During her 30 year agility career, Susan has earned multiple championships with a variety of dogs. Those include MACHS (AKC), ADCHs (USDAA) and IWAC and CSS titles (UKI). In the 2015 US Open, her dog Mars won both the Biathlon and the Speedstakes and placed second in the Masters Challenge. Currently her young dogs are competing at the highest levels in agility. She competes in scent work as well.
Paula has trained dogs for 20 years. She was a member of the Princeton DTC and the K-9 Obedience Cub. Paula began in Obedience and Rally, earning several titles. She has competed in agility since 2003 and earned seven MACH’s on her Cocker Spaniel. Paula also tilted dogs in Barn Hunt, Tricks, Lure Coursing, Confirmation, CGC and Pet Therapy. Also, trained in Scent Work, Tracking and Herding.
Greg has been a dog agility enthusiast for nearly half his life. During his more than a quarter-century spent in dog agility, he has trained, competed, judged and organized/hosted. All of this from the local through the international level. In his spare time, he is a nearly retired legal services business owner, avid College Gameday football fan, old truck towing camper wanderer, from scratch pizza baker, and Weber kettle low slow smoked pork shoulder hobbyist.
Laurence started teaching at the Whole Dog Institute 10 years ago. Her dogs have earned many championships, including MACHS and ADCHs, and IWAC and WCSS titles. Her three border collies have gone to regional and national finals for all three venues, making podiums in USDAA and UKI. Cyclone was in the Top 10 Border Collie Rankings in 2023. Laurence also does scent work with her dogs.
Nancy has competed in agility for over 20 years. Her dogs earned multiple Master Agility Championship titles (MACH’s) and qualified for the National Agility Championship. Nancy has titles from UKI, USDA and ASCA. She gave lessons at the Atlanta Obedience Club and Bon Clyde in Sanford, NC, where she taught Novice, Open and Masters classes. Nancy also competes in Rally and Obedience.
Penny has taught for 20 years and competed in agility for 30 years. Some of Penny’s accomplishments include: winning the Championship class at the UKI US Open, making the finals at the USDAA Cynosports, winning the 12” preferred class at the AKC National Championship and making it into the final round at the Westminster Masters Agility Championship. She competed in the AKC Finals and Challenger Rounds many times. Penny’s resume includes competing in obedience, rally, dock diving, scent work, lure coursing, herding, conformation, fly ball and barn hunt.
Since 1999, Kim has been teaching, training and competing with her dogs in agility. She and her labrador retrievers have earned 14 MACHs and many more titles in a variety of venues including Retriever Hunt Tests, Obedience, Dock Diving and Nosework. Four of Kim’s labs were in the Top 10 for the Breed nationally for many years and she was a finalist at Westminster in Agility three years in a row. Kim also does Pet Therapy.