Agility - Advanced/Intermediate: Abbie Tamber Agility - Novice: Deb Norman Disc Dog: Ed Jakubowski Herding: Tom Leigh Flyball & Rally Obedience: Lisa Basial Freestyle: Kristine Hammar Tracking: Carol Artim Water Sports: Barbara Bekker CGC & Therapy Dog Testing: Rose Redick Canine Bodywork: Lynn Vaughan, LMT Canine Nutrition: Joseph Wakshlag, DVM Animal Communication: Dawn Hayman Canine Relationships: Lillie Goodrich Special Speaker: Tracie Hotchner, author and radio host

Agililty - Advanced/Intermediate: Abbie Tamber Agility - Novice: Jessica Ajoux Disc Dog: Angelo Marinakis Flyball: Erin Saywell Freestyle: Kristine Hammar Herding: Warren Mick Rally Obedience: Pam Dennison Tracking: Diane Bauman Water Sports: Barbara Bekker Canine Massage: Christine Bergen-Mahoney, LMT, NCMT Alternative Vetting: Kristin Browne, DVM CGC & Therapy Dog Testing: Rose Redick Animal Communication: Dawn Hayman Canine Relationships: Lillie Goodrich Special Speaker: Tracie Hotchner, author and radio host

Sporting Instructors:

Agility

Jessica Ajoux
Agility for Novices
Jessica Ajoux has been involved in dog training and Agility since 1999 and is currently an active competitor, instructor, and Agility judge. Originally from Southern California, Jessica relocated to New Jersey when she attended Princeton University in 2003. After graduating with a degree in Psychology, Jessica started teaching Agility full time and operates Ready...GO! Agility Training. She offers instruction for all levels along with puppy and basic obedience, as well as boarding and showing services. Jessica is familiar with a variety of breeds and has achieved a multitude of high honors with All-Americans, Border Collies and Cocker Spaniels. She currently owns two Border Collies but can often be seen running around at shows with the Cocker Spaniels, the Border Collies and a Yorkie. Her greatest influence has been working in association with world renowned trainer, Diane Bauman, with whom she has also co-authored a book, Agility Start to Finish, set to be released in Spring 2008. Jessica also has experience in Tracking, Frisbee, and Obedience.

Deb Norman
Agility for Novices
Deb is founder and Training Director of Y2K9s Dog Sports Club near Philadelphia. She uses clicker training to teach relationship and sports skills in classes and privately. She captains Fur Fun Flyball Team, 2000, 2003 and 2004 NAFA regional champions. Her Border collie Ticker recently completed her USDAA Agility Championship and has over 50,000 flyball points. In over 30 years of training and competing in obedience she titled many dogs, including a TD and a UD with several High in Trials. She titled two Belgian Tervuren in agility and is currently working Shiner, her youngest BC, in agility and flyball.

Abbie Tamber
Agility for Intermediate and Advanced
Abbie owns and operates Dogs on the Run, LLC in Oxford, New York. She has been teaching manners classes since 1991 and agility seminars since 1995. Abbie now specializes in agility classes using the clicker. Abbie started to compete in USDAA Agility with a talented and very challenging mixed breed named Loki. Loki has taught Abbie everything an instructor needs to know about patience and persistence. Her current agility dog, a four year old JRT, named Microburst actually comes when called and has taught her how to deal with ENERGY. Although Abbie and Micro compete in NADAC and AKC their main efforts are in USDAA, where they have earned an ADCH. They have also qualified for the Grand Prix (USDAA Nationals) both years that they have competed and for 2001 they were rated in the TOP TEN in Jumpers. Abbie is one of those special teachers who can convince the average student that the rules of USDAA Snooker are quite understandable and fun! It is not surprising that Abbie's contributions to Clean Run include an article entitled Snooker Impaired?

