Stacy Peardot Goudy

C Spot Win is the enterprise of Stacy Peardot-Goudy and her award winning agility dogs, Jack, Secret, Buzz, Able, Rumor, Xtra, Gimmick, Brazen, Beep, Wally, Veruca and Vivid. Stacy is an agility veteran whose dogs have earned the entire alphabet soup of agility titles (MACH2, O-NATCH x 2, ADCH x 7 , MX, MXJ, etc.). Stacy has qualified for the USDAA Grand Prix of Dog Agility the last 13 years in a row, Stacy and Secret represented the US at the IFCS World Championships in 2002 and 2004. In 2006 Stacy and Able represented the US at the IFCS World Championships. In 2002 she won the individual gold and led the team to 1st place.

Stacy started in agility with her Boxers in 1989 and in 2007 is competing with Rumor, Maze, Able and youngsters Wally and Veruca. Stacy has trained, shown, and, titled dogs from 4 different groups including Aussies, Border Collies, Jack Russell Terriers, Boxers, and, a German Wirehaired Pointer. She owns C SPOT WIN Dog Training in LaPorte, CO. Stacy has co-authored with Bud Houston Go the Distance, a workbook to teach your dog to work away and has released volumes 1& 2 of the Go the Distance Video to go along with the book. Stacy presents seminars and workshops throughout the United States, Bermuda, Australia and Canada, conducts agility camps in Colorado, Washington and NY and is a periodic contributor to the monthly agility publication Clean Run.  

  Stephanie Spyr

In 1996 Stephanie was perfecting the Utility training on her Boxer, Trevor.  Trevor had completed his CDX with excellent scores – missing two Dog World awards by a mere one-half point.  Her dog obedience club was starting a new class called Agility, and was having trouble finding participants.  Stephanie agreed to enroll Trevor to help fill the class.   Well, that was the end of competitive obedience!  Trevor and Stephanie fell in love with Agility!  Trevor went on to earn his AKC MX, and MXJ (there was no MACH at the time) and his NADAC EAC, EJC, EGC.  He also placed 2^nd at the 1997 NADAC Nationals.   

Stephanie began teaching Agility classes for her obedience club in 1997.  She now works full-time as an Agility instructor.  She teaches both group classes and private lessons at JumpStart Dog Sports in Yorba Linda, California and private lessons in Torrance California. 

Stephanie's background in behavior and obedience has helped to shape her into a talented Agility instructor who understands dog training as well as the mechanics of teaching Agility. She utilizes positive training methods that combine her understanding of operant conditioning as well as practical dog training.  

 

Her current dogs are:

ADCH MACH Jag EAC, EJC, EGC; (Retired) Eleven year old rescued Border Collie.  Jag came to Stephanie at one year of age with a multitude of focus, attention and fear issues.  Jag has taught Stephanie so much about motivation and building a trusting relationship.  He has qualified for both the AKC and USDAA Nationals every year since 2000.  He has attended three National events; he was a Finalist in the 2003 AKC Nationals and a Semi Finalist in the 2004 USDAA Nationals.

 ADCH MACH Whip; Eight year old Border Collie.  Whip has qualified for both the AKC and USDAA Nationals every year since she was two.  She was a finalist in the 2004 USDAA Nationals in both Steeplechase and Grand Prix, and was a Semi Finalist in both 2005 and 2006.  In between these shows she raised two fantastic litters of pups which included Stephanie’s newest competition dog Rage.

 

ADCH Rage MX MXJ; Four year old Border Collie.  Rage was a Finalist in the 2005 USDAA Steeplechase Nationals and a Semi Finalist in the 2006 USDAA Grand Prix Nationals and was the 22” Grand Prix Champion in 2007.  He is will be attending both the AKC Nationals in 2008 where he hopes to be a Finalist J

 Taser: 16 month old Border Collie.  Stephanie’s newest project!  Taser is an amazing puppy. She is thin, leggy, very smart and VERY fast.  One super COOL dog!

