Holiday Event - On Demand 
Did you miss out on some of our amazing one day conference topics in 2023?
Our 2023 Conference Topics were all about:
Puppies, Adolescent Dogs, High Drive Dogs & Building Confidence!
Individual Presentations with Q&A are now available for a limited time.
Limited Time - Year End Sale $19.95 Each Presentation
December 21st to January 1st
Conference topics are webinar recordings of approximately one hour long plus a recorded Q&A session. They will be placed in your FDSA webinar
library and can be viewed for one year from date of purchase. Library access renews based on your most webinar purchase.
ZZ901: Teaching Problem-Solving Behaviors as a Pathway to True Confidence and Courage (Confident Dog Conference)
Is reducing your dog's fear of triggers equivalent to instilling confidence in them? Let me pose a question to you. Let's imagine you fear the vacuum cleaner and avoid it alt...
Alex Lato (Guest Presentations )
ZZ902: Discover How to Use Fun Movement Exercises for Real Life Confidence Boosting (Confident Dog Conference)
You probably have a huge library of different confidence exercises with your dog! Exercises like looking for cookies from funny places, placing paws onto new surfaces, racing ...
Mari Valgma (Guest Presentations )
ZZ903: The Journey: Nosework for Building a Confident Dog (Confident Dog Conference)
Building a Confident Dog is a journey that is often full of ups and downs. It's never a straight line improvement and it's never a short process. In this session, Stacy Barnet...
Stacy Barnett (Faculty)
ZZ904: Confidence in Competition (Confident Dog Conference)
Our dogs work beautifully at home and in our training building. Then we go to a trial and things don’t go as planned. What happened? Each trial site has an array of unique dis...
Petra Ford (Faculty)
ZZ905: Sara's Favorite Games for Building Confidence (Confident Dog Conference)
Specializing in puppy raising and sport foundation, confidence building is one of Sara's main focuses of training. Sara believes that building up your dog's confidence and emo...
Sara Brueske (Faculty)
ZZ906: The Confidence-Building Power of Mild Arousal (Confident Dog Conference)
The subject of arousal comes up in every class I teach: Empowerment, Control Unleashed at all levels, my sport dog classes, and even Baby Genius. We hear a lot about ‘optimal ...
Julie Daniels (Faculty)
ZZ907: Panel Talks - (1) Confidence in Competition: What do You Need to Know & (2) Feeling Fabulous: Confidence and Behavior Change
Panel talk - Confidence in Competition: What You Need to Know One hour talk with panelists Alex Lato, Denise Fenzi, Petra Ford, and Stacy Barnett Questions include: ...
Various Instructors (Guest Presentations )
ZZ908: "Is that Normal, Doc?" What to Expect when Expecting an Adolescent Dog (Adolescent Dog Conference)
The adolescent dog undergoes an incredible change, from energy to sociability to hormonal changes and the brain. This time is often confusing and frustrating for owners becaus...
Sophie Liu, DVM (Guest Presentations )
ZZ909: Navigating Prey Drive in Teenage Dogs (Adolescent Dog Conference)
Adolescence is a development phase during which prey drive in young dogs often intensifies, potentially leading to challenges in their relationships with their people. This pr...
Tracey McLennan (Guest Instructors)
ZZ910: Proactive Socialisation for Adolescent Dogs (Adolescent Dog Conference)
Adolescence is a notoriously challenging time for two and four legged creatures ;) knowing how to navigate the ups and downs of the ‘terrible Teens’ is a crucial part of succe...
Kamal Fernandez (Faculty)
ZZ911: How to Survive Adolescence and Still Like Your Dog (Adolescent Dog Conference)
We all know how it goes: we get our precious new puppy, the most adorable one we've ever seen, and we have our plans made and our dreams set. And they're the perfect angel, co...
Amy Cook, PhD (Faculty)
ZZ912: Tailoring Training for Adolescent Brains (Adolescent Dog Conference)
Our dogs transition through several phases across their lifetime; from a behavior perspective, adolescence is perhaps the phase with the most potential to cause disruption in ...
Sharon Carroll (Faculty)
ZZ913: Adolescence as a Critical Period for Developing Mental Flexibility (Adolescent Dog Conference)
The adolescent brain is truly special! The adolescent dog has a learning base of life experiences, so they come to adolescence with opinions. But their brains are still truly ...
