Fenzi Dog Sports Academy - Course Schedule

December 1, 2024

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) your dog nee...

Nancy Gagliardi Little(Faculty)

AG265: Near and Far: Forward Focus vs. Come To Hand

Running an agility course is all about clarity. The clearer we are, the easier a time our dog has understanding our handling and the better we do on course together. This leads us to the two most important aspec...

Bronagh Daly(Guest Instructors)

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)

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)

BH285: Control Unleashed Pattern Games for Sports and Life Skills

This class is for dogs who have trouble with the environmental conditions they meet in their life with you. Is your dog aroused by other dogs, afraid of new people, stimulated by motion, or anxious ab...

Julie Daniels(Faculty)Kim Palermo(Guest Instructors)

BH335: Dealing With Feelings: Applied Counterconditioning and Desensitization

Whether your dog is having problems in the ring or struggling in daily life, the key to addressing problematic behaviour can be understanding and improving the dog’s emotional state. That's where countercondition...

Irith Bloom(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)

CC205: Targeting Fitness

Want to start fitness using targeting? Maybe fine tune your dog’s fitness skills to uce your dogs luring during exercises. This class is for you! This class will teach a variety of targeting skills including fro...

Kelly Daniel(Faculty)

CC220: Massage for Canine Athletes

Learn how to care for your canine athlete while training, resting, or on the day of a big event. This class will focus on teaching you the skill of using your hands to work soft tissue to increase circulation, uc...

Aleks Woodroffe(Guest Instructors)

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)

Electives

FE375: Is This It? Match To Sample

Can your dog pick out the identical matching item you're holding or pick out an item from a pile that you've previously touched? Ever wonde just how far you can go in stretching your dog’s cognitive abilities? In...

Heather Lawson(Faculty)

FF245: Stunt Dog Tricks

Want to train fun, active tricks that "wow" your friends? This class focuses on teaching more extreme tricks that are sure to impress. In this class we will teach body stalls, rebounds, dog catches and other tric...

Sara Brueske(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)

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)

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)

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

OB130: TEAM Sports Foundations Level One

Have big obedience dreams, or want to dip your toe in and give obedience a try? This class will give you an excellent set of foundation skills for AKC, CKC, FCI obedience, or freestyle and it will help yo...

Heather Lawson(Faculty)

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 performance foun...

Laura Waudby(Faculty)

OB195: Creating Confidence in Your Obedience Dog

Most dogs are not innately confident. Especially when it comes to obedience. A sport that is not inherently self-reinforcing. A sport where dogs must learn to perform complex behaviors under a lot of pressure. In...

Petra Ford(Faculty)

OB425: From TEAM to Trials: Building Chains for the Open Ring

Obedience can be fun!! Even if you are just starting your journey and think that getting past novice sounds like a pipedream, you want to start this class! Get unstuck from the boring stuff in novice ...

Laura Waudby(Faculty)

OB440: Utility Fun - Putting the Pieces Together

Utility IS fun!! In this class, I deconstruct all the exercises into manageable pieces. Each piece is taught and maintained like a trick. This makes the exercises accessible for us and the dog...

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

RA330: Movin' On Up: Skills and Signs for Master Rally

Did you know you can go from novice to the master class in just 9 runs? It happens so fast! Are you a little intimidated by the master signs, with all those spins, sends, and signals? Don’t be! The r...

Nicole Wiebusch (Faculty)

RA500: Foundation Skills for Rally-FrEe and Musical Freestyle

Rally-FrEe is a unique sport with the structure of a Rally course and the creativity of Musical Freestyle. To learn more about Rally-FrEe, please visit www.rallyfree.com Each sport has its own set of foundation ...

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 like shy...

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)

NW270: Foundations, Foundations, Foundations for Nosework

Have you ever heard the phrase, "Go back to Foundations?" Do you really know what that means? In this class we will learn WHAT the proper foundations are for Nosework and will work on enhancin...

