by Denise Fenzi | Jan 22, 2014 | Musings
This is probably the hottest topic in obedience – how to get beautiful heeling. If you’re interested in learning this skill on-line, I’m teaching a class on just this topic starting Feburary 1st, 2014, at the Fenzi Dog Sports Academy. Registration...
by Denise Fenzi | Dec 22, 2013 | Brito, Lyra
This blog isn’t about teaching scent discrimination. There are plenty of ways to teach scent work that are kind and effective; pick one or blend a few and find a plan that works for you. Here is how I taught Lyra if you want some...
by Denise Fenzi | Aug 20, 2013 | Lyra, Raika
Unlike my prior dogs, Lyra has had almost no impulse control training. That’s because she rarely wants anything badly enough to experience the conflict between cooperating with me or taking what she wants directly. The things that Lyra wants badly enough to...
by Denise Fenzi | Mar 26, 2013 | Lyra
“Fly” is what I call it when a dog is sent out of one behavior, out around an object, and then called back into another behavior. In this blog example, we’ll use heeling for both behaviors with a fly in the middle. There are many reasons I teach a...
by Denise Fenzi | Mar 22, 2012 | Lyra
Lyra is becoming relatively fluent on her current skills, so it’s time to add something new to her repertoire. This week I introduced some basic jumping skills. There are a thousand ways you can start this. My goals for the next couple of weeks are threefold....
by Denise Fenzi | Mar 12, 2012 | Raika
Raika is contemplating a return to the sport of Schutzhund (now IPO). We never earned her schutzhund three title; mostly because I got distracted with AKC obedience and that became my focus. When I returned a couple of years ago, I found that I didn’t have...
by Denise Fenzi | Mar 5, 2012 | Lyra
Lyra is now seven months old. In addition to close in attention, I’d like to have an explosive send away as well. This is useful for retrieves, go outs/send out, articles and any work that requires the dog to look out ahead. There are two components to a good...
by Denise Fenzi | Sep 23, 2011 | Training Videos - not my dogs
There are many ways to start a puppy or young dog on work. This happens to demonstrate one of my favorites. In this video, puppy Kismet (11 week old Dutch Shepherd) and her mom are having their first lesson on recall away from distractions, a bit of heeling, and...
