Fenzi Dog Sports Academy - Course Schedule

June 1, 2021

Agility

AG190: The Glue for Future Agility Stars

This course is different than most agility foundation classes. Rather than introducing obstacle and flatwork skills needed to run an agility course, this class lays out the critical skills (the glue) that your do...

Nancy Gagliardi Little(Faculty)

AG195: Teeter Training: From Trick to Treat!

This class starts with a trick and ends with a teeter! Teeter training can begin pretty early in a dog’s agility career because it begins with a simple trick: backing up! From this rear end awareness exercise, we...

Megan Foster(Faculty)

AG330: Agility Drills for Better Timing

This class will focus on that ever illusive TIMING that everyone talks about. What does your instructor mean when they say "You are LATE...AGAIN"? When exactly does YOUR dog need the info to turn, to go straight...

Loretta Mohler(Faculty)

AG400: Smooth Moves: Adding the Dog to Your Agility Handler Mechanics

This class introduces handling techniques to your dogs, then proofs them and progresses them into short sequences. We will begin with the key skills Megan believes dogs need before sequencing should begin: commit...

Megan Foster(Faculty)

AG470: Love'em and Weave'em - Speed and Independence in Weaves

Do you wish your dog could hit any weave entry regardless of where you are? Do you get nervous when walking a course and see a particular entry? Do you wish you could leave your dogs in the we...

Barbara Currier(Faculty)

Behavior

BH150: Management for Reactive Dogs

https://youtu.be/tNKvwjofJ8U Management for reactive dogs... and excited dogs, fearful dogs, worried dogs, reluctant dogs, anxious dogs, and any dog having trouble with environmental challenges both insi...

Amy Cook(Faculty)

BH160: Sound Advice: Conquering Noise Sensitivity

Is your dog worried about the noises around her? This class is for you! Whether the issue is in your house with your dog barking at the sounds outside, or you have a dog that can't go out because buildi...

Amy Cook(Faculty)

BH300: Worked Up! Understand, assess, and soothe arousal in sport dogs

This class is all about dogs that are over-stressed, over-aroused, over-adrenalized, and just plain over the top. Help your dog give his true performance in the ring by helping him be in a healthy state of arousa...

Sarah Stremming(Faculty)

Body, Health & Fitness

CC260: Those Bum Knees

Knee problems are incibly common in dogs. Whether the dog is a top level athlete or a professional cookie catcher at home, the knee is one of the weakest links. Cruciate disease, ACL or CCL pr...

Debbie (Gross) Torraca(Faculty)

CC310: Canine Fitness Trainer 1

This will be the first in a 4 part series of classes focused on canine fitness and conditioning. Our goal is to provide a comprehensive program that will allow you to understand and safely implement an ex...

Debbie (Gross) Torraca(Faculty)

CC330: Canine Fitness Trainer 3

This is the third in a 4 part series of classes focused on canine fitness and conditioning. Our goal is to provide a comprehensive program that will allow you to understand and safely implement an...

Debbie (Gross) Torraca(Faculty)

Electives

FE375: Is This It? Match To Sample

Can your dog pick out the identical matching item you're holding or pick out an item from a pile that you've previously touched? Ever wonde just how far you can go in stretching your dog’s cognitive abili...

Heather Lawson(Faculty)

FE600: Shoot the Dog!

Did you get a new camera and aren’t sure how to take photos of your dog that aren’t one big blur? Do you have a black dog that seems to become a black hole in every photo you take? ...

Amy Johnson(Faculty)

FE660: Chase the Dog - Photographing Dogs in Motion

This is a course about photographing moving subjects, whether it be dogs, birds, or tractors. There are no FDSA prerequisites for this class. However, this is an advanced photography class and not intended...

Amy Johnson(Faculty)

FE770: Business End of the Dog: Marketing for Pet Professionals

Do you run your own pet-related business? If you’re a dog trainer, groomer, or another pet professional with your own business and you struggle with marketing your business, this class is for you. Whether...

Melissa Breau(Faculty)

FF490: Greeting Skills: From Friendly Tornadoes to Warm Hellos

Teach your overly friendly dog how to say hello – or maintain a polite distance – with grace and finesse. This course is for the dog who absolutely loves people and/or dogs and feels the need to say...

