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Your Dog Knows the Behavior. So Why Isn’t It Showing Up When It Matters?
E453: Kim Palermo - "Resilience and Arousal"
E452: Kelly Daniel - "Adapting Fitness for Puppies and Seniors"
E451: Sue Yanoff, DVM - Getting an Accurate Sports Medicine Diagnosis
E450: Building the Bond - And the Factors that Impact it.
E449: Julie Flanery - "Teaching an Emergency Stop"
Precise Backing Skills Start with Rear-End Awareness
E448: Erin Lynes - "Teaching Your Dog Thoughtful Movement"
E447: Ashley Escobar - "Another Look at Conformation"
Rally Foundations Training: Why Rally Falls Apart Without It (and Why It’s Never Too Late to Strengthen Them)
E446: Amy Cook, PhD and Josefin Linderström - "The Social Approach"
False Bravado: Reframing the Old Dog Training Myths
E445: Shade Whitesel - Reducing Reinforcement for Sport Performance
Why FOMO Is Hard on Dogs: Understanding Frustration, Stress, and Long-Term Well-Being
E444: Sharon Carroll - "Talking About Differently Motivated Dogs"
E443: Kim Palermo - What is ACE Free Work, Anyway?
E442: Petra Ford - Talking Arousal & Using Jackpots
E441: Fitness and Injury Prevention for Active Dogs
E440: Denise Fenzi - "Pre-engagement to Acclimation and Engagement 2.0"
E439: Sara Brueske - "Arousal Regulation"
E438: Erin Lynes - "Building Canine Confidence"
Does My Dog Understand the Cue? How to Know — and What to Fix
E437: Ashley Escobar - "Impulse Control, Body Awareness, and Precision... Through Conditioning"
“C” the Process of Behavior Modification
E436: Petra Ford - A Look at Open Obedience
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E291: Lucy Newton - "Foundations of Tracking"

Lucy and I chat about the skills your dog needs to hone to learn to track, and she answers that frequently asked question: Can you dog do both nosework and tracking? Transcript Melissa Breau: This is Melissa Breau, and you're listening to the Fenzi Dog Sports Podcast, brought to you by the Fenzi Dog Sports Academy, an online school dedicated to pro
Sunday, 11 December 2022
Melissa Breau
Podcast

E292: Denise Fenzi - "Integrating Online and In Person Classes"

​Many students take classes both online and in person — so how do you make the most of both options and integrate both into your training?  Transcription Melissa Breau: This is Melissa Breau and you're listening to the Fenzi Dog Sports Podcast, brought to you by the Fenzi Dog Sports Academy, an online school dedicated to providing high quality
Friday, 16 December 2022
Melissa Breau
Podcast

E294: Dealing with Cabin Fever

Heather Lawson, Julie Symons, and Ashley Escobar join me to talk about how they handle it when their dogs are stuck indoors for an extended time... and what they train when limited to a small(er) training space.   Transcript Melissa Breau: This is Melissa Breau, and you're listening to the Fenzi Dog Sports Podcast, brought to you by the F
Sunday, 01 January 2023
Melissa Breau
Podcast

E295: Laura Donaldson - "Stop and Smell the Pee Mail"

Laura and I talk about how sniffing can help dogs heal from trauma and how it's critical for all of our dogs — because it's one of their key senses!  Transcription Melissa Breau: This is Melissa Breau, and you're listening to the Fenzi Dog Sports Podcast, brought to you by the Fenzi Dog Sports Academy, an online school dedicated to provid
Friday, 06 January 2023
Melissa Breau
Podcast

Effective coaching for dog sports

Whether we are providing advice in our role as a professional instructor, a volunteer instructor, or a supportive friend, knowing how to give training and competition advice in the most beneficial way is critically important.To be effective and well-received, training and competition advice needs to be delivered at a time when the handler is unemot
Tuesday, 10 January 2023
Sharon Carroll
Handling

E296: Working with a Dog Sports Coach

Denise Fenzi, Nancy Gagliardi Little and Megan Foster join me to talk about working with a dog sports coach — the differences between a coach and a trainer, the advantages to having a coach, and how to get some of the benefits even if you can't find one.   Transcription Melissa Breau: This is Melissa Breau and you're listening to the
Friday, 13 January 2023
Melissa Breau
Podcast

Got Stay? Walking Around Your Dog

Many dogs struggle with the handler walking around the dog during a stay exercise. The key to success for stays is to break it down! Stay training consists of slowly and carefully increasing difficulty to ensure success. When you first start stays, you want to make sure you are really splitting, meaning you are breaking down the behavior into tiny
Tuesday, 17 January 2023
Nicole Wiebusch
Obedience

The 3 D's and Why They Matter in Dog Training

Have you heard of the 3 D's of dog training? It's a pretty popular term that many trainers use. The 3 D's refer to Distraction, Duration, and Distance. These are one way to categorize the difficulties or challenges in dog training.Distraction refers to both the environment and things in the environment that are distracting. Generalization (moving t
Tuesday, 24 January 2023
Nicole Wiebusch
Obedience

E297: Julie Flanery - "Shape Up Your Shaping"