Stacy Barnett(Faculty)

NW335: Nosework Handling: Insights and Improvements

In this class, handlers will learn to assess and enhance their handling skills within the context of nosework. Designed for all skill levels, this course offers a supportive environment where participants can eva...

Julie Symons(Faculty)

NW530: The Upper Levels: Building Skills for Elite and Summit

There is nothing quite so exhilarating as searching at the Elite and Summit levels. These are levels that push you as a handler to be nimble and focused. In Summit you have to not only maint...

Stacy Barnett(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, 2025

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 Ti of "just managing" your lungy barky dog in the moment? You can AMP up your management with an Active Management Plan! Don't improvise, don't "make it up ...

Amy Cook, PhD(Faculty)

BH265: Strategies for Training and Competing the Sensitive Dog

This class provides information for those working with dogs that perform the following behaviors in training, in competition, or in specific situations: slowing, hesitating, freezing, losing focus, appearin...

Sharon Carroll(Faculty)

BH375: Freedom from FOMO: Overcoming Canine Frustration

Does your dog frequently experience feelings of FOMO (Fear of Missing Out) or frustration at the thought of being left out of all things fun? Whether those feelings come up when you are training another dog...

Nicole Wiebusch (Faculty)

BH410: Normal or Not? Common Behavioral Disorders

Normal, or Not? Diagnosis and Treatment of Common Behavioral Disorders Does your performance partner have a behavior problem that seems like more than “just” a routine training issue? How can you tell? Can dogs ...

Jennifer Summerfield, DVM(Guest Instructors)

Body, Health & Fitness

CC300: Getting Geeky About Fitness

This class is an intensive dive into the geeky side of Canine Fitness and Conditioning training. We’ll look at relevant biology and biomechanics, anatomy and physiology terms, relevant training theory and applica...

Kelly Daniel(Faculty)

EL800: Unlock Your Handling Potential: Handler Fitness 101

Are you done with struggling to keep up with your active dog during competitions or in life? Do you want to improve your scores and have more fun? Are you looking for a way to give back to yourself AND multitask ...

Liz Joyce(Faculty)

FF190: All About Nails

You asked for it; you got it! By popular demand we are now offering a husbandry class strictly focused on feet and nails. Of all the grooming procedures that your dog needs, people report BY FAR...

Deborah Jones(Faculty)

Electives

FE650: Adjust the Dog - Introduction to Lightroom

Back in the good ol' days of film, clicking the camera only got you halfway to a completed photograph. The other half was the development process, whether that was done at a commercial lab or in a photo...

Amy Johnson(Faculty)

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)

FF410: Cognitive Challenges: The Key to How Your Dog Thinks

A creative class developed by Barbara Lloyd to test your dog’s ability problem solve. This class is suile for puppies and dogs all the way up to adulthood. For puppies in particular, this class wo...

Barbara Lloyd(Guest Instructors)

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 say? Is ...

Shade Whitesel(Faculty)

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

First Things First is the new puppy owner's guide to building strong skills and social behaviors -right from the start! With a progression based on my board-and-train puppy program, this s...

Erin Lynes(Faculty)

FE225: Shaping Skills: From Start to Finish!

Do you end up doing a palm-to-face plant every time you start a shaping project? Using shaping to teach behaviours to our dogs can be both exhilarating and downright frustrating. Sometimes we fly along, and other...

Heather Lawson(Faculty)

FF115: Control Games for All the Sports

This course utilizes games to help teach your dog focus and self control with a focus on sport behaviors. Start line stays, working around distractions and choosing to focus on the handler are some of the g...

Sara Brueske(Faculty)

FF145: Food Cues and Markers: Powerful Reinforcement for Clean Training

Are you finding yourself confused by all the new marker cues for everything? Toss, X, Yes, Sniff, Scatter, it’s hard to keep them all straight and your head is going to explode! What is the big deal anyway?...

Shade Whitesel(Faculty)

FF150: Greet Expectations: The Art of the Polite Hello!

