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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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.
Nov 11, 2022 • 38min
E287 - Jennifer Summerfield, DVM - "Canine Pancreatitis & Behavior Disorders"
Dr. Jen joins me this week to talk about the growing awareness of chronic canine pancreatitis and for a discussion on behavior disorders in our dogs.
Nov 4, 2022 • 30min
E286: Nicole Levesque - "When Handler Health Impacts Dog Training"
Nicole joins me to share her inspiring story and how she's handled health setbacks in her multi-dog, competitive agility household... including how she's preparing for additional months of restricted (human) activity.
Oct 28, 2022 • 33min
E285: Petra Ford - "For Better or Worse: Sticking with Training"
Training and trialing with our dogs isn't always easy — Petra and I talk about how to handle it when errors happen, and what it's like to stick with one goal for 6.5 years.
Aug 26, 2022 • 30min
E284: Megan Foster and Liz Joyce - "Increasing Your Handling Options for Agility"
Today Megan and Liz join me to talk about the role of handler fitness, handler skill building, and contact behaviors in agility!
Aug 19, 2022 • 24min
E283: Deb Jones - "The Art of Impulse Control"
What's the difference between impulse control and stimulus control? What about when we throw "zen" behaviors into the mix? Deb and I talk about all that and more in this week's episode!
Aug 12, 2022 • 25min
E282: Loretta Mueller - Creating a More Responsive Dog
Loretta and I talk about what it takes to create the balance needed for a responsive agility dog — including how to rehab things!
Aug 5, 2022 • 33min
E281: Andrea Harrison - "The Human End of the Leash"
Join Andrea and I as we talk about how to recover when things go wrong — whether that means a bad training session or a bad trial!
Jul 31, 2022 • 39min
E280: Sarah Stremming - "Helping Our Dogs to be Their Best Selves"
In this episode Sarah and I talk about the common thread that seems to run through everything she teaches — the idea of loving the dog you have, while also trying to help them become the best version of themselves.
Jul 22, 2022 • 45min
E279: Dr. Kristina Spaulding & Irith Bloom - "Stress and Agency: Building a More Resilient Dog"
Understanding the role stress plays in training and living with our canine partners is essential to optimizing our lives with them! Agency provides one of the most powerful options for empowering our pups and creating an optimistic dog.
