Course Schedule

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 founda...

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 ob...

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...

BH110: Dealing with the Bogeyman: Helping Reactive and Fearful Dogs - The Play Way!

This is Amy's signature Play Way class! Is your dog brilliant at home but shuts down at the show? Or does he bark and lunge at people or dogs on walks? Does she seem generally stressed, whether frantic about it ...

BH240: Working with Reactive and Hyper-aroused Dogs

This class is best suited to dogs that respond in an active way to an increase in arousal. When leashed or behind a barrier, these dogs typically lunge and/or bark at stimulus such as unknown people, dogs, bicyc...

BH430: Success With Sensitive Dogs

Do you have a Sensitive Dog? One who shuts down, quits, goes sniffing, freezes, or just plain wilts like an unwate plant at the slightest perceived pressure? Or perhaps your dog gets worked up: Barking, zoomies,...

CC160: Canine Sports Medicine for the Performance Dog Handler

There are many musculoskeletal injuries that can occur to performance dogs.  Some are subtle and come on gradually.  We are not really sure if there is something wrong.  Some are acute and come on ...

CC290: Dogs With Long Backs - Things You Need To Do

   Long backs in dogs come in many shapes and sizes.  There are many long backed breeds, such as Daschunds, Corgis, Cavalier King Charles Spaniels, and many more.  Thee are also many breeds th...

FE290: Handle This - make the most of goals, planning and learning

This course has been revamped and revised to include Andrea's Think, Plan, Do Plus model. A variety of goal setting techniques are cove as well as tips to help with making the most of your learning preferences, n...

FE345: Imitation and Mimicry - You Can Do It

  Are you ready for the next step in your journey with your dog? Are you ready to communicate in a way few have explo?  You’ve heard of it! You know you want to do it! You can! And so can your dog! &nb...

FE540: Knock-knock: From Chaos to Calm

  Does the entrance to your home become a chaotic scene when someone knocks or rings the doorbell? This course is all about the many ways to teach your dog how to greet visitors with class and charm. No mor...

FE640: Compose the Dog - Photographic Composition

  Compose the Dog is the class where you learn how to arrange all the things in your photo to make the strongest image possible. Proper exposure is just the beginning. Composition is where you start learnin...

FE105: Get Focused!

Do you struggle to keep your dog engaged and attentive in training? Does your dog find other dogs, people, or even smells on the floor more interesting than you? Do you have a dog that is great when he’s “on” but...

FE155: Crucial Concepts of Competition - Shaping/Luring/Capturing and More!

  Got a new puppy? A new sport prospect for the sport of your choice? Got future plans but no idea how to start? Which behavior DO you start with? Got a pet dog and discove how fun teaching is? Interested i...

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 each other.  This is also the same ...

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...

FE370: ALL THE SPORTS: Foundation for the Cross-training Canine

This course outlines the foundation training program developed by the instructor, Sara Brueske.  This program was developed with experience training many different breeds and ages of dog to successful career...

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...

FE445: Crazy Good! Self-Control Games for the Wild Child

This class is about how to use high-energy training and high-energy reinforcers. It’s for dogs who already love to play in the Crazy zone. I’ve had well-trained Good dogs who could not rise to their potential wit...

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...

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...

OB195: Creating Confidence in Your Obedience Dog

Most dogs are not innately confident. Especially when it comes to obedience. A sport that is not inherently self-reinforcing. A sport where dogs must learn to perform complex behaviors under a lot of pressure. In...

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...

OB320: Obedience Starter Games

This class is a "prequel" to the popular OB330 Obedience Games class (now in self study). This is not a skills class but designed to present many short, fun, and fast paced games for beginner competitio...

OB430: Maintaining Engagement at Distance

We often have to leave our dogs in the obedience ring.  They need to work at a distance from us in spite of pressure from the judge, the environment and the ring gates.  We have no connection with them,...

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 yo...

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...

DS110: Dryland Dock Diving Training- Foundation, Fitness and Fixes!

Are you interested in dock diving and want to give your dog a great foundation before you even hit the pool?  Or perhaps you’ve been to the pool with your dog and things didn’t go as well as you expected. OR...

DS180: Introduction to Shed Antler Hunting

Searching for and retrieving antlers- either as a pursuit in the wild or for competition- is one of the fastest growing activities that appeals to a large variety of dogs. In this class, I'll provide you with a r...

RA320: Rally: Beyond the Basics

Your dog has great rally skills in your living room, but now you’re not sure what to do next!  How do you progress toward your goals? What’s involved in going from your small training area to an en...

RA500: Foundation Skills for Rally-FrEe and Musical Freestyle

Rally-FrEe is a unique sport with the structure of a Rally course and the creativity of Musical Freestyle. To learn more about Rally-FrEe, please visit www.rallyfree.com Each sport has its own set of foundation ...

N101M: 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 s...

N120S: NW120 - Introduction to NW Search Elements

NOTE: NW120S has been restructu in order to allow students from NW101 to catch up as needed with the help of either the Instructor (for Gold Spots) or the Teaching Assistant (for Silver & Bronze Spots). Dogs ...

