters, rescues, dog boarding/training facilities and ...
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Natalie and Michael McManus
Michael and Natalie have been deeply involved in K9 Nose Work since 2009. They quickly developed a passion for competition and both became Certified Nose ...
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Simon Gadbois
Simon Gadbois is a researcher in animal behaviour and behavioural neuroscience at Dalhousie University, Halifax, Canada. Early in his academic career he integrated biology (ethology), ...
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Tony Gravley
Tony Gravley, is the Owner and Founder of Next Generation K9, TWG Group LLC. Tony has over 30 years of experience as a Trainer, Instructor, ...
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Last Year's
K9 Sport Scent Work Instructors
FOR REFERENCE: These were our past Conference Instructors for 2020.
No Sport Conference in 2021. We Hope to be back in 2022.
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Brenda Mills
Brenda G. Mills, DVM, CVA is a 1998 graduate of the veterinary school at UCDavis, practicing in Livermore, CA since 2000, at what is now Integrative Veterinary Care. Her interest in behavior and training was influenced by her pre-vet school time at a clinic in Scotts Valley with a veterinarian ...
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Lindsay Waldrop
Lindsay Waldrop (she/her/hers) earned a bachelor of science in biology with a minor in physics from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and a Ph.D. in Integrative Biology from the University of California, Berkeley. She is currently an assistant professor in the Schmid College of Science and Technology ...
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Melissa Casanova
Melissa has been training and working with dogs for over 20 years. During that time she has worked in shelters, rescues, dog boarding/training facilities and has run her own business. Melissa enjoys training all dogs from puppies to adults and specializes in behavioral issues. Melissa is a CNWI, NACSW trial ...
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Natalie and Michael McManus
Michael and Natalie have been deeply involved in K9 Nose Work since 2009. They quickly developed a passion for competition and both became Certified Nose Work Instructors. Collectively, they have trialed 18 dogs across a variety of breeds. They are also NACSW Certifying Officials and Judges, and are Judges for ...
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Simon Gadbois
Simon Gadbois is a researcher in animal behaviour and behavioural neuroscience at Dalhousie University, Halifax, Canada. Early in his academic career he integrated biology (ethology), experimental animal psychology and neuroscience within a post-cognitivist perspective. A generalist, he has studied olfaction, learning and social behaviour in species of insects, molluscs (slugs ...
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Tony Gravley
Tony Gravley, is the Owner and Founder of Next Generation K9, TWG Group LLC. Tony has over 30 years of 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 ...
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