Fenzi Dog Sports Podcast
Episodes
E57: Dr. Jessica Hekman - "The biology of a great performance dog"
06 Apr 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Summary: Dr. Jessica Hekman is a postdoctoral associate at the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, where she researches how genetics affect behavior i...
E56: Julie Daniels - "Confidence Building through Shaping"
30 Mar 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Summary: Julie Daniels has worked with dogs her whole life. In fact, she learned to walk by holding on to a German Shepherd. She is one of the foremo...
E55: Nancy Tucker - Desensitizing and Counterconditioning
23 Mar 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Summary: Nancy Tucker is a certified pet dog trainer and behavior consultant in Sherbrooke, Quebec. She regularly teaches seminars, webinars, and wor...
E54: Debbie Torraca - "Puppies and Exercise"
16 Mar 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Summary: Dr. Debbie Torraca has been involved in the field of animal physical rehabilitation for over 17 years and has both a masters and a doctorate,...
E53 - Esther Zimmerman - The Changing World of Dog Sports
09 Mar 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Note: We've rearranged episodes a bit here to better coordinate with guest schedules, so the names mentioned as next episodes in our last podcast was...
E52: Lara Joseph - "Training Exotics & The Animal Behavior Center"
02 Mar 2018
Contributed by Lukas
SHOW NOTES: Note: We've rearranged episodes a bit here to better coordinate with guest schedules, so the names mentioned as next episodes in our last ...
E51: Kamal Fernandez - "Leadership and the benefits of competition"
23 Feb 2018
Contributed by Lukas
SHOW NOTES: Summary: Kamal Fernandez is an internationally renowned dog trainer and seminar instructor, Championship Obedience Judge, Crufts compe...
E50: Julie Flanery - "The things you never learned in puppy class"
15 Feb 2018
Contributed by Lukas
SHOW NOTES: Summary: Julie Flanery has been working professionally with dogs and their handlers since 1993. She focuses on the needs of the dog and he...
E49: Denise Fenzi - "Play"
09 Feb 2018
Contributed by Lukas
SHOW NOTES: Summary: Denise Fenzi is the founder of the Fenzi Dog Sports Academy (FDSA). She has competed in a wide range of dog sports, titling dogs ...
E48: Deb Jones - "Motivation and Control"
02 Feb 2018
Contributed by Lukas
SUMMARY: Dr. Deborah Jones -- better known around FDSA as Deb Jones -- she is a psychologist who specializes in learning theory and social behavior. ...
E47: Chrissi Schranz - "Building Reinforcers & Recall Training"
26 Jan 2018
Contributed by Lukas
SUMMARY: Chrissi Schranz is a dog trainer, translator, and chocolate addict. Chrissi is based in Vienna and Lower Austria. She has been fond of dogs o...
E46: Lori Stevens - "Having fun with Canine Fitness"
19 Jan 2018
Contributed by Lukas
SUMMARY: Lori Stevens is an animal behavior consultant, a professional dog trainer, a canine fitness trainer, an animal massage practitioner, and a s...
E45: Stacy Barnett - "Optimal Arousal for Performance"
12 Jan 2018
Contributed by Lukas
SUMMARY: Stacey Barnett is an active competitor in Nosework, Tracking, Obedience, Rally, Agility and Barn Hunt, and the host of the Scentsabilities po...
E44: Amy Cook - "Think, Plan, Do: Planning Your Training"
05 Jan 2018
Contributed by Lukas
SUMMARY: Dr. Amy Cook has been training dogs for nearly 25 years and has been specializing in the rehabilitation of shy and fearful dogs for over 15 y...
E43: Andrea Harrison - "Goal Setting for the New Year"
29 Dec 2017
Contributed by Lukas
SUMMARY: At FDSA, Andrea Harrison teaches classes for the human half of the competitive team. She's an educator who is passionate about all species in...
E42: Special 1 Year Anniversary Edition
22 Dec 2017
Contributed by Lukas
SUMMARY: For our one year anniversary we're releasing a special edition of the podcast... a compilation of some of the most popular clips from the yea...
E41: Mariah Hinds - "Proofing and Building Ring Reliability"
15 Dec 2017
Contributed by Lukas
SUMMARY: Mariah Hinds' love affair with dogs and fascination with their behavior began young. She's wanted to be a dog trainer since she was eight yea...
E40: Nancy Gagliardi Little - "Start Line Stays"
08 Dec 2017
Contributed by Lukas
SUMMARY: Nancy Gagliardi Little comes back on the podcast — Nancy has been training dogs since the early 1980's when she put an OTCH on her Novice A...
E39: Julie Symons - "Handler Discrimination & AKC Scentwork"
01 Dec 2017
Contributed by Lukas
SUMMARY: Julie Symons has been involved in dog sports for over 20 years. She's competed in flyball, conformation, agility, obedience, herding, trackin...
