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Agility
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 do...
Nancy Gagliardi Little(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...
Megan Foster(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 Mohler(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: commit...
Megan Foster(Faculty)
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 we...
Barbara Currier(Faculty)
Behavior
BH150: Management for Reactive Dogs
https://youtu.be/tNKvwjofJ8U Management for reactive dogs... and excited dogs, fearful dogs, worried dogs, reluctant dogs, anxious dogs, and any dog having trouble with environmental challenges both insi...
Amy Cook(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(Faculty)
BH300: Worked Up! Understand, assess, and soothe arousal in sport dogs
This class is all about dogs that are over-stressed, over-aroused, over-adrenalized, and just plain over the top. Help your dog give his true performance in the ring by helping him be in a healthy state of arousa...
Sarah Stremming(Faculty)
Body, Health & Fitness
CC260: Those Bum Knees
Knee problems are incibly common in dogs. Whether the dog is a top level athlete or a professional cookie catcher at home, the knee is one of the weakest links. Cruciate disease, ACL or CCL pr...
Debbie (Gross) Torraca(Faculty)
CC310: Canine Fitness Trainer 1
This will be the first in a 4 part series of classes focused on canine fitness and conditioning. Our goal is to provide a comprehensive program that will allow you to understand and safely implement an ex...
Debbie (Gross) Torraca(Faculty)
CC330: Canine Fitness Trainer 3
This is the third in a 4 part series of classes focused on canine fitness and conditioning. Our goal is to provide a comprehensive program that will allow you to understand and safely implement an...
Debbie (Gross) Torraca(Faculty)
Electives
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)
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 have a black dog that seems to become a black hole in every photo you take? ...
Amy Johnson(Faculty)
FE660: Chase the Dog - Photographing Dogs in Motion
This is a course about photographing moving subjects, whether it be dogs, birds, or tractors. There are no FDSA prerequisites for this class. However, this is an advanced photography class and not intended...
Amy Johnson(Faculty)
FE770: Business End of the Dog: Marketing for Pet Professionals
Do you run your own pet-related business? If you’re a dog trainer, groomer, or another pet professional with your own business and you struggle with marketing your business, this class is for you. Whether...
Melissa Breau(Faculty)
FF490: Greeting Skills: From Friendly Tornadoes to Warm Hellos
Teach your overly friendly dog how to say hello – or maintain a polite distance – with grace and finesse. This course is for the dog who absolutely loves people and/or dogs and feels the need to say...
Nancy Tucker(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 ...
Shade Whitesel(Faculty)
FE205: Focus Games
Focus: everyone wants it! But do you know how to get it? This course will help you develop basic focus and a great working relationship using a variety of games that both you and your canine partner will...
Deborah Jones(Faculty)Judy Keller(Faculty)
FE240: Calling All Dogs
Do you dream of a reliable real-life recall? Do you dream of a dog who pays attention to you, making sure not to lose you when you're out on an off-leash hike? Do you want to learn how to effectively rewa...
Chrissi Schranz(Faculty)
FE420: Bye, Bye Cookie: Hello Delayed Reinforcement!
Does your dog seem to forget what sit means until you reach into your pocket? Do you struggle to get your dog's focus without a cookie in your hand? &n...
Laura Waudby(Faculty)
FE440: Shaping Games - Clean Mechanics and Keen Observations
In this class, we will use shaping principles to build confidence and teamwork. We'll have fun with the two-way feedback system that is Shaping! We will focus on the details in order to enjoy the concepts...
Julie Daniels(Faculty)
FE485: All the Sports: Building on the Basics
All the Sports: Building on the Basics expands on the behaviors and concepts learned in the first All the Sports class. We'll move forward with various concepts to create more advanced behaviors. This class is su...
Sara Brueske(Faculty)
FE518: Loose Leash Walkers Anonymous
Are you ti of being dragged everywhere you go with your dog? Sore shoulders and back? Time to join Loose Leash Walkers Anonymous then and get started on a more pleasurable walking journey with your dog...
Heather Lawson(Faculty)
Obedience
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...
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 lit...
Nicole Wiebusch (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)
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...
Petra Ford(Faculty)
OB731: Handler Choice - June
The people spoke! And FDSA Answe! After popular demand, and listening to the response from many…. the resulting outcome… Handlers Choice Class with Kamal Fernandez! During this 6weeks course, the handl...
Kamal Fernandez(Faculty)
OB800: Mondioring OB: All-Breed Obedience
Mondioring Obedience is a fun new obedience venue cate 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)
Rally & Freestyle
RA330: Movin' On Up: Skills and Signs for Master Rally
Are you a little intimidated by the master signs, with all those spins, sends, and signals? Don’t be! The rally master class is a blast for you and your dog. If you’ve both been enjoying rally t...
Nicole Wiebusch (Faculty)
Scent Sports
N101J: 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...
Julie Symons(Faculty)
N120M: NW120 - Introduction to NW Search Elements
Nosework / Scent Work is the popular new dog sport that is sweeping the nation, and you can get in on the fun! Our classes are taught with the method used to produce the nation's top drug and bomb dete...
Melissa Chandler(Faculty)
N130S: NW130 - Developing Advanced Nosework Skills
Want to continue the Nosework fun? Then this class is for you! This is the third skills level course in our nosework program and will build on the skills acqui ...
Stacy Barnett(Faculty)
NW175: Fun with FUNdamentals: Progress Games for Success
Every team is on a trajectory, and that trajectory either takes them down a path of success or down a path fraught with challenges. The difference along this path is rarely related to the problems that th...
Stacy Barnett(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)
NW445: Rising to the Nosework Challenge: 6 weeks of Setups
Are you looking for ideas to give your training a boost? Do you want a class that will let you conquer your goals in small bites? This class is for the busy noseworker who wants to make progress without a lot of ...
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 incre...
Lucy Newton(Faculty)
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