Fenzi Dog Sports Academy - Course Schedule

November 1, 2026

Behavior

B3000: Arousal Mobility - Pattern Games for Managing Arousal

3 WEEK CLASS - Does your dog struggle to settle, stay focused, or shift gears in exciting environments? This class is designed to help dogs learn arousal regulation utilizing the power of pattern games. This cour...

Sara Brueske(Faculty)

B3009: Think fast: The Social Approach to Impulse Building

3 WEEK CLASS - It's Social Approach time again! This time we tackle impulsivity. We think it's time for a fresh perspective on a stand-by of dog training and behavior! What is an impulse, really, and why do...

Amy Cook PhD & Josefin Linderström(Faculty)

Behavior

C3007: Canine Flow Fitness: Dynamic Exercise Combinations

3 WEEK CLASS - Take your canine fitness training beyond single exercises and social-media trends. Canine Flow Fitness is an advanced 3-week online course for experienced dogs and handlers who are ready to build p...

Kelly Daniel(Faculty)

Foundations

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 ...

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...

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...

Sharon Carroll(Faculty)

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

3 WEEK CLASS - SPOT ON! 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 a...

Heather Lawson(Faculty)

F3020: No Pee Zone: Eliminating Elimination in Competition

3 WEEK CLASS - Some dogs are all business and focus on their task. Other dogs want to DO their business! Urine marking is a normal and instinctual behavior, but changing it can be very challenging once habit...

Julie Symons(Faculty)

Obedience

O3002: Upping your Game in Obedience

3 WEEK CLASS - I can’t even begin to guess how many times I’ve been told, or more often it’s that I’ve overheard, that obedience is boring. It’s not motivating. It's picle. It’s too uptight. And its true. Obed...

Laura Waudby(Faculty)

Other Dog Sports

D3000: Master Your Ready Position - Focus on Heel for Retriever Sports!

3 WEEK CLASS - No matter what sport you play, you have a Ready Position. Your dog knows that getting in position is what turns on the game! Or at least, that's the goal. When your dog learns that this posit...

Jennifer Henion(Faculty)

Scent Sports

N3005: Just Freeze It: Building Reliable Source Alerts

3 WEEK CLASS - A nose freeze can make it easier to call “ALERT!”, but it is not necessarily the right choice for every nose work team. This 3-week class is for teams that want to build, refine, or better understa...

Aleks Woodroffe(Faculty)

December 1, 2026

Agility

AG140: Building and Maintaining A Start Line

Many dogs begin their agility careers with a solid start line - only to see that behavior slowly unravel over time. Why does a reliable start line hold up for some dogs but not others? Why do some teams struggle,...

Nancy Gagliardi Little(Faculty)

AG355: 101 Agility Applications for a Dot

Are you looking for a new way to approach agility training both inside and outside the ring? Or a new solution to your agility training projects or problems? Let me introduce you to a dot! Dots are current...

Bronagh Daly(Faculty)

Behavior

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

This is Amy's signature Play Way class! If your dog feels fine at home but struggles once the world gets involved, you are not alone. Barking or lunging on walks, freezing or scanning in new places, or just seem...

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)

BH205: Dopamine Dive - Box Feeding

The Dopamine Dive A Practical Tool for Building Confidence, Calm, and Lasting Behavior Change Dopamine is a neurotransmitter that shapes pleasure, motivation, attention, mood, and learning. As a key part of the...

Karen Deeds, CDBC (Faculty)

BH240: Working with Reactive and Hyper-aroused Dogs

In this class we focus on dogs who react in an active way to aspects of the environment (e.g. joggers, other dogs, cars, unfamiliar people, bicycles, children, skateboards, prey animals, etc.) or to the env...

Sharon Carroll(Faculty)

BH255: I CU in the Real World: Advancing Your Control Unleashed Skills

Ready to take your CU skills on the road? Welcome to I CU in the Real World: Advancing Your Control Unleashed Skills! This class will build on all previous CU classes. Gold students will have the opport...

Kim Palermo(Faculty)

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)

Behavior

CC140: Aged to Perfection: Keeping Your Senior Fit in Mind and Body

Senior dogs are the best, aren't they? Mature, skilled, and in tune with us! But, this is also the life stage when a bit of worry starts to creep into our thoughts. Are they strong enough? Am I doing enough...

