Upcoming Calendar
Toys - Developing Cooperation and Play
Class via FDSA ~ Registration opens September 22nd, 2023 | Class begins October 1st!
Do you have a dog that chases the ball, yet won’t bring it back? Plays keep away with toys? Tugs but won’t let go? Bites you instead of the tug? If so, this class is for you!
Shaping a Fast and Furious Retreive
Class via FDSA ~ Registration opens September 22nd, 2023 | Class begins October 1st!
Want a strong, motivated retrieve of the dumbell and a good foundation for utility exercises? Join me as I break down how to create your reinforcement (toy skill of “switch”), and then how to create a firm hold, the end skill in the complex retrieve chain.
FDSA Training Camp
Live Event ~ Registration open now | Oct. 6-8. 2023 in Albany, Oregon
Join Shade for three action-packed days of Obedience, Rally, Agility, Nosework, Freestyle, Rally-FrEe, lectures, labs, and more … all taught FDSA style!
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Eye On Ion | Patreon Membership
Join Shade on Patreon for behind-the-scenes of her life with her latest working line bred German shepherd as she trains for bitesports, obedience, and more.
Online Classes | Via Fenzi Dog Sports Academy
Join Shade on Patreon for behind-the-scenes of her life with her latest working line bred German shepherd as she trains for bitesports, obedience, and more.
About Me
Shade Whitesel
“Currently, I would consider myself a clicker trainer. What that means to me is that behavior is your dog’s choice, and it’s up to me to control the access to reinforcement and to teach and motivate the dog so that they choose what I want.”
Shade has always been interested in all things dog. She ran a successful dog training business for 20 years before transitioning to online teaching, where she teaches mostly toy and sport skills. She got her first German Shepherd Dog fresh out of college, and is currently raising her 9th puppy. She specializes in highly motivated working lines, channeling their need to move and bite things into more appropriate actions.
Feeling overwhelmed at your first “high drive” dog? Shade can help you!
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“Shade’s Toys class totally transformed my relationship with our German Shepherd Zorro! From a pup who was entirely focused on all the smells around and chasing cars to such engaged dog who now seeks my attention! Shade taught us how to effectively communicate while having fun together!
Watching puppy Ion brightens my days and reading Shade’s posts has been such amazing learning experience! I love skills challenges that Shade set up for her patrons- with her guidance and feedback my adult dog “caught up” on so many life skills already!”
— Agnieszka
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