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Crystal Wing, Faculty (Foundations, Behavior)

Cbwing.art@gmail.com

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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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I was at first hesitant about taking online training courses, in general. This course has convinced me that it can be almost an even better training and learning opportunity, reviewing your training sessions with the instructors input, analyzing what you did yourself. Precise, fast and clear instructions, help and very positive feedback made this course a blast - 6 weeks went by too fast! I live on a farm way out in the country and while my dog loves to learn between his severe travel anxiety and the price of gas we don't have a lot of opportunities to try new classes. The Fenzi Academy is perfect for us and gives us the opportunity to try things and have access to trainers that we would never have in person. Thank you so much for giving us this opportunity! This is my first time taking a Fenzi Academy class, but not my first time taking an online class. I have to say it is the best experience I have had so far. What was better than previous experiences is the greater detail in breaking down training plans with good videos and lectures, and making it less of a "figure it out yourself" kind of experience. The other component is technology they use allows for more organized discussion and content delivery - it may seem secondary to the quality of teaching, but the delivery tools are really important. Lastly, the timeliness and quality of the coaching was excellent. will be taking additional classes in the future and would recommend her course and Fenzi Academy to others.

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I've taken a number of classes by a number of instructors at FDSA. I appreciate how well they overlap, and that the message is often the same despite who's teaching.The FDSA online site is so great! Not complicated; it has been easy to use. I am really impressed with Denise's mission to bring into her Academy absolutely top-notch instructors! Plus, I really love the 3-tier options for her students! With these options, the online courses are affordable for everyone that is interested in improving their dog training skills and building the best relationship with their dog(s) -- whether they do, or plan on doing dog performance sports, or just want to spend time with their dog and have a well-trained dog ... a dog that is a wonderful representative to the community at-large....all achieved with positive training methods! The depth of knowledge that i am getting from the classes I am taking is invaluable. It has opened a door to training and overall learning for me that I wouldn't be able to get elsewhere. I am in a power wheelchair and finding transportation to classes is often difficult for me. These online classes have given me the guidance I've needed to stay focused and motivated to work with my dog.

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Since I am generally a hands-on learner, I was skeptical how much I would like learning through an on-line course. I have to say that the method used by Fenzi Academy is very effective. The videos are very helpful, both the instructor and student videos. And all questions were timely answered with professionalism and sensitivity. I couldn't have been more pleased with the courses I have taken!

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