Erin Lynes(Faculty)

CC305: Sync and Select

Most fitness classes follow a "follow-the-leader" format where every dog performs the same repetition at the same time. Sync & Select breaks that mold. This is a "Handler’s Choice" curriculum designed for tho...

Kelly Daniel(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)

Foundations

FE420: Bye, Bye Cookie: Hello Delayed Reinforcement!

Does your dog only work when the cookies (or toy!) is in your pocket or even your hand? At trials, you're desperately gripping a few pieces of food just to keep them with you until you hit the ring ...

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

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, ...

Nicole Wiebusch (Faculty)

FF200: Let's Play!

Teaching Approach: New class! Registration courselist sessions FF200 module title="FF200 Subscriptions" /s

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 offeri...

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,...

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 you prepar...

Heather Lawson(Faculty)

OB365: Open Obedience Fun - Putting the Pieces Together

Open 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 dogs. Your dogs ...

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)

Other Dog Sports

DS180: Introduction to Shed Antler Hunting

From Fetch to Go Find! Are you ready to take the leap into one of the fastest-growing dog sports out there? Shed hunting combines scent work, retrieving, and the great outdoors, and this cla...

Erin Lynes(Faculty)

DS250: Best in Class: Conformation Show Skills and Conditioning

Have you ever watched a breed ring dog show and thought, “That looks easy! It’s just walking in left handed circles and standing still”? Well, my friends....there’s actually a lot more to showing a dog successful...

Ashley Escobar(Faculty)

Rally & Freestyle

RA310: From Good to GREAT! Increasing Your Rally Scores

Increase Your Rally Scores with Confidence You love rally and enjoy training with your dog—but when it comes to your scores, something’s just not clicking. Maybe you’re losing points and you’re not sure why. May...

Nicole Wiebusch (Faculty)

RA500: Foundation Skills for Rally-FrEe and Musical Freestyle

Rally-FrEe is a unique sport developed in 2012 that blends the structure of Rally with the creativity of Musical Freestyle. Originally designed to improve accuracy and precision in freestyle routines, it has sinc...

Julie Flanery(Faculty)

Scent Sports

N101J: NW101 - Introduction to Nosework

Strong Foundations. Clear Communication. Odor-Driven Learning. Nosework is one of the fastest-growing dog sports for good reason — it’s fun, builds confidence, and is suile for dogs of all ages and temperamen...

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)

NW195: Fill their Cup: Building Strength Through Nosework Foundations

Nosework training doesn’t always need to be about making searches bigger, harder, or more complex. Sometimes the best way forward is to return to the small pieces that built the dog in the first place. This six-...

Michele Ellertson(Guest Presentations )

NW290: Just Plain Killer Nosework Skills and Setups

Are you looking to take your Nosework skills to the next level? Wondering what skills you need to develop to go from GOOD to GREAT? Are you an advanced team that needs some polish? This class focuses on ...

Stacy Barnett(Faculty)

NW480: Searching Strategies: A Roadmap to Success

This class is all about a ROADMAP TO SUCCESS…. What does that mean? It means that we will delve into how to build an outstanding search dog and then how to trial effectively. This class has been developed s...

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 increas...

Lucy Newton(Faculty)

January 1, 2027

Agility

A3001: Arousal Games for Agility

3 WEEK CLASS - Does your dog have big feelings around agility or a certain aspect of it? Do they get amped up, over-aroused, or too high in the face of obstacles, midst of sequencing, or even the environment...

Bronagh Daly(Faculty)

Behavior

B3006: You’re Not the Boss of Me: Decoding Demand Barking

3 WEEK CLASS - Barking can be so annoying — especially when you know your dog is asking for something and you are not in the mood to give it to them. Barking at the start line of an agility course, barking for fo...

Irith Bloom(Faculty)

B3010: The Remote Positive Interrupter: Real-Life Calm & Safety

Instructor: Karen Deeds, CDBC Registration courselist sessions B3010 /s

Karen Deeds, CDBC (Faculty)

Foundations

F3021: Clarity in Communication - Food Reinforcement Procedures

Instructor: Shade Whitesel Registration courselist sessions F3021 /s

Shade Whitesel(Faculty)

Scent Sports

N3000: Advanced Skills for Emerging Nosework Teams

3 WEEK CLASS - Your team is growing, your dog is confident on odor, and it’s time to take that next big step! In this course, we’ll introduce advanced nosework skills designed specifically for emerging ...