Nancy Tucker(Faculty)

RA590: Tricked into Freestyle: From Foundation to Fantastic!

Are you ready to add some paw-zazz to your trick training? Ti of the same old tricks of spins and weaves? Let’s kick it up a notch! We’ll take the basics and transform them into an array of awesome tricks and beh...

Julie Flanery(Faculty)

Foundations

FE130: Toys - Developing Cooperation and Play

Do you have a dog that chases the ball, yet won’t bring it back? Plays keep away with toys? Tugs but won’t let go? Bites you instead of the tug? Obsesses over toys, yet won’t listen to a single thing you ...

Shade Whitesel(Faculty)

FE205: Focus Games

Focus: everyone wants it! But do you know how to get it? This course will help you develop basic focus and a great working relationship using a variety of games that both you and your canine partner will...

Deborah Jones(Faculty)Judy Keller(Faculty)

FE240: Calling All Dogs

Do you dream of a reliable real-life recall? Do you dream of a dog who pays attention to you, making sure not to lose you when you're out on an off-leash hike? A dog who can be called off distractions lik...

Chrissi Schranz(Faculty)

FE420: Bye, Bye Cookie: Hello Delayed Reinforcement!

Does your dog seem to forget what sit means until you reach into your pocket? Do you struggle to get your dog's focus without a cookie in your hand? &n...

Laura Waudby(Faculty)

FE440: Shaping Games - Clean Mechanics and Keen Observations

In this class, we will use shaping principles to build confidence and teamwork. We will focus on the details in order to enjoy the concepts. No previous experience is requi of dog or handler. We'll...

Julie Daniels(Faculty)

FE485: All the Sports: Building on the Basics

All the Sports: Building on the Basics expands on the behaviors and concepts learned in the first All the Sports class. We'll move forward with various concepts to create more advanced behaviors. This class is su...

Sara Brueske(Faculty)

FE518: Loose Leash Walkers Anonymous

Are you ti of being dragged everywhere you go with your dog? Sore shoulders and back? Time to join Loose Leash Walkers Anonymous then and get started on a more pleasurable walking journey with your d...

Heather Lawson(Faculty)

Obedience

OB275: Finding the FUN in Fronts and Finishes!

Are fronts and finishes essential to your sport? Do you have a young pup who needs to learn these important skills, or an already-trained dog who could use a refresher? Maybe your dog is getting a lit...

Nicole Wiebusch (Faculty)

OB462: Shaping a Confident and Flashy Heel-Moving Foundations

Fancy, flashy, free, prancing, head up heeling! Want it? You've come to the right class. Got forging, vocalizing, crabbing instead? You've come to the right class too! (make sure you grab that first class as wel...

Shade Whitesel(Faculty)

OB525: Polished and Precise Heeling

Heeling is the most complex exercise in competition obedience. It consists of many components including focal point, position, engagement and managing pressure. Heeling requires enormous concentration...

Petra Ford(Faculty)

OB731: Handler Choice - June

The people spoke! And FDSA Answe! After popular demand, and listening to the response from many…. the resulting outcome… Handlers Choice Class with Kamal Fernandez! During this 6weeks course, the handl...

Kamal Fernandez(Faculty)

OB800: Mondioring OB: All-Breed Obedience

Mondioring Obedience is a fun new obedience venue cate to all breeds! Based on real-life challenges and working under distraction, Mondioring takes familiar obedience exercises to a new level. With the devel...

Sara Brueske(Faculty)

Rally & Freestyle

RA330: Movin' On Up: Skills and Signs for Master Rally

Are you a little intimidated by the master signs, with all those spins, sends, and signals? Don’t be! The rally master class is a blast for you and your dog. If you’ve both been enjoying rally t...

Nicole Wiebusch (Faculty)

Scent Sports

N101J: NW101 - Introduction to Nosework

Nosework is easily the hottest new sport around, and it’s easy to see why! It’s fun for humans, dogs love to participate, and it’s good for building confidence and focus in dogs that have issues like shy...

Julie Symons(Faculty)

N120M: NW120 - Introduction to NW Search Elements

Nosework / Scent Work is the popular new dog sport that is sweeping the nation, and you can get in on the fun! Our classes are taught with the method used to produce the nation's top drug and bomb dete...

