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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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.
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.