Disc Dog

Ed Jakubowski
Since 1978 Ed Jakubowski and his DiscDogs A2Z teams have been top competitors as well as premier showstoppers. Ed was inducted into the Ashley Whippet Hall of Fame in 2001 and received the Skyhoundz/Hyperflite Lifetime Achievement Award in 2006. Ed, along with his K-9's, have been multiple Regional Champions as well as National and World Championship Finalists. Ed and Dasher currently hold 2 Distance/Accuracy World Records. In 1997 Ed Jakubowski was awarded the Reggie and Gilbert Award for his work with Dog Rescue by the late Irv Lander and AWI. Ed and his dogs have appeared on ESPN, ESPN2, Animal Planet, the Great Outdoor Games, Discovery, Wide World of Sports and many other networks and shows.

Angelo Marinakis
Angelo Marinakis is a co-founder of Green Mountain Disc Dogs, a local disc dog club dedicated to promoting fun, fellowship and the expansion of the human-canine bond through the sport of canine disc. Angelo and his dog Stanley are two time US Disc Dog National finalists, have won multiple local championships and perform regularly at Smuggler's Notch Resort and at Vermont Lake Monsters games. A former high school teacher, Angelo is currently a family chiropractor practicing in Cambridge, VT. He lives in South Hero, VT with his wife Christine and their 4 dogs Stanley, Fire, Buford and Kona.

Flyball

Lisa Basial
Flyball & Rally-Obedience
Lisa presently teaches flyball and Rally Obedience at the Fieldwood Dog Training Center in Carlisle, PA, and works with dogs and owners privately on flyball, Rally and general behavioral issues. She has been competing in and teaching flyball at myriad training facilities in Pennsylvania for the past seven years, and has begun to compete in and teach the wonderful new sport Rally Obedience in the past year and a half. Using positive training methods and reinforcement, Lisa's primary focus in training is building the relationship between the dog and owner, as all else follows from that. Lisa's border collie, Ransom, plays flyball with his mom, Deb Norman's Ticker, on the regional champion Fur Fun Flyball Team and competes in sheep herding trials. Her German Shepherd mix, Juno, is a retired flyball dog who happily competes in the wonderful new sport of Rally Obedience. And Lisa's 11-1/2 year old border collie, Willie, spends most of his time patiently trying to make Lisa a better handler in sheep herding trials.

Erin Saywell
Erin is the owner and captain of Two-Lane Highway flyball team, based at Fidos For Freedom, an Assistance Dog training organization, in Laurel, MD. Erin has four red rescued Australian Shepherds, aka The Reds: Ripley, Xander, Inara and Sawyer; and one Aussie/Red-wannabe, Score. All four Aussies currently play flyball and are titled in the sport, and Score has just started his flyball training. All of her dogs are trained in agility, and also enjoy dabbling in K-9 disc, carting, herding and tracking. Erin is also an Assistance Dog Trainer with Fidos, and her three male dogs are Therapy Dogs with Fidos and visit nursing homes, hospitals and do a school reading program.

Freestyle

Kristine Hammar
Kristine Hammar began training dogs when she discovered that her Border Collie, Speedy, was extremely fearful of people and other dogs. What began as an effort to help Speedy learn to be comfortable sharing the world with people and other dogs turned into so much more for both of them. After earning titles in both AKC and APDT Rally Obedience, Kristine and Speedy began to train and perform in Canine Musical Freestyle. As members of the Steppin' Woofs Musical Freestyle Club, Kristine and Speedy perform together at nursing homes, fund raisers, and club gatherings banquets. Kristine and Speedy are currently competing in WCFO Musical Freestyle at the Intermediate level. Kristine also competes with her Border Collie/Lab mix, Maddie, in CPE Agility, and is getting started with her youngest Border Collie, Dean, in WCFO Freestyle, CPE Agility, and NADAC Agility.

Kristine is an instructor at Fieldwood Dog Training Center in Carlisle, Pennsylvania, where she teaches Agility and Clicker training classes, and works privately with students whose dogs have emotional and behavior challenges in group situations. Kristine is an active member of the Steppin' Woofs Musical Freestyle club, and is the vice president of the Paws On Agility Club at Fieldwood. Kristine's goal - both when training her own dogs, and when teaching others to train their dogs - is to bring forth the very best qualities of the individual dog.