Melissa Chandler(Faculty)

N130S: NW130 - Developing Advanced Nosework Skills

Want to continue the Nosework fun? Then this class is for you! This is the third skills level course in our nosework program and will build on the skills acqui ...

Stacy Barnett(Faculty)

NW175: Fun with FUNdamentals: Progress Games for Success

Every team is on a trajectory, and that trajectory either takes them down a path of success or down a path fraught with challenges. The difference along this path is rarely related to the problems that th...

Stacy Barnett(Faculty)

NW180: Developing Scent-sational Skills for Competition

You’ve learned the basics, even dabbled in some advanced skills but are you ready for competition? With so many scent detection organizations out there now (up to 11 and counting!) teams are entering competition ...

Julie Symons(Faculty)

NW445: Rising to the Nosework Challenge: 6 weeks of Setups

Are you looking for ideas to give your training a boost? Do you want a class that will let you conquer your goals in small bites? This class is for the busy noseworker who wants to make progress without a lot of ...

Stacy Barnett(Faculty)

TR102: Foundation Tracking 2

This course will continue to develop both drive and accuracy on foundation tracks. Our priority for this class will be to further develop the skills that the dog acqui in TR101. We will work towards incre...

Lucy Newton(Faculty)

August 1, 2021

Agility

AG140: Building and Maintaining A Start Line

Many dogs start out their agility career with a good start line. But, over time that start line behavior deteriorates. Why do good start lines break down for some dogs and not others? How can some dogs have great...

Nancy Gagliardi Little(Faculty)

AG175: Jumping Gymnastics

Sarah has your jump foundation training, and Dr. Leslie has the conditioning exercises requi for jumping in this innovative course that covers jumping from all angles. Each week you'll have a foundation training ...

Sarah Stremming(Faculty)Leslie Eide, DVM(Guest Instructors)

AG375: Smoother Moves: Advancing Your Technique Training & Course Analysis

Advanced handling techniques are often a combination of basic handling techniques and are built on the foundation of solid basics. This class will cover introducing advanced techniques and how to apply th...

Megan Foster(Faculty)

AG380: Agility Drills - Get a Responsive Dog!

Does your dog have a tendency to ignore your commands on course? Or "blow you off"? Do you feel you need clarity in the information you are giving to your dog? Is your dog a tunnel sucker? How do you fix it? I...

Loretta Mohler(Faculty)

Behavior

BH110: Dealing with the Bogeyman - Helping Fearful Reactive and Stressed Dogs

This is Amy's signature Play Way class! Is your dog brilliant at home but shuts down at the show? Or does he bark and lunge at people or dogs on walks? Does she seem generally stressed, whether frantic about it ...

Amy Cook(Faculty)

BH240: Working with Reactive and Hyper-aroused Dogs

This class is best suited to dogs that respond in an active way to an increase in arousal. When leashed or behind a barrier, these dogs typically lunge and/or bark at stimulus such as unknown people, dogs, bicyc...

Sharon Carroll(Guest Presentations )

BH315: Hidden Potential: Tapping Your Reluctant Dog's Talents

This course is all about dogs that have been labeled as shut-down, down-stressors, shy, or low-drive. Dogs that run fast in training but slow in trials, dogs that have good days and bad ones, dogs that gi...

Sarah Stremming(Faculty)

Body, Health & Fitness

CC110: K9 Conditioning

This course will give you an understanding of basic dog anatomy, basic conditioning for dogs, and general exercises. We'll work on conditioning exercises, endurance exercises, and strengthening exercises. In addi...

Debbie (Gross) Torraca(Faculty)

CC320: Canine Fitness Trainer 2

This is the second in a 4 part series of classes focused on canine fitness and conditioning. Our goal is to provide a comprehensive program that will allow you to understand and safely implement a...

Debbie (Gross) Torraca(Faculty)

CC340: Canine Fitness Trainer 4

This is the last in the 4 part series. This course will discuss specific types of dogs including seniors, overweight dogs, puppies, and overly active dogs. We will start using cases to put the four se...

