The NEW Dog Sports Trainer Certificates at FDSA!

We did another thing at FDSA! If you are a goal-oriented sort of person, and if you take classes at Fenzi Dog Sports Academy, you may want to check out our new certificate program which combines the formal education provided by FDSA with an applied skills component...

The behavior chain game

Even a relative beginner to dog training can start creating behavior chains and there are some real advantages to doing so early in your training career. Chains are endlessly more interesting to dogs than single behaviors.  As a rule, single behaviors rely on external...

Problem Solving: Go back! and…

I wrote this for the TEAM Player Facebook group but thought I’d throw it out here as well since it applies to all dog sports. When you’re struggling to get a behavior, try this: “Thoughts on problem-solving for TEAM: Are you “Stuck” on a...

Stay straight!

Does your dog’s rear go out wide when you cue sit, down or stand in heel position?  Annoyed with the fact that handler errors are judged? Check out the TEAM newsletter for advice: TEAM newsletter

Competitive Obedience

Originally published on Facebook: My preferred dog sport is competitive obedience. The sport is struggling right now and various powers-that-be are working to make it, in theory, more appealing. How might we get there? Making dog sports easier is not going to solve...

Sit, Down and Stand from a Distance

I teach Cue Discrimination for a variety of reasons.  I needed it in competition for Mondio Ring Sport (sit, down or stand under “adversity”), for TEAM3 (Two positions at 20 feet with the handler taking unusual positions) and now…AKC is proposing...