Education #

My education so far has been in diverse classes and webinars. I have been tracking my learning since mid 2022.

Since 2024, I have taken a break from formal class learning to focus in some other types of learning, such as reading the latest scientific research. I have also been focusing on pinpointing the exact cause of Finn’s chronic pain.

Classes #

• FDSA AG190: The Glue for Future Agility Stars
  Nancy Gagliardi Little

• FDSA BH110: Dealing with the Bogeyman: Helping Reactive and Fearful Dogs - The Play Way!
  Amy Cook, PhD
  Gold level

• FDSA BH150: Management for Reactive Dogs
  Amy Cook, PhD

• FDSA BH160: Sound Advice: Conquering Noise Sensitivity
  Amy Cook, PhD

• FDSA BH275: Reactive Integration
  Karen Deeds, CDBC

• FDSA BH285: Control Unleashed Pattern Games for Sports and Life Skills
  Julie Daniels

• FDSA BH290: Control Unleashed in the Big Wide World
  Julie Daniels

• FDSA BH305: The Whole Picture - Behavioral Wellness for Performance Dogs
  Sarah Stremming

• FDSA DS460: Optimal Arousal: Consent and the Working Dog
  Hélène Lawler

• FDSA EL110: Beyond the Click: Adventures in +R2.0
  Hélène Lawler

• FDSA FE115: Baby Genius
  Julie Daniels

• FDSA FE130: Toys - Developing Cooperation and Play
  Shade Whitesel

• FDSA FE155: Crucial Concepts of Competition - Shaping/Luring/Capturing and More!
  Shade Whitesel

• FDSA FE370: ALL THE SPORTS: Foundation for the Cross-training Canine
  Sara Brueske

• FDSA FE425: Teenage Tyrants: Surviving Your Dog’s Adolescence
  Sarah Stremming
  Gold level

• FDSA FE565: Finding Five - Training for a Busy World
  Chrissi Schranz

• FDSA RA560: Shape Up - Improving and Maintaining Your and Your Dog’s Shaping Skills
  Julie Flanery
  Silver level

• Raising a Performance Puppy
  Deborah Jones
  Self study

• I’m just little! Foundation skills for smaller competition dogs
  Denise Fenzi
  Self study

Workshops #

• FDSA WW420: No Give Only Chase: Creating Chase as a Thinking Reinforcement
  Shade Whitesel
  Working spot
  03.12.2023

• FDSA WW415: NOMO FOMO: Teaching Your Dog to Patiently Wait Their Turn Workshop
  Nicole Wiebusch
  12.11.2023

• FDSA WW324: Find Mine!: Beginning Scent Articles
  Laura Waudby 21.08.2023

• FDSA WW347: Playing Favorites: Expanding Toy Preferences
  Sara Brueske
  11.12.2022

• FDSA WW377: People are Boring: Teaching Your Social Butterfly to Ignore
  Sara Brueske
  30.04.2022

Conferences #

• Canine Science Forum 2025
  Hamburg, Germany
  23.06.2025 - 26.06.2025

• Modern Ethical Training Conference 2024
  9.03.2024 & 10.03.2024

• FDSA ZZ009: The Adolescent Dog - One Day Online Conference
  11.11.2023

• FDSA ZZ008: High Drive Dogs - One Day Online Conference
  8.07.2023

Webinars #

• Complex Behaviour Cases - A Need For Collaboration (Part 2)
  Barbara Deg, RVT, CDBC, CPDT-KA, CSAT
  3.12.2023

• Anxiety: The Whole Story - Two-Part Series
  Jessica Hekman, DVM, PhD
  Dr Kathy Murphy, BVetMed, DPhil, CVA, CLAS, MRCVS
  2.12.2023 & 12.12.2023

• Complex Behaviour Cases - A Need For Collaboration (Part 1)
  Barbara Deg, RVT, CDBC, CPDT-KA, CSAT
  18.11.2023

• A Few of my Favorite Things
  Leslie McDevitt
  27.11.2023

• (Don’t) Show Me the Money: Reward Strategies for Cooperative Care (Part 1)
  Kate Woods
  5.11.2023

• Listen Up: An Evidence-Based Assessment of Sound Products for Dogs
  Eileen Anderson
  14.10.2023

• Pesky Poisoned Cues: How to Spot Them, Avoid Them, and Fix Them
  Hélène Lawler
  28.09.2023

• Push to Play: Introducing “Offered” Behaviors to Your Training Language with Your Dog
  Shade Whitesel
  21.09.2023

• Small Dogs in a Big World
  Amy Cook, PhD.. 31.08.2023

• Kick Start Your Training Sessions
  Hannah Branigan
  22.08.2023

• Frustration Free Training: Clean Loops and Upside Down Funnels
  Hannah Branigan
  16.08.2023

• It’s MY Turn: Helping Your Dog with FOMO
  Nicole Wiebusch
  27.07.2023

• Hold It! Working in a No-Pee Zone
  Julie Symons
  20.07.2023

• Wait for It: Discussing Duration in All It’s Forms
  Sara Brueske
  06.07.2023

• Intro to Treibball
  Melissa Breau
  08.07.2023

• Uh Oh: Is People Pleasing Holding You Back… Without You Even Knowing It?
  Hélène Lawler
  1.07.2023

• Reducing the Baseline: Setting Your Dog Up for Success Before B-mod
  Karen Deeds
  11.05.2023

• Surviving an Urban Environment with a Control Freak
  Martina Miradoli
  27.04.2023

• GET UNSTUCK - 5 ideas to help when you hit rough patches in your training
  Ryan Cartlidge
  19.04.2023

• The Genetics of Dog Personality - What Have We Learned?
  Jessica Hekman, PhD, DVM
  13.04.2023

• Train Your Dog to Gait for Fitness and Performance
  Chris Zink, DVM
  2.03.2023

• Radically Rethinking How We Handle Errors
  Hélène Lawler
  16.02.2023

• Can You Build Bravery? Developing Resilience in Young Dogs
  Michele Pouliot
  9.02.2023

• Put Your Oxygen Mask On First: Living and Loving Dogs with Big Feelings Hélène Lawler
  12.01.2023

• Picking a Puppy: Evaluating Puppy Structure Chris Zink, DVM
  19.11.2022

• Radius Training: The Invisible Long Line
  Chrissi Schranz
  19.11.2022

• Solutions for Common Crate Concerns
  Sarah Stremming
  19.11.2022

• No-Look Reinforcement: Keep your dog checking in, even when you’ve checked out
  Nancy Tucker
  17.11.2022

• October 6th, 2022: - 5 Games to Teach Your Dog to Stay Connected
  Nicole Wiebusch
  06.10.2022

• Silence is Golden
  Leslie McDevitt
  29.09.2022

• Really Real Relaxation
  Suzanne Clothier

• But my dog isn’t food-motivated
  Kathy Sdao

• Is Your Dog Sensitive to Noises? How to Treat Noise Phobia in Dogs
  Amy Cook, PhD

• How to Quiet a Barking Dog
  Amy Cook, PhD

• Building Puppy Confidence: Give Your Puppy the Gift of Optimism
  Julie Daniels

• Cooperative Care: How to Prepare Your Dog for Visits to the Vet & Groomer
  Deborah Jones

• Crate Training Dogs: Happy Crating for Life
  Sarah Stremming

• Dog on the Go: Take Your Public Pooch Out and About
  Sara Brueske

• Living with Multiple Dogs: Management skills
  Chelsey Protulipac

• Dealing with a High Energy Dog
  Chelsey Protulipac

• Adolescent Dog Training: From Maddening to Maturity
  Suzanne Clothier