Are you interested in celebrating and strengthening the bond with your dog and looking for fun things to do with them?
The Nebraska Kennel Club is made up of fellow dog lovers and offers events and education for pet parents and all dogs whether purebred or mixed breed. The NKC offers a multitude of dog sports and activities, including Conformation, Obedience, Rally, Fast CAT, Tracking, and Scent Work, as well as recommendations for training resources. There are so many reasons to become involved, and so much to do with your dog!
Established in 1923, the mission of the Nebraska Kennel Club is to educate and promote enjoyment of our dogs through participation in sanctioned AKC activities for both NKC’s membership and the public at large.
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UPCOMING EVENTS
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Nebraska Kennel Club AKC Scent Work Trials
Friday through Sunday
July 10-12, 2026
Trial Site: Iowa Western Community College, 2700 College Road, Council Bluffs, IA 51503
Entries Open: Wednesday, May 27, 2026, at 9:00 a.m. Read the Premium for complete details.
Entry Closing Date: Tuesday, July 7, 2026, at 6 p.m.
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Two AKC Detective Trials – Sunday, July 26th, 2026
Entries Open: Wednesday, June 10, 2026, at 9 a.m.
Please read the premium for complete details about this new location.
Trial Site: Hitchcock Humanities Building, 1040 Bruin Blvd., Bellevue, NE
Entry Closing Date: Wednesday, July 22nd, 2026, at 6 p.m.
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Date: Monday, July 13th, 2026
Address: North Elkhorn Fire Station, 9301 N 204th Street, Elkhorn, NE
Khara Schuetzner is a professional cadaver dog handler and owner of The Doggie Spot, LLC in Shawnee, Oklahoma. She is a NACSW Certifying Official, Judge, and Certified Nose Work Instructor, as well as an AKC Scent Work Judge, UKC Nose Work Judge, and USCSS Judge and CSD. Khara’s passion for K9 Nose Work began in 2010. She has been teaching since 2011 and has competed extensively with her own dogs, including her first Nose Work dog, Cooper, who earned his ELT-1 title. She currently competes with three dogs: Winnie, Whiskey, and Cinnamon & Cypher. She is a Certified Professional Dog Trainer (CPDT-KSA) and holds professional memberships with APDT, NAPWDA, NNCDS, and is a lifetime member of NASAR.
We hope that you will join us for this exciting two-session workshop!
Session 1: Communication Within the Team (8:00am – 12:00pm)
Ever wish your dog could talk? Khara will work with handlers on reading their dogs during searches. Is it pooling or a trapped odor? An elevated hide? An inaccessible Hide? Build your ability to read your dog in this session. What cues do you send your teammate when you plant your feet or do not plant your feet, when working your dog on odor? In this workshop, Khara will help your team on Crazy Source. As a handler, you will learn how to properly read the little changes in behavior and the cues you send.
Session 2: Under Pressure – Time, Hides, Size (1:30pm – 5:30pm)
As you move up in nose work, do you feel like you are missing something? Or do you feel like the time pressure is getting to be too much? We will work through the most common issues of trialing at higher levels by recreating some of the challenging hides you have found at trials. We will go over how you, as a team, can support each other. We will discover why time doesn’t matter when you trust your dog. Challenging hide-and-seek and fun mental games will be part of this course.
Questions may be directed to Sue Volkmer via e-mail: zman.volkmer@gmail.com
Registrations must be received by Thursday, July 9, 2026 at 6:00pm.