Julie Symons(Faculty)

February 1, 2027

Behavior

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)

BH260: Sexy/Critters/Yummy Trash- Oh My! Overcoming Environmental Odor Challenges

Do you dread going outside to train, knowing that your dog is going to be head down, sniffing at the first chance that they get? I've got a whole class of tips and skills for you, to limit conflict and make your...

Shade Whitesel(Faculty)

BH345: On Guard – Working Through Resource Guarding Issues

Although resource guarding of food objects is a normal behavior in dogs, it can escalate to an abnormal state, which is of great concern to members of the household, both human and other pets. It can also ...

Karen Deeds, CDBC (Faculty)

Behavior

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(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)

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)

Electives

FF210: Brain Benders - Cognition & Thinking Games

Are you overwhelmed trying to come up with or at a loss for new ideas to stimulate your furry friend’s little mind? Is the weather too hot or miserable outside but your dog has too much energy to stay inside? Wel...

Heather Lawson(Faculty)

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)

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 im...

Sara Brueske(Faculty)

FF115: Control Games for All the Sports

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

Sara Brueske(Faculty)

FF175: Building Bravery: Concepts and Games for Growing Confident, Optimistic Dogs

Building Bravery is a six-week, game-based class designed to help dogs grow confident, curious, and optimistic in the face of new challenges. Using play, communication, and trust-building exercises, you’ll discov...

Erin Lynes(Faculty)

Obedience

OB160: Ring Confidence for Obedience, Rally, and Agility

This course is for anyone who trials in any sport! The lectures will specifically look at routines for agility as well as obedience and rally. Most handlers spend months or even years teaching their d...

Laura Waudby(Faculty)

OB205: Optimizing Arousal for Learning and Competition

Understanding and managing your dog’s drive state/arousal level is a critical component of training and trialing successfully. It is very difficult and uncomforle for a dog to learn and compete in a state o...

Petra Ford(Faculty)

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

Have you been dabbling in obedience but hesitant to actually take it to the next level? Are heeling and the other skills overwhelming? Or maybe you even trialed and realized your dog doesn't know how to eng...

Laura Waudby(Faculty)

OB415: Utility Foundation Fun!

Utility has always been my favorite class!! Lots of people call the class “futility” but I think it’s tons of fun. I start teaching the foundation skills when my dogs are young…. puppies actually!&nbs...

Petra Ford(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

DS120: Fly Farther: Dock Diving Skills and Strategies

Dock diving is a sport with unlimited opportunities to fine tune your dog’s skills and your own handler strategies! But when you only have a limited amount of time on the dock each week to practice, how do you ma...

Erin Lynes(Faculty)

Scent Sports

N101S: 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...

Stacy Barnett(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)

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"! ...

Stacy Barnett(Faculty)

April 1, 2027

Scent Sports

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)

CC235: Fresh Paws and Golden Years: Fitness for Puppies and Seniors

This class is all about the special dogs. The ones that don’t suit general fitness classes, because they have specific needs. This class is for YOU! This class will be aimed at Puppies, Senior dogs, and do...

Kelly Daniel(Faculty)

Foundations

FF125: The Adolescent Dog: Making a Terrific Teenager!

Building Regulation, Focus, and Real-Life Skills for Teenage Dogs Adolescence is the stage where dogs have big bodies and big emotions, but brains that are still very much under construction. Between rou...

Erin Lynes(Faculty)

Obedience

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)

OB405: Open Obedience - Conquering Complexity and Challenges

Once your dog understands behaviors and exercises, the next step is building confidence and resilience. In this class, I will show you how to create thoughtful challenges your dog can win. By setting up problem-s...

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)

Other Dog Sports

DS340: Disc Dog - Foundations & 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)

Scent Sports

N101J: NW101 - Introduction to Nosework

Julie Symons(Faculty)

N120S: NW120 - Introduction to NW Search Elements

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)

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Course Schedule

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November 1, 2026

November 1, 2026

Sara Brueske(Faculty)

Amy Cook PhD & Josefin Linderström(Faculty)

Kelly Daniel(Faculty)

Julie Flanery(Faculty)

Sarah Rida(Guest Instructors)

Sharon Carroll(Faculty)

Heather Lawson(Faculty)

Julie Symons(Faculty)

Laura Waudby(Faculty)

Jennifer Henion(Faculty)

Aleks Woodroffe(Faculty)