Fenzi Dog Sports Academy - Body, Health & Fitness

December 2023

CC140: Aged to Perfection: Keeping Your Senior Fit in Mind and Body

As the owner of multiple dogs in their double digit years, each at various stages of ‘aged to perfection’, I understand the challenges that can come with having an older dog (or several!) This class is a...

Erin Lynes(Faculty)

CC180: Powerful Performance: Fitness to Optimize All Sports

Many people don’t understand the importance of conditioning until their dog has suffered an injury. They feel that participating in dog sports IS conditioning. That couldn’t be further from the...

Petra Ford(Faculty)

CC220: Massage for Canine Athletes

Learn how to care for your canine athlete while training, resting, or on the day of a big event. This class will focus on teaching you the skill of using your hands to work soft tissue to increase circulation, reduc...

Aleks Woodroffe(Guest Instructors)

February 2024

CC280: Preventing and Addressing the Iliopsoas

Iliopsoas injuries are unfortunately becoming a fact in many performance dogs' lives, as well as the lives of active dogs. This course will review the reasons why so many dogs are suffering from iliops...

Debbie (Gross) Torraca(Faculty)

April 2024

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 additio...

Debbie (Gross) Torraca(Faculty)

CC160: Canine Sports Medicine for the Performance Dog Handler

There are many musculoskeletal injuries that can occur to performance dogs. Some are subtle and come on gradually. We are not really sure if there is something wrong. Some are acute and come on sud...

Sue Yanoff, DVM(Guest Instructors)

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 ani...