E480: Petra Ford - "Foundations For the Obedience Competition"
Petra joins me before picking up a new puppy to chat about how she approaches foundations these days... and what she considers important for...
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Fenzi Dog Sports Podcast
For the last 2 years, FDSA has been working to provide high-quality instruction for competitive dog sports online, using only the most current and progressive training methods. And now we’re...
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20 of 481 episodesE479: Liz Joyce - "Running for the Dog Sports Handler"
Many of the sports we do with our dogs require us to play keep up — whether it's running our dogs in agility or following them on a long tra...
E478 Michael Shikashio - "Behind the Scenes of CANIS"
CANIS is less than a month away, so we brought Michael Shikashio on to talk about what folks can expect and how the conference is coming tog...
E477: Sharon Carroll - "When Treats Interfere with Training"
If you've ever had a dog that couldn't train around food or who stopped eating in certain environments... you know that training with food i...
E476: The Realities of a Multi-Dog Household
In honor of the upcoming multi-dog conference, we have several of the presenters — Christina Young, Kim Palermo, Karen Deeds, Irith Bloom, a...
E475: Karen Deeds - "When Cues Conflict"
What do cues and mechanics have in common? A lot, it turns out! If you've ever asked your dog for a behavior you'd have sworn they knew, onl...
E474: Laurie Huston - "Agility Crosses - A Deep Dive"
Laurie Huston joins me for a conversation all about crosses — from what they are (for the non-agility folks), to how she uses her course map...
E473: Michele Ellertson - "Building Nosework Skills Intentionally"
Nose work is about so much more than setting and finding hides — in this episode, Michele and I dive into how you can be more intentional in...
E472: Kelly Daniel - "Fit to Jump"
It's no surprise that jumping is hard on your dog's body... so what can you to minimize that impact and keep them moving (and competing) as...
E471: Julie Symons - Handling Your Nosework Dog
Wondering what it actually means to be a good nosework handler? Join Julie and I for a conversation on how your handling impacts your nosewo...
E470: Petra Ford - Engagement for Competition
Ever wondered how leading competitors build the incredible engagement we see in the ring, where the dog stares up at their handler and the t...
E469: Nicole Wiebusch - Building from Stillness to Stay
Teaching our dogs the concept of "stillness" is more complex than we sometimes realize — after all, how do you teach a dog that what we want...
E468: Jennifer Kunst, PhD: The Intersection of Dog Training & Psychology
In this episode I interview clinical psychologist Dr. Jennifer Kunst about the intersection of dog training and psychology. We look at how h...
E467: Arousal Modulation with Christina Young, Kelly Daniel, Jane Ardern, and Irith Bloom
Four of the presenters from the upcoming one day conference, Arousal Modulation: Building a Clear-Headed Dog!, join me for a conversation ab...
E466: Irith Bloom - "Dealing with Your Dog's Demand Barking"
In this conversation, Irith and I talk about what causes demand barking, what we can do about it, and why the advice to "just wait it out" i...
E465: Amy Cook, PhD & Josefin Linderstrom - "The Power of Touch in Dog Training"
Dr. Amy Cook and Josefin Linderström, founders of the Social Approach, join me for a deep dive on the topic of touch and our relationships w...
E464: Julie Flanery - Are We Ever Really Finished Training A Behavior?
If you're like most dog trainers and handlers out there, you've started training lots of different behaviors that never quite reached a fini...
E463: Bronagh Daly - "Big Feelings in Dog Agility"
Does your dog have big feelings about dog agility? Whether they love the sport so much they can't contain themselves or have big feelings ab...
E462: Melissa Breau - "Teaching a Reliable Recall"
Want your dog to come running when you call them? In this episode Crystal Wing steps in as guest host to talk to Melissa Breau about her upc...
E461: Sarah Rida - "Teaching A Contact Heel"
Curious why and how to teach a contact heeling behavior? Contact heeling is a transport behavior distinctly different from formal obedience...