Fenzi Dog Sports Academy

June 2023

OB120: TEAM Sports Foundation - Level Three

Team 3!! This is where the real fun begins as you start to chain together the little pieces you learned in levels 1-2. Now the dog gets to really move and you can start to see real glimpses of the fina...

Laura Waudby(Faculty)

OB140: From Pivots to Practical Heeling

Does the thought of teaching heeling leave you feeling overwhelmed? Not sure where to start? Maybe your dog is stuck on the bowl? This class will get you off the bowl and moving forward! If you jus...

Nicole Wiebusch (Faculty)

OB160: Ring Confidence for Obedience, Rally, and Agility

This course is officially expanded to include agility as well as obedience and rally! Most handlers spend months or even years teaching their dogs the specific exercises and obstacle performanc...

Laura Waudby(Faculty)

OB415: Utility Foundation Fun!

Utility has always been my favorite class!! Lots of people call the class “futility” but I think it’s tons of fun. I start teaching the foundation skills when my dogs are young…. puppies actually! ...

Petra Ford(Faculty)

OB485: Step it Up: Advanced Heeling for Competition

In this class we will be challenging the dog AND handler to step up their game! We will use fun games to build and maintain drive, engagement and precision. When heeling is well-trained, the majority of points lost ...

Petra Ford(Faculty)

August 2023

OB118: TEAM Sports Foundations Level Two

This class is all about foundations! Start a new dog on the right foot or discover missing pieces in your training. This class is designed to cover all the exercises in TEAM level 2. The TEAM program lays out ...

Laura Waudby(Faculty)

OB130: TEAM Sports Foundations Level One

This class is all about foundations! Start a new dog on the right foot or discover missing pieces in your training. This class is designed to cover all the exercises in TEAM Level 1. The TEAM program lays ou...

Heather Lawson(Faculty)

OB425: From TEAM to Trials: Building Chains for the Open Ring

This class will teach you how to take your TEAM foundations skills in levels 1 & 2 and use those to create the formal chains used in trials. We will be looking specifically at the exercises in Open level o...

Laura Waudby(Faculty)

OB462: Shaping a Confident and Flashy Heel-Moving Foundations

Fancy, flashy, free, prancing, head up heeling! Want it? You've come to the right class. Got forging, vocalizing, crabbing instead? You've come to the right class too! (make sure you grab that first class as well, ...

Shade Whitesel(Faculty)

October 2023

OB380: Unstick the Stuck Heeling: What's Keeping you from Trialing?

Are you and your dog struggling with heeling? Do you and your dog have nice heeling when you train, but the performance falls apart when you leave the comfort of home? Have you been stuck with the same problem for a...

Nancy Gagliardi Little(Faculty)

OB435: TEAM 4 and More!

This class will focus on preparing the dog for TEAM’s advanced levels 4-6. The exercises in these advanced level are designed to prepare a dog to compete in any obedience organization through the highe...

Laura Waudby(Faculty)

OB440: Utility Fun - Putting the Pieces Together

Utility IS fun!! In this class, I deconstruct all the exercises into manageable pieces. Each piece is taught and maintained like a trick. This makes the exercises accessible for us and the dogs.&...

Petra Ford(Faculty)

OB605: Conditioning and Body Awareness for Effortless Heeling

Heeling is required at all levels of obedience. Due to its complexity, we typically spend more time training heeling than the majority of other obedience exercises. This class will ensure that your dog i...

Petra Ford(Faculty)

OB820: Control Games: Secondary Obedience for Protection Sports

While the most fun part of protection sports is the biting part, there is a lot of control work that needs to be done to do the protection exercises effectively. Secondary obedience (obedience in the presence of a d...

Sara Brueske(Faculty)

December 2023

OB115: TEAM Sports Foundations - Level One

Are you looking to build a solid foundation for your new dog or fill in gaps in your current training? This foundations course is designed to provide you with all the little pieces you need to prepare your d...

Laura Waudby(Faculty)

OB215: Competition Heeling Part One - Fundamentals

Great heeling is a pleasure to watch. Dog and handler moving together as one. The dog is happy, animated, joyful and confident. Heeling is a dance that should express joy and teamwork. How do you accomplish th...