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Agility
AG220: Building and Maintaining Stopped Contacts
Many dogs start their agility career with good stopped contact performance. But over time, the behavior or the criteria changes and morphs into something undesirable. What causes that to happen? This cla...
Nancy Gagliardi Little(Faculty)
AG305: Velcro No More! Distance and Layering Skills
Do you have a dog that you have to run to each and every obstacle with? How about a dog that doesn't commit to obstacles as soon as they are cued? Do you want to run courses that utilize distance and layering? Th...
Loretta Mueller(Faculty)
AG315: Precision Charged Weave Poles - Where Energy Meets Accuracy
Over the years, I have seen a need for a different approach to teaching and handling dogs during weave pole training. The typical approach is to keep things simple and gradually build the dog's performance into 12...
Nancy Gagliardi Little(Faculty)
AG330: Agility Drills for Better Timing
This class will focus on that ever illusive TIMING that everyone talks about. What does your instructor mean when they say "You are LATE...AGAIN"? When exactly does YOUR dog need the info to turn, to go straight...
Loretta Mueller(Faculty)
AG475: Big Feelings: Building the Ideal Brain State for Agility
Does your dog get big feelings around or during agility? You’ve come to the right place! Do they get amped up, over-aroused, or too high in the face of obstacles, midst of sequencing, or even the environment its...
Bronagh Daly(Faculty)
Behavior
BH150: Management for Reactive Dogs
Are you fed up with "just managing" your lungy barky dog in the moment? You can AMP up your management with an Active Management Plan! Don't improvise, don't "make it up as you go along." Give yoursel...
Amy Cook, PhD(Faculty)
BH160: Sound Advice: Conquering Noise Sensitivity
Is your dog worried about the noises around her? This class is for you! Whether the issue is in your house with your dog barking at the sounds outside, or you have a dog that can't go out because buildi...
Amy Cook, PhD(Faculty)
BH245: Getting Geeky about Behavior Change
Are you ready to become a behavior geek? Do your ears perk up when someone says "science"? Do you find yourself wondering why one training approach works better than another? Do you secretly want to be a per...
Irith Bloom(Faculty)
BH365: Thinking Patterns for Arousal, Reactivity and Acclimation
Does your dog struggle in new settings or situations? Do they get worried and shut down, or become hypervigilant and reactive? Whether you are going into competition, to the vet, to a training class, ...
Karen Deeds, CDBC (Faculty)
Body, Health & Fitness
CC150: FUNctional Foundation Fitness
This class will focus on a solid foundation of the essential fitness skills. This means your dog will be able to perform the most important skills in excellent form. It’s the perfect class for those new to fitnes...
Kelly Daniel(Faculty)
CC210: Patience in the Details: Impulse Control, Body Awareness & Precision Through Conditioning
Does your dog struggle to slow down, think clearly, or maintain precision when excitement rises ... or become hesitant, disconnected, or uncertain in new environments? This course helps dogs develop patien...
Ashley Escobar(Faculty)
Electives
EL150: Contact Heeling: A Functional Transport Skill
Contact heeling is a movement skill built around clear physical reference, rather than visual focus or formal precision. In this style of heeling, the dog learns to maintain intentional body contact between their...
Sarah Rida(Guest Instructors)
FE375: Is This It? Match To Sample
Can your dog pick out the identical matching item you're holding or pick out an item from a pile that you've previously touched? Ever wonde just how far you can go in stretching your dog’s cognitive abilities? In...
Heather Lawson(Faculty)
FE565: Finding Five - Training for a Busy World
Too much work and too little time? Too exhausted to train your dog at the end of a busy day? Feeling guilty for not having exercised them enough? Come join me in Finding Five! We’ll be looking at 5 common ...
Caden Cristopher(Faculty)
RA590: Tricked into Freestyle: From Foundation to Fantastic!
Are you ready to add some paw-zazz to your trick training? Ti of the same old tricks of spins and weaves? Let’s kick it up a notch! We’ll take the basics and transform them into an array of awesome tricks and beh...
Julie Flanery(Faculty)
Foundations
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? Is ...
Shade Whitesel(Faculty)
FE405: Thriving Under Pressure
There is no escaping it. Our dogs will be under pressure in the ring. So let’s prepare them for it! Many people are not aware that the majority of errors in the ring are the result of some sort ...
Petra Ford(Faculty)
FE420: Bye, Bye Cookie: Hello Delayed Reinforcement!
Does your dog only work when the cookies (or toy!) is in your pocket or even your hand? At trials, you're desperately gripping a few pieces of food just to keep them with you until you hit the ring ...
Laura Waudby(Faculty)
FF115: Control Games for All the Sports
This class teaches control and handler focus suile for a variety of dog sports. Using structu games, handlers will work on impulse control, focus, and responsiveness in the presence of distractions. The emphasis...
Sara Brueske(Faculty)
FF150: Greet Expectations: The Art of the Polite Hello!
