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RA560: Shape Up - Improving and Maintaining Your and Your Dog's Shaping Skills

  Both dog and handler’s shaping skills can deteriorate when not used regularly. In training, many of us focus on specific sports. Each sport has its own set of skills that we work to train to fluency in our d...

Julie Flanery(Faculty)

FE370: ALL THE SPORTS: Foundation for the Cross-training Canine

This course outlines the foundation training program developed by the instructor, Sara Brueske.  This program was developed with experience training many different breeds and ages of dog to successful careers i...

Sara Brueske(Faculty)

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 say...

Shade Whitesel(Faculty)

FE415: Zen Logic - Making Sense of Self Control

What is Zen Logic?  The title Zen Logic has two meanings.  First, Zen Logic is a training approach based on the concept that giving up what you want can lead to an even better outcome than directly going a...

Deborah Jones(Faculty)

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 Stu...

Julie Daniels(Faculty)

FE455: Beyond the Backyard: Distraction Training for Competition and Real Life!

  What's your dog's kryptonite?  Squirrels?  Food on the ground?  People?  Other dogs?  This class is all about getting the behaviors that you have in your home in a wide variety of lo...

Nicole Wiebusch (Faculty)

April 2021

April 1, 2021

May 13, 2021

March 22, 2021

April 15, 2021

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 discovered how fun teaching is? Interested ...

Shade Whitesel(Faculty)

FE355: Rock-Solid Stays for Competition & Real Life

If you find teaching movement-oriented behaviors easy but “the absence of behavior” (stays!) hard - then this class is for you!  Whether your dog is just learning stays or you’ve been struggling and you know yo...

Nicole Wiebusch (Faculty)

FE105: Get Focused!

Do you struggle to keep your dog engaged and attentive in training? Does your dog find other dogs, people, or even smells on the floor more interesting than you? Do you have a dog that is great when he’s “on” but yo...

Deborah Jones(Faculty)

FE545: May the reinforce be with you!

  Starting from the assumption that reinforcers are behaviors rather than things, and can be trained, put on (marker) cue, proofed, and generalized like any other behavior, we will explore a large variety of t...

Chrissi Schranz(Faculty)

FF470: Cookie Jar Games

The goal of Cookie Jar Games is to help your dog want to choose delayed gratification over immediate gratification. We use our positive training skills to develop good behaviors, and then we can use CJG to separate...

Julie Daniels(Faculty)

FE135: Shaping Demystified

Does shaping feel hard, intimidating, or just not for you and your dog? Are you constantly in awe of what others can achieve through shaping? Great news! Shaping should neither be difficult nor complicated and the o...

Sarah Stremming(Faculty)

June 2021

June 1, 2021

July 13, 2021

May 22, 2021

June 15, 2021

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 en...

Deborah Jones(Faculty)

FE485: All the Sports: Building on the Basics

Instructor: Sara Brueske

Sara Brueske(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?  ...

Laura Waudby(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 like h...

Chrissi Schranz(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 required of dog or handler.  We'll...

Julie Daniels(Faculty)

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 say...

Shade Whitesel(Faculty)

August 2021

August 1, 2021

September 12, 2021

July 22, 2021

August 15, 2021

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 ima...

Sara Brueske(Faculty)

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. &n...

Barbara Currier(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 withou...

Julie Daniels(Faculty)

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 unprepared or rehearsing behavior we don't want at seminars, classes and trials. Over time this ...

Shade Whitesel(Faculty)

October 2021

October 1, 2021

November 12, 2021

September 22, 2021

October 15, 2021

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 potent...

Sarah Stremming(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 group ...

Julie Daniels(Faculty)

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 say...

Shade Whitesel(Faculty)

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 discovered how fun teaching is? Interested ...

Shade Whitesel(Faculty)

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