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WORKSHOP

WW568: Nov 30 – Fixing that Box Smasher with a Focused Alert (REPEAT)

Lecture Release: November 30, 2025

NOTE: This is a workshop hosted by Fenzi Dog Sports Academy.  Registration and attendance will be managed though FDSA.

Working Spot – $39.95. Working participants will submit a short video (approx. 90 seconds) for instructor feedback. Limited number of spots available.

Auditors – $29.95. Unlimited number of spots available. Will receive access to all materials, but will not receive personalized instructor feedback.

Registration opens at 9:00 am Pacific Time on September 22, 2025

Registration closes at 12:00 pm (noon) Pacific Time on October 31, 2025

In this workshop, we will reveal all of the different reasons why your dog might use their feet to alert on containers rather than the nose. For the truly destructive dogs, we will use the workshop to work on a focused freeze response. We will cover the steps and demonstrate proofing and progression.

This workshop is focused on containers only, however you can use this foundation training to apply to more “hunting style” indications. If you have a dog with a long history of container smashing, flinging, chewing, or other type of destruction, this workshop will get you on the right track… and give you a tool to start to manage those behaviors.

This class is appropriate for both food and toy reward dogs. Initial foundation training is most easily taught with food. Example videos will show both food and toy reward (including using both to regulate arousal).

Keep in mind that this “fix” takes longer than a week long workshop to address. This workshop will get you on the right foot…. this is how I trained Powder to go from nuclear to RELIABLE and CLEAR.

For this workshop, you will need both metal switch boxes and study rubbermaid-type containers. If you don’t have access to metal switch boxes, you can do much of the foundation work with the Rubbermaids.

Switch Box Example materials (you can use this or like materials):

https://www.homedepot.com/p/RACO-4-in-Raised-Ground-Welded-Square-Electrical-Box-8232/100578083?MERCH=REC-_-SearchPLPHorizontal1_rr-_-NA-_-100578083-_-N

connected to:

https://www.homedepot.com/p/Steel-City-2-Gang-4-in-4-3-cu-in-Pre-Galvanized-Metal-Square-Mud-Ring-5-8-in-Raised-52C3-25R/202590483

Rubbermaid Example materials (you can use these or like containers)… you will need a total of SIX:

https://www.amazon.com/Rubbermaid-3-Pack-Garage-Storage-Capacity/dp/B0B3345MYH/

Watch the trailer:

WORKSHOP

WW570: Dec 7 – How to Handle a Rocket Ship: The High Arousal or High Drive Dog in Nosework (NEW!!)

Lecture Release: December 07, 2025

NOTE: This is a workshop hosted by Fenzi Dog Sports Academy.  Registration and attendance will be managed though FDSA.

Working Spot – $39.95. Working participants will submit a short video (approx. 90 seconds) for instructor feedback. Limited number of spots available.

Auditors – $29.95. Unlimited number of spots available. Will receive access to all materials, but will not receive personalized instructor feedback.

Registration opens at 9:00 am Pacific Time on September 22, 2025

Registration closes at 12:00 pm (noon) Pacific Time on October 31, 2025

So you have a Rocket Ship? They are fun to watch but can be really challenging to get the most of them. Sometimes it can feel like you are skating the line between brilliance and a train wreck. Trying to skate that line can be frustrating to both the handler and the dog. This workshop is about developing the skills you need to handle the high arousal and/or high drive dog in Nosework. We will get into way more than the standard staging advice. We will also get into handling skills that can help you to get the most out of your dog.

We WILL talk about arousal and drive but probably not in the way you’ve heard it before. Arousal can be your friend as long as you know how to make it place nicely with the dog’s natural drive levels.

We WILL talk about what you can do before the search and on the start line. More importantly though, we will cover how you can make adjustments DURING a search to help your dog to be successful. These adjustments will include during the search as well as during the reward. This workshop is appropriate for both food and toy reward dogs.

Rocket Ships are challenging dogs… left to their own devices they might implode (YIKES!) but with careful and focused handling, they can make it LOOK easy (it never really is… easy is a myth!!)

I will be bringing the wisdom that my own Rocket Ships have taught me. Some of these lessons were hard learned. My goal is to help you shorten your own learning curve.

My own Rocket Ship (this video will be used as an example in the workshop):