Julie Flanery and I talk about what shaping is, and how to use it effectively and efficiently... including putting behaviors under stimulus control! Transcription Melissa Breau: This is Melissa Breau, and you're listening to the Fenzi Dog Sports Podcast, brought to you by the Fenzi Dog Sports Academy, an online school dedicated to providing high qu
Saturday, 28 January 2023
Melissa Breau
Podcast

E299: Julie Daniels - Every Baby's a Genius

 Can you create an optimistic dog? How DO you get to know a new puppy? What are the first steps to teaching quiet crating? Julie Daniels and I discuss all that and more in this episode.  Transcription Melissa Breau: This is Melissa Breau, and you're listening to the Fenzi Dog Sports Podcast, brought to you by the Fenzi Dog Sports Academy,
Saturday, 11 February 2023
Melissa Breau
Podcast

6 “Magic” Dog Training Tricks

Recently I posted this question in the FDSA Alumni Facebook group – "What training tip or approach gave you that magic touch or simply surprised you with how easy it was to implement and see results?" Rarely are there training hacks or magic wands in dog training, but sometimes there is something THAT simple that gets results. Based on th
Monday, 13 February 2023
Julie Symons
Handling

E300: Mari Valgma - Teaching Your Dog to Move"

Sometimes dogs totally grasp our criteria - they just can't do the thing we're asking at speed. Mari and I talk about how she works with dogs to teach them to use their bodies more skillfully... and therefore more quickly in sports like agility!  Transcription  Melissa Breau: This is Melissa Breau and you're listening to the Fenzi Dog Spo
Saturday, 18 February 2023
Melissa Breau
Podcast

6 Dog Training Vests: An FDSA Student's Honest Review

 I am always looking for a good vest for dog training. Ideally, I love it when I can find a vest that can hold all my things without needing to rely on additional clothing pockets, backpacks, treat pouches, fanny packs, etc. I also personally have great danes, so most of my gear (lotus ball, toys, volume of treats) is super-sized. I've tried s
Monday, 20 February 2023
Tanya Mayer
Handling

E301: Chris Zink, DVM - "What Your Dog's Gait Can Tell You"

Why is trotting the most important gait to teach your dog? Dr. Chris Zink and I talk about why understanding gaiting is critical for the dog sports handler.   Transcription Melissa Breau: This is Melissa Breau, and you're listening to the Fenzi Dog Sports Podcast, brought to you by the Fenzi Dog Sports Academy–an online school dedicated
Friday, 24 February 2023
Melissa Breau
Podcast

E302: Diamond in the Ruff: Loving and Living with Sensitive Dogs

Living with and loving a sensitive dog comes with pros and cons, lessons and blessings. This week Hélène Lawler, Barbara Lloyd, Amy Cook, PhD, and Dresden Graff joined me to talk all about sensitive dogs.    Transcription Melissa Breau: This is Melissa Breau and you're listening to the Fenzi Dog Sports Podcast, brought to you by the
Saturday, 04 March 2023
Melissa Breau
Podcast

E303: Deb Jones, PhD - Grief, Focus, and Negative Reinforcement

Deb and I chat about her latest book, currently running workshop, and upcoming webinar... and yes, it really is possible to build better focus in just 7 days.  Transcription Melissa Breau: This is Melissa Breau, and you're listening to the Fenzi Dog Sports Podcast, brought to you by the Fenzi Dog Sports Academy, an online school dedicated to p
Friday, 10 March 2023
Melissa Breau
Podcast

E304: Petra Ford - Confidence for the Obedience Dog

Being able to successfully compete in obedience requires a dog who has a confident understanding of each skill and exercise. In this episode Petra and I do a deep dive, talking through what, why and how to build confidence for training and the ring!   Transcription Melissa Breau: This is Melissa Breau and you're listening to the Fenz
Saturday, 18 March 2023
Melissa Breau
Podcast

Props for Precise Fronts!

Why would you want to use props to teach front? Because, used PROPerly, they can make your life a lot easier! Keep reading to find out why I love using props to teach fronts!In my opinion, it's easier to fade a prop than it is to fade extraneous body movements and cues. Trying to show your dog where "front" is with treats and your hands isn't easy!
Monday, 20 March 2023
Nicole Wiebusch
Obedience

E305: Shade Whitesel - Raising A Pushy Puppy

There's raising a puppy... and then there is raising a pushy, drivey sports dog puppy. In this episode Shade and I talk about her experience raising bitey breeds and what she recommends for raising these puppies in a way that brings out their best selves for life and sports.   Transcription Melissa Breau: This is Melissa Breau, and you're
Friday, 24 March 2023
Melissa Breau
Podcast

E307: Stacy Barnett - Understanding Airflow in Nosework

Most people know heat can impact air flow — but what else can impact where odor pools and how it moves? Join me and Stacy for a discussion on everything air flow... and the balancing act between learning to read your dog and training them.  Transcription Melissa Breau: This is Melissa Breau, and you're listening to the Fenzi Dog Sports Podcast
Friday, 07 April 2023
Melissa Breau
Podcast
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