Is your dog TOO friendly? Over-excited, jumpy, and perhaps even a little unwittingly rude with how eagerly they greet you, other family members, or strangers? If you’ve found yourself wishing that y...

Erin Lynes(Faculty)

FF215: Game Changer!

As positive reinforcement trainers, we understand that our dogs have choices – the choice to engage or not engage, to stay or go, to work or not work, to choose us or choose the environment. These choices are cru...

Julie Flanery(Faculty)

Obedience

OB135: TEAM Sports Foundations Level Two

This class continues on with the foundations begun in TEAM 1! This class is designed to cover all the exercises in the TEAM Level 2. The TEAM program systematically lays out the building blocks for dev...

Heather Lawson(Faculty)

OB225: Competition Heeling Part Two - Skills & Engagement

Heeling requires significant concentration and sustained focus to maintain position, focal point and engagement. Heeling is easily the most difficult obedience exercise. When trained properly, it is a ...

Petra Ford(Faculty)

OB285: From TEAM to Trials: Building Chains for the Novice Ring

This class will teach you how to take your TEAM foundations skills in levels 1 & 2 and use those to create the full exercises used in trials. We will be looking specifically at the exercises at the novi...

Laura Waudby(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

RA260: Get Ready to Rally - Foundation Skills

Welcome to the exciting world of Rally! In this course, we will guide you through the essential skills requi for each Novice sign. From sits and downs to fronts, finishes, turns, and short heeling segments, we'll...

Nicole Wiebusch (Faculty)

RA550: Transitions and Flow - Creating Effective Sequences for Musical Freestyle Routines

Have you ever watched a freestyle performance that mesmerized you? Not because the dog was performing a lot of difficult or fancy tricks or because the handler had a great costume and danced well, b...

Julie Flanery(Faculty)

Scent Sports

N101S: NW101 - Introduction to Nosework

Stacy Barnett(Faculty)

N120J: NW120 - Introduction to NW Search Elements

This course picks up where NW101 left off! This course also can be used as a refresher for introducing the search elements. Our method is effective on all types of dogs, from insecure and unfocused dogs...

Julie Symons(Faculty)

N130M: 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 nosework program and will build on the skills ...

Melissa Chandler(Faculty)

NW160: Alerts - Developing and Problem Solving

This course is a handlers choice to work on improving your dog's detection alert. Does your dog need to have a specific alert behavior in order to compete in your nosework venue? Is your dog not committed...

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)

NW465: Making the Inaccessible Hide Easy

Inaccessible hides require the handler and dog to demonstrate increased trust and communication in order to call alert confidently. Being sure enough to call Alert gets more and more challenging the deeper or the...

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...

Lucy Newton(Faculty)

April 1, 2025

Agility

AG220: Building and Maintaining Stopped Contacts

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

Nancy Gagliardi Little(Faculty)

Behavior

BH110: Dealing with the Bogeyman: Helping Reactive and Fearful Dogs - The Play Way!

Amy Cook, PhD(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)

CC190: Caring for Your Star Athlete

This class is going to take an in depth look at an integrated approach to your canine athletes physical and emotional wellbeing. This will include: home life, emotions and behavior, competition and training, phys...

Kelly Daniel(Faculty)

EL830: Prevent & Perform: Couch to 5K for the Handler

Have you struggled with starting a running routine only to be sidelined by injuries or a lack of motivation? Imagine transforming your running experience with expert guidance that helps you prevent injuries and s...

Liz Joyce(Faculty)

Electives

FE600: Shoot the Dog!

Did you get a new camera and aren’t sure how to take photos of your dog that aren’t one big blur? Do you want to get out of Auto mode on your expensive cam...

Amy Johnson(Faculty)

FE660: Chase the Dog - Photographing Dogs in Motion

Are you frustrated with blurry or poorly lit photos of your energetic pup? Photographing dogs in action can be a challenging task, but with the right techniques and tools, it can also be ...