Debbie (Gross) Torraca(Faculty)

FF180: Yes Please! Cooperative Canine Care

Can you draw blood from a whale without force? Yes, you can. What about put eye drops into a sea lion's eyes with no fuss? Again, yes you can. But you have to train for it. Captive ...

Deborah Jones(Faculty)Judy Keller(Faculty)

Electives

FE590: Out and About

This class is all about enjoying the time you spend out and about with your dog: urban walks, nature hikes, and going places. Whether you and your dog walk on leash, off leash, or on a long line, there are skills...

Chrissi Schranz(Faculty)

FE670: Expose the Dog

This Photography Class will teach you strategies for picking your settings in Manual Exposure. What Settings Should I Use? Of all the questions I get asked as a photographer, this one is the most ...

Amy Johnson(Faculty)

FE690: Collage the Dog: Creating Photo Collages in Photoshop

I have been creating photo collages for my clients for almost 20 years. Learn the Photoshop tools and techniques that I use to create these keepsakes and apply them to make your own. The great thing about c...

Amy Johnson(Faculty)

FF230: Tricks with a Purpose

There are so many reasons why training tricks are beneficial to your dog, yourself and your relationship, tricks aren’t just for entertainment or rainy days anymore! Teaching tricks not only help our dogs learn h...

Sara Brueske(Faculty)

FF450: The Daredevil Within - Building Confidence Through Skateboarding

Is your dog afraid of skateboards? Wants to chase them? Barks at them? Or, does your dog need to improve balance, muscle tone and body condition? Are you looking for an activity that is fun and challenging f...

Donna Hill(Faculty)

Foundations

FE175: School of Fish - Raising a Performance Puppy

Instructor: Barbara Currier This course will cover everything I teach my performance dogs when they come home at 8 weeks until around 6 months of age. The order in which I teach things build on each other....

Barbara Currier(Faculty)

FE320: Toys - Advanced Concepts

Did you have fun in the first toy class? Did you and your dog learn some things? And now you want more?! This advanced class takes the skills learned in Class FE130 - Toys: Building Cooperation and Play, a...

Shade Whitesel(Faculty)

FE445: Crazy Good! Self-Control Games for the Wild Child

This class is about how to use high-energy training and high-energy reinforcers. It’s for dogs who already love to play in the Crazy zone. I’ve had well-trained Good dogs who could not rise to their potential wit...

Julie Daniels(Faculty)

Obedience

OB118: TEAM Sports Foundations Level Two

This class is all about foundations! Start a new dog on the right foot or discover missing pieces in your training. This class is designed to cover all the exercises in TEAM level 2. The TEAM program lays...

Laura Waudby(Faculty)

OB370: Reliable Retrieves

This class will cover all of the pieces needed to train a reliable obedience retrieve. We will begin by teaching each piece of the behavior chain including the hold and front position. Then we will work to put th...

Sara Brueske(Faculty)

OB390: Picture Perfect Positions for Obedience, Rally, and More!

This class will cover stationary and moving position changes needed for the sports of rally and obedience. We will break down and teach the following exercises: -Basic Position Changes in Heel (sit, down, ...

Nicole Wiebusch (Faculty)

OB465: Shaping a Flashy and Confident Heel - Putting the Skills Together

This class is the 3rd in a series of 3. We've taught the foundations, both moving and stationary, and now is the time to put them all together to create the full picture! We'll be teaching turns, figure 8s,...

Shade Whitesel(Faculty)

Other Dog Sports

DS380: Push it! Treibball Foundations and Problem Solving

Want to build your distance control and connection with your dog while participating in a great new sport? Or maybe you’ve always been fascinated by herding, but don’t have sheep. Check out Treibball! So...

Melissa Breau(Faculty)

Rally & Freestyle

RA260: Get Ready to Rally - Foundation Skills

Welcome to the world of Rally! In this course we will break down and teach the skills for each Novice sign, including halts and sits, fronts, finishes, turns, short heeling segments, and more! &nb...

Nicole Wiebusch (Faculty)

RA540: Joy of Heeling - Rock it like a Freestyler!

What is your ideal picture of beautiful heelwork? It likely includes words like precision and accuracy. Does it go beyond that to include enthusiasm, energy, lift, spark and joy? These are the attri...

