Instructors

Doreen Suchting

Dogs have always been a focal point in Doreen's life. Growing up, she worked German Shepherds on obedience and socialization. She bought her first herding dog in 1975 to work cattle. Over the years, she has also worked and trained dogs in both obedience and agility. She currently trains and shows her Border Collies in agility events.

Donna Brown

In 2004, Donna left the public school teaching profession to devote her energies full-time to teaching agility.  She places emphasis on the handler-dog relationship to create a team that enjoys working together.  She develops and enhances communication in teams with motivational issues as well as high drive teams that need to build self-control.  Donna owns/trains/competes both mini and open dogs so she can address the distinct characteristics of running a small or large dog.

As an agility competitor she has achieved the highest titles in both USDAA and AKC.  She competes with her Pembroke Welsh Corgi, “Morgan”, and her Border Collies, “Skeeter” and “BAM”.

Lori Chambers

Our beginner and advanced obedience instructor has been training dogs for seven years. She currently holds titles in obedience, water work, confirmation, and agility. She is in the process of training her first dog for a title in tracking. She has also given seminars in water work and obedience.

Marta Coursey

Marta has been helping people to train their dogs for many years. She has been a Certified Pet Dog trainer since 2002 and is a member of the Association of Pet Dog Trainers. She currently competes in Agility and Rally Obedience with her Australian Shepherd, Mia and her Border Collie Ember.

Marta has previously competed in obedience with a Bullmastiff and agility with a Shar-Pei and a Golden Retreiver.

Janet Gauntt

Janet has competed in and instructed many dog sports including obedience, tracking, flyball and dog agility since acquiring her first Sheltie in 1981. She has exhibited in, judged, and instructed dog agility (group, private, and seminars) since 1989. Many of her students have gone on to place in National competitions and represent the USA in international competition. Currently, she shows and trains her Border Collies, Legend and Romance, and her Swedish Vallhund, Sci-Fi.

Bridget McKnight

Bridget currently competes at the national levels of both USDAA and AKC with her two Border Collies, Kestrel and Molly McPerfect, both of whom have recently competed at the AKC World Team Tryouts, in the finals at the 2007 AKC Nationals and in the finals of the 2006 USDAA Grand Prix. Molly, a rescue, won Round one at the 2007 AKC Nationals and finished second in a very exciting Challenger round. She has also competed with and titled dogs in earthdog, lure coursing, racing and herding. Her methods are all positive and stress building drive, speed, and accuracy into every dog. She believes that a strong foundation plus consistent handling cues that make sense to both dog and handler are the building blocks of agility. And, above all else: Agility should be fun!

Sally Zinkhan

Sally has been training and competing in Agility trials with her Corgis and for the past 15 years. She is currently trialing regularly in USDAA & AKC sanctioned events.  She and her Corgi Fletcher have competed in the USDAA Grand Prix and Steeplechase Finals in Ohio, Maryland, and Texas. In the past she has participated in Flyball & Herding and was invited to the Purina Incredible Dog Challenge and ESPN Great Outdoor Games for Flyball and Dock Diving. Most recently she is taking a stab at Disc Dog competitions with her Cattle Dog Panda.