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

A “good enough” dog person

I read an article today called The Good Enough Parent is the Best Parent. Feel free to take a look. The gist of the article is that perfection is a bit of a curse. The author, Dr. Peter Gray, writes (quoting another...gets complicated here...) "Perfection is not...

Developing a Confident Team: Re-Defining Leadership for Dog Sports and Life

What is Leadership? What is it not? And how might one get from "Ugh that's hard!" to " Yeah, bring it on!!" Leadership has nothing to do with dominance. It is about stepping up and removing choice when that is in the best interest of the other. If you want your dog...

Reducing Possession for Tug Toys

You read about dogs who don't play tug and you shake your head. Dogs that don't play tug? That makes no sense because your dog has never seen a tug toy he didn't love. As a matter of fact, he loves them so much that he doesn't bring them back - pretty much...ever....