{"podcast":{"title":"Alert! Scent Work","slug":"alert-scent-work-7421909","podcast_index_feed_id":7421909,"rss_url":"https://feeds.captivate.fm/alert-scent-work/","website_url":"https://www.alertscentwork.com","image_url":"https://artwork.captivate.fm/62de190b-1822-41ed-a3d2-c1c9e35f9f02/IIIgDeQvT2zt8bjwAH51D97V.jpg","author":"Alert! Scent Work","episode_count":26,"summary":"Alert! Scent Work is a podcast for everyone who's fallen down the scent work rabbit hole — and loves it there. Scot sits down with judges, competitors, and community builders from AKC, NACSW, ASCA, UKC, and beyond for the conversations you've always wanted to have but never had time for on trial day. We talk nose work and scent work training philosophy, competition mindset, and the perspectives that shape how we think about this dog sport. We celebrate the wins, laugh at the disasters, and dig into origin stories — because how did any of us end up here, completely obsessed with watching our dogs use their noses? Whether you're trialing every weekend or just discovering K9 nose work and scent work for the first time, this show is about the whole scent work life — the sport, the dogs, and the community that makes it all worth it.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-07T00:22:25.148447+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/alert-scent-work-7421909"},"episode":{"title":"Dianna Santos | Odor Will Humble You","slug":"dianna-santos-odor-will-humble-you","published_at":"2026-06-04T12:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/alert-scent-work-7421909/dianna-santos-odor-will-humble-you","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/alert-scent-work-7421909","url":"https://www.alertscentwork.com","audio_url":"https://episodes.captivate.fm/episode/364358d9-70e3-4f4f-90da-d4fab66788fb.mp3","summary":"Dianna Santos came to scent work through a dog-aggressive Doberman who needed a reason to be a dog. Zeus couldn't go for walks. He couldn't be around other dogs. His world was shrinking, and so was hers. What happened when he started searching changed him. It also changed how she thinks about this activity: who it's for, what it can do, and why she believes every dog with a nose deserves to play it. She went on to build Scent Work University and produce over 140 episodes of the All About Scent Work podcast. When I asked her to distill all of those conversations down to some themes that keep coming up, she landed on odor will humble you and focus on the dog. What she said about the first one felt like she'd been following me around with a notebook. The second is a good paradigm for all of us to remember. We also get into something many competitors wrestle with: how much involvement the handler should have, and what that balance actually looks like in a search. And if you have a reactive or dog-aggressive dog, Dianna has a lot worth hearing that might help you. What we talk about: The two themes Dianna keeps hearing from the best in the sport and what they mean for the rest of us The universal handler journey, why it looks the same for almost everyone, and why understanding it helps you push through the hard parts What focus on the dog really means when something is going wrong in a search How much involvement should a handler have, and what finding that equilibrium actually looks like Zeus, a dog-aggressive Doberman, and what scent work gave him that nothing else could The choice point, what it means for any dog to choose the work over whatever else is pulling at them What scent work surfaces about your dog during training and how to address it outside of a search so it…","meta_description":"Dianna Santos came to scent work through a dog-aggressive Doberman who needed a reason to be a dog. Zeus couldn't go for walks. He couldn't be around othe…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":2942,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/alert-scent-work-7421909/episodes/dianna-santos-odor-will-humble-you/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/alert-scent-work-7421909/dianna-santos-odor-will-humble-you.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}