Julie Flanery(Faculty)

RA550: Transitions and Flow - Creating Effective Sequences for Musical Freestyle Routines

Have you ever watched a freestyle performance that mesmerized you? Not because the dog was performing a lot of difficult or fancy tricks or because the handler had a great costume and danced well, b...

Julie Flanery(Faculty)

Scent Sports

N101S: NW101 - Introduction to Nosework

Stacy Barnett(Faculty)

N120J: NW120 - Introduction to NW Search Elements

Nosework is the popular new dog sport that is sweeping the nation, and you can get in on the fun! Our nosework classes are taught with the method used to produce the nation's top drug and bomb dete...

Julie Symons(Faculty)

NW200: Are You Trial Ready? Trial Preparation for Nosework Teams

So you’ve been training hard at this sport and want to go out and test your skills. You’ve heard all about howfoundations are critical to success. You don’t know if you have them or how to go about getting ready ...

Stacy Barnett(Faculty)

NW390: Nosework Games

Do you need more joy and laughter in your training sessions? Or maybe some fun search ideas instead of the "same ole thing"? My philosophy is that all training is a series of games. Your dog loves to ...

Melissa Chandler(Faculty)

NW455: Converging Odor Deep Dive

Instructor: Stacy Barnett Registration courselist sessions NW455 /s

Stacy Barnett(Faculty)

TR203: Tracking - Skill Building

This class will be a continuation of TR102. We will be focusing primarily on building upon the skills introduced in TR101 and 102 - increasing spacing of targets/articles, more fully developing turns and working ...

Lucy Newton(Faculty)

October 1, 2021

Agility

AG275: School of Fish- Part 2 Raising the Agility Dog

[INST] Sample Lecture New class for the October 2021 session Registration courselist sessions AG275 /s

Barbara Currier(Faculty)

Behavior

BH150: Management for Reactive Dogs

Amy Cook(Faculty)

BH270: Build Your Bond - Relationship Walks

Did you know that every time you take your dog out for a walk, you could be building on your connection? Learn some simple ways to maximize your time improving fluency and generalizing behaviors for competi...

Donna Hill(Faculty)

BH330: Fix It: Effective Behavior Change

Do behavior problems freak you out? Have you ever thought "I wish I could fix that" about a nuisance behavior your dog exhibits? Do the intricacies of behavior modification overwhelm you, though you feel comforle...

Sarah Stremming(Faculty)

Body, Health & Fitness

CC310: Canine Fitness Trainer 1

Debbie (Gross) Torraca(Faculty)

CC330: Canine Fitness Trainer 3

This is the third in a 4 part series of classes focused on canine fitness and conditioning. Our goal is to provide a comprehensive program that will allow you to understand and safely implement an...

Debbie (Gross) Torraca(Faculty)

FF190: All About Nails

You asked for it; you got it! By popular demand we are now offering a husbandry class strictly focused on feet and nails. Of all the grooming procedures that your dog needs, people report BY FAR...

Deborah Jones(Faculty)

Electives

FE345: Imitation and Mimicry - You Can Do It

Are you ready for the next step in your journey with your dog? Are you ready to communicate in a way few have explo? You’ve heard of it! You know you want to do it! You can! And so can your dog! &nb...

Julie Flanery(Faculty)

FE525: Managing Multi-Dog Mayhem

Multiple dogs can create some interesting training challenges! This class is designed to give you the tools to make a multi dog household a peaceful and productive place. In this class, we will cover...

Loretta Mohler(Faculty)

Foundations

FE130: Toys - Developing Cooperation and Play

Shade Whitesel(Faculty)

FE315: Are You Ready? Trial Preparation for Competition

Are you thinking about competing? You have been taking some dog sport classes and are thinking it might be fun to try a competition and see what it is all about. Great! What do you do next? How do you even ...

Ann Smorado(Guest Instructors)

FE335: Spaces In Between

This is a class about preparing our dogs for the competition or seminar environment. Over and over I see dogs that are unprepa or rehearsing behavior we don't want at seminars, classes and trials. Over time this ...

Shade Whitesel(Faculty)

FE425: Teenage Tyrants: Surviving Your Dog's Adolescence

You had a really cute puppy. Now you have a tyrant! Leg-lifting, humping, newfound reactive behaviors, and just plain naughtiness abounds in the 6 month to 2 year range. In this class you'll learn to head off pote...

