Upcoming

September & October 2026 Fast CAT Events

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NKC Fast CAT® & Cornhusker Fast CAT

  1. Nebraska Kennel Club Fast CAT – September 11th, 12th, and 13th.
  2. Cornhusker Fast CAT – October 2nd, 3rd, and 4th (as part of their All-Breed Dog Show in Lincoln).

This is such exciting news! WE will be helping the Cornhusker Kennel Club with their Fast CAT event. They are stretched thin with needed volunteers between the All Breed Dog Show and the FastCat event. We all know the FastCat events can be a big draw for entries to a dog show. We are excited to be able to support another local club. The great news? All the profits from that event will come directly to us—so your support is extra meaningful!

Attached, you’ll find two SignUpGenius links—one for each event. Please sign up early to grab your preferred volunteer role—it makes planning so much smoother, and you’ll get first dibs on the positions you love most!

Please consider volunteering even for a morning or afternoon shift if you are able. If you have any questions at all, don’t hesitate to reach out. Thank you again for all you do—we can’t wait to see you at the track!

Sign Up to Volunteer on the links below!

Nebraska Kennel Club Event September:

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https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10C0448A4AA2BA2FFC07-64724654-fast

Cornhusker Kennel Club Event October:

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https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10C0448A4AA2BA2FFC07-64757651-fast

Scent Work Seminar with Khara Schuetzner

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Scent Work Seminar with Khara Schuetzner

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.

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