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 ...

NW465: Making the Inaccessible Hide Easy

Inaccessible hides require the handler and dog to demonstrate increased trust and communication in order to call alert confidently. Being sure enough to call Alert gets more and more challenging the deeper or the...

NW485: Air Flow! Your Training Superpower

What do you get when you combine air movement, target odor, strategic hide placement, and setup strategy? You get a dog who understands how to search effectively! Dogs naturally understand what odor is. However,...

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 equipment needed, how to develop a start rout...

TR203: Tracking - Skill Building

This class will be a continuation of TR102. We will be focusing primarily on building upon the skills introduced in TR101 and 102 - increasing spacing of targets/articles, more fully developing turns and working ...

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...

AG380: Agility Drills - Get a Responsive Dog!

Does your dog have a tendency to ignore your commands on course? Or "blow you off"? Do you feel you need clarity in the information you are giving to your dog? Is your dog a tunnel sucker? How do you fix it? I...

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...

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...

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...

BH190: Adolescent Minds and Manners

   Teaching Approach     Prerequisites & Supplies   Sample Lecture   A sampling of what prior students have said about this course ... New class ...

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, stimulated by motion, or anxious ab...

CC110: K9 Conditioning

This course will give you an understanding of basic dog anatomy, basic conditioning for dogs, and general exercises. We'll work on conditioning exercises, endurance exercises, and strengthening exercises. In addi...

FE590: Out and About

This class is all about enjoying the time you spend out and about with your dog: urban walks, nature hikes, and going places. Whether you and your dog walk on leash, off leash, or on a long line, there are skills...

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?  ...

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...

FF210: Brain Benders - Cognition & Thinking Games

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...

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 ...

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...

FE595: Bombproof Behaviors

  You've trained the behaviors down to the tiniest of detail and are now ready to show them off to the world. This class will help you prepare for the distractions that await you in any environment you can ...

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 f...

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...

OB160: Ring Confidence for Obedience, Rally, and Agility

    This course is officially expanded to include agility as well as obedience and rally!   Most handlers spend months or even years teaching their dogs the specific exercises and obstacle performa...

OB415: Utility Foundation Fun!

Utility has always been my favorite class!!  Lots of people call the class “futility” but I think it’s tons of fun.  I start teaching the foundation skills when my dogs are young…. puppies actually!&nbs...

OB485: Step it Up: Advanced Heeling for Competition

    Sample Lecture New class for the June 2023 session. Registration courselist sessions OB485 /s

DS120: Fly Farther: Dock Diving Skills and Strategies

DS340: Disc Dog - Handler's Choice

Disc dog is an amazing sport that has a variety of elements suile for any toy-driven dog. This hybrid “handler’s choice” course will allow each team to work on the aspects of disc dog that suit them best but will...

RA310: From Good to GREAT! Increasing Your Rally Scores

You love playing rally with your dog, but sometimes you wish your scores were just a bit higher.  Imagine being able to increase your rally scores simply by incorporating some minor changes.  Did you kn...

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...

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...

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 ...

NW320: Motivating Drills for Maintaining Skills

  Like with many sports, it's nice to have some drills to set up and run! Drills can help us maintain skills. They can also surface gaps! We may also find we aren't pushing ourselves for more challenges whe...

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...

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...

AG275: School of Fish- Part 2 Raising the Agility Dog

This course will cover everything I teach my agility dogs from 6-9 months of age.  The order in which I teach things build on each other.  This is also the same format I use when taking in a rescue or o...

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...

BH110: Dealing with the Bogeyman: Helping Reactive and Fearful Dogs - The Play Way!

This is Amy's signature Play Way class! Is your dog brilliant at home but shuts down at the show? Or does he bark and lunge at people or dogs on walks? Does she seem generally stressed, whether frantic about it ...

BH265: Strategies for Training and Competing the Sensitive Dog

  This class is best suited to dogs that perform the following behaviors in training, in competition, or in specific situations: slowing, freezing, losing focus, appearing “disinterested”, becoming unresponsi...

BH290: Control Unleashed in the Big Wide World

This class assumes a beginner’s background in Control Unleashed patterns, either from Leslie McDevitt’s books or from Julie Daniels’ CU Pattern Games class, or from another CU foundation class. In this class we’l...

BH370: Feelings Change – Desensitization and Counter-conditioning

Learn the art and science of Desensitization and Counter-conditioning. Acquire skills that will allow you to help your dog develop a diminished or a more positive emotional response to things he’s not too keen ab...

CC120: K9 Conditioning 2

  As a dog sport enthusiast, you know that keeping your dog fit is important to prevent injuries that could sideline or even end your dog's career. Unfortunately, understanding HOW to keep him fit is much m...

FF180: Yes Please! Cooperative Canine Care

Can you draw blood from a whale without force?  Yes, you can.  What about put eye drops into a sea lion's eyes with no fuss?   Again, yes you can.  But you have to train for it.  Captive ...

FE198: No More Excuses - Building Accountability and Motivation

  Struggling with motivation? Perhaps your library is full of great classes that you haven't done or you have goals and aspirations that simply aren't being met. Develop your skills to overcome the inevile ...

