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Behavior
BH110: Dealing with the Bogeyman: Helping Reactive and Fearful Dogs - The Play Way!
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, PhD(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, PhD(Faculty)
BH170: Harnessing the Powers of Choice and Habit
Harnessing the Power of Choice and Habit A dog’s behavior matters. That’s true whether you are competing with your dog or just want a wonderful family companion. Understanding where your dog’s behavi...
Irith Bloom(Faculty)
BH230: Control Unleashed - A Deep Dive into Pattern Games
Bring the power of Control Unleashed into your training with this deep dive into CU Pattern Games! Control Unleashed is a program that was founded by Leslie McDevitt to help dogs adapt to and live comforly in our...
Kim Palermo(Faculty)
BH240: Working with Reactive and Hyper-aroused Dogs
This class is best suited to dogs that respond in an active way when experiencing fear, excitement, or frustration, or when exposed to a "trigger" that initiates an innate response (e.g. a desire to herd or chase...
Sharon Carroll(Faculty)
Body, Health & Fitness
CC140: Aged to Perfection: Keeping Your Senior Fit in Mind and Body
As the owner of multiple dogs in their double digit years, each at various stages of ‘aged to perfection’, I understand the challenges that can come with having an older dog (or several!) This class i...
Erin Lynes(Faculty)
CC280: Preventing and Addressing the Iliopsoas
Iliopsoas injuries are unfortunately becoming a fact in many performance dogs' lives, as well as the lives of active dogs. This course will review the reasons why so many dogs are suffering from iliopsoas i...
Debbie (Gross) Torraca(Faculty)
EL880: Core Concepts for Canines and Handlers
Core strength is essential for absolutely everything that we, and our Canine teammates, do. From sitting, or standing still, lifting and moving limbs, to more complex whole body movements. The core musculatu...
Liz Joyce(Faculty)Kelly Daniel(Faculty)
Electives
FF240: Tricks for Titles
Did you know that you can now title your dog in Tricks?! Tricks aren’t just for fun anymore and this isn’t just another tricks class! Tricks have so many purposes including teaching your dog to enjoy training, sh...
Sara Brueske(Faculty)
RA590: Tricked into Freestyle: From Foundation to Fantastic!
Are you ready to add some paw-zazz to your trick training? Ti of the same old tricks of spins and weaves? Let’s kick it up a notch! We’ll take the basics and transform them into an array of awesome tricks and beh...
Julie Flanery(Faculty)
Foundations
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)
FE420: Bye, Bye Cookie: Hello Delayed Reinforcement!
Do you struggle to get your dog's attention without a cookie (or toy!) in your hand? Are you ti of your dog only responding to a cue when you reach into your pocket? ...
Laura Waudby(Faculty)
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 wor...
Sara Brueske(Faculty)
FF140: Connect and Engage with Games: Build Focus for Sport Dogs
Have you ever felt embarrassed when your dog checks out in the middle of training — or worse yet, in the middle of the competition ring? This could look like the dog sniffing on the ground, running to another per...
Nicole Wiebusch (Faculty)
FF175: Building Bravery: Concepts and Games for Growing Confident, Optimistic Dogs
Teaching Approach: Sample Lecture New class! Registration courselist sessions FF175 /s
Erin Lynes(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 offeri...
Petra Ford(Faculty)
Obedience
OB115: TEAM Sports Foundations - Level One
Interested in obedience or rally? This isn't a class full of heeling around in circles! Learn about using foot targets, backing up, and fancy pivoting. Geek out about precise position changes such ...
Laura Waudby(Faculty)
OB140: From Pivots to Practical Heeling
Build Beautiful Heeling Without the Stress Feeling stuck on the pivot bowl? Unsure how to turn those stationary skills into smooth, confident heeling? You’re not alone—and this class was designed for you. If th...
Nicole Wiebusch (Faculty)
OB380: Unstick the Stuck Heeling: What's Keeping you from Trialing?
Are you and your dog struggling with heeling? Do you and your dog have nice heeling when you train, but the performance falls apart when you leave the comfort of home? Have you been stuck with the same problem fo...
Nancy Gagliardi Little(Faculty)
OB405: Open Obedience - Conquering Complexity and Challenges
Instructor: Petra Ford Registration courselist sessions OB405 /s
Petra Ford(Faculty)
OB630: Shaping a Fast and Furious Retrieve
Want a strong, motivated retrieve of the dumbell and a good foundation for utility exercises? Join me as I teach you how to create a firm hold, the end skill in the complex retrieve chain. Our basic goa...
Shade Whitesel(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
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 li...
Julie Symons(Faculty)
N120S: NW120 - Introduction to NW Search Elements
Did you know that the MOST important time in a dog's early career in Nosework happens AFTER they learn target odor (as in NW101) and BEFORE they start their general searching? Making mistakes now are costly. &nbs...
Stacy Barnett(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)
NW385: Ambitious Drills for Analyzing Skills
This is the third class in my popular Drills and Skills series. With all training we need to maintain skills, progress skills, and then be a little more ambitious to try something more difficult! Our dogs are ama...
Julie Symons(Faculty)
NW445: Rising to the Nosework Challenge: 6 weeks of Setups
Are you looking for ideas to give your training a boost? Do you want a class that will let you conquer your goals in small bites? This class is for the busy noseworker who wants to make progress without a lot of ...
Stacy Barnett(Faculty)
TR102: Foundation Tracking 2
This course will continue to develop both drive and accuracy on foundation tracks. Our priority for this class will be to further develop the skills that the dog acqui in TR101. We will work towards incre...