E38: Hannah Branigan - "Talking Tuck Sits and Fold Back Downs"
24 Nov 2017
Contributed by Lukas
SUMMARY: Self-proclaimed taining nerd, Hannah Branigan is back to talk about training those clean, precision behaviors that get obedience competitors ...
E37: Sarah Stremming - "Effective Behavior Change"
17 Nov 2017
Contributed by Lukas
SUMMARY: Sarah Stremming is a dog trainer, a dog agility and obedience competitor, and a dog behavior consultant. Her credentials include a bachelo...
E36: Dr. Patricia McConnell - "Dog Behavior & Training"
10 Nov 2017
Contributed by Lukas
SUMMARY: Dr. Patricia McConnell is a Zoologist and Certified Applied Animal Behaviorist who has made a lifelong commitment to improving the relationsh...
E35: Shade Whitesel - "Toys in Dog Training"
03 Nov 2017
Contributed by Lukas
SUMMARY: Shade Whitesel returns to talk about toys and the process of introducing work to play. For those of you who haven't heard the previous episod...
E34: Denise Fenzi - "Talking TEAM Training"
27 Oct 2017
Contributed by Lukas
SUMMARY: The Fenzi TEAM program is a progression-oriented titling program that emphasizes excellence in training. Each TEAM level adds complexity for ...
E33: Laura VanArendonk Baugh - "Social, Civil, and Savvy"
20 Oct 2017
Contributed by Lukas
SUMMARY: Laura began training professionally in 1999, and is author of the best-selling book Fired Up, Frantic, and Freaked Out: Training Crazy Dogs f...
E32: Loretta Mueller - "Managing a Multi-dog Household"
13 Oct 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Summary: Loretta Mueller returns to talk about her upcoming class, Managing Multi-Dog Mayhem and we talk about the skills it takes to manage a mult...
E31: Barbara Currier - "Agility Handling"
06 Oct 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Summary: In 2004 Barbara Currier and her husband Michael were relocated to Richmond, VA, where she began teaching agility at All Dog Adventures. It wa...
E30: Donna Hill - "Training Service Dog Skills"
29 Sep 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Summary: Donna Hill has had a lifelong love affair with dogs and is fascinated with dog behavior. She has broad practical experience in the dog world,...
E29: Cassia Turcotte - "Channeling Instinct & Drive"
22 Sep 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Summary: Cassia Turcotte has been involved with the dog training world for nearly two decades and has been training professionally since 1999. She has...
E28: Sue Yanoff - "Canine Sports Medicine for Performance Dogs"
15 Sep 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Summary: Sue Yanoff graduated from Cornell University College of Veterinary Medicine in Ithaca, New York in 1980. After three years in private practic...
E27: Chrissi Schranz - "Finding Time to Train"
08 Sep 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Summary: Chrissi Schranz is based in Vienna and lower Austria. She has been fond of dogs of all sizes, shapes, and personalities for as long as she's ...
E26: Nancy Tucker - "Behavior training"
01 Sep 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Summary: Nancy Tucker is a full-time pet dog trainer and behavior consultant in Sherbrooke, Quebec. She regularly teaches seminars, webinars, and wor...
E25: Heather Lawson - "Life skills and Training Concepts"
25 Aug 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Summary: Heather Lawson is a Certified Professional Dog Trainer, a Karen Pryor Academy Certified Training Partner (KPA-CTP), a CGN Evaluator and a Fre...
E24: Melissa Chandler - "Nosework, Parkour, and Training Soft Dogs"
18 Aug 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Summary: Melissa Chandler has competed in conformation, agility, obedience, hunt tests, nose work, and rally. She's also successfully trained and hand...
E23: Kamal Fernandez - "Motivation & Control"
11 Aug 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Summary: Kamal Fernandez is an internationally renowned dog trainer and seminar instructor, Championship Obedience Judge, Crufts competitor and the he...
E22: Amy Johnson - "A Snapshot At A Time"
04 Aug 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Summary: Amy is the owner of Great Dane Photos and teaches the dog photography classes offered through FDSA. She is the also official show photographe...
E21: Lori Stevens - "Behavior, Movement, Health and Learning"
28 Jul 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Summary: Lori Stevens is an animal behavior consultant, a professional dog trainer, a canine fitness trainer, an animal massage practitioner, and a se...
E20: Debbie Gross - "Canine Fitness + Rehab"
21 Jul 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Summary: Dr. Debbie Gross Torraca has been involved in the field of animal physical rehabilitation for over seventeen years and has both a masters an...
Episode 19: Be Your Dog's Superhero with Denise Fenzi
14 Jul 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Summary: In this episode we share a recording of Denise Fenzi's Welcome talk from Camp 2017, followed by a newly recorded Q&A about camp, this year...
