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Welcome to the exciting world of HeRo Canine Consulting – where K9 Nose Work® and Mental Management® meet.

Simple, effective, flexible and proven solutions for you and your dog!

We provide the following:

  • Coaching provided by experienced Certified Nose Work Instructor (CNWISM), NACSW-approved Supervising Certifying Official and Trial Judge, Mental Management Certified Coach (level II)
  • K9 Nose Work® skill building for you and your dog
  • “Improve your mental game” with Mental Management®
  • Flexible service schedule to meet your goals
  • Methods that are easy to implement and highly effective
  • Solution-based approach
  • In-person or online support

At HeRo, we are all about you and your dog!

WHY CHOOSE HeRo?
Do you want the highest-quality and most up-to-date coaching for you and your dog? Do you want to work with an experienced and qualified professional instructor, presenter and high-in-trial competitor?  Find out more about Silke here. Click here to read more.

Do you have any questions about our services?

Testimonials

Hi! My name is Sophie! The lady-who-loves-me-and-feeds-me (you humans call her Betsy) is always looking for things to do and ways to keep me busy. A year ago someone suggested this thing called K9 Nose Work®. We found a place in Bloomsburg called HeRo Canine Consulting run by a very nice lady named Silke! She convinced Betsy to just let me be a dog and use my nose the way it was intended to be used!! How much fun is this!!! I get to sniff out food and odor, and Silke is teaching Betsy how to stay out of my way – until I might need her! It’s the BEST!! You should really give it a try. Your dog will thank you and you’ll have a great time – Betsy and I sure do!!

Betsy Thompson and Sophie, Muncy PA

As my introduction to Canine NoseWork, Silke has been marvelous! She is able to combine a wealth of knowledge about dogs, an understanding of canine scenting skills, and a natural ability to teach humans with an approachable, friendly manner to create classes that are both enjoyable (for dogs AND humans) and productive.

Edy and I look forward to every class–I only wish we lived closer than over an hour away!

Betsy Howell, CNWI and Eddy, Harrisburg, PA
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K9 Nose Work® privates, group classes, small group coaching clinics, seminars/webinars and video review by Certified Nose Work Instructor (CNWI)
COing and Judging for NACSW trials
Mental Management® Coaching by Certified Mental Management® Coach

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One thing I keep circling back to lately is how often experience gets treated like it is all the same thing.Authority can look easy to spot on the surface. Right title. Right background. Right words. Done. I do not think it works that cleanly.A breeder may excel at selecting genetics. Another may be hell on wheels with early puppy development. A trainer may excel at taking a young dog bred and started with performance in mind and turning it into something serious. A handler may excel at taking a dog that comes in with a strong early foundation and channeling, proofing, and finishing it into a reliable operational partner. Someone else might excel at taking a reactive rescue and shaping that dog into a competitive sport dog. And yet someone else might be great at taking a companion-bred dog or a dog from a conformation background and bringing out strong competitive work.Each of those takes real skill. They do not ask for the same eye. They do not sharpen the same instincts. We make better choices when we see that clearly.Starting point changes what you learn to do well.If your work starts with selecting genetics, you develop one kind of eye. If your work starts with early puppy development, you develop another. If most of the dogs you work come from performance genetics, intentional early development, and setup aimed at that kind of work before they ever reach you, you learn one kind of job. If most of the dogs you work come into your hands later, and your job is to refine, finish, and prepare them for the next level, you learn another part of the process. If most of the dogs you work come from companion or conformation backgrounds, you develop a different set of skills. If most of the dogs you work come from rescue backgrounds, especially the ones that ask for extra skill in stability, confidence, or behavior, you develop a different set of skills again.Each one teaches you to notice different things. Each one leaves you stronger in different parts of the work.The same goes for dog type. Years with one kind of dog can give a person real depth in that lane and still send them back into learning mode when the dog changes.A high-drive Labrador is not the same conversation as a hard, high-arousal shepherd or mal. A soft, conflict-sensitive dog is not the same as a dog that will run straight through pressure. A dog who will work all day for food is not the same as a dog who comes alive for the toy.Different dogs teach people different instincts.That is why I keep coming back to a simpler question: can they actually do the work with what is in front of them? Can they take that dog, those drives, that starting point, and that job, and move the team forward? That is the part I care about.Where a person worked can tell you something. The label they carry can tell you something. The way they talk can tell you something. It still leaves out the part I care about most.So when I look at a mentor, trainer, breeder, handler, instructor, decoy, or anybody else I am learning from, I look past the label and start asking better questions.Not just:Were they operational?Did they compete?Have they titled dogs?Did they breed dogs?Did they raise puppies?I want to know:Which dogs have they actually developed?Which starting points are familiar to them?Which parts of the process do they know cold?Where are they strongest?What do they do when the dog in front of them does not fit the script they know best?If you want to do something useful with this, start here.Look at your dog honestly.Look at your goal honestly.Then take a hard look at the person you are learning from.Where does their experience actually live?Which part of the process do they know best?Which dogs are they genuinely fluent in?Does your dog fit that lane?That will tell you a lot faster than a label will.There is a lot more variation here than a label can hold.Maybe part of why I keep chewing on this is because I spend time in a lot of these baskets. And the more baskets I stand in, the more I pay attention to the person in front of me instead of the label attached to them.Sport.Operational.Military.Police.Breeder.Trainer.Competitor.Those labels give context. They do not give the whole picture.I pay a lot more attention to how a person thinks, what they keep producing, and what they do when the dog in front of them does not match the kind of dog they know best. That will tell you far more than the label ever will.#NoseDogs #DogTraining #WorkingDogs #DetectionDogs #ScentWork #Nosework #SportDogs #WorkingDogTraining #DogHandling #DogBreeding #CanineDevelopment #PerformanceDogs ... See MoreSee Less

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Your dog’s nose isn’t just good... it’s a superpower 🐾Join us April 27th for Your Dog’s Secret Super Power and step into your dog’s scent-driven world. Learn how smell shapes behavior, how dogs partner with humans for incredible jobs (from truffle hunting to detection work), and how you can tap into this power at home—even with a couch potato.Led by Julia Back, NACSW-CNWI, a K9 Nose Work® instructor, trial official, and behavior expert, this talk blends science, real-world application, and fun scent games you can start right away.Bonus: All proceeds go to 4 All Muttkind ❤️📅 Monday, April 27th @ 6:00 pm💻 In-person or virtual💲 $25👉 Come see the world through your dog’s nose mytrainingspot.as.me/schedule/9be7ca3c/?categories[]=DOG%20TALKS%20%40%20TRAINING%20SPOT#DogTraining #NoseWork #EnrichmentForDogs #DogEnrichment #EugeneDogs ForceFreeTraining DogBehavior CanineEnrichment 4AllMuttkind WorkingDogs HappyDogs ... See MoreSee Less

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