Amy Johnson(Faculty)

Foundations

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...

Shade Whitesel(Faculty)

FE415: Zen Logic - Making Sense of Self Control

What is Zen Logic? The title Zen Logic has two meanings. First, Zen Logic is a training approach based on the concept that giving up what you want can lead to an even better outcome than directly goin...

Deborah Jones(Faculty)Judy Keller(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 take the Canine Good Neighbour (CGN), Canine Good Citizen (CGC) or Urban ...

Heather Lawson(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)

FF160: The PROOF is in the Training: Building Strong Behaviors

Consistent. Reliable. Confident. We’ve all seen those dogs who seem to have a perfect understanding of the job they’re being asked to do — whether in the obedience ring, working as a therapy dog, or that g...

Nicole Wiebusch (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, fancy pivoting, teach scent articles, an independent back up, and start a go out! &n...

Laura Waudby(Faculty)

OB335: Gloves and Go-Outs!

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Laura Waudby(Faculty)

OB430: Maintaining Engagement at Distance

We often have to leave our dogs in the obedience ring. They need to work at a distance from us in spite of pressure from the judge, the environment and the ring gates. We have no connection with them,...

Petra Ford(Faculty)

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 you get fr...

Shade Whitesel(Faculty)

OB480: Train to Trial

How do I get the same performance in training and in the ring? That is one of the most common challenges in competitive sports. It is something everyone struggles with. “My dog ONLY does that in...

Petra Ford(Faculty)

Other Dog Sports

DS110: Dryland Dock Diving Training- Foundation, Fitness and Fixes!

Are you interested in dock diving and want to give your dog a great foundation before you even hit the pool? Or perhaps you’ve been to the pool with your dog and things didn’t go as well as you expected. OR...

Erin Lynes(Faculty)

DS180: Introduction to Shed Antler Hunting

Searching for and retrieving antlers- either as a pursuit in the wild or for competition- is one of the fastest growing activities that appeals to a large variety of dogs. In this class, I'll provide you with a r...

Erin Lynes(Faculty)

DS340: Disc Dog - Handler's Choice

Disc dog is an amazing sport that has a variety of elements suile for any toy-driven dog. This hybrid “handler’s choice” course will allow each team to work on the aspects of disc dog that suit them best but will...

Sara Brueske(Faculty)

Rally & Freestyle

RA320: Rally: Beyond the Basics

Your dog has great rally skills in your living room, but now you’re not sure what to do next! How do you progress toward your goals? What’s involved in going from your small training area to an en...

Nicole Wiebusch (Faculty)

Scent Sports

N101M: NW101 - Introduction to Nosework

Nosework is easily one of the hottest new sports around and continues to grow by leaps and bounds. And it is easy to see why! It’s fun for humans, dogs love to participate, and it’s good for buil...

Melissa Chandler(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)

NW230: Polishing Skills for NW2 and NW3

Want to take your Nosework skills to the next level? Moving up to NW2 and NW3 means new and more challenging skills. Hides at these levels start to get more complicated so it's essential to level up your trainin...

Stacy Barnett(Faculty)

NW485: Air Flow! Your Training Superpower

What do you get when you combine air movement, target odor, strategic hide placement, and setup strategy? You get a dog who understands how to search effectively! Dogs naturally understand what odor is. However,...

Stacy Barnett(Faculty)

TR101: Foundation Tracking 1

Lucy Newton(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)

June 1, 2025

Agility

AG190: The Glue for Future Agility Stars

Nancy Gagliardi Little(Faculty)

EL820: Unleash Your Speed - Handler Sprinting 101

Do you need to support your dog more? Are you ready to finish your courses strong? Do you need more handling options? It’s all just within your reach but alas … you need a little more speed. During the nex...

Liz Joyce(Faculty)

Behavior

BH150: Management for Reactive Dogs

https://youtu.be/tNKvwjofJ8U Ti of "just managing" your lungy barky dog in the moment? You can AMP up your management with an Active Management Plan! Don't improvise, don't "make it up ...

