Fenzi Dog Sports Academy - Course Schedule

August 1, 2020

Sarah has your jump foundation training, and Dr. Leslie has the conditioning exercises requi for jumping in this innovative course that covers jumping from all angles. Each week you'll have a foundation training ...

Sarah Stremming(Faculty)Leslie Eide, DVM(Faculty)

AG270: Weave Pole Training: Not Your Average 2x2s!

Over the last 20 years in the sport, Megan has trained quite a few dogs how to weave, in quite a number of ways! But recently, she’s been developing different ways of splitting skills and reinforcing the differen...

Megan Foster(Faculty)

AG365: Agility Handler Mechanics

This class isolates the agility handler’s physical cues, training them without the dog. Class participants will develop an understanding of how dogs respond to our physical cues and how to use those cues more eff...

Megan Foster(Faculty)

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...

Loretta Mohler(Faculty)

AG460: Making It Easy - 12 Commonly Used OMD Inspired Techniques

This course will teach you how to speak the dog’s language and make you a more fluid team in your communication. This course will break down the 12 most commonly used One Mind Dogs (OMD) inspi techn...

Barbara Currier(Faculty)

Behavior

BH110: Dealing with the Bogeyman - Helping Fearful Reactive and Stressed Dogs

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 ...

Amy Cook(Faculty)

BH430: Success With Sensitive Dogs

Do you have a Sensitive Dog? One who shuts down, quits, goes sniffing, freezes, or or just plain wilts like an unwate plant at the slightest perceived pressure? Does your Sensitive Dog’s behaviour slow down your...

Helene Lawler(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)

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)

Electives

FE195: Love the One You Are With - Being the Best Team Possible

Have you found yourself looking at your animal partner thinking "I don't much like you", "you aren't what I wanted" or wondering how to deal with a behaviour or personality that has caught you unawares? M...

Andrea Harrison(Faculty)

FE515: Hound About Town - Lifestyle Skills and Manners Training

Learn the skills and manners that will help to prepare you and your dog for your worldly adventures. These skills will also prepare you to be able to take the Canine Good Neighbour (CGN), Canine Good Citizen (CGC...

Heather Lawson(Faculty)

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 ...

Amy Johnson(Faculty)

FE680: See the Dog: Developing Your Photographic Vision

This photography class will be unlike any of my other courses. We will combine all of our knowledge — how to use a camera, how to set exposure, how to compose an image, how to process an image — and use it to cre...

Amy Johnson(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

FE120: Performance Fundamentals

Not sure which class to take first here at Fenzi Academy? Well, this one is a great place to start! This class is all about the foundation concepts and skills that will help you succeed on your training j...

Deborah Jones(Faculty)Judy Keller(Faculty)

FE135: Shaping Demystified

Does shaping feel hard, intimidating, or just not for you and your dog? Are you constantly in awe of what others can achieve through shaping? Great news! Shaping should neither be difficult nor complicated and th...

Sarah Stremming(Faculty)

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...

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)

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...

Julie Daniels(Faculty)

Obedience

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...

Laura Waudby(Faculty)

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)

OB185: Heeling: Power and Precision - Part Two

This class is part 2 of a 3 part series. How do you turn your foundation heeling behaviors into formal heeling? What cues and footwork do you need for a polished performance? In this class, we will ...

Hannah Branigan(Faculty)

OB360: Sniff and Go: Scent Discrimination and Go Outs

This class is a perfect combination of movement and stationary work for indoor training on those cold rainy or snowy days and hot days you don’t want to venture out. Learn how to teach your dog how to mov...

Donna Hill(Faculty)

OB465: Shaping a Flashy and Confident Heel - Putting the Skills Together

This class is the 3rd in a series of 3. We've taught the foundations, both moving and stationary, and now is the time to put them all together to create the full picture! We'll be teaching turns, figure 8s,...

Shade Whitesel(Faculty)

OB732: Handler Choice - August

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 handler can d...

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

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)

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)

RA502: Rally-FrEe and Musical Freestyle Foundation Skills 2

This course is a continuation of RA501 and covers behaviors from both the Novice and Intermediate classes of Rally-FrEe. You'll also learn how to perform some of the signs from the AKC Rally masters class as thes...

Julie Flanery(Faculty)

RA570: Rally-FrEe Refined

This course is for those wanting to improve the quality of their Rally-FrEe performances and increase their scores. It is designed for dog and handler teams at any level of Rally-FrEe though is most benef...

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

Nosework is the popular new dog sport that is sweeping the nation, and you can get in on the fun! Our nosework classes are taught with the method used to produce the nation's top drug and bomb dete...

Julie Symons(Faculty)

NW200: Are You Trial Ready? Trial Preparation for Nosework Teams

So you’ve been training hard at this sport and want to go out and test your skills. You’ve heard all about howfoundations are critical to success. You don’t know if you have them or how to go about getting ready ...

