Fenzi Dog Sports Academy

February 2021

AG230: The Tipping Point: Contacts and Teeters

This course will take you through the steps from start to finish to create the teeter performance you have always wanted through a series of fun games. We will also work through the Aframe and Dog Walk...

Barbara Currier(Faculty)

AG350: Agility In Da House! Small space skills!!

Are you trapped inside with your pup during the extreme heat or cold? Do you only have a very small space to work with your dog and want to perfect your agility skills? Do you need to go back to basics with your t...

Loretta Mohler(Faculty)

AG270: Weave Pole Training: Not Your Average 2x2s!

Over the last 20 years in the sport, Megan has trained quite a few dogs how to weave, in quite a number of ways! But recently, she’s been developing different ways of splitting skills and reinforcing the different b...

Megan Foster(Faculty)

AG375: Smoother Moves: Advancing Your Technique Training & Course Analysis

Advanced handling techniques are often a combination of basic handling techniques and are built on the foundation of solid basics. This class will cover introducing advanced techniques and how to apply them ...

Megan Foster(Faculty)

April 2021

AG220: Building and Maintaining Stopped Contacts

Many dogs start out their agility career with good stopped contacts. But over time, the behavior or the criteria changes and morphs into something undesirable. What causes that to happen? This class focuses...

Nancy Gagliardi Little(Faculty)

AG225: LOVE’EM From the Start: Foundation Weaves

Teach your dog to love the weaves right from the beginning. This course will not only create the drive and love for the weave poles but to nail those entries and hang on to their poles even at speed. &...

Barbara Currier(Faculty)

AG200: Foundation Jumping for All Sports

If you want to do dog sports then you’ll want a variety of foundation skills. One of the most critical of these skills is teaching your dog to jump! If you hold your breath while your dog throws themselves at obsta...

Loretta Mohler(Faculty)

AG110: Intro to Agility - Handling Basics

Are you familiar with dog sports but new to agility? Feel out of place in a beginner’s class but not sure where to learn the basics for this sport? Been in agility for awhile but feel like your foundatio...

Loretta Mohler(Faculty)

AG365: Agility Handler Mechanics

This class isolates the agility handler’s physical cues, training them without the dog. Class participants will develop an understanding of how dogs respond to our physical cues and how to use those cues more effect...

Megan Foster(Faculty)

June 2021

AG470: Love'em and Weave'em - Speed and Independence in Weaves

Do you wish your dog could hit any weave entry regardless of where you are? Do you get nervous when walking a course and see a particular entry? Do you wish you could leave your dogs in the weave...

Barbara Currier(Faculty)

AG190: The Glue for Future Agility Stars

This course is different than most agility foundation classes. Rather than introducing obstacle and flatwork skills needed to run an agility course, this class lays out the critical skills (the glue) that your dog n...

Nancy Gagliardi Little(Faculty)

AG400: Smooth Moves: Adding the Dog to Your Agility Handler Mechanics

This class introduces handling techniques to your dogs, then proofs them and progresses them into short sequences. We will begin with the key skills Megan believes dogs need before sequencing should begin: commitmen...

Megan Foster(Faculty)

AG195: Teeter Training: From Trick to Treat!

This class starts with a trick and ends with a teeter! Teeter training can begin pretty early in a dog’s agility career because it begins with a simple trick: backing up! From this rear end awareness exercise, we wi...

Megan Foster(Faculty)

August 2021

AG175: Jumping Gymnastics

Sarah has your jump foundation training, and Dr. Leslie has the conditioning exercises required for jumping in this innovative course that covers jumping from all angles. Each week you'll have a foundation training ...

Sarah Stremming(Faculty)

AG140: Building and Maintaining A Start Line

Many dogs start out their agility career with a good start line. But, over time that start line behavior deteriorates. Why do good start lines break down for some dogs and not others? How can some dogs have great st...