Events & Seminars
Fusion Pet Retreat’s training center offers various events and seminars on a regular basis. We are happy to partner with different community organizations to offer various events. We also offer Seminars taught by our qualified instructors in different topics including agility, behavior, and more.
Cancellation Policy for Seminars: All seminars are non-refundable unless we can fill your spot.
All events & seminars are hosted in the comfort of a climate-controlled 11,000 sq. ft. indoor facility.
Upcoming Seminar and Events
Dogs & Storks Seminar
Dates:
Friday, Nov. 7th from 3:30 pm -4:30 pm
Saturday, Dec. 20th from 10:30 am – 11:30 am
Instructor: Alison Schramel CPDT-KA, LFPPE
Cost: $30/ per couple or co-parents
About the Seminar:
Dogs & Storks® workshop is perfect for expecting families with dogs as they prepare for life with baby. The information provided will add to your understanding and bond you already have with your dog as you both navigate preparing together and life with a baby. This one hour presentation will provide positive, practical, and ongoing solutions that will help you include your dog before and once baby arrives. Our goal is to support you as you transition from a dog family to a family with a baby and dog.
About your Instructor:
With over 15 years of experience, Alison has helped thousands of families and their pets live harmoniously together. When she became a mother herself, she quickly learned that a home with pets and kids was more chaotic than she expected – even as an animal professional! This experience jump started her journey to helping other families and their four-legged friends. Thus, Hearts and Paws was founded. Alison understands that every animal and every human is unique, so our services are tailored to meet everyone’s individual needs. Her innovative approach combines positive reinforcement techniques with a deep understanding of animal body language and human psychology. Alison has a B.A. in Psychology, is a Certified Professional Dog Trainer – Knowledge Assessed, and a Licensed Family Paws Parent Educator.
Dogs & Toddlers Seminar
Dates:
Sunday, Nov. 23rd from 2:00 pm – 3:00 pm
Instructor: Alison Schramel CPDT-KA, LFPPE
Cost: $30/ per couple or co-parents
About the Seminar:
Dogs & Toddlers™ is the ideal workshop for families with dogs and babies who are soon to be crawling or walking. Often the first 3 months have gone smoothly and many families are caught off guard when their dog begins to show discomfort with the new developmental changes of their mobile baby. This one hour presentation offers insight and proactive options for some of the common challenges families with dogs experience as baby becomes mobile.
About your Instructor:
With over 15 years of experience, Alison has helped thousands of families and their pets live harmoniously together. When she became a mother herself, she quickly learned that a home with pets and kids was more chaotic than she expected – even as an animal professional! This experience jump started her journey to helping other families and their four-legged friends. Thus, Hearts and Paws was founded. Alison understands that every animal and every human is unique, so our services are tailored to meet everyone’s individual needs. Her innovative approach combines positive reinforcement techniques with a deep understanding of animal body language and human psychology. Alison has a B.A. in Psychology, is a Certified Professional Dog Trainer – Knowledge Assessed, and a Licensed Family Paws Parent Educator.
Front Cross, Blind Cross and Rear Cross Seminar
Dates: Saturday, Nov. 1st from 1-5:30pm
Instructor: Beth Hostetter
Cost: $90 – working spot, $25 – auditing spot
About the Seminar:
Take your handling skills to the next level with this in-depth look at the front cross, blind cross, and rear cross. We’ll focus on the purpose of each maneuver, how to choose the best option for your dog’s line, and how to use motion, position, and timing to create smooth, efficient communication on course.
Using short sequences and challenging setups, you’ll refine your precision, strengthen your teamwork, and build confidence in reading and shaping your dog’s path. Expect to come away with sharper execution, clearer handling choices, and a deeper understanding of how each cross fits into your overall handling system.
Mini Seminars with Peyton Green
Dates: Friday, October 24th
Cost: $120 – working spot, $25 – auditing spot
About Peyton:
Peyton fell in love with dog training at a young age and spent her childhood training her family dogs, learning from any resource she could find, and volunteering at every local trial. Since then, Peyton has trained and trialed in many dog sports including agility, mondioring, herding, obedience, rally, flyball, dock diving, disc dog, and trick dog. She believes that learning from a wide variety of people and dog sports makes her a better trainer and helps her come up with creative solutions using tools from other sports.
While she loves training many sports, running international style agility is her biggest passion. In recent years she has won and placed in multiple regional and national agility events with her border collie Dash and Belgian Malinois Vivid—Most recently making podiums with both dogs at European Open team tryouts and making finals at the Polish Open.
Focus & Engagement with Peyton Green
Dates: Friday, Oct. 24th from 8:30am-Noon
About the Seminars:
In this 3.5 hour seminar, we’ll be working on focus & engagement for agility! You’ll learn how to train your dog to focus on you and to choose you over distractions. Our goal is to create a dog that always opts in to training instead of you having to beg them to work for you! This session is appropriate for puppies & young dogs getting started and also for more experienced teams who want to improve their relationship. Dogs should be a minimum of 16 weeks old and comfortable eating treats (or playing) in a training facility.
Advanced Handling with Peyton Green
Dates: Friday, Oct. 24th from 1-5pm
About the Seminars:
In this 4 hour seminar, we’ll be working through masters level coursework. Focus areas will include cross execution, verbal and commitment timing, and choosing the best line and handling for your dog. This seminar will include jumps, tunnels and weaves and is open to dogs training at senior/champ UKI, masters USDAA, or Excellent/Masters AKC level courses.