Sarah Stremming(Faculty)

FF140: Connect and Engage with Games: Build Focus for Sport Dogs

Having a dog that’s focused on you is essential in dog sports. Yet, dogs often disengage from us. In this class, you’ll find out why that happens and what to do about it. When dogs disconnect, they t...

Nicole Wiebusch (Faculty)

FF280: Empowerment

A Course for Expanding your dog's Personal Power! You can nurture your dog's natural curiosity and optimism toward the big wide world. There will also be not one but TWO Teaching Assistants in the study gro...

Julie Daniels(Faculty)

Obedience

OB330: Obedience Games

If you like to think of training as a game, then this is the class for you! If you have a busy schedule and are always on the go and finding your obedience training taking a back seat - come play and see h...

Julie Symons(Faculty)

OB380: Unstick the Stuck: What's Keeping you from Trialing?

Instructor: Nancy Gagliardi Little Registration courselist sessions OB380 /s

Nancy Gagliardi Little(Faculty)

OB820: Control Games: Secondary Obedience for Protection Sports

Instructor: Sara Brueske Registration courselist sessions OB820 /s

Sara Brueske(Faculty)

Rally & Freestyle

RA285: Putting it All Together: Rally Courses for All Levels

Do things fall apart when you attempt an entire rally course with your dog? Does your dog start off doing great, but lose focus as you continue through the course? Do you struggle with stayi...

Nicole Wiebusch (Faculty)

RA511: Positions, Laterals and Backing

In Rally-FrEe and musical freestyle there are four primary positions: Left heel, right heel, standing center and behind facing the handler. While maintaining position, the dog is requi to move in any dire...

Julie Flanery(Faculty)

Scent Sports

N101M: NW101 - Introduction to Nosework

Melissa Chandler(Faculty)

N120S: NW120 - Introduction to NW Search Elements

NOTE: NW120S has been restructu in order to allow students from NW101 to catch up as needed with the help of either the Instructor (for Gold Spots) or the Teaching Assistant (for Silver & Bronze Spots). Dogs ...

Stacy Barnett(Faculty)

N130J: NW130 - Developing Advanced Nosework Skills

Want to continue the Nosework fun? Then this class is for you! This is the third skills level course in our nose/scent work program and will build on the skills acqui in the pr...

Julie Symons(Faculty)

NW150: Scent Theory and Dynamics

There are a wide variety of sports and tasks that require the dog to use his nose and sense of smell to be successful: Tracking. Nosework. Truffle hunting. Barn hunt. Scent Discrimination. In all these venues, as...

Lucy Newton(Faculty)

NW340: The Four Cornerstones of Trial Preparation

What are the Four Cornerstones of Trial Preparation? Quite simply they are: Confidence, Motivation, Skills and Stamina. This is the "secret sauce" to developing a successful Nosework teammate....

Stacy Barnett(Faculty)

NW430: Common Scents Proofing: Building Confidence with Distractions

In this class we will develop the ability to search in the midst of distractions. We will build odor value by removing the distractions and playing energy building and motivational games. Then we will...

Melissa Chandler(Faculty)

NW465: Making the Inaccessible Hide Easy

Instructor: Stacy Barnett Registration courselist sessions NW465 /s

Stacy Barnett(Faculty)

December 1, 2021

Body, Health & Fitness

CC320: Canine Fitness Trainer 2

This is the second in a 4 part series of classes focused on canine fitness and conditioning. Our goal is to provide a comprehensive program that will allow you to understand and safely implement a...

Debbie (Gross) Torraca(Faculty)

CC340: Canine Fitness Trainer 4

Debbie (Gross) Torraca(Faculty)

Foundations

FE155: Crucial Concepts of Competition - Shaping/Luring/Capturing and More!

Got a new puppy? A new sport prospect for the sport of your choice? Got future plans but no idea how to start? Which behavior DO you start with? Got a pet dog and discove how fun teaching is? Interested i...

Shade Whitesel(Faculty)

FE595: Bombproof Behaviors

You've trained the behaviors down to the tiniest of detail and are now ready to show them off to the world. This class will help you prepare for the distractions that await you in any environment you can ...

