Best Scent Work and Nose Work Podcasts

If you are searching for a scent work podcast or a nose work podcast, you are probably looking for more than quick training tips. You want real conversations about AKC scent work, NACSW, UKC, CWAGS, detection dog training, trial strategy, search design, and what actually happens when dogs are working in competition.

1. Alert! Scent Work

Host: Scot Singpiel

What It Covers:
Alert! Scent Work is my excuse to sit down with the judges we all run under and ask the questions we rarely get to ask at trials. I talk with scent work judges and experienced competitors from AKC, NACSW, UKC, CWAGS, DDT, and other venues about search design, judging philosophy, trial strategy, and why scent work and nose work matter to the people who keep showing up weekend after weekend.

Best For:
Competitors who want to better understand the judges they trial under and hear thoughtful conversations about judging, competing, and the bigger picture of the sport. 

2. K9 Scent Fix

Hosts: Jill Kovacevich and Aleks Woodroffe

What It Covers:
K9 Scent Fix (Find Your Fix – Sport Dog Scent Detection Podcast) is a long-form, educational conversation between two experienced scent work competitors, trainers, and judges. Jill runs Mountain Dogs in Colorado and has been training, coaching, officiating, hosting trials, and competing in nose work for over a decade. She is a NACSW Certified Nose Work Instructor, trial judge, score room lead, and certifying official.

Aleks brings a wide range of experience as a scent work trainer, canine fitness specialist, and an AKC Scent Work Judge, ASCA Scent Detection Judge, and NACSW Certifying Official. She competes in AKC ans NASCW deep insight into how training, fitness, and handling all work together.

Their show is much more than short tips. Episodes are long, thoughtful, listener-friendly discussions covering training mechanics, trial strategy, odor puzzles, how dogs navigate changing scent pictures, and ways to fix common training and competition challenges.

Best For:
Handlers who enjoy deep, educational conversations about scent detection training, the science and art of handling, and how to build real skill and understanding with their dogs.