Fenzi Food For Thought

Can dogs be willful? Can they actively choose to disobey, while understanding what you want? Yes they can. Now what?   Follow my training! Instagram The High Drive Dog More online training! Fenzi Dog Sports Academy

Time. Priorities. Dog welfare. Human welfare. Guilt.  Dog trainers on social media seem out of touch with real world people and their priorities. Are we even doing our job if we don’t prioritize our human clients as much as their animals? Those are things I covered here.   Follow my training! Instagram The High Drive Dog More online training! Fenzi Dog Sports Academy

No fetch? Chase but no return? No tug? Tugs but doesn’t let go? Understand what motivates your dog makes training and problem-solving a lot easier. Taken further, it will set how you train each individual dog, which may be radically different than how you approached similar issues with the last dog. By comparing my Border Collie Ice and my Belgian Xen, both showing similar issues but with very different resolutions, I hope to illustrate these points in this live.   Follow my training! Instagram The High Drive Dog More online training! Fenzi Dog Sports Academy

Trial analysis. What went right? What went wrong? And what am I going to do about it?   Follow my training! Instagram The High Drive Dog More online training! Fenzi Dog Sports Academy

It’s been about three weeks since I brought in the new young border collie, Ice. This is an update on the integration process.   Follow my training! Instagram The High Drive Dog More online training! Fenzi Dog Sports Academy

I’ve got a new puppy! In this life I talk about the process of integrating him into my home, the reality of high drive dogs and puppies, handler sensitivity and hardness, etc. We covered a lot of territory!   Follow my training! Instagram The High Drive Dog More online training! Fenzi Dog Sports Academy

The first time you compete… What’s the best way to get through it?! I’ll give you some ideas here.   Follow my training! Instagram The High Drive Dog More online training! Fenzi Dog Sports Academy

I shared my thoughts about how I planned to acquire my next dog, and what I will do with that dog to start my training during the first few months!   Follow my training! Instagram The High Drive Dog More online training! Fenzi Dog Sports Academy

Structure is a your friend - really. you can get your way without using physical force or mental intimidation. The end result is higher quality of life for both you and your dog.   Follow my training! Instagram The High Drive Dog More online training! Fenzi Dog Sports Academy

About that reactivity… is a given dog reactive, or simply bored? Lacking structure? Doesn’t know what to do in a given circumstance? There are foundation skills that all dogs should have, and they are particularly valuable if the dog should exhibit reactive tendencies here and there. The ability to get your dog’s attention is a critical foundation skill. If you can’t get your dog’s attention in a given environment, you probably should not be there.   Follow my training! Instagram The High Drive Dog More online training! Fenzi Dog Sports Academy