Stacy Barnett(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)

NW390: Nosework Games

Do you need more joy and laughter in your training sessions? Or maybe some fun search ideas instead of the "same ole thing"? My philosophy is that all training is a series of games. Your dog loves to ...

Melissa Chandler(Faculty)

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 ...

Lucy Newton(Faculty)

October 1, 2020

Agility

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...

Nancy Gagliardi Little(Faculty)

Behavior

BH150: Management for Reactive Dogs

https://youtu.be/tNKvwjofJ8U This class is for learning strategies for managing and controlling dogs that are reactive to dogs and people. Helping them get over their fears is best done when you can set ...

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)

BH315: Hidden Potential: Tapping Your Reluctant Dog's Talents

This course is all about dogs that have been labeled as shut-down, down-stressors, shy, or low-drive. Dogs that run fast in training but slow in trials, dogs that have good days and bad ones, dogs that gi...

Sarah Stremming(Faculty)

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...

Nancy Tucker(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)

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)

CC440: Strong Foundations: Fitness Fundamentals

In this class we'll cover "all the things" that prepare you and your dog for progressing to the next level of Canine Fitness. In the same way that foundations are important for agility and other sports, they are ...

Lori Stevens(Faculty)

Electives

EL110: Beyond the Click: Adventures in +R2.0

Does your dog struggle with understanding what you're teaching? Do you have a lot of extraneous behaviours popping into your work, such as barking, spinning, sniffing, foot shuffling, or creative improvising? D...

Helene Lawler(Faculty)

FE190: It's All In Your Head - Developing Your Mental Game

Do you overthink your training, have ring nerves, experience anxiety around training or competing, or feel excessive stress about training? Are you curious to understand the impact your brain has on train...

Andrea Harrison(Faculty)

FE525: Managing Multi-Dog Mayhem

Multiple dogs can create some interesting training challenges! This class is designed to give you the tools to make a multi dog household a peaceful and productive place. In this class, we will cover...

Loretta Mohler(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)

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? A dog who keeps a certain radius around you?...

Chrissi Schranz(Faculty)

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 ...

Shade Whitesel(Faculty)

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 ...

Sara Brueske(Faculty)

FF280: Empowerment

A Course for Expanding your dog's Personal Power! You can nurture your dog's natural curiosity and optimism toward the big wide world. There will also be a Teaching Assistant in the study group for this cla...

Julie Daniels(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)

OB330: Obedience Games

If you like to think of training as a game, then this is the class for you! If you have a busy schedule and are always on the go and finding your obedience training taking a back seat - come play and see h...

Julie Symons(Faculty)

OB540: Shaping the Competition Retrieve

In this class we will work through all the steps and fine details requi to develop a precise and reliable competition-level dumbbell/scent article/glove retrieve. We will use shaping, rather than play, as the ba...

Deborah Jones(Faculty)Judy Keller(Faculty)

OB590: Stand With Me

This course will focus on all things related to the stand behavior!!! We will look at teaching a stand, and getting ready for an exam whether that's in obedience, conformation, or even being measu for agi...

Laura Waudby(Faculty)

Other Dog Sports

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...

Melissa Breau(Faculty)

Rally & Freestyle

RA285: Putting it All Together: Rally Courses for All Levels

Do things fall apart when you attempt an entire rally course with your dog? Does your dog start off doing great, but lose focus as you continue through the course? Do you struggle with stayi...

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)

RA511: Positions, Laterals and Backing

In Rally-FrEe and musical freestyle there are four primary positions: Left heel, right heel, standing center and behind facing the handler. While maintaining position, the dog is requi to move in any dire...

Julie Flanery(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 attri...

Julie Flanery(Faculty)

Scent Sports

N101M: NW101 - Introduction to Nosework

Melissa Chandler(Faculty)

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 ...

Stacy Barnett(Faculty)

N130J: 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 nose/scent work program and will build on the skills acqui i...

Julie Symons(Faculty)

NW145: To Boldly Go… Shaping a Confident Nosework Dog

Confidence in Nosework isn’t always best addressed by setting out hides and practicing searches. Sometimes we want to work on confidence and comfort in the search environment separately. We do this so that ...

Deborah Jones(Faculty)Stacy Barnett(Faculty)

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 ve...

Lucy Newton(Faculty)

NW370: Hide Placement for Powerful Training

Do you struggle with how to set hides? Do you accidentally overface your dog or make the hides too hard? Do you have structure to your training so that you thoughtfully build skills? Hav...

Stacy Barnett(Faculty)

NW430: Common Scents Proofing: Building Confidence with Distractions

In this class we will develop the ability to search in the midst of distractions. We will build odor value by removing the distractions and playing energy building and motivational games. Then we will...

Melissa Chandler(Faculty)

December 1, 2020

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)

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

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

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

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)

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 ...

