Ellen is Director of the nosework program at WAGD, and joined the team in 2020. She
teaches at all levels of nosework/scentwork. She designed the curricula used by the
other nosework instructors at WAGD.
She has been teaching scent work for the last 12 years, competes in many venues, and
is a judge for many scent work organizations, including: AKC, UKC, ASCA and USCSS.
In addition to judging, Ellen is a member of the AKC Scent Work Advisory Committee,
and writes a monthly blog about scent work (sniffingaroundscentwork.com).
Ellen currently has two Lagotto Romagnolos: Astra, who is retired from competitions
and Yeti, who is competing at the Detective level in AKC.