

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.
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Mar 18, 2023 • 35min
E304: Petra Ford - Confidence for the Obedience Dog
Being able to successfully compete in obedience requires a dog who has a confident understanding of each skill and exercise. In this episode Petra and I do a deep dive, talking through what, why and how to build confidence for training and the ring!

Mar 10, 2023 • 32min
E303: Deb Jones, PhD - Grief, Focus, and Negative Reinforcement
Deb and I chat about her latest book, currently running workshop, and upcoming webinar... and yes, it really is possible to build better focus in just 7 days.

Mar 4, 2023 • 1h 24min
E302: Diamond in the Ruff: Loving and Living with Sensitive Dogs
Living with and loving a sensitive dog comes with pros and cons, lessons and blessings. This week Hélène Lawler, Barbara Lloyd, Amy Cook, PhD, and Dresden Graff joined me to talk all about sensitive dogs.

Feb 24, 2023 • 30min
E301: Chris Zink, DVM - "What Your Dog's Gait Can Tell You"
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.

Feb 17, 2023 • 27min
E300: Mari Valgma - Teaching Your Dog to Move"
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!

Feb 10, 2023 • 32min
E299: Julie Daniels - Every Baby's a Genius
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.

Feb 3, 2023 • 42min
E298: Nicole Wiebusch and Petra Ford - "Proofing for Performance"
Nicole Wiebsuch and Petra Ford joined me to talk about what goes into training fluency that will hold up under the pressures of competition.

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!