Deborah Jones(Faculty)Judy Keller(Faculty)

Electives

FE298: Unleash Personal Potential

Want to expand your life skills for dog training and competing? Wondering how to make mindfulness and dog training work together? Curious about how to plan to include dreams and aspirations? Not sure how ...

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)

Foundations

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

Shade Whitesel(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)

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? T...

Laura Waudby(Faculty)

RA560: Shape Up - Improving and Maintaining Your and Your Dog's Shaping Skills

Both dog and handler’s shaping skills can deteriorate when not used regularly. In training, many of us focus on specific sports. Each sport has its own set of skills that we work to train to fluency in ou...

Julie Flanery(Faculty)

Obedience

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)

OB370: Reliable Retrieves

This class will cover all of the pieces needed to train a reliable obedience retrieve. We will begin by teaching each piece of the behavior chain including the hold and front position. Then we will work to put th...

Sara Brueske(Faculty)

Other Dog Sports

DS330: Disc Dog - Freestyle Tricks

Winter is the perfect time to work on your disc freestyle routine! Oh, that snow and sleet and ice outside? No worries! In this class, we will focus on teaching new tricks that can be incorporated into an...

Sara Brueske(Faculty)

Scent Sports

N101J: NW101 - Introduction to Nosework

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)

NW415: Nosework Handler's Choice

I asked and FDSA responded! I will be offering a Nosework Handlers Choice class and am VERY excited about it! During this 6 week course, the handler can decide on WHATEVER it is that they want to work on for th...

Julie Symons(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)

February 1, 2021

Behavior

BH150: Management for Reactive Dogs

Amy Cook(Faculty)

Body, Health & Fitness

CC410: Helping Dogs Thrive: Aging Dogs

In this six-week class, you’ll learn about how to keep your aging-dog’s minds and bodies active. Many dogs appear so much stronger and younger after going through this class. As dogs age...

Lori Stevens(Faculty)

Electives

FF240: Tricks for Titles

Instructor: Sara Brueske Registration courselist sessions FF240 /s

Sara Brueske(Faculty)

Foundations

FE130: Toys - Developing Cooperation and Play

Shade Whitesel(Faculty)

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...

Sara Brueske(Faculty)

Obedience

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...

Shade Whitesel(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)

Rally & Freestyle

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...

Julie Flanery(Faculty)

Scent Sports

N101S: NW101 - Introduction to Nosework

Stacy Barnett(Faculty)

N120J: NW120 - Introduction to NW Search Elements

Julie Symons(Faculty)

N130M: NW130 - Developing Advanced Nosework Skills

Want to continue the Nosework fun? Then this class is for you! This class will have an awesome TA to assist in the study group! This is the third skills level cours...

Melissa Chandler(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)

April 1, 2021

Agility

AG220: Building and Maintaining Stopped Contacts

Many dogs start out their agility career with good stopped contacts. But over time, the behavior or the criteria changes and morphs into something undesirable. What causes that to happen? This class focu...

Nancy Gagliardi Little(Faculty)

AG225: LOVE’EM From the Start: Foundation Weaves

Teach your dog to love the weaves right from the beginning. This course will not only create the drive and love for the weave poles but to nail those entries and hang on to their poles even at speed...

Barbara Currier(Faculty)

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...

Barbara Currier(Faculty)

Body, Health & Fitness

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 ...

Sue Yanoff, DVM(Guest Instructors)

CC420: Helping Dogs Thrive: Fitness in Five

Short on time for fitness training? No worries, you only need five minutes! In this class, you will learn specific fitness exercises for your dog(s). We will cover exercises to increase muscle strength a...

Lori Stevens(Faculty)

Foundations

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

Shade Whitesel(Faculty)

Obedience

OB320: Obedience Starter Games

This class is a "prequel" to the popular OB330 Obedience Games class. This is not a skills class but designed to present many short, fun, and fast paced games for beginner competition obedience training...

Julie Symons(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 clas...

Shade Whitesel(Faculty)

Scent Sports

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 ...

Course Schedule

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August 1, 2020

August 1, 2020

Sarah Stremming(Faculty)Leslie Eide, DVM(Faculty)

Megan Foster(Faculty)

Megan Foster(Faculty)

Loretta Mohler(Faculty)

Barbara Currier(Faculty)

Amy Cook(Faculty)

Helene Lawler(Faculty)

Debbie (Gross) Torraca(Faculty)

Debbie (Gross) Torraca(Faculty)

Debbie (Gross) Torraca(Faculty)

Andrea Harrison(Faculty)

Heather Lawson(Faculty)

Amy Johnson(Faculty)

Amy Johnson(Faculty)

Sara Brueske(Faculty)

Deborah Jones(Faculty)Judy Keller(Faculty)

Sarah Stremming(Faculty)

Shade Whitesel(Faculty)

Deborah Jones(Faculty)Judy Keller(Faculty)

Julie Daniels(Faculty)

Laura Waudby(Faculty)

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