FE585: Modifier Cues

  WHAT IS A MODIFIER CUE?It's a cue that gives additional information to your dog to further differentiate the exact behaviour that will earn them a reward.  Some examples of Modifier cues might includ...

FE670: Expose the Dog

   This Photography Class will teach you strategies for picking your settings in Manual Exposure. What Settings Should I Use? Of all the questions I get asked as a photographer, this one is the most ...

FE690: Collage the Dog: Creating Photo Collages in Photoshop

​I have been creating photo collages for my clients for almost 20 years. Learn the Photoshop tools and techniques that I use to create these keepsakes and apply them to make your own. The great thing about c...

FE145: First Things First - Puppy Foundations for a Bright Future

  First Things First is the new puppy owner's guide to building strong skills and social behaviors -right from the start!   With a progression based on my board-and-train puppy program, this s...

FE335: Spaces In Between

This is a class about preparing our dogs for the competition or seminar environment. Over and over I see dogs that are unprepa or rehearsing behavior we don't want at seminars, classes and trials. Over time this ...

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 ...

FE545: May the reinforce be with you!

  Starting from the assumption that reinforcers are behaviors rather than things, and can be trained, put on (marker) cue, proofed, and generalized like any other behavior, we will explore a large variety o...

FF110: Pay to Play: Using Food to Get Great Toy Play

Do you have a dog that plays great at home but ignores the toy in public? Is your dog lacking confidence in tug or gets distracted in fetch? Or a dog that gets too excited about toys and struggles to focus on wor...

OB118: TEAM Sports Foundations Level Two

  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 2. The TEAM program lays o...

OB130: 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...

OB425: From TEAM to Trials: Building Chains for the Open 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 in Open leve...

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...

DS320: Disc Dog - Strategies for Strategy Games

  Strategy games are the new upcoming trend in the Disc Dog world. Skyhoundz Disc Dogathon and UpDog Challenge have created new innovative challenges to test the skills of disc dog teams.  This course ...

DS380: Push it! Treibball Foundations and Problem Solving

Want to build your distance control and connection with your dog while participating in a great new sport? Or maybe you’ve always been fascinated by herding, but don’t have sheep. Check out Treibball!  So...

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...

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...

N120J: NW120 - Introduction to NW Search Elements

   This course picks up where NW101 left off! This course also can be used as a refresher for introducing the search elements. Our method is effective on almost all dogs, from insecure and unfocused dogs t...

NW205: Creating Clarity with Contrasts

Nosework was originally developed as an enrichment activity and quickly grew into one of the fastest growing dog sports. While therapeutic in nature, it also requires skillful training and handling. Training wit...

NW425: Mastering Scent Puzzles

Nose work is a series of puzzles our dogs must navigate and work to locate source.  The more puzzles and setups that our dogs can be exposed to and learn to work efficiently, the more prepa they will be for ...

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 W...

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...

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 problems a...

FF230: Tricks with a Purpose

There are so many reasons why training tricks are beneficial to your dog, yourself and your relationship, tricks aren’t just for entertainment or rainy days anymore! Teaching tricks not only help our dogs learn h...

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...

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 fo...

OB435: TEAM 4 and More!

  This class will focus on preparing the dog for TEAM’s advanced levels 4-6.  The exercises in these advanced level are designed to prepare a dog to compete in any obedience organization through the hi...

OB440: Utility Fun - Putting the Pieces Together

Utility IS fun!!   In this class, I deconstruct all the exercises into manageable pieces.  Each piece is taught and maintained like a trick.   This makes the exercises accessible for us and the dog...

OB605: Conditioning and Body Awareness for Effortless Heeling

Heeling is requi at all levels of obedience.  Due to its complexity, we typically spend more time training heeling than the majority of other obedience exercises.  This class will ensure that your dog i...

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 ...

RA545: Joy of Heeling Part Two - More Rock it like a Freestyler!

You’ve found the Joy!  Now how are you going to keep it and use it in the ring!  In Joy of Heeling Part Deux we will add some new games, start to add duration in heelwork and start to change the ratio o...

N101M: 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 s...

N120S: NW120 - Introduction to NW Search Elements

NOTE: NW120S has been restructu in order to allow students from NW101 to catch up as needed with the help of either the Instructor (for Gold Spots) or the Teaching Assistant (for Silver & Bronze Spots). Dogs ...

NW150: Scent Theory and Dynamics

There are a wide variety of sports and tasks that require the dog to use his nose and sense of smell to be successful: Tracking. Nosework. Truffle hunting. Barn hunt. Scent Discrimination. In all these venues, as...

CC180: Powerful Performance: Fitness to Optimize All Sports

Many people don’t understand the importance of conditioning until their dog has suffe an injury.  They feel that participating in dog sports IS conditioning.  That couldn’t be further from the...

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...

OB215: Competition Heeling Part One - Fundamentals

Great heeling is a pleasure to watch. Dog and handler moving together as one.  The dog is happy, animated, joyful and confident. Heeling is a dance that should express joy and teamwork. How do you accomplish...

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...

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...