Crystal Wing, Faculty (Foundations, Behavior)
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With a passion for building strong bonds between dogs and their humans, Crystal Wing (BA, MAE) focuses on reinforcement experiences and reflective practices to build confident, happy teams. Crystal’s 23 years as a high school art teacher and coach translate seamlessly to dog training, fostering positive relationships and effective communication for both trainers and their canine partners. She believes that imagination is one of our most important training tools.
Since 2006, she has been dedicated to training dogs in various disciplines. She excels in protection sports, holding a certification as a GSDCA trial helper and is also a Mondioring training decoy. Her competition experience includes titling multiple dogs in IPO and dock diving, as well as some mondioring, PSA, agility, weight pull, and rally. Crystal also earned a national certification for her Human Remains Detection K9 Rad-ish, through the American Rescue Dog Association.
Crystal is currently the Training Director for Evolution Working Dog Club in St. Louis, MO, hosts "What's On Top? Chasing Curiosity" podcast and co-hosted the K9 Detection Collaborative podcast for 151 episodes. She brings creativity and her expertise gained from instructing seminars online and across the country, as well as her own online classes, instructing at FDSA and instructed at K9Sensus Foundation to create a fun and engaging learning environment for dog trainers and competitors.
Crystal uses she/her pronouns.
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This is the first online class I have taken. Although I took it at the bronze level, I was amazed at how much I got out of it and couldn't wait to try the exercises and share them with my training partners. As an inexperienced handler with little competition experience, I was nervous. There was no need to worry. Denise accepts her students, canine and human, right where they are. She is very clear that you don’t have to keep up, make comparisons or master it all in the 6 week session. Her feedback is prompt, frequent and right to the point. As she discusses areas that need work, she is encouraging and reinforcing. I always felt like wagging my tail and working harder after every interchange. Getting to know and watch the other students is fun and instructive. I am looking forward to taking classes regularly through the Fenzi Academy. And I highly recommend that you go for the gold!
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