Sara Brueske(Faculty)

Obedience

OB290: Give Props to Props: Getting Clean Competition Behaviors

Are you struggling with crooked fronts or finishes? Is your dog creeping on the position changes? Is your dog still not backing up on cue? Learn how props can help fix all these problems and pre...

Nicole Wiebusch (Faculty)

OB340: Strike a Pose: Fabulous Positions!

You enter your sport ring/field, dog heeling by your side. When the exercise comes, you leave them on a specific position and walk away. You cue each position change, and your dog executes them perfectly with paw...

Shade Whitesel(Faculty)

OB415: Open Obedience Skills

Are you a little overwhelmed at the thought of the Open class? Off-leash heeling, drop on recalls, and retrieves are so much fun, but definitely require more trust and training than Novice! I’m he...

Nicole Wiebusch (Faculty)

OB540: Shaping the Competition Retrieve

In this class we will work through all the steps and fine details requi to develop a precise and reliable competition-level dumbbell/scent article/glove retrieve. We will use shaping, rather than play, as the ba...

Deborah Jones(Faculty)

Other Dog Sports

DS330: Disc Dog - Freestyle Tricks

Winter is the perfect time to work on your disc freestyle routine! Oh, that snow and sleet and ice outside? No worries! In this class, we will focus on teaching new tricks that can be incorporated into an...

Sara Brueske(Faculty)

Rally & Freestyle

RA545: Joy of Heeling Part Two - More Rock it like a Freestyler!

You’ve found the Joy! Now how are you going to keep it and use it in the ring! In Joy of Heeling Part Deux we will add some new games, start to add duration in heelwork and start to change the ratio o...

Julie Flanery(Faculty)

Scent Sports

N101J: NW101 - Introduction to Nosework

Julie Symons(Faculty)

N120M: NW120 - Introduction to NW Search Elements

Melissa Chandler(Faculty)

TR101: Foundation Tracking 1

This class covers everything the handler needs to know to get organized and get started in tracking. We will discuss topics such as equipment preferences, other equipment needed, how to develop a start rout...

Lucy Newton(Faculty)

February 1, 2022

Foundations

FE115: Baby Genius

Raising a puppy is the lucky job we get to enjoy only once in a while! The time goes so quickly, and when the time is up the opportunity to play the baby games with the clean slate is gone! There is a TA in the ...

Julie Daniels(Faculty)

FE130: Toys - Developing Cooperation and Play

Shade Whitesel(Faculty)

Scent Sports

NW160: Alerts - Developing and Problem Solving

Does your dog need to have a specific alert behavior in order to compete in your nosework venue? Is your dog not committed to staying at odor source? Is your dog too aggressive or destructive towards the ...

Course Schedule

SCHEDULE

June 1, 2021

Nancy Gagliardi Little(Faculty)

Megan Foster(Faculty)

Loretta Mohler(Faculty)

Megan Foster(Faculty)

Barbara Currier(Faculty)

Amy Cook(Faculty)

Amy Cook(Faculty)

Sarah Stremming(Faculty)

Debbie (Gross) Torraca(Faculty)

Debbie (Gross) Torraca(Faculty)

Debbie (Gross) Torraca(Faculty)

Heather Lawson(Faculty)

Amy Johnson(Faculty)

Amy Johnson(Faculty)

Melissa Breau(Faculty)

Nancy Tucker(Faculty)

Julie Flanery(Faculty)

Shade Whitesel(Faculty)

Deborah Jones(Faculty)Judy Keller(Faculty)

Chrissi Schranz(Faculty)

Laura Waudby(Faculty)

Julie Daniels(Faculty)

Sara Brueske(Faculty)

Heather Lawson(Faculty)

Nicole Wiebusch (Faculty)

Shade Whitesel(Faculty)

Petra Ford(Faculty)

Kamal Fernandez(Faculty)

Sara Brueske(Faculty)

Nicole Wiebusch (Faculty)

Julie Symons(Faculty)

Melissa Chandler(Faculty)

Stacy Barnett(Faculty)

Stacy Barnett(Faculty)

Julie Symons(Faculty)

Stacy Barnett(Faculty)

Lucy Newton(Faculty)