Herding

Tom Leigh
Tom has been training and trialing with his rescued Border Collies throughout the Northeast and Canada for the past 10 years. He lives on an island off the coast of Maine with his wife Susanna, a bossy cat and four (at the moment) rescued Border Collies. His style with dogs is not overbearing - using a positive training approach, he believes in letting the dog feel its way into its work, and in setting it up to succeed. Last year, with his current rescue dog Jo, he received the NEBCA (Northeast Border Collie Association) Long Road Award. Since the award was established to recognize handlers successful at trials who have trained their own dogs, this held particular meaning - not only because competing dogs at trials are often imported and/or professionally trained, but because Jo came as an untrained pet rescue. As a children's book illustrator, Tom never imagined finding shepherd on his resume, but he's been hooked ever since seeing the transformation of his 1st rescued BC from house pet to herder. There's a tremendous bond that develops during the training process, and along with the excitement of seeing his dogs learn and apply new skills, he values having the privilege of being able to help give them a chance to do the thing for which they're bred.

Warren Mick
Warren has been training and running Border Collies for the past 13 years. He currently lives in Altamont with his wife Maria and eleven BCs. His BC experience started in 1989 with a pup bred by his sister. Since that first dog, the world of working sheepdogs has become an all consuming passion. He spends much of his free time training and working his own dogs but also enjoys giving lessons and helping others in training. Warren competes with his BC's at trials around the country and has run in the past 4 National Finals and many regional championships. He has also organized and judged many competitions. Warren will tell you that while he enjoys trialing and judging very much, its the training and working with the dogs that he really loves most. Seeing the dogs do what the were bred for, connecting and communicating with a dog and the bonding that develops is just indescribable.

Rally-Obedience

Pam Dennison
Pam is a member of the APDT (Association of Pet Dog Trainers), NADOI (National Association of Dog Obedience Instructors), DWAA (Dog Writers Association of America) and is a Certified Animal Behavior Consultant with the IAABC (International Association of Animal Behavior Consultants). Pam started her own business, Positive Motivation Dog Training in 1996. Since then she has helped thousands of dogs and handlers build their relationships and solve problems, by teaching basic obedience through competition and working with a myriad of behavioral problems. Pam teaches puppy K, basic obedience through the Canine Good Citizen test, competition obedience, Rally-O and holds regular classes and seminars for aggressive dogs.

She currently lives with three rescued Border Collies and trains them all for competition. She and her Sheltie Cody qualified and competed in the Eastern United States Dog Obedience Championships held in Bethlehem, PA in 1996. Pam competes successfully with all of her dogs in competition obedience and Rally (to date: six CD titles, one CDX, two ARCH's, three R1MCL, one R2MCL and one R2CL, one RL3, with almost every leg in both sports being a placement), and agility, (to date: one NJC, two NAJ and two NA, all first placements) plus three CGC certificates, one TDI and three TSW's (Canine Water Sports) and she continues to train for competition obedience, sheep herding, tracking and carting.

Lisa Basial
Lisa teaches Rally Obedience and Flyball. See Lisa's bio under "Flyball"

Tracking

Carole Artim
Carole started tracking in the early 70's. She has titled 3 German shepherd dogs and a rottweiler. She also competed in Schutzhund and studied from seminars with Glen Johnson, the author of Tracking Dog - Theory and Methods. Carole became a tracking judge in the late 70's. She later trained expanded her field and scent experience with hunting dogs. Carole also continues to train in obedience and became and AKC obedience judge. She has titled in advanced levels of AKC and USDAA agility. She currently trains and certifies services dogs for people with multiple disabilities.

