Founder of Fenzi Dog Sports Academy

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.

Scroll down to learn more about Denise’s various projects, from online learning opportunities to the Team Titling Program, with plenty more in between!

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Dog training is a journey…

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Books

With 8 books under her belt including several award-winners, there is a book for you!

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Train with Denise

Learn directly from Denise through webinars, self study, and her highly popular online classes!

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Free Training Articles

Denise’s award-winning, content-rich blog has received close to two million views! Learn for free!

Fenzi Dog Sports Academy

Fenzi Dog Sports Academy is an online dog training school dedicated to providing high quality instruction for competitive dog sports using only progressive and friendly training methods – our school is kind for both dogs and humans!

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TEAM Titling Program

TEAM stands for “Training Excellence Assessment Modules,” which perfectly describes our goal — a progression-oriented titling program that emphasizes excellence in training.

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Latest Blog Posts

No, you cannot simply ignore bad behavior

Ignoring bad behavior is a really bad idea if the behavior has any self reinforcing component - which is a lot of them. The advice to "ignore bad behavior" has gotten's wings in the dog training community and we need to address it. It is perfectly fine advice if the...

Labels: Who am I?

For years I have struggled to find a label to define my approach to training. In general, I have reverted to using either "force free" trainer or "positive reinforcement-based" trainer. While neither accurately defines my training I think it gives the most...