Fenzi Dog Sports Academy

October 2026

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 say? Is you...

Shade Whitesel(Faculty)

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

When you've got a puppy, there is a whole lot of excitement, so many hopes, dreams, and goals for the future... but also, SO MUCH to train! Where do you even begin? How do you prioritize what will...

Erin Lynes(Faculty)

FE240: Calling All Dogs

It is my passion to help humans and dogs develop stronger relationships based on games, shared adventures and maximizing our dogs' freedom while keeping them safe. A strong relationship and, built o...

Caden Cristopher(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 unprepared or rehearsing behavior we don't want at seminars, classes and trials. Over time this ...

Shade Whitesel(Faculty)

November 2026

F3000: Say What!? The Hows and Whys of Teaching Clean Verbal Cues

3 WEEK CLASS - Have you found it challenging to help your dog grasp verbal cues? Does it seem like your dog sometimes doesn’t recognize the verbal cues you’ve taught? Or perhaps verbal cues feel less relevant to you...

Julie Flanery(Faculty)

F3017: Not Yours! Building a Rock-Solid Food Refusal

3 WEEK CLASS - Could your dog stay in a down while someone drops food right in front of them, or even between their feet? Food refusal is one of those sport exercises that looks almost like a magic trick when it’s ...

Sarah Rida(Guest Instructors)

F3018: Using Food in Training: Changing the Role Food Plays

3 WEEK CLASS - Whether our dog is mugging us for food, struggling to ignore food containers, or refusing to work when food isn’t visible, the underlying problem may be surprisingly similar: food itself has become pa...

Sharon Carroll(Faculty)

F3019: SPOT ON! Stations, Targets & Turn-Taking for Life and Sports

3 WEEK CLASS - Does your dog think dinner guests came for a personal greeting? Does “wait your turn” sound reasonable until another dog gets the cookie? Maybe you’d love a dog who can relax beside you at a café, wa...

Heather Lawson(Faculty)

December 2026

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 work o...

Sara Brueske(Faculty)

FF140: Connect and Engage with Games: Build Focus for Sport Dogs

Ready to build a dog who loves working with you — no matter what’s happening around them? Does your dog lose focus during training or in the competition ring? Maybe they start sniffing, checking out other dogs, cha...

Nicole Wiebusch (Faculty)

FF200: Let's Play!

Teaching Approach: New class!

Crystal Wing(Faculty)

FF225: Energized Engagement

Engagement is the most challenging skill to achieve in dog training. It’s also easily the most important. An engaged dog is actively involved in the learning process and pushing you for more. When a dog is offering ...

Petra Ford(Faculty)

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

Shaping is the art of teaching by reinforcing small, incremental steps toward a final, goal behavior—letting the dog take the lead in the learning process. It builds problem‑solving, confidence, creativity, an...

Julie Flanery(Faculty)

February 2027

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 imagi...

Sara Brueske(Faculty)

FF115: Control Games for All the Sports

This class teaches control and handler focus suitable for a variety of dog sports. Using structured games, handlers will work on impulse control, focus, and responsiveness in the presence of distractions. The empha...