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 four of her dogs. 

 Her youngest sheltie, ADCh MACh3 Triune’s Feelin Hot Hot Hot, “Sizzle” has quite an impressive list of accomplishments at six years of age.  Together, Karen and Sizzle competed for the AKC/USA World Team in 2003, 2005, 2006 and 2007.  Sizzle is also a three-time USDAA National Champion, taking that honor twice in the Steeplechase event and once in the Dog Agility Masters Team Tournament event.  Karen teaches private/group lessons and also travels the United States, as well as Puerto Rico, Bermuda, Mexico and Costa Rica, giving seminars.

Gerry Brown

 

Gerry Brown is a nationally and internationally recognized agility competitor, trainer and judge.  Gerry competes actively in both United States Dog Agility Association and American Kennel Club agility venues. 

As A Competitor

Gerry began competing in October 1995 with his female Border Collie Larrie.  Gerry and Larrie qualified for every AKC National Championship from 1997 to 2003.   In 1997, they finished third in the Championship, and the following year they won the International Sweepstakes Class (ISC) at AKC Nationals.   For three consecutive years, 1999, 2000 and 2001, they won the ISC at the Astrohall World Series of Dog Shows.  Gerry and Larrie have also been successful competitors in USDAA, finishing fifth in the Grand Prix of Dog Agility World Championships in 2002 and third in the Performance Grand Prix in 2004.

In 1998, Gerry and Larrie were selected by the AKC to represent the United States at the FCI World Agility Championships in Maribour, Slovenia.  They earned the right to compete again as a 2000 U.S World Team member in Helsinki, Finland when they won the first AKC Invitational Tournament (now known as World Team Tryouts).

A defining moment for Gerry came when it was apparent that Sterling, his second Border Collie, was going to enjoy at least the same level of success as Larrie. Sterling outpaced Larrie’s illustrious accomplishments early in her agility career by winning the 24” Class at the 2003 AKC National Championships.  She also won the 26” division of the International Sweepstakes Class that was held in conjunction with the 2003 AKC Nationals.  In 2004 she was a finalist in the USDAA Grand Prix of Dog Agility World Championships and USDAA Steeplechase.  As a result of her AKC accomplishments Sterling was selected to represent the United States at the 2004 FCI World Championships in Montichiari, Italy.  Making an even stronger showing in 2005, Sterling won the individual competition at the World Team Tryouts to again earn the privilege of representing the U.S. in Vallidolid, Spain in September 2005.  She once again proved her medal by winning the extremely competitive United States Dog Agility Association’s Grand Prix of Dog Agility World Championships in November of 2005.  Then she was selected to represent the USA at the World Championships this time in Basel, Switzerland, in September of 2006 making it her third consecutive year on the team.  Sterling has now added a USDAA DAM Team National Championship in 2006, and back to back AKC National Championships in 2006 and 2007 making her the 24” AKC National Champion for three of the last four years.  

Her next (personal) goals are to earn her MACH 6 and her Lifetime Achievement Awards and to spend as many afternoons as possible swimming with her pack in their pool.

As A Trainer

Gerry has been teaching Agility since 1997.  For the first five years, he taught all levels of agility at the prestigious FlashPaws Agility Training Center in Houston, Texas. In 2002 he moved to the outskirts of Austin, Texas and opened DePaw Agility Training Center in Manor.  Gerry teaches a variety of skills so that all handlers (regardless of athletic ability) and all dogs can have fun and be successful.  With a full range of available skills, handlers can analyze and make effective handling decisions.

Above all Gerry believes that Agility should be fun for both the handler and dog.  He looks for positive and creative ways to motivate dogs through timely and well-placed rewards and through playing games with the dogs that result in the desired behaviors.  Gerry believes that agility can enhance and strengthen the lifelong bond that is built between dogs and handlers.

