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.

Crystal Wing's current and upcoming classes

FF270 Training in Harmony

Crystal Wing (Faculty)

Foundations

This class dives into the Six C’s framework: Compassion, Connection, Clarity, Confidence, Curiosity, and Creativity. Together, these elements strengthen behavior by improving focus, engagement, and recovery when training gets challenging. Great training isn’t just about fixing or obtaining behavior… it’s about creating understanding that allows for joyous work and clarity.

Why choose us?

We offer a variety of online training solutions designed to help you and your furry friend achieve success

World Class Trainers

Learn from professionals with years of experience in canine behavior

Proven methods

Science-backed positive reinforcement techniques that actually work

Personalized approach

Programs tailored to your dog’s unique needs and personality

Engaging lessons

Keep training exciting with interactive exercises and games

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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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This course gave me an arsenal of tools to use in the upcoming months. I don't know how the instructor stayed on top of all of our homework but she did and then some. You will get the most out of this if you are not afraid to post your failures and risk looking foolish.

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Feedback was always timely, helpful, and supportive, and I was very happy with the format of this class. I can't wait to enroll in more. I just wish there were more hours in the day to train.

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