Fenzi Food For Thought

Do you have a relationship with your dog or a dependency? Does your dog want to spend time with you, or are they trying to avoid the alternatives? We explored questions like that in this Instagram live. Follow my training! The High Drive Dog More online training! Fenzi Dog Sports Academy

Are you against medication for your dog? Take a listen to this Instagram live recording where we talk about just that! Follow my training! The High Drive Dog More online training! Fenzi Dog Sports Academy

Here we have a short discussion of personal play, food play, and toy play, specifically in relation to changing the dogs emotional state. Follow my training! The High Drive Dog More online training! Fenzi Dog Sports Academy

Dice gave a perfect example of controlling his behavior without impacting the underlying emotion. This goes along with the fact that we can control external behavior but we need the learner’s cooperation to change emotions. Take a listen; this one is short.   Follow my training! The High Drive Dog More online training! Fenzi Dog Sports Academy    

It is critically important to know the difference between an emotion and a behavior. Changing a behavior to look the way you want does not mean the dog’s emotion has changed. It means you changed the behavior! Are you sure that’s what you want? Are you sure you understand what you’ve done? Follow my training! The High Drive Dog More online training! Fenzi Dog Sports Academy

Handling errors of impulse, quality and understanding! There are many reasons why dog make errors. In this live, I covered the three that showed up in my training session that morning: errors of impulse, errors quality of work, and errors of understanding. They are different, and require different approaches. Follow my training! The High Drive Dog More online training! Fenzi Dog Sports Academy

Guest Sharon Carroll and Denise chat about sensitive dogs I have spent a lot of time talking about dogs who express arousal through high levels of energy, movement, and sometimes even aggression. Today I talked with Sharon and we looked at another kind of display; dogs that are also experiencing great arousal, but who internalize that experience through freezing, low energy, or simply poor performance. Follow my training! The High Drive Dog More online training! Fenzi Dog Sports Academy

The reality is, in most dog sports 70% of your time is spent waiting for the judges direction, moving to the start of an exercise, etc. Relatively little time is spent with the dog doing work. Have you trained the dog for this reality of a lot of waiting and relatively little doing? This live talks about my thoughts with my own dog, and how I plan to start working on this for our team. Follow my training! The High Drive Dog More online training! Fenzi Dog Sports Academy

Are these developmental possibilities in a dog? Heck, are they even about the other, or are they about the one doing the describing? Follow my training! The High Drive Dog More online training! Fenzi Dog Sports Academy

Can you separate what your dog sees, hears, smells and feels? Splitting these factors apart can help your reactivity training go faster. Follow my training! The High Drive Dog More online training! Fenzi Dog Sports Academy