psa workshop
meet your decoys
Drew Fischesser
Drew Fischesser has experience in multiple protection sports, specializing in PSA, but with varied levels of experience in APPDA, IGP, American Schutzhund, and WDA. He is highly proficient in training effective personal protection dogs for real-world applications, and has played a significant role in the training and certification of law enforcement K9 teams for Police Dog Services in Ohio.
Excelling in training "off breeds" in protection, Drew has skillfully built and trained a variety of breeds for PPD and protection sports— including Rottweilers, Cane Corsi, Presa Canarios, Dogo Argentinos, Caucasian Ovtcharkas, Dobermanns, Boxers, Border Collies, Cattle Dogs, American Pit Bull Terriers, American Bulldogs, Olde English Bulldogges, and more.
Drew is the primary training decoy/helper for Benchmark Dobermanns. He is largely responsible for their dogs’ development and imprinting from puppyhood to adult, and has been pivotal in the success of their dogs on the trial field.
Drew is a top tier training decoy/helper, with over a decade of training and trial experience. He was a certified PSA decoy from 2013–2025, and a senior decoy from 2018–2024. He has been a Regional and National select decoy and has titled multiple dogs in PSA, including a PDC for his dog Zelda, a PSA1 and 1st place podium spot with his dog Ivan, the first leg of a PSA1 on his dog Trigger, and a PSA2 on his dog Brutus.
He and Brutus were only the 2nd Cane Corso team to ever earn a PSA2, and they podiumed 8+ times, including at regional and National levels, taking home all the hardware on four occasions. Drew and Brutus competed in the PSA level 3 multiple times before injury forced Brutus’ retirement.
Along with his personal dogs, Drew has successfully built and developed a huge variety of client dogs and was instrumental in their success and ability to title. He has trained several other decoys, many going on to certify as skilled trial decoys.
He specializes in troubleshooting and problem solving training issues, and has in many cases helped teams solve training issues no other trainers have been able to resolve, including some of the highest accomplished and most widely respected training decoys and helpers in the country.
Drew’s real talent, however, is in the building and development of puppies and young dogs for bitesports and personal protection.
josh knowlton
Josh has been a certified dog trainer for the past 20 years. He got his start apprenticing at a pet dog training school as an obedience instructor and also worked doing behavior modification for troubled dogs. His interest in dog sports began with frisbee competitions with his pit bulls Domino and Dino.
He went on to become involved in the Protection Sports Association as a decoy and competitor and earned his first PSA 1 with Dino in 2015. He continued as a decoy and trainer, being voted as a National Select Decoy multiple years and helping many teams earn titles in the sport.
Josh is also one of the founding members and Training Director of the Nomad Working Dogs PSA Club, based in NH, a club known for producing high-achieving teams who compete regularly on a national level. Away from home, Josh’s skill as a training decoy and obedience coach have found him conducting seminars around the US and as far away as India!
In addition to these accomplishments, Josh currently has the honor of earning the most PSA3 titles in the history of the sport (10!) with his dog Kano, now retired. He is currently continuing his PSA journey with his other dogs Rayne PSA2, Roux PSA2, Reiko PSA1, Nica PSA1 and Kage PDC.
Step behind the curtain of Protection Sports Association (PSA) training in this no-nonsense working sport seminar led by Josh Knowlton and Drew Fischesser. Designed for handlers and dogs at all stages, this seminar focuses on real-world PSA concepts including obedience under pressure, protection fundamentals, drive development, and clear communication between handler, dog, and decoy.
Expect practical instruction, thoughtful problem-solving, and hands-on insight into building confident, reliable working dogs—whether you’re new to PSA or sharpening skills for competition.
Limited working spots available. Audit spots welcome.
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