Fenzi Dog Sports Podcast

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E301: Chris Zink, DVM - "What Your Dog's Gait Can Tell You" Feb 24, 2023

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Why is trotting the most important gait to teach your dog? Dr. Chris Zink and I talk about why understanding gaiting is critical for the dog sports handler.

E300: Mari Valgma - Teaching Your Dog to Move" Feb 17, 2023

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Sometimes dogs totally grasp our criteria - they just can't do the thing we're asking at speed. Mari and I talk about how she works with dogs to teach them to use their bodies more skillfully... and therefore more quickly in sports like agility!

E299: Julie Daniels - Every Baby's a Genius Feb 10, 2023

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Can you create an optimistic dog? How DO you get to know a new puppy? What are the first steps to teaching quiet crating? Julie Daniels and I discuss all that and more in this episode.

E298: Nicole Wiebusch and Petra Ford - "Proofing for Performance" Feb 03, 2023

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Nicole Wiebsuch and Petra Ford joined me to talk about what goes into training fluency that will hold up under the pressures of competition.

E297: Julie Flanery - "Shape Up Your Shaping" Jan 28, 2023

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Julie and I talk about what shaping is, and how to use it effectively and efficiently... including putting behaviors under stimulus control!

E296: Working with a Dog Sports Coach Jan 13, 2023

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Denise Fenzi, Nancy Gagliardi Little and Megan Foster join me to talk about working with a dog sports coach — the differences between a coach and a trainer, the advantages to having a coach, and how to get some of the benefits even if you can't find one.

E295: Laura Donaldson - "Stop and Smell the Pee Mail" Jan 06, 2023

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Laura and I talk about how sniffing can help dogs help from trauma and how it's critical for all of our dogs — because it's one of their key senses!

E294: Dealing with Cabin Fever Dec 31, 2022

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Heather Lawson, Julie Symons, and Ashley Escobar join me to talk about how they handle it when their dogs are stuck indoors for an extended time... and what they train when limited to a small(er) training space.

E293: Hélène Lawler - Big Feelings at Both Ends of the Leash Dec 23, 2022

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When your dog has big feelings it can often inspire big feelings in you, too. In this episode, Hélène Lawler and I talk about how handlers can bring their best selves to the training picture by diving into their own big feelings.

E292: Denise Fenzi - "Integrating Online and In Person Classes" Dec 16, 2022

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Many students take classes both online and in person — so how do you make the most of both options and integrate both into your training?

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