Diane Bauman
Diane has been training many different breeds of dogs for over 27 years. Her experience includes obedience, tracking, agility, herding, lure coursing, breed, field, search & rescue, assistance dogs, and guide dogs. She is best known for her accomplishments training older dogs rescued from shelters. She has trained multiple Obedience Trial Champions including the only Pekingese OTCH in history to ever earn this degree (from a Shelter) and a Pomeranian (rescued from a shelter at the age of six!) Diane was on the World agility team for three years l998,l999& 2000 winning gold and silver medals, with her Cocker Spaniel. She had the very first Afghan trained to the highest level of agility at that time (MX,MXJ) also rescued from a shelter. Diane's tracking experience includes a Tracking Title on a Papillon, Golden Retriever, Cocker Spaniel, and the first ever Amer. Can. OTCH Keeshond with a Tracking degree in history, at that time.

As Author of Beyond Basic Dog Training (Howell), Beyond Basic Dog Training, The Workbook (Alpine), and Life With People (Paw Prints Press), Diane has been in demand to give seminars in the US and Canada. She has also produced two video tapes and is currently working on a new book.

Water Sports

Barbara Bekker
Water Sports
Barbara acquired her first Portuguese Water Dog in 1992 and quickly became involved in water training and trialing. In 1996, her "Diva" became the 6th Portuguese Water Dog in the U.S. to attain the highest water trial title. Water titles on her other two PWDs soon followed, and Barbara began sharing her skills through water training workshops for Keystone Portuguese Water Dog Club. She served as member and then chairperson of the Portuguese Water Dog Club of America's water trail committee. Prior to her water trialing, Barbara owned various retrievers and trained them in field, obedience, and tracking. She holds a Ph.D. in psychology from the University of Pennsylvania with training in animal behavior, and has worked for 12 years as a canine behavior consultant and editor of CAPERS canine behavior newsletter. In addition to teaching water skills and water sports to others, Barbara is also a high school counselor. Currently she is training her 10 month old Portuguese Water Dog in obedience, agility, water, and tracking.

Instructors for Non-sporting Activities:

Alternative Vetting

Kristin Browne, DVM
Kristin is founder and owner of TheraVet Acres Rehabilitation and Fitness, a canine, feline and equine rehabilitation center in western New York. After being in private practice for numerous years she followed her dream to specialize in complementary and alternative Veterinary medicine. Along with her Veterinary degree she is certified in canine rehabilitation, Veterinary acupuncture and animal chiropractic. She has a special interest in canine athletes; the prevention of injury and maximizing their potential.

Kristin lives with her husband, Dana, on their 30 acre farm appropriately named 4pawsfarm with their three dogs, two cats, two horses, and two goats. She is new to the wonderful world of border collies after being adopted by a very special boy, Becke, from Glen Highland Farm. She is excited about this new bond and the joys that he has already brought into their lives.

TheraVet Acres is a one of a kind facility in all of New York State which encompasses many modalities for rehabilitation and therapy while still maintaining the highest level of compassion and care.

Animal Communication

Dawn Hayman
In more than 15,000 phone and face-to-face consultations, Dawn has served over 6000 clients, talked to over 25,000 animals, given close to 200 workshops here at home and around the country. She is accounted one of the foremost Interspecies Communicators in the world. Through workshops, lectures and consultations, Dawn helps to reopen that telepathic channel natural to us all and lead us through a doorway into a world where we can communicate with our animals and all life. In 1991, Dawn co-founded Spring Farm Cares, a large animal sanctuary in upstate NY, with 250 animals, that included 32 horses, ponies, goats, sheep, llamas, dogs, cats, rabbits, ducks, chickens and a few exotic birds. "We thought we were simply giving these animals a place to live out their years, instead the caregivers became the humble students of the great spirits residing in these animals." Everyone who has ever heard her at Camp is mesmerized and finds her information to be invaluable.

Canine Massage

Christine Bergen-Mahoney, LMT, NCMT
Christine is a licensed and nationally certified massage therapist with in-depth training in equine and canine Myofascial Trigger Point therapy. Christine works with both human and animal alike to decrease pain and increase range of motion in chronic injury, assist in the rehabilitation process follow injury, and assist athletes in maintaining top performance condition through massage and range of motion exercises. Christine is an active member of the American Massage Therapy Association, and the International Association of Equine & Canine Myofascial Trigger Point Therapist.

