Fenzi Dog Sports Academy

February 2023

OB135: TEAM Sports Foundations Level Two

This class continues on with the foundations begun in TEAM 1! This class is designed to cover all the exercises in the TEAM Level 2. The TEAM program systematically lays out the building blocks for develo...

Heather Lawson(Faculty)

OB285: From TEAM to Trials: Building Chains for the Novice 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 at the novice l...

Laura Waudby(Faculty)

OB370: Reliable Retrieves

This class will cover all of the pieces needed to train a reliable obedience retrieve. We will begin by teaching each piece of the behavior chain including the hold and front position. Then we will work to put the p...

Sara Brueske(Faculty)

OB445: Proof Positive for Open and Utility

Proofing is and should be fun! Proofing is an important aspect of training that strengthens dogs’ understanding of the exercise and prepares them for the demands of the ring. Proofing also improves their focus and c...

Petra Ford(Faculty)

OB525: Polished and Precise Heeling

Heeling is the most complex exercise in competition obedience. It consists of many components including focal point, position, engagement and managing pressure. Heeling requires enormous concentration fo...

Petra Ford(Faculty)

OB569: Handler Choice February

The people spoke! And FDSA Answered! After popular demand, and listening to the response from many…. the resulting outcome… Handlers Choice Class with Kamal Fernandez! During this 6weeks course, the handler can d...

Kamal Fernandez(Faculty)

OB600: Healing Your Heeling Handling

This course is designed for experienced handlers as well as new obedience handlers that know nothing about the finer points of handling during heeling in obedience. Dogs make mistakes in heeling when they are not p...

Nancy Gagliardi Little(Faculty)

April 2023

OB115: 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...

Laura Waudby(Faculty)

OB275: Finding the FUN in Fronts and Finishes!

Are fronts and finishes essential to your sport? Do you have a young pup who needs to learn these important skills, or an already-trained dog who could use a refresher? Maybe your dog is getting a little...

Nicole Wiebusch (Faculty)

OB320: Obedience Starter Games

This class is a "prequel" to the popular OB330 Obedience Games class. This is not a skills class but designed to present many short, fun, and fast paced games for beginner competition obedience training. W...

Julie Symons(Faculty)

OB460: Shaping a Flashy and Confident Heel - Foundations

Do you have “heeling envy”? Do you see all those prancing dogs in perfect position looking up at their handlers and wish you could teach your dog THAT? Does your dog love the pivot platform, but how DO you g...

Shade Whitesel(Faculty)

OB800: Mondioring OB: All-Breed Obedience

Mondioring Obedience is a fun new obedience venue catered to all breeds! Based on real-life challenges and working under distraction, Mondioring takes familiar obedience exercises to a new level. With the devel...

Sara Brueske(Faculty)

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

If you feel overwhelmed when you think about teaching your dog to heel or you simply don’t know where to start, this is the class for you. Instead of obsessing about every little detail (also a wonderful path for th...

Nicole Wiebusch (Faculty)

August 2023

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)

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...