Instructors

Obedience & Agility – Betty Belliveau:

Betty has been happily involved in the sport of dogs for over 20 years. She started out showing in obedience, followed closely by conformation. In more recent years, she has added agility and herding, as well as teaching others to enjoy these sports.

Betty and her dogs have achieved multiple High in Trials in obedience and many 1st placements in agility. Her dogs have consistently qualified for the USDAA Grand Prix and Steeplechase finals and AKC Nationals.

She is also an Authorized Mentor Trainer through Animal Behavior College and a mentor to other dog trainers.

Betty can be emailed at bettybell@comcast.net

Obedience - Rebecca Ames:

Rebecca has been training dogs since 1990. Her breed of choice is the Rottweiler, but has worked with many different breeds over the years..

She has obtained upper level obedience titles as well as in conformation and other disciplines on her dogs.

She enjoys training all dogs and loves to help others work through problems and teach their dogs something new!

Breed Handling – Miki Cooney:

A professional handler for 35 years, Miki has shown some of the top dogs in the country and has finished champions from all seven groups. Among her accomplishments are many National Specialty Best in Shows, and numerous group wins. She specialized in coated breeds and hard-coated terriers.

More recently Miki has obtained her AKC license to judge Junior Showmanship. She has judged all breed matches and has judged sweepstakes at National and Regional Specialties.

In 2004 it was Miki’s honor to judge Irish Terrier Sweepstakes at the prestigious Montgomery County Kennel Club.

Breed Handling – Marsha Clamp:

Marsha showed her first dog (Siberian Husky) in the early 70’s; at the time, she had no idea which end of the dog the leash went on! Thanks to lots of help from handling instructors through a club she joined, she did learn the finer points of showing a dog.

She have shown all her own dogs over the years; they included Airedale Terriers, SIberian Huskies, Lhasas, and for the last 25 years Briards, and Chinese Cresteds. She became interested in showing for others as she just love to show the dogs, and many of her friends didn’t want to or just could not show their own dogs.

Over the years of showing she has learned much from the different dogs she has handled as well as the many judges she has shown to. She put on handling clinics at the Briard Nationals to help out people who need that extra TLC before being brave enough to go in the ring themselves She loves to watch any and all breeds being shown, and some of the bigger professional handlers have also helped her learn through the years.

One of her favorite things to do is to judge Junior Showmanship, as she believes these kids are the future of the sport of dog shows!