Fenzi Food For Thought

I hope those of us in the Dog industry stop talking about “them”. “They” can speak for themselves. If you have a question, ask “them.” When you make assumptions about why people do what they do, or say nasty things about their character because they don’t share your opinions? That reflects on you and it makes it very difficult to have honest conversations when you’re present because you ruin goodwill, listening and striving for understanding.   Follow my training! Instagram The High Drive Dog More online training! Fenzi Dog Sports Academy

What relationship-based training means to me. I give the example of an informal recall with my dog. Follow my training! Instagram The High Drive Dog More online training! Fenzi Dog Sports Academy

Super informal chat with Bryndon Golya, CDBC of OC Canine Coaching about management, training, medication, giving “enough” to our dogs and…plenty in between!   Follow my training! Instagram The High Drive Dog More online training! Fenzi Dog Sports Academy

This live covers follower questions sparked by a panel hosted by Jo-Rosie Haffenden.   Follow my training! Instagram The High Drive Dog More online training! Fenzi Dog Sports Academy

The solution to the Dog Trainer people is to be like the chicken people. In this live I talk about roosters. If the dog people were like the chicken people, we could make radical advances in our field. Take a listen. Tell me what you think.   Follow my training! Instagram The High Drive Dog More online training! Fenzi Dog Sports Academy

Discover the benefits of cooperative care in dog training, making daily life easier for owners and pets alike. Learn effective strategies for training puppies, including the importance of recall commands and positive reinforcement. Delve into mastering recall and behavioral training, especially off-leash scenarios, and hear personal stories that underscore the impact of foundational skills. Finally, find joy in the training process, where even small efforts can yield remarkable results for both you and your dog.

In this live I talk about why I do bite sports.   Follow my training! Instagram The High Drive Dog More online training! Fenzi Dog Sports Academy

Train the dog in front of you. What does that mean? Seeing as I wrote a book with this title, I have opinions about it! Two dogs can have the same issue, and the solutions can be radically different. At the end of the day, you have to know your dog… I give examples in this live to help you understand the concept.   Follow my training! Instagram The High Drive Dog More online training! Fenzi Dog Sports Academy

If you like the minutiae of dog training, you might like this live. Here I talk about the challenge I have with my dog in the Mondio ring search exercise… He prefers to bite than to bark! I talk about a “good training” solution which involves breaking it down into small pieces…small splits are good dog training. I talk about the fact that it didn’t work. I talk about brainstorming to come up with an answer. And what all of this makes me think about? One challenge of training dog sports with positive reinforcement is lack of tradition around solutions to problems. Of course this is not a problem in Dog sports that are traditionally positive reinforcement based, but it absolutely is in sports with little to no tradition of +r problem-solving, because these sport have rather few +r folks playing the game.   Follow my training! Instagram The High Drive Dog More online training! Fenzi Dog Sports Academy

Does positive reinforcement training mean withholding half of the information the dog needs to to be successful? Would the dog find more clarity if you included aversives? Would that actually be a relief to the dog? I give my thoughts on that here.   Follow my training! Instagram The High Drive Dog More online training! Fenzi Dog Sports Academy