Fenzi Dog Sports Podcast
Melissa Breau
Published every Friday, the Fenzi Dog Sports Podcast is brought to you by the Fenzi Dog Sports Academy. Each episode of the Fenzi Dog Sports Podcast will feature an interview with a leading name in the competitive dog sports training world, talking in depth about issues that often get overlooked by traditional training methods.
Episodes
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Jan 28, 2023 • 1h 28min
E297: Julie Flanery - "Shape Up Your Shaping"
Julie and I talk about what shaping is, and how to use it effectively and efficiently... including putting behaviors under stimulus control!
Jan 13, 2023 • 55min
E296: Working with a Dog Sports Coach
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.
Jan 6, 2023 • 49min
E295: Laura Donaldson - "Stop and Smell the Pee Mail"
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!
Dec 31, 2022 • 36min
E294: Dealing with Cabin Fever
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.
Dec 23, 2022 • 39min
E293: Hélène Lawler - Big Feelings at Both Ends of the Leash
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.
Dec 16, 2022 • 32min
E292: Denise Fenzi - "Integrating Online and In Person Classes"
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?
Dec 11, 2022 • 42min
E291: Lucy Newton - "Foundations of Tracking"
Lucy and I chat about the skills your dog needs to hone to learn to track, and she answers that frequently asked question: Can you dog do both nosework and tracking?
Dec 2, 2022 • 21min
E290: Erin Lynes - "Keeping Senior Dogs Fit"
As our dogs age their needs and preferences change; Erin and I talk about what it takes to keep senior dogs fit in mind and body, and how to decide when it may be time to retire them from the sports you both love.
Nov 25, 2022 • 53min
E289: Kellie Snider - "Constructional Aggression Treatment"
Kellie Snider helped develop the Constructional Aggression Treatment as part of her thesis in grad school — today, she joins me on the podcast to talk about what it is, how it works, and why negative reinforcement, in this case, gets an undeservedly bad rap.
Nov 18, 2022 • 19min
E288: Sara Brueske - "Teaching Toy Play with Food"
Can you, should you, teach toy play with food? Sara's answer is a resounding yes — in this episode we talk about why and how.