Episode 18: Interview with Laura Waudby - "Building a Strong Foundation"
07 Jul 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Summary: Laura Waudby was, until recently, a service dog trainer helping to prepare dogs for different types of service dog work. Now she's a new mom...
Episode 17: Interview with Sara Brueske - "Disc dog training"
30 Jun 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Summary: Sara Brueske has been training dogs for over 15 years; she became a Karen Pryor Academy Certified Training Partner in 2011 and jumped int...
Interview with Amanda Nelson - "Distance in Agility and Teaching Confidence"
23 Jun 2017
Contributed by Lukas
SHOW NOTES: Summary: Amanda Nelson has been traveling the country and teaching seminars for 20+ years teaching all levels of agility, with nearly al...
Episode 15: Interview with Andrea Harrison - "the Human Half"
16 Jun 2017
Contributed by Lukas
SHOW NOTES: Summary: At FDSA, Andrea Harrison teaches classes for the human half of the competitive team. She's an educator who is passionate about ...
Episode 14: Interview with Deb Jones - "Focus and Foundations in Dog Training"
09 Jun 2017
Contributed by Lukas
SHOW NOTES: Summary: Dr. Deborah Jones is a psychologist who specializes in theory and social behavior and teaches those subjects full time at Ke...
Episode 13: Interview with Mariah Hinds - "Teaching Reliability & Self Control"
02 Jun 2017
Contributed by Lukas
SHOW NOTES: Summary: Mariah Hinds' love affair with dogs and fascination with their behavior began young. She's wanted to be a dog trainer since ...
Episode 12: Interview with Julie Flanery - "How Dogs Learn"
26 May 2017
Contributed by Lukas
SHOW NOTES: Summary: Julie Flanery has been working professionally with dogs and their handlers since 1993. She focuses on the needs of the dog and...
Episode 11: Interview with Amy Cook
12 May 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Melissa Breau: This is Melissa Breau and you're listening to the Fenzi Dog Sports Podcast brought to you by the Fenzi Dog Sports Academy, an online sc...
Episode 10: Interview with Julie Symons
28 Apr 2017
Contributed by Lukas
SHOW NOTES: Summary: Julie Symons has been involved in dog sports for over 20 years. She's competed in flyball, conformation, agility, obedience, he...
Episode 09: Interview with Julie Daniels
14 Apr 2017
Contributed by Lukas
SHOW NOTES: Summary: Julie Daniels has worked with dogs her whole lie. In fact, she learned to walk by holding onto a German Shepherd. Today she is ...
Episode 08: Interview with Stacy Barnett
31 Mar 2017
Contributed by Lukas
SHOW NOTES: Summary: Stacey Barnett is an active competitor in nose work, tracking, obedience, rally, agility, and barn hunt and the host of the Sce...
Episode 07: Interview with Sue Ailsby
17 Mar 2017
Contributed by Lukas
SHOW NOTES: Summary: Sue Ailsby has done a little bit of everything when it comes to dog sports -- from water trials to herding -- but is particularly...
Episode 06: Interview with Nancy Gagliardi Little
03 Mar 2017
Contributed by Lukas
SHOW NOTES: Summary: Nancy Gagliardi Little has been training dogs since the early 1980's when she put an Obedience Trial Championship or "OTCH" on he...
Episode 05: Interview with Loretta Mueller
17 Feb 2017
Contributed by Lukas
SHOW NOTES: Summary: Loretta Mueller has been involved in agility since 2003. Loretta and her dogs are no strangers to the finals at the USDAA Worl...
Episode 04: Interview with Shade Whitesel
03 Feb 2017
Contributed by Lukas
SHOW NOTES: Summary: Shade Whitesel has been training and competing in dog sports since she was a kid. Always interested in how dogs learned, she ha...
Episode 03: Interview with Hannah Branigan
20 Jan 2017
Contributed by Lukas
SHOW NOTES: Summary: Hannah Branigan has been training dogs and teaching people for more than 12 years. In addition to being a Karen Pryor Academy ...
Episode 02: Interview with Sarah Stremming
06 Jan 2017
Contributed by Lukas
SHOW NOTES: Summary: Sarah Stremming is a dog trainer, a dog agility and obedience competitor, and a dog behavior consultant. Her specialty is worki...
Episode 01: Interview with Denise Fenzi
23 Dec 2016
Contributed by Lukas
SHOW NOTES: Summary: Competitive sports dog trainer and founder of FDSA Denise Fenzi talks about how she got into dog sports, her journey from tradi...
Episode 00: New Podcast Coming Soon!
07 Dec 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Hi, I'm Melissa Breau and today I want to tell you about a new podcast, brought to you by the Fenzi Dog Sports Academy. For the last 2 years, FDSA has...