Is your dog TOO friendly? Over-excited, jumpy, and perhaps even a little unwittingly rude with how eagerly they greet you, other family members, or strangers? If you’ve found yourself wishing that you...
Erin Lynes(Faculty)
FF165: A Star Puppy: Using Control Unleashed and Free Work to Raise a Confident Puppy
Maximize your puppy’s confidence and resilience with Control Unleashed and ACE (Animal Cent Care) Free Work. I’ve raised many puppies of my own, but it is my most recent puppy who I raised with a CU and Free...
Kim Palermo(Faculty)
FF175: Building Bravery: Concepts and Games for Growing Confident, Optimistic Dogs
Building Bravery is a six-week, game-based class designed to help dogs grow confident, curious, and optimistic in the face of new challenges. Using play, communication, and trust-building exercises, you’ll discov...
Erin Lynes(Faculty)
FF270: Training in Harmony: Developing Clarity, Connection, and Confidence
This class dives into the Six C’s framework: Compassion, Connection, Clarity, Confidence, Curiosity, and Creativity. Together, these elements strengthen behavior by improving focus, engagement, and recovery when ...
Crystal Wing(Faculty)
FF275: Coming Together: Reliable Recalls for Real Life
There’s nothing better than seeing your dog joyfully running full speed toward you just because you called their name... Except maybe when they do it at a busy dog park — or when they turn away from a deer mid-hi...
Melissa Breau(Faculty)
Obedience
OB315: Balancing Motivation & Precision
Dog training is like balancing on a tightrope. We want our dogs to be happy, engaged and motivated. Yet we also need precision which often leads to a loss of enthusiasm. It’s a delicate dance. Once dogs have lear...
Petra Ford(Faculty)
OB335: Gloves and Go-Outs!
Do you dream of doing fancy obedience work someday? No need to wait until you’ve slogged through novice! We can start splitting down the parts for even the most advanced exercises right ...
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 wel...
Shade Whitesel(Faculty)
Other Dog Sports
DS325: What's UpDog - Disc Game Strategies
Want to join in on the latest dog sport craze? Disc dog with the UpDog Challenge! This unique disc competition is designed to encourage new players to get involved in this fun sport as well as test the...
Sara Brueske(Faculty)
DS535: Water Honesty - A Winning System!
Struggling to get accurate lines through water with your retrieving dog? Learn the positive system that makes it clear and fun for your dog to be accurate in their water retrieves. Did you know that no matter h...
Jennifer Henion(Faculty)
DS562: RETRIEVOLUTION - Level 2
The sport is Retrievolution! [ pssst...if you're eyeballing the senior level hunt test, this Level 2 class is a great way to prepare!] We have a lot more elements than AKC Fetch and a much more laye ...
Jennifer Henion(Faculty)
FF260: All Things Parkour
This class will cover International Dog Parkour levels training, novice, intermediate, expert and championship. It is designed for those new to parkour as well as those wanting to train the higher lev...
Melissa Chandler(Faculty)
Rally & Freestyle
RA340: Signs of Trouble: Fixing Rally Mistakes One Sign at a Time
Your dog knows the skills. So why do the mistakes keep happening? If your team has the foundation but still struggles with consistency, position, or focus, this class is for you. Signs of Trouble is a six-week c...
Nicole Wiebusch (Faculty)
RA540: Joy of Heeling - Rock it like a Freestyler!
What is your ideal picture of beautiful heelwork? It likely includes words like precision and accuracy. Does it go beyond that to include enthusiasm, energy, lift, spark and joy? These are the attributes th...
Julie Flanery(Faculty)
Scent Sports
N101S: NW101 - Introduction to Nosework
Nosework is easily the hottest new sport around, and it’s easy to see why! It’s fun for humans, dogs love to participate, and it’s good for building confidence and focus in dogs that have issues like shy...
Stacy Barnett(Faculty)
N120J: NW120 - Introduction to NW Search Elements
Many teams stall after initial foundations: progress slows, motivation dips, and it can feel hard to know what to train next. This course keeps you moving forward with clear structure and purposeful exe...
Julie Symons(Faculty)
NW180: Developing Scent-sational Skills for Competition
You’ve learned the basics, even dabbled in some advanced skills but are you ready for competition? With so many scent detection organizations out there now (up to 11 and counting!) teams are entering competition ...
Julie Symons(Faculty)
NW270: Foundations, Foundations, Foundations for Nosework
Have you ever heard the phrase, "Go back to Foundations?" Do you really know what that means? In this class we will learn WHAT the proper foundations are for Nosework and will work on enhancin...
Stacy Barnett(Faculty)
NW530: The Upper Levels: Building Skills for Elite and Summit
There is nothing quite so exhilarating as searching at the Elite and Summit levels. These are levels that push you as a handler to be nimble and focused. In Summit you have to not only maint...
Stacy Barnett(Faculty)
TR102: Foundation Tracking 2
This course will continue to develop both drive and accuracy on foundation tracks. Our priority for this class will be to further develop the skills that the dog acqui in TR101. We will work towards increas...
