Denise Fenzi
Denise Fenzi is a writer, story teller, dog trainer, free spirit, entrepreneur, and advocate for people and animals – in no particular order.
As a competitor, Denise is best known for her flashy and precise obedience work, as demonstrated by two AKC OTCH dogs and perfect scores in both schutzhund and Mondio Ringsport obedience.
She has titled dogs in obedience, tracking, schutzhund, mondioring, herding, conformation, and agility.
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Position Changes
I am adding platforms to Dice's position changes. The long platform in front ensures that he move his body straight back and forth. The back platform is perpendicular and has a different texture - that platform gives him a rear foot target, which encourages him to...
Stand out of motion
Today I worked a little heeling (not shown), and putting some pieces of the moving stand together, along with adding a bit of endurance to our contact heeling. Steps for moving stand. This will set up for for the AKC stand out of motion where a hand signal is allowed...
Training with Classical and Operant Conditioning
Today is all about the video! I did a Facebook live yesterday on teaching with both classical and operant conditioning - both are valuable! Trainers tend to think in terms of operant conditioning - an "if/then" statement where the dog recognizes how their choice leads...