Fenzi Dog Sports Academy

January 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)

F3001: From GO To WHOA!: How to Switch from Chaos to Settle

3 WEEK CLASS - Got a dog who struggles to settle or flip the switch to off? In this focused 3-week class, you’ll learn simple, easy behaviours that will help your dog find their CHILL so they can settle quickly and ...

Heather Lawson(Faculty)

February 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)

FE280: Cutting Out the Cookies (or Toys!) - Reducing Reinforcement for R+ Trainers

Ever feel envy when you watch a obedience/rally/Schutzhund/etc… trial performance and the dog executes perfect skills for the WHOLE routine? No treats in the handler’s pocket, no toy in their hand, but the dog is ce...

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 ima...

Sara Brueske(Faculty)

FF125: The Adolescent Dog: Making a Terrific Teenager!

Adolescence... argh! The era of big bodies and big feelings but tiny brains and tiny attention spans. That time frame between around 6 to 24 months when your sweet little training superstar seems to dissolve a...

Erin Lynes(Faculty)

FF155: Go Ahead, Motivate Me! Engagement for the Differently Motivated Dog

The types of dogs that will be best suited to joining us in this class are those that are naturally quite independent, appear to have very little interest in “work”, appear to have a very short attention-span when i...

Sharon Carroll(Faculty)

FF185: Ready and Resilient: From Puppy to Awesome Adult

Ready and Resilient: From Puppy to Awesome Adult Puppyhood: A magical time where we can ensure that the puppy we have will grow up to be perfect in every way - or at least, that's what a lot of people tell ...

Irith Bloom(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, ...

Julie Flanery(Faculty)

April 2026

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 careers i...

Sara Brueske(Faculty)

June 2026

FE130: Toys - Developing Cooperation and Play

Shade Whitesel(Faculty)

FF165: A Star Puppy: Using Control Unleashed and Free Work to Raise a Confident Puppy

Maximize your puppy’s confidence and resilience with Control Unleashed and ACE (Animal Centred Care) Free Work. I’ve raised many puppies of my own, but it is my most recent puppy who I raised with a CU and Free...

Foundations

January 2026

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

Julie Flanery(Faculty)

F3001: From GO To WHOA!: How to Switch from Chaos to Settle

Heather Lawson(Faculty)

February 2026

FE130: Toys - Developing Cooperation and Play

Shade Whitesel(Faculty)

FE280: Cutting Out the Cookies (or Toys!) - Reducing Reinforcement for R+ Trainers

Shade Whitesel(Faculty)

FE595: Bombproof Behaviors

Sara Brueske(Faculty)

FF125: The Adolescent Dog: Making a Terrific Teenager!

Erin Lynes(Faculty)

FF155: Go Ahead, Motivate Me! Engagement for the Differently Motivated Dog

Sharon Carroll(Faculty)

FF185: Ready and Resilient: From Puppy to Awesome Adult

Irith Bloom(Faculty)

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

Julie Flanery(Faculty)

April 2026

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

Sara Brueske(Faculty)

June 2026

FE130: Toys - Developing Cooperation and Play

Shade Whitesel(Faculty)

FF165: A Star Puppy: Using Control Unleashed and Free Work to Raise a Confident Puppy

Kim Palermo(Faculty)