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SOTC OBEDIENCE
AKC S.T.A.R. PUPPPY PROGRAM
—CLASSES—
PUPPY
BEGINNER
ADVANCED
JUST-FOR-FUN!
RALLY
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CLASS POLICIES
INSTRUCTORS
ABOUT OBEDIENCE
DOCOF 2009
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INSTRUCTORS AND ASSISTANTS
Marylou Carafello
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- Experience in dog training since 1982
- Member - Sarasota Obedience Training Club (SOTC)
- SOTC - Puppy, Beginners Level 1, Beginners Level 2 and Rally Assistant Instructor
- Trains own dogs in obedience, rally and agility
- Earned AKC titles in Rally with her Aussie "Cassie" (RN & RA)
- Earned CGC on her own dogs
- Has 2 Aussies (Riggs & Cassie)
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Linda Carter
- Experience in animal training/care since 1968
- Professional and Personal Dog Trainer
- Professional Poodle groomer
- Professional Horse Trainer and Instructor
- Wildlife Rehabilitator
- AKC Canine Good Citizen Evaluator
- Assistance/Service Dog Public Access Certification Test Evaluator
- Founder/Training Director of Safe Oasis Service Dog Outreach Group (SOSDOG)
- Training Director/Owner of Dependable Paws Flyball
- 2008 U-FLI National Championship Division 4 - 3rd Place
- 2008 U-FLI National Championship Division 4 Qualifier
- 2006 U-FLI National Championship Division 5 Champions
- 2006 U-FLI National Championship Division 5 Qualifier
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- Professional Memberships and Associations (Present and Past)
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Denise Donahue
Rode & trained dressage horses for over 20 years. She has earned her United States Dressage Federation (USDF) Bronze & Silver medals.
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Training with her own dogs:
- Agility
- Obedience
- Rally
- Flyball
- Assistance Service Dog Tasks
Member of:
Assistant Trainer for SOTC:
- Agility - Puppy Agility
- Obedience
Assistant Trainer for Jeanine's Professional Dog Training
- Obedience
- Assistance Service Dog Public Access
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Nancy Hansen
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- Experience in training dogs since 2006
- Member of SOTC since 2007
- Member of Docof team, 2009, 2010 and 2011
- Actively training various breeds of dogs in Obedience and Rally Obedience
- Titles earned: Papillon - RN, CGC. Pet Therapy
Australian Shepherd - CD, RN, CGC
- Assistant: Rally Obedience and Beginner Obedience
- Member of Australian Shepherd Club of America
- Pet Therapy
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Fran Lindstrom
- Sarasota Obedience Training Club - President 1996-2001, 2011
- Member - Sarasota Obedience Training Club (SOTC) for 20 years
- SOTC - Obedience Trial Chairman
- SOTC - Former Agility Instructor - all levels
- SOTC - Former Agility Assistant Instructor
- SOTC - Obedience Instructor
- SOTC - Advanced Rally Instructor
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- Dog sports participant and trainer for over 25 years in confirmation, obedience, agility, rally and flyball
- Horse and rider training (English/Dressage) over 30 years
- Member - Schipperke Club of America
- Member - Schipperke Club of Central Florida
- Member - Australian Shepherd Club of America (ASCA)
- Member - Florida Australian Shepherd Association (FASA)
- Titles earned in Agility - AKC, UKC, NADAC & ASCA
- Titles earned in Obedience and Rally - AKC, ASCA, UKC and WWKC including:
- First Schipperke with RAE2 - 2008
- High in Trial and Dog World Awards
- Ranked #1 Schipperke in 2002 First and Foremost Rating System in Open A (for 2001)
- Ranked #3 Schipperke in 2002 First and Foremost Rating System all levels (for 2001)
- Ranked #7 Schipperke in the 2001 Delaney Rating System (both are national all breed Obedience ratings systems)
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Nancy Murphy
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Jackie Osborn
- SOTC - Obedience Puppy Preschool Instructor
- SOTC - Really Reliable Recall Assistant Instructor
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- Experience in dog training since 1986
- Experience working with many different breeds of dogs
- Member - Association of Pet Dog Trainers (#064023)
- Member - North American Flyball Association (NAFA)
- Member - Humane Society of Sarasota County (HSSC)
- Member - Sarasota Obedience Training Club (SOTC)
- Worked with The Humane Society of Sarasota County Inc (HSSC)
- Evaluator for SW Great Dane Rescue
- Earned NAFA Flyball titles with her Border Collie
- Dependable Paws Flyball Teammate
- 2008 U-FLI National Championship Division 4 - 3rd Place
