Fenzi Dog Sports Academy

December 2025

N101J: NW101 - Introduction to Nosework

Nosework is one of the fastest-growing dog sports for good reason — it’s fun, builds confidence, and is suitable for dogs of all ages and temperaments. Nosework is especially helpful for dogs who struggle with...

Julie Symons(Faculty)

N120S: NW120 - Introduction to NW Search Elements

Did you know that the MOST important time in a dog's early career in Nosework happens AFTER they learn target odor (as in NW101) and BEFORE they start their general searching? Making mistakes now are costly. I...

Stacy Barnett(Faculty)

NW170: Building Blocks of Nosework - Before Odor

You, your dog, an inquiring mind and the start of a whole new world of opportunity. In this course you will learn the foundations of nosework even before you ever introduce odor. This course has been designe...

Stacy Barnett(Faculty)

NW385: Ambitious Drills for Analyzing Skills

This is the third class in my popular Drills and Skills series. With all training we need to maintain skills, progress skills, and then be a little more ambitious to try something more difficult! Our dogs are amazin...

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 tim...

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 acquired in TR101. We will work towards incre...

Lucy Newton(Faculty)

February 2026

N101S: 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 shyness, ...

Stacy Barnett(Faculty)

N120J: NW120 - Introduction to NW Search Elements

You’ve put in the time to build your foundation - now don’t let that momentum fade! This next step will take you from solid basics to confident, competition-ready searching. And the best part? We'll meet you and you...

Julie Symons(Faculty)

NW160: Alerts - Developing and Problem Solving

This course is a handlers choice to work on improving your dog's detection alert. Does your dog need to have a specific alert behavior in order to compete in your nosework venue? Is your dog not committed to...

Lucy Newton(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 the t...

Stacy Barnett(Faculty)

NW320: Motivating Drills for Maintaining Skills

Like with many sports, it's nice to have some drills to set up and run! Drills can help us maintain skills. They can also surface gaps! We may also find we aren't pushing ourselves for more challenges when t...

Julie Symons(Faculty)

NW455: Converging Odor Deep Dive

This class is ALL about Converging Odor... What IS Converging Odor? Converging Odor occurs when there is at least a partial overlap of scent cones from 2 or more hides. For a dog to work this skill effe...

Stacy Barnett(Faculty)

April 2026

N101J: NW101 - Introduction to Nosework

Julie Symons(Faculty)

N120S: NW120 - Introduction to NW Search Elements

Stacy Barnett(Faculty)

NW225: Rise Above: Resilience in Scentwork Environments

Rising above environmental challenges can be the hardest part for our dogs. Scentwork dogs face more than the average sport—working inside, outside, on different surfaces, and in infinite setups and surroundings. It...

Julie Symons(Faculty)

NW230: Polishing Skills for NW2 and NW3

Want to take your Nosework skills to the next level? Moving up to NW2 and NW3 means new and more challenging skills. Hides at these levels start to get more complicated so it's essential to level up your training. ...

Stacy Barnett(Faculty)

NW475: Challenges to Enhance Problem Solving: Another 6 Weeks of Setups

Nosework isn't REALLY all about the nose... it's about the dog using all of their senses and problem solving the location of the hidden source material. When we train, it's so important to support the developm...

Stacy Barnett(Faculty)

June 2026

N101S: NW101 - Introduction to Nosework

Stacy Barnett(Faculty)

N120J: NW120 - Introduction to NW Search Elements

Julie Symons(Faculty)

NW270: Foundations, Foundations, Foundations for Nosework

Have you ever heard the phrase, "Go back to Foundations?" Do you really know what that means? In this class we will learn WHAT the proper foundations are for Nosework and will work on enhancing t...

Stacy Barnett(Faculty)

NW530: The Upper Levels: Building Skills for Elite and Summit

There is nothing quite so exhilarating as searching at the Elite and Summit levels. These are levels that push you as a handler to be nimble and focused. In Summit you have to not only maintain...

Scent Sports

December 2025

Julie Symons(Faculty)

Stacy Barnett(Faculty)

Stacy Barnett(Faculty)

Julie Symons(Faculty)

Stacy Barnett(Faculty)

Lucy Newton(Faculty)