Julie Daniels (Faculty)
ZZ914: Panel Talks: (1) Living with and Loving Your Adolescent Dog & (2) The Adolescent Dog in the Dog Sport World
Panel talk - Living with and Loving Your Adolescent Dog One hour talk with panelists Amy Cook Phd, Erin Lynes, Kamal Fernandez, and Tracey McLennan Questions include: Ado...
Various Instructors (Guest Presentations )
ZZ915: Identifying Emotional States While Training Behaviours (High Drive Dog Conference)
This presentation will provide information and techniques to help you understand the importance of emotions when training behaviours and how those emotions in training can inf...
Jane Ardern (Guest Presentations )
ZZ916: Drive vs. Arousal: Understanding and Managing Over-arousal in the High Drive Dog (High Drive Dog Conference)
People often talk about drive and arousal interchangeably, often mistaking one for the other. This isn’t surprising because the two are intimately intertwined. However, they ...
Helene Lawler (Faculty)
ZZ917: High Octane Fitness: Peak Performance & Preventing Injury (High Drive Dog Conference)
Performance dogs are athletes. High drive performance dogs are elite athletes. They NEED to work out! Exercise provides a much-needed physical, mental and emotional outlet. Un...
Petra Ford (Faculty)
ZZ918: Unraveling Frustration: A Journey into Understanding High Drive Dogs (High Drive Dog Conference)
Join my dogs and me for an entertaining webinar where we delve into the world of high drive dogs and explore how embracing fascination can transform frustration into a rewardi...
Crystal Wing (Guest Presentations )
ZZ919: From Here to There: Managing High Drive Dogs in Working Environments (High Drive Dog Conference)
You've got a good handle on arousal management when your dog is actively training and competing - awesome! Now let's talk about...more! Qualities that make high-drive dogs am...
Denise Fenzi (Faculty)
ZZ920: Plan B to Plan Z: How to Cope with Arousal and Train Your High Drive Dog (High Drive Dog Conference)
Bark bark, whine, whine, stalky sticky prey freezing. Did you have any of those behaviors when you trained last? What about when you went to a new place? Or trialed? I mean, m...
Shade Whitesel (Faculty)
ZZ921: Panel Talks: (1) Living With Your High Drive Dog & (2) Reinforcement Procedures for the High Drive Dog
Panel talk - Living with Your High Drive Dog One hour talk with panelists Hélène Lawler, Jane Ardern, Karen Deeds & Petra Ford Questions include: What is your be...
Various Instructors (Guest Presentations )
ZZ922: Toy Play for Puppies (Puppies Conference)
Toy play isn't as easy as playing with your dog. In this presentation, we'll chat about ways to shape your puppy's toy play into an effective reinforcement option for training...
Sara Brueske (Faculty)
ZZ923: The Puppy Putty Perspective Problem (Puppies Conference)
The Puppy Putty Perspective Problem - Exposing the Myth That “It’s All How You Raise Them” It’s a well-meaning lie that arose from good intentions - the idea that dogs a...
Kim Brophey (Guest Presentations )
ZZ924: Training on Their Timeline: Adjusting Your Training Plans and Expectations for the Puppy in Front of You (Puppies Conference)
No two puppies are alike because no two situations are alike. What a puppy needs in my home may be different from what that same puppy needs in your home. In this presentation...
Megan Foster (Faculty)
ZZ925: Enjoy the Journey: Leash Walking Fun for Puppies & Their People (Puppies Conference)
It’s a bit of a pickle isn’t it: the fact that almost as soon as we get our new puppies home, we need to start taking them places on leash…. but we also know that solid ...
Erin Lynes (Faculty)
ZZ926: New Puppy? Let's Talk about Dog Interactions! (Puppies Conference)
You’ve got your new family member all picked out! The trouble is, what do your current dogs think of the new arrival? Join me as I go over helpful tips and teachings to help ...
Shade Whitesel (Faculty)
ZZ927: Training Puppies for Fitness and Skills- When to Start? What to Do? (Puppies Conference)
Puppies are uniquely susceptible to certain injuries, and their effects can last a lifetime. Depending on their eventual adult size, puppies’ musculoskeletal and neurological ...
Chris Zink, DVM (Guest Presentations )
ZZ928: Panel Talks: (1) Resilience: Nature versus Nurture & (2) Developing Your Working Relationship with Your Future Sports Star
Panel Talk- Resilience: Nature versus Nurture One hour talk with panelists Barbara, Lloyd, Julie Daniels, Kim Brophy, Erin Lynes Questions include: What is resilience? D...
Various Instructors (Guest Presentations )
