On this page you can purchase the instructor's lecture notes and video examples for classes that are offering a more advanced class in the current term.  For example, if you wish to take "Nosework 2" in the current term, then you can purchase the instructor's notes for "Nosework 1".  

When you buy the class as a lecture-only option, you do not get access to the forums, since they've been archived after the class ended. We offer this option for people who are interested in taking a more advanced class but missed the pre-requisite class when it was offered.   

We do NOT recommend this option - we believe that the value of the forums is great, and ideally classes will be taken as they are offered.  However, we also understand that some students may be new to the academy, and therefore not available to enroll when the class was offered.  Please note that there is no discount, so please take the classes when they are offered if at all possible!

Please select the link class you want to purchase, and then go to the Registration tab on the class page to purchase the lectures. 

There are no refunds available for prerequisite purchases.

Prerequisites relating to the August 2024 session
(Will be available for purchase July 18 - Aug 15)

BH285: Control Unleashed Pattern Games for Sports and Life Skills

This class is for dogs who have trouble with the environmental conditions  they meet in their life with you. Is your dog aroused by other dogs, afraid  of new people...

Julie Daniels (Faculty)

FE175: School of Fish - Raising a Performance Puppy

This course will cover everything I teach my performance dogs when they come home at 8 weeks until around 6 months of age.  The order in which I teach things build on eac...

Barbara Currier (Faculty)

FE600: Shoot the Dog!

          Did you get a new camera and aren’t sure how to take photos of your dog that aren’t one big blur?  Do you want to get o...

Amy Johnson (Faculty)

OB355: Open Foundation Fun!

Open Obedience Foundation Fun!  It’s time to move away from thinking of obedience as serious. An open run is really just a long chain of pet tricks! Breaking the exercis...

Petra Ford (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 ...

Shade Whitesel (Faculty)

TR101: Foundation Tracking 1

  This class covers everything the handler needs to know to get organized and get started in tracking. We will discuss topics such as equipment preferences, other equipmen...

Lucy Newton (Faculty)