Lynn Vaughan, LMT
Lynn is an Animal Bodywork Practitioner, Licensed Massage Therapist and former holistic Veterinary Technician. She combines over two decades of experience and a lifelong kinship with animals. Lynn is coauthor of the instructional videos Bodywork for Dogs- Intuitive Touch through Massage, Acupressure and Awareness and Intuitive Touch with Horses- through Awareness, Bodywork & Communication. They have been featured on Martha Stewart Living Television and Radio, in Whole Dog Journal, Bark, Natural Horse and many other national and international publications. Lynn has a private practice for all animals based in Pound Ridge, NY. Her work with dogs involves a broad range of physical, behavioral and emotional issues that would be found in all ages, temperaments and stages of health. She helps dogs who range from companions to competitors to working dogs. Lynn also teaches canine caregivers, guardians and raisers through Guiding Eyes for the Blind, Puppies Behind Bars and other special interest groups, to explore their innate intuition and ability to help dogs through touch, awareness and holistic health choices. She offers a unique, simple synergy of massage, acupressure, awareness, nonverbal communication and breathwork, all designed to improve health and harmony for dogs and their people. Lynn is also cofounder of Animals Healing, Inc., which is dedicated to products and programs that promote mutual healing between animals, people and the environment.

Canine Nutrition

Joseph Wakshlag, DVM
Dr. Joseph Wakshlag Completed a DVM in 1998 at Cornell University and continued studies in both pathology and nutrition eventually completing a residency in Clinical Nutrition at Cornell as well. In 2005 he completed a PhD in pharmacology where he studied the influence of tissue transglutaminase in mammary carcinoma and amyloid-induced neurodegeneration. After a short stay in private practice he returned to Cornell Veterinary Medicine as the assistant professor of clinical nutrition. Presently his research interests include nutrition in cancer cell biology and metabolism in working dogs.

Canine Good Citizen & Therapy Dog Testing

Rose Redick
Rose has been visiting nursing homes, schools, hospitals and libraries with her 3 border collies for several years. Once her dogs became registered therapy dogs, she began assisting evaluators and eventually became an evaluator for both the American Kennel Club Canine Good Citizen Program and Therapy Dog International. In addition to the Therapy Work, her BC's Abby, Rodney and Fawn compete in Agility, Herding and Rally Obedience. Through her work as an evaluator, Rose has worked with many different breeds and has offered many teams the opportunity to become registered Therapy Dogs.

Canine Relationships

Lillie Goodrich
Founder, Glen Highland Farm
Lillie spends her life listening to the dogs at Glen Highland Farm, those in the rescue program and those that visit with adopters. Her entire focus, 24/7, is tuning into dogs. Since childhood she's connected to animals and as an adult, she's fostered close to 600 dogs, many in need of special help due to past neglect or trauma where she acts as the bridge to reconnect with loving humans. She studied in Advanced Inter species Communication with renown telepathic communicator, Penelope Smith, and has been an Intuitive Coach for the last 3 years, helping individuals trust and develop their own intuitive guidance. Her book, The Little Book of Everyday Soul, has been well received and helpful to many people.

Special Speaker

Tracie Hotchner
Author and Radio Host
Tracie Hotchner turned her skills as an investigative reporter to the subject of companion animals and spent years researching dogs and cats. Her first book was The Dog Bible: Everything Your Dog Wants You to Know, an encyclopedic book that has captured the hearts and minds of people across America whose dogs are their family members. Tracie took the dog world by storm with her companion radio show, Dog Talk, which she produces and hosts for NPR station WLIU out of Southampton College, New York. For the cat-lover, Tracie wrote The Cat Bible: Everything Your Cat Expects You to Know and produces and hosts the radio show, Cat Chat, on Channel 112 on Sirius Satellite radio.