Course Details
Are you a leader?
Leaders provide a clear path to success for their dogs. They don’t allow them to flounder in uncertainty or emotional distress. They stay engaged in their dog’s well-being… sincerely praising good choices and stepping in before poor ones escalate.
Developing your leadership skills will improve your training, carry over into competition, and give your dog direction when emotions run high. When your dog trusts your guidance, confidence grows on both ends of the leash.
Leadership isn’t about force. It’s about clarity, timing, and presence… and it can be learned.
In this webinar, you’ll receive practical, concrete guidance for developing stronger leadership skills in your everyday training.
About the Instructor:
Denise Fenzi (she/her) has titled dogs in obedience (AKC and UKC), tracking (AKC and schutzhund), schutzhund (USA), herding (AKC), conformation (AKC), and agility (AKC). She has two AKC obedience champions, perfect scores in both schutzhund and Mondio ringsport obedience, and is well known for her flashy and precise obedience work.
While a successful competitor, Denise's real passion lies in training dogs and solving the problems that her own dogs and her students' dogs present. She is a recognized expert in developing drive, motivation, and focus in competition dogs, and is known internationally as an engaging speaker and an expert in no-force training for sport dogs. She has consistently demonstrated the ability to train and compete with dogs using motivational methods in sports where compulsion is the norm.
Denise thoughtfully and persistently works to break down the barriers that prevent people from obtaining a truly interactive and mutually enjoyable sport relationship with their dogs. Fenzi Academy is the culmination of her efforts as a forward step in providing progressive information to any trainer who wishes to learn.
