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Agility
AG190: The Glue for Future Agility Stars
This course is different than most agility foundation classes. Rather than introducing obstacle and flatwork skills needed to run an agility course, this class lays out the critical skills (the glue) your dog nee...
Nancy Gagliardi Little(Faculty)
AG330: Agility Drills for Better Timing
This class will focus on that ever illusive TIMING that everyone talks about. What does your instructor mean when they say "You are LATE...AGAIN"? When exactly does YOUR dog need the info to turn, to go straight...
Loretta Mueller(Faculty)
AG470: Love'em and Weave'em - Speed and Independence in Weaves
Do you wish your dog could hit any weave entry regardless of where you are? Do you get nervous when walking a course and see a particular entry? Do you wish you could leave your dogs in the we...
Barbara Currier(Faculty)
EL820: Unleash Your Speed - Handler Sprinting 101
Do you need to support your dog more? Are you ready to finish your courses strong? Do you need more handling options? It’s all just within your reach but alas … you need a little more speed. During the nex...
Liz Joyce(Faculty)
Behavior
BH150: Management for Reactive Dogs
https://youtu.be/tNKvwjofJ8U Management for reactive dogs... and excited dogs, fearful dogs, worried dogs, reluctant dogs, anxious dogs, and any dog having trouble with environmental challenges both inside and o...
Amy Cook, PhD(Faculty)
BH160: Sound Advice: Conquering Noise Sensitivity
Is your dog worried about the noises around her? This class is for you! Whether the issue is in your house with your dog barking at the sounds outside, or you have a dog that can't go out because buildi...
Amy Cook, PhD(Faculty)
BH275: Reactive Integration
REACTIVE INTEGRATION - If you have a dog that has undesirable reactions around specific ‘triggers’, this class will help by integrating various foundation training and behavior modification protocols to help...
Karen Deeds, CDBC (Faculty)
BH285: Control Unleashed Pattern Games for Sports and Life Skills
This class is for dogs who have trouble with the environmental conditions they meet in their life with you. Is your dog aroused by other dogs, afraid of new people, stimulated by motion, or anxious ab...
Julie Daniels(Faculty)
Body, Health & Fitness
CC120: K9 Conditioning 2
As a dog sport enthusiast, you know that keeping your dog fit is important to prevent injuries that could sideline or even end your dog's career. Unfortunately, understanding HOW to keep him fit is much m...
Debbie (Gross) Torraca(Faculty)
CC190: Caring for Your Star Athlete
This class is going to take an in depth look at an integrated approach to your canine athletes physical and emotional wellbeing. This will include: home life, emotions and behavior, competition and training, phys...
Kelly Daniel(Faculty)
Electives
FE620: Photographer's Choice
This is the photography version of any of the "Handler's Choice" classes offe here at FDSA. You choose the topic and we'll work on improving your photography in that area for the next six weeks. There are no set ...
Amy Johnson(Faculty)
FE670: Expose the Dog
What Settings Should I Use? Of all the questions I get asked as a photographer, this one is the most common. Knowing how to pick your settings to use on your DSLR or mirrorless camera can mak...
Amy Johnson(Faculty)
Foundations
FE130: Toys - Developing Cooperation and Play
Do you have a dog that chases the ball, yet won’t bring it back? Plays keep away with toys? Tugs but won’t let go? Bites you instead of the tug? Obsesses over toys, yet won’t listen to a single thing you say? Is ...
Shade Whitesel(Faculty)
FE518: Loose Leash Walkers Anonymous
Are you ti of being dragged everywhere you go with your dog? Sore shoulders and back? Time to join Loose Leash Walkers Anonymous then and get started on a more pleasurable walking journey with your dog...
Heather Lawson(Faculty)
FE545: May the reinforce be with you!
Starting from the assumption that reinforcers are behaviors rather than things, and can be trained, put on (marker) cue, proofed, and generalized like any other behavior, we will explore a large variety o...
Caden Cristopher (Chrissi Schranz)(Faculty)
FE595: Bombproof Behaviors
You've trained the behaviors down to the tiniest of detail and are now ready to show them off to the world. This class will help you prepare for the distractions that await you in any environment you can ...
Sara Brueske(Faculty)
FF225: Energized Engagement
Engagement is the most challenging skill to achieve in dog training. It’s also easily the most important. An engaged dog is actively involved in the learning process and pushing you for more. When a dog is offeri...
