Frankie Joiris Trick Seminar
BIO
Frankie Joiris has been teaching dog training since 1976, teaching pet and competition obedience classes in NYC for 25 years before switching to agility training in 2001.
For over thirty years her ‘day job’ was training and handling animals for theater, television and film, which has given her experience training pretty much anything that breathes and moves, from turtles to tigers (although mostly specializing in smaller mammals, birds and farm animals). She continues to work train animal actors part time, and her current dogs have appeared in many television shows, ads and movies.
She is has been a regular writer for Clean Run Magazine since 2004, writing articles on foundation, fitness, focus and training, including the popular ‘Total Team Performance Puppy’ a 12 month series of articles based on Total Team foundation program from start to finish.
She is also the author of the popular Dog Potential Unleashed Newsletter -
September 13th & 14th 2025
​Working and Audit Spots
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*Working spot $135
*Audit spot $65 (tails members 10%off)
Join us for a fantastic fun day of learning all kinds of tricks and new ways to look at teaching and training.
If you’re looking for a way to de-stress your life, laugh a lot, and develop new skills, this is it!
Drawing from over 40 years as a professional theatrical animal trainer, Frankie Joiris’s approach to animal education focuses on enhancing our conversation with our dog, and enjoying the process while expanding both our own and our dog’s skills.
From bowling to balancing - this trick seminar focuses on finding the stuff that works best for your team, and creating trick routines that are a blast for everyone involved.
In addition to learning new tricks, the basic concepts learned are great for your training toolbox in agility, obedience, rally, and just every day life with your dog!
This is a very interactive workshop, expect to be busy most of the day and tired at the end of it!
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Because of the format of the seminar, with groups of ten dogs, on leash if necessary, on the floor at once, everyone gets a lot of working time.
The format is a combination of demonstrations, lecture, discussion and working with dogs, even auditors are put to work so everyone is involved. My goal is not only for people to teach their dog some new tricks and get a start on some others, but to also give them some new ways of thinking about dogs, dog training, and the way we communicate with our dogs.
here is a link to some reviews from students: