Fenzi Dog Sports Podcast

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E430: Liz Joyce - "Starting A Handler Fitness Habit" Oct 10, 2025

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Join handler fitness trainer, Liz Joyce, and me for a podcast all about how you can start — or restart — your fitness journey, gently.

E429: Heather Lawson - "CGC & Therapy Dog Work" Oct 05, 2025

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Heather and I discuss what skills you need to earn your CGC, the sticking points that can cause trouble for some teams, and how to decide if your dog is a good fit for therapy work from there.

E428: Kim Palermo - Advancing CU into the Real World Sep 26, 2025

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Control Unleashed games and patterns can be a powerful tool whether you're working to rehab reactivity or build bomb proof sports behaviors. But how we do go from just learning the games to actually using them in the real world? Kim and I discuss exactly that in this week's podcast!

E427: Ashley Escobar - Fitness, Agility, and Jump Training Sep 19, 2025

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Agility puts a lot of strain and stress on our dogs' bodies... but fitness training can go a long way to ensuring they still enjoy a long sports career. Join me and Ashley for a conversation on how workling on canine fitness can improve your dog's agility skills, especially when it comes to technical jump training!

E426: Karen Deeds and Dr. Sophie Liu - A Real Look at Negative Reinforcement Sep 12, 2025

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Talking about Negative Reinforcement can cause some big feelings in the positive training community - but in this episode Karen and Sophie take a look at when it's inevitable in our dogs' lives and what we should be thinking about for our own dogs.

E425: Erin Lynes and Tracey McLennan - Meeting Your Dogs Needs Sep 09, 2025

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Dogs with a lot of interest in the environment, who come to the outside world with big feelings or who need an outlet but aren't safe off leash are our topic in this episode! Erin shares how dog powered sports can help and Tracey shares insights from working with prey-driven dogs.

E424: Michael Shikashio - Arousal and Aggression (Plus a Peek at CANIS 2026!) Aug 29, 2025

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Michael Shikashio joins me for a conversation around the impact arousal has on aggression, and how we should think about the two when working on behavior cases... plus, he shares a bit of behind-the-scenes info on the planning for the 2026 CANIS conference!

E423: Julie Flanery - "Building A Musical Freestyle Routine" Aug 22, 2025

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Curious what musical freestyle is and whether it might be for you? Join Julie and I for a conversation that includes tips and tricks for laying out your routine, choosing which tricks to train, and more!

E422: Petra Ford - Competing in Obedience at the Top Aug 15, 2025

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In this episode, we talk to Petra Ford, the 2025 National Obedience Champion, about her recent win and what it takes to compete at the top levels of obedience here in the US, how she approaches training, and more!

E421: Jane Ardern - Anticipation vs. Relaxation: Training Release Cues Aug 08, 2025

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Jane Ardern joins me for a conversation about how our release cues can influence our dog's state of mind and ability to learn. She shares what the field-bred spaniels she's owned have taught her about frustration, frantic behavior, anticipation, and relaxation... with several helpful takeaways bound to apply to any dog sports team.

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