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Agility
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
BH110: Dealing with the Bogeyman - Helping Fearful Reactive and Stressed Dogs
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 or quiet and vigilant? All of these commo...
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)
BH330: Fix It: Effective Behavior Change
Do behavior problems freak you out? Have you ever thought "I wish I could fix that" about a nuisance behavior your dog exhibits? Do the intricacies of behavior modification overwhelm you, though you feel comforle...
Sarah Stremming(Faculty)
Body, Health & Fitness
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...
Debbie (Gross) Torraca(Faculty)
CC320: Canine Fitness Trainer 2
This is the second 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 a...
Debbie (Gross) Torraca(Faculty)
CC340: Canine Fitness Trainer 4
This is the last in the 4 part series. This course will discuss specific types of dogs including seniors, overweight dogs, puppies, and overly active dogs. We will start using cases to put the four se...
Debbie (Gross) Torraca(Faculty)
CC430: Helping Dogs Thrive: Massage for Performance Dogs
In this class you will learn about massaging your own dog. We will cover canine massage techniques, the muscles we are affecting with massage, muscle anatomy, assessment, palpation, fascia, Tellington TTouch® bod...
Lori Stevens(Faculty)
CC470: Beyond The Peanut: PLATFORMS For Fitness
Who needs a peanut? A platform (or 2) is all you need for this fitness class! There are more exercises than you thought imaginable, 20 in total. Learn great exercises for every dog whether you are looking...
Leslie Eide, DVM(Faculty)
Electives
FE298: Unleash Personal Potential
Wondering how to make mindfulness and dog training work together? Wondering how to plan to include dreams and aspirations? Not sure how to increase your resilience and support those around you (animal or ...
Andrea Harrison(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 her enough? Come join us in Finding Five! We’ll be looking at 5 commo...
Chrissi Schranz(Faculty)
FE585: Modifier Cues
WHAT IS A MODIFIER CUE?It's a cue that gives additional information to your dog to further differentiate an exact behaviour that will earn them a reward. Some examples of Modifier cues might include...
Heather Lawson(Faculty)
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...
Sara Brueske(Faculty)
Foundations
FE155: Crucial Concepts of Competition - Shaping/Luring/Capturing and More!
This is the class where the human half of the team learns! No matter what level your dog is at, this class is for you to learn more about teaching and training in general. Clear timing, clear mechanics, kn...
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)
FE320: Toys - Advanced Concepts
This class expands on two essential skills started in Toys: Building Cooperation and Play-- working in arousal and switching reinforcement. (You can also get the exact same toy skills through the two Driv...
Shade Whitesel(Faculty)
FE440: Shaping Games - Clean Mechanics and Keen Observations
In this class we will use shaping principles to build confidence and teamwork. We will focus on the details in order to enjoy the concepts. We'll begin by Eslishing Operations, using the environment to s...
Julie Daniels(Faculty)
FE580: Mission Accomplished!
One behavior, two behavior, three behavior, more! Do you ever feel overwhelmed with all there is to train? Do you love to get new behaviors started but struggle with following through and completing the process? ...
Julie Flanery(Faculty)
Obedience
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...
Heather Lawson(Faculty)
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...
Laura Waudby(Faculty)
OB568: Handler's Choice December
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)
OB600: Healing Your Heeling Handling
This course is designed for experienced handlers as well as new obedience handlers that know nothing about the finer points of handling during heeling in obedience. Dogs make mistakes in heeling when they are no...
Nancy Gagliardi Little(Faculty)
OB620: Devil in the Details
For true training geeks, who want to obsess over the details of the perfect fold-back down, square tucked sits, fronts and finishes and other precision based exercises. We will uncover the physiology beh...
Hannah Branigan(Faculty)
Rally & Freestyle
RA260: Get Ready to Rally - Foundation Skills
Welcome to the world of Rally! In this course we will break down and teach the skills for each Novice sign, including halts and sits, fronts, finishes, turns, short heeling segments, and more! &nb...
Nicole Wiebusch (Faculty)
RA290: Get Ready to Rally - Advancing to Rally Excellent!
Once you get into the Rally ring, most teams move through the Novice level fairly quickly. Be prepa for move ups with this class on Advanced and Excellent signs! We will focus on the AKC signs for this clas...
Nicole Wiebusch (Faculty)
RA610: Creating a Musical Freestyle Routine
This course is designed for those who have never created a freestyle routine or who struggle with putting a routine together. We’ll go over music selection, sequencing behaviors, musicality, use of transi...
Julie Flanery(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)
NW170: Building Blocks of Nosework - Before Odor
You, your dog, an inquiring mind and the start of a whole new world of opportunity. In this course you will learn the foundations of nosework even before you ever introduce odor. This course has been desi...
Stacy Barnett(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)
NW315: NW Incredible Interiors and Confident Containers
This course will focus on skills and strategies for succeeding at interior and containers searches in all venues. Wouldn't we all love to be more confident with containers and be incible with our int...
Julie Symons(Faculty)
NW350: More Proofing and Generalization for All Levels
Do you want to make your team the best you can be? The key to success in Nosework is in Generalization and Proofing. This course isn’t a skills based course although skills will be enhanced an...
Stacy Barnett(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 equipment needed, how to develop a start rout...
Lucy Newton(Faculty)
TR311: Intro to VST: Puzzles & Challenges
One of the big challenges with VST training is that most people have spent a long time teaching the dog to make assumptions about where the track goes. We spend a lot of time on vegetation and doing long straight...
Lucy Newton(Faculty)
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