- 2008 U-FLI National Championship Division 4 Qualifier
- 2006 U-FLI National Championship Division 5 Champions
- 2006 U-FLI National Championship Division 5 Qualifier
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John Pfohler
Training dogs for competition obedience since 1997
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Terry Ruthruff
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Angie Schuhmann
- SOTC - Obedience I & II Class Assistant/Instructor
- SOTC - Attention Class Instructor
- SOTC - Novice Class Instructor
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- Experience in animal care and training since 1992
- Obedience Trial participant since 1993
- Earned conformation and obedience titles in AKC, ASCA, WWKC & CKC on her own dogs
- Earned CGC on her own dogs
- Former member of Sarasota Search & Rescue Team
- Search dog
- Land navigation
- Therapy dog - CISD (Critical Incident Stress Debriefing)
- Obedience consultant
- Member - Sarasota Obedience Training Club (SOTC)
- Member - Australian Shepherd Club of America (ASCA)
- Member - Florida Australian Shepherd Association (FASA)
- Member - Sunshine State Lure Coursing Association
- Member - Disaster Animal Response Team (DART)
- Experienced in working with many breeds of dogs
- Currently training her own dogs in Obedience, Agility, Lure Coursing, Herding and Conformation
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Joni Trickett
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- SOTC - Board Member at Large 2008 to Present
- Active Member of Sarasota Obedience Training Club (SOTC) since 2004
- SOTC Membership Committee Chairman
- AKC Canine Good Citizen Evaluator
- SOTC Obedience Beginner Levels 1 & 2 Instructor
- SOTC Canine Good Citizen Instructor
- SOTC Pre-School and Puppy Instructor
- SOTC Just for Fun Tricks Assistant Instructor
- SOTC Former Really Reliable Recall Assistant Instructor
- Earned CGC,TT, CASD, ASD-PACT, on her own dogs
- Trained and earned NAFA and U-FLI Flyball titles with own canines
- Trained and earned Assistance Service Dog Certification with own canines
- Member-United Flyball League International (U-FLI) and Member-North American Flyball Association (NAFA)
- Experience in training, canine care and grooming of many different breeds
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- Present and Past:
- Charter Member - Safe Oasis Service Dog Outreach Group (SOSDOG)
- Member Sarasota County Humane Society (HSSC)
- Member Manatee County Humane Society (MCHS)
- Sarasota County Humane Society Assistant Instructor and Canine Good Citizen Evaluator
- Service Dog Assistant Trainer
- Assistance/Service Dog Public Access Certification Test Evaluator's Assistant
- Dependable Paws Flyball Teammate
- 2006 U-FLI National Championship Division 5 Champions
- 2006 U-FLI National Championship Division 5 Qualifier
- 2008 U-FLI National Championship Division 4 - 3rd Place
- 2008 U-FLI National Championship Division 4 Qualifier
- Association of Pet Dog Trainers (APDT)
- Assistant Trainer for Jeanine’s Professional Dog Training
- Assistant Trainer for Paws and Pets Dog Training
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Suzette Wood
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- Over 10 years experience in training and showing in Canine Musical Freestyle.
- Attained Champion and Grand Champion Titles in both Musical Freestyle and Heelwork-to-Music Divisions of Freestyle.
- Presented several workshops and training classes for Freestyle.
- 30 years experience participating in dog sports.
- Has achieved titles in all levels of Obedience with many different breeds; received several High in Trials.
- Trained and titled dogs in Rally, Tracking, Hunt Tests, Conformation, Agility and Earth Dog Tests.
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Linda Woodbury
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Linda has over 25 years of dog training experience. She owned and operated the Marblehead Dog Training Center in Marblehead Massachusetts and taught obedience classes at the Marblehead YMCA before moving to Florida. She has taught all levels of agility and obedience at the Sarasota Obedience Club and is also teaching obedience classes at the Humane Society of Sarasota.
Linda has competed for many years in both agility and obedience and her accomplishments include many advanced agility titles in several different venues as well as advanced titles in AKC obedience with her shelties.
Over the years she has attended many canine behavior and training seminars with some of the top experts in the country. She is an active member of the Sarasota Obedience Club having served on the board for five years. She believes in positive and fun training.
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