Amy Cook, PhD(Faculty)

BH160: Sound Advice: Conquering Noise Sensitivity

Amy Cook, PhD(Faculty)

Electives

FE630: Clone the Dog (Photoshop for Photographers)

Instructor: Amy Johnson Photoshop is a GINORMOUS piece of software and we cannot do more than scratch the surface of its features. The class will introduce as many topics as is comforle without overwhelmin...

Amy Johnson(Faculty)

FE670: Expose the Dog

What Settings Should I Use? Of all the questions I get asked as a photographer, this one is the most common. Knowing how to pick your settings to use on your DSLR or mirrorless camera can mak...

Amy Johnson(Faculty)

Foundations

FE130: Toys - Developing Cooperation and Play

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 until you reach into your pocket? &nbs...

Laura Waudby(Faculty)

Obedience

OB140: From Pivots to Practical Heeling

Does the thought of teaching heeling leave you feeling overwhelmed? Not sure where to start? Maybe your dog is stuck on the bowl? This class will get you off the bowl and moving forward! If you ...

Nicole Wiebusch (Faculty)

OB355: Open Foundation Fun!

Open Obedience Foundation Fun! It’s time to move away from thinking of obedience as serious. An open run is really just a long chain of pet tricks! Breaking the exercises into small pieces and teaching eac...

Petra Ford(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 class as wel...

Shade Whitesel(Faculty)

Rally & Freestyle

RA310: From Good to GREAT! Increasing Your Rally Scores

You love playing rally with your dog, but sometimes you wish your scores were just a bit higher. Imagine being able to increase your rally scores simply by incorporating some minor changes. Did you kn...

Nicole Wiebusch (Faculty)

Scent Sports

N101J: NW101 - Introduction to Nosework

Julie Symons(Faculty)

N120M: NW120 - Introduction to NW Search Elements

Melissa Chandler(Faculty)

N130S: 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 nosework program and will teach the advanced skills with ...

Stacy Barnett(Faculty)

NW345: Container Wizardry: Fixes, Proofs, and Results

This class is about creating the AMAZING Container Dog... Containers are tough in that they really are NOT a searching exericse... they are a Selection exercise. That means that we can get all sorts...

Stacy Barnett(Faculty)

NW420: Honing Your NW Handling

Do you wish you were a better handler? Handling is 80% dog / 20 % handler. How you handle makes a huge difference in your performance and in your pass rate.... it drives those "P's" and "Q's"! ...

Course Schedule

SCHEDULE

December 1, 2024

December 1, 2024

Nancy Gagliardi Little(Faculty)

Bronagh Daly(Guest Instructors)

Amy Cook, PhD(Faculty)

Amy Cook, PhD(Faculty)

Sharon Carroll(Faculty)

Julie Daniels(Faculty)Kim Palermo(Guest Instructors)

Irith Bloom(Faculty)

Erin Lynes(Faculty)

Kelly Daniel(Faculty)

Aleks Woodroffe(Guest Instructors)

Debbie (Gross) Torraca(Faculty)

Heather Lawson(Faculty)

Sara Brueske(Faculty)

Shade Whitesel(Faculty)

Sara Brueske(Faculty)

Nicole Wiebusch (Faculty)

Julie Flanery(Faculty)

Heather Lawson(Faculty)

Laura Waudby(Faculty)

Petra Ford(Faculty)

Laura Waudby(Faculty)

Petra Ford(Faculty)

Shade Whitesel(Faculty)

Nicole Wiebusch (Faculty)

Julie Flanery(Faculty)

Julie Symons(Faculty)

Melissa Chandler(Faculty)

Stacy Barnett(Faculty)

Stacy Barnett(Faculty)

Julie Symons(Faculty)

Stacy Barnett(Faculty)

Lucy Newton(Faculty)