Barb Baron

• Started out breeding and showing Yorkshire Terriers
• Got a Giant Schnauzer and became involved in obedience, flyball and then agility
• Member - Sarasota Obedience Training Club (SOTC)
• Earned Obedience titles on her own dogs including
  • Canadian Otch - Giant Schnauzer and Papillon
  • Canadian CDX - Mini Wire Daxie
  • Canadian CD - Papillon
  • AKC - UD and CD - two Papillons
• Earned Agility titles on her own dogs including
  • Canadian ATCHc - two Papillons, Shelti
  • CKC - AGX, AGI - two Papillons, Sheltie
  • AKC - MX, MXJ, OA, OAJ - two Papillons, Sheltie
  • USDAA - MAD, Sm, Jm,, AAD - two Papillons, Sheltie
  • NADAC - EAC, EGC, EJC, two Papillons, Sheltie
• Instructor - Level 4, Special Topics

Kim Butler

• SOTC Member
• SOTC Agility Registrar
• Currently competing with "Indy" in NADAC, UKC and CPE agility venues
• Currently training in obedience and agility with her Dalmatian "Peyton"
Assistant Instructor - Levels 1, 2 and 3

Lisa Graham

• Member - Obedience Club of Palm Beach County, 1999 - 2001
• OCPBC Assistant Instructor – Obedience, 1999
• OCPBC Assistant Instructor – Agility, 2000
• Member – Sarasota Obedience Training Club since 2001
• Member - Golden Retriever Club of America
• Qualified for the AKC National Agility Championship in both 2005 and 2006 with her first agility dog, a golden retriever, Sophie
• Competed at the AKC National Agility Championship in Tampa in 2006
• Earned AKC agility titles of MX and MXJ with Sophie
• Currently competing with her youngest Golden, Riley, in both AKC and NADAC events
• 2004-2005: SOTC Assistant Instructor – Level 4 and Level 5
• 2007 - Sophie is enrolled into the Golden Retriever Club of America Agility Dog Hall of Fame
• SOTC Agility Director
• SOTC Webmaster
• Instructor - Levels 6 and 7; Oversees Run-Throughs

Monica Hendrickson

• SOTC Member since 2001
• Have earned AX and AXJ titles with her Labrador "Sage" in AKC
• Currently training in obedience and agility with her Border Collie "Strider"
• Co-leader, and obedience and agility instructor for a 4-H Dog Club in Manatee County
• Instructor - Levels 1, 2 and 3

Karen Holik

Karen began participating in dog agility in 1992 when she started training her Chow/Sheltie mix. She loves training dogs of all motivation levels and her successes with many breeds demonstrate her effectiveness. She believes that all dogs can be taught to run to their full potential and agility should be a team sport and fun for the dog at all times. She believes the most important aspects of agility training are teaching the fundamentals and being consistent with your handling at all times.

Karen currently owns 4 dogs, including three Shelties and a Border Collie. Her first dog (a Chow/Sheltie mix) became her first to receive the ADCH title in USDAA. She has also achieved this title with both shelties and her border collie. Karen's consistency and ability to adapt her handling to various breeds and motivational levels can be seen by qualifying for the USDAA World Championships, and further proven by competing in the Finals over a dozen times with all of her dogs.

Her youngest sheltie, ADCh MACh3 Triune's Feelin Hot Hot Hot, "Sizzle" has quite an impressive list of accomplishments. Together, Karen and Sizzle competed for the AKC/USA World Team a total of five times. Sizzle is also a three time USDAA National Champion, taking this honor twice in the Steeplechase Event and once in the Team Tournament.

Karen teaches private/group lessons and also travels the United States, as well as Puerto Rico, Bermuda, Mexico and Costa Rica, giving seminars.

Instructor - Advanced Handling

Barb Lentz

• 1976-1993 Animal Acts career in entertainment
• B-Lees Performing Animals (Poodles & Ponies)
• Barbara's Borzois (Russian Wolfhounds & Whippets)
• Paws For Paws Revue (Pomeranians, Border Collie, Brussels Griffon, Papillon, Std.Poodle)
• 1996-2000 Pet Therapy - Bay Village
• Experience working with many different breeds of dogs
• Member - Sarasota Obedience Training Club (SOTC)
• Earned CGC & TDI on her own dogs
• Earned Obedience titles on her own dogs including AKC & WWKC CD's
• AKC & USDAA National Agility Qualifier
• Earned Agility titles on her own dogs including:
  AKC: NAJ, NA, OAJ, OA, AX, AXJ, MX & MXJ
  USDAA: AAD, AD, AP, AS, AJ, SM, PM, JM & MAD
• Earned NAFA Flyball titles with her Border Collie
• Instructor - Level 1, 2 and Special Topics

Lorraine Moxham-Smith

• Involved in Obedience training in Canada since 1987.
• Began Agility training in Canada in 1992.
• Currently competing with her Sheltie "Cadyn" in AKC and NADAC agility venues
• Currently training her Sheltie "Riley" in obedience and agility with plans to compete in agility in the future
• SOTC member
• Assistant Instructor - Levels 1, 2 and 3

Bonnie Scott

• Involved in agility & obedience training since 1997
• Member - Sarasota Obedience Training Club (SOTC)
• Member - Australian Shepherd Club of America (ASCA)
• Member - Florida Australian Shepherd Association (FASA)
• Has earned agility championships on her own Australian Shepherd “Blue” in three agility venues—MACH2 (AKC), NATCH (NADAC), and ATCH (ASCA)
• Qualified for ASCA National Agility Finals in 2004 and 2005
• Qualified for AKC National Agility Championships 2004, 2005 and 2006
• Has earned an obedience UD in AKC with with “Blue”, a CDX in ASCA and is now working on her UD in ASCA
• Has earned AKC MX and MXJ with your young Aussie, "Si"
• Has earned the Excellent Agility Championship (UACHX) in UKC with her Australian Shepherd “Si”
• "Si" was named #1 Merit Open Gamble dog in ASCA for 2005
• Has earned obedience CDX’s with “Si” in AKC and ASCA
• SOTC Assistant Agility Instructor
• Instructor - Levels 4 and 5

Mary Wright

• Over 20 years experience training and competing horses in many venues including: Showmanship, English Equitation, Hunters, Jumpers and all phases of Eventing
• Involved with conformation, obedience and agility training and instructing since 2000
• Member - Greater Tampa Bay Soft-Coated Wheaten Terrier Club
• Member - Sarasota Obedience Training Club (SOTC)
• Board Member - American Cesky Terrier Fanciers Assoc.
• Performance Chairperson - American Cesky Terrier Fanciers Assoc.
• ACTFA - Newsletter Editor for The Cesky Connection
• SOTC - Newsletter Editor for The Waggin Train-ee
• Owner and breeder of Energizer Ceskys
• Owner of Wright Touch Grooming - where your dog is groomed to AKC standards
• Currently competing with her Wheaten, "Noelle", in both rally, obedience and agility. Noelle currently has her RN (Rally Novice title) and is working on her MACH title
• Currently competing with her Cesky Terrier, "Bayou", in conformation, rally, obedience and agility. Bayou has currently earned her ACTFA Conformation Championship, her RN and her first level agility title in CPE
• SOTC Agility Instructor & Assistant - Has assisted and taught Puppy Agility through Level 7 at different times
• Private and Semi-Private Agility Instructor
• Instructor - Puppy Agility, Levels 1, 2 and 3