Petra Ford(Faculty)
Obedience
OB140: From Pivots to Practical Heeling
Does the thought of teaching heeling leave you feeling overwhelmed? Not sure where to start? Maybe your dog is stuck on the bowl? This class will get you off the bowl and moving forward! If you ...
Nicole Wiebusch (Faculty)
OB160: Ring Confidence for Obedience, Rally, and Agility
This course is officially expanded to include agility as well as obedience and rally! Most handlers spend months or even years teaching their dogs the specific exercises and obstacle performa...
Laura Waudby(Faculty)
OB305: Fronts & Finishes: From Foundations to Fabulous!
There are lots of fronts and finishes in obedience! Fronts and finishes are incibly complicated. They consist of many pieces that all need to come together. Because they are so difficult, the error ratio te...
Petra Ford(Faculty)
OB445: Proof Positive for Open and Utility
Proofing is and should be fun! Proofing is an important aspect of training that strengthens dogs’ understanding of the exercise and prepares them for the demands of the ring. Proofing also improves their focus an...
Petra Ford(Faculty)
OB462: Shaping a Confident and Flashy Heel-Moving Foundations
Fancy, flashy, free, prancing, head up heeling! Want it? You've come to the right class. Got forging, vocalizing, crabbing instead? You've come to the right class too! (make sure you grab that first class as wel...
Shade Whitesel(Faculty)
OB800: Mondioring OB: All-Breed Obedience
Mondioring Obedience is a fun new obedience venue cate to all breeds! Based on real-life challenges and working under distraction, Mondioring takes familiar obedience exercises to a new level. With the devel...
Sara Brueske(Faculty)
Other Dog Sports
DS120: Fly Farther: Dock Diving Skills and Strategies
Dock diving is a sport with unlimited opportunities to fine tune your dog’s skills and your own handler strategies! But when you only have a limited amount of time on the dock each week to practice, how do you ma...
Erin Lynes(Faculty)
DS250: Best in Class: Conformation Show Skills and Conditioning
Have you ever watched a breed ring dog show and thought, “that looks easy?” There is a lot more to showing a dog in the breed ring than just showing up in fancy clothes with a groomed dog. In this class, you will...
Ashley Escobar(Faculty)
Rally & Freestyle
RA310: From Good to GREAT! Increasing Your Rally Scores
You love playing rally with your dog, but sometimes you wish your scores were just a bit higher. Imagine being able to increase your rally scores simply by incorporating some minor changes. Did you kn...
Nicole Wiebusch (Faculty)
RA511: Positions, Laterals and Backing
In Rally-FrEe and musical freestyle there are four primary positions: Left heel, right heel, standing center and behind facing the handler. While maintaining position, the dog is requi to move in any dire...
Julie Flanery(Faculty)
Scent Sports
N101J: NW101 - Introduction to Nosework
Nosework is easily the hottest new sport around, and it’s easy to see why! It’s fun for humans, dogs love to participate, and it’s good for building confidence and focus in dogs that have issues like shy...
Julie Symons(Faculty)
N120M: NW120 - Introduction to NW Search Elements
Nosework / Scent Work is the popular new dog sport that is sweeping the nation, and you can get in on the fun! Our classes are taught with the method used to produce the nation's top drug and bomb dete...
Melissa Chandler(Faculty)
N130S: NW130 - Developing Advanced Nosework Skills
Want to continue the Nosework fun? Then this class is for you! This is the third skills level course in our nosework program and will build on the skills acqui ...
Stacy Barnett(Faculty)
NW190: Training a Thinking Nosework Dog using a Cognitive Approach
Did you know that dogs search with WAY more than just their noses? They will use all of the information available to them in order to find source. Dogs are thinkers. We can use an understanding ...
Stacy Barnett(Faculty)
NW215: Air Flow Superpowers for the Developing Dog
Did you know that where and how you place your hides are some of the biggest pictors for well your dog will search? Did you also know that you need to be able to pict air flow to set an effective hide? &nbs...
Stacy Barnett(Faculty)
NW385: Ambitious Drills for Analyzing Skills
This is the third class in my popular Drills and Skills series. With all training we need to maintain skills, progress skills, and then be a little more ambitious to try something more difficult! Our dogs are ama...
Julie Symons(Faculty)
TR102: Foundation Tracking 2
This course will continue to develop both drive and accuracy on foundation tracks. Our priority for this class will be to further develop the skills that the dog acqui in TR101. We will work towards incre...
Lucy Newton(Faculty)
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