 

Rachel Sanders

Rachel Sanders has been involved in a variety of dog training activities including competitive obedience, general pet training, hearing dog training and agility training. In more recent years, her focus is solely on agility or agility related training. Her agility center Fast Forward Dog Sports is located in Atascadero, California. 

Rachel currently competes with her 2 Border Collies Fable & Stuie and her Jack Russell Terrier, Better.

Since becoming involved in agility in 1994, her successes include:

• 1^st place 1999 USDAA National Champion—26" division (Whist)
• 1^st place 2000 USDAA National Steeplechase Champion—12" division (Trump)
• 3^rd place 2001 USDAA National Championships—22" division (Whist)
• 1^st place 2002 USDAA National/World Champion—12" division (Trump)
• 1^st place 2003 USDAA Veterans World Champion—16" division (Whist)
• 3^rd place 2003 AKC Nationals—20" division (Whist)
• Finalist 2004 USDAA Performance—16" division (Whist)
• Finalist 2005/2006 AKC Nationals—24" division (Fable)
• 3^rd place 2006 USDAA Steeplechase Championships—26" division (Fable)
• 4^th place 2006 USDAA World Championships—26" division (Fable)
• 1^st place 2007 Northwest Regional—26" division (Fable)
• 4^th place 2007 USDAA Steeplechase Championships—26" division (Fable)
• Finalist 2007 USDAA Grand Prix World Championships—26" division (Fable)
• 2008 USDAA World Team Member (Fable)
• Several USDAA Top 10 awards including all 4 categories in 2000 with Whist & Trump
• USDAA Gold Lifetime Achievement award with Whist
• USDAA Bronze Lifetime Achievement award with Trump
• AKC Finalist in 1999, 2000, 2002, 2003 and 2006 with Whist, Trump & Fable

She has put ADCH titles on 4 dogs— Spinner, Whist, Trump & Fable and MACH titles on Whist (MACH 3), Trump (MACH 2) & Fable (MACH).

Rachel can be contacted at www.fastforwarddogsports.com

Rhonda Carter

Ronda has been competing in agility for thirteen years and teaching for nine. She currently shares her home with five Border Collies.

 ADCH MACH2 Scout  TT is ten years old and still going strong. To date, Scout has accomplished an amazing amount and shows no signs of slowing down. Scout was in the USDAA top ten 1999-2003. She is a five time USDAA GP finalist and three-time runner up. Four time Steeplechase finalist, winning the championship in 2000, and taking third in 2001 Three-time competitor at the ESPN Great Outdoor Games, and winner of the Animal Planet Invitational. In addition she is a two time AKC National Finalist (2002-2003) placing fifth in 2002. She owns the USDAA Lifetime achievement award. (gold level) In May of 2004, Scout and Ronda traveled to Spain to represent the United States and USDAA.  Scout was crowned the 2004 22” IFCS World Champion. In 2005 Scout won the veteran’s Grand Prix, once again earning the title of National Champion. Scout went to the 2006 USDAA Nationals for her final championship runs. Running on the Weapons of Grass Destruction team with Lisa Flowers and Dilemma and Chris Parker and Mayhem. Her team placed sixth out of 210 teams

 ADCH MACH Blast  is six years old and has had quite a career. Blast went to her first USDAA Nationals in 2003 placing third in the very competitive 22” Steeplechase finals, and taking second in team standard.  In addition she went from starters to ADCH in less than a year; and qualified for the AKC Nationals. All of this at just two years of age!  In 2004 Blast won the USDAA Regional in Dallas, Texas; thus earning an automatic finals berth at the Nationals, where she placed third. In 2005 Blast went to her first Great Outdoor Games placing fifth.  Blast also won her second regional once again earning a berth in the Grand Prix Finals. Blast has earned her first Lifetime Achievement Award (bronze level). Blast was on the 2006 IFCS/USDAA World team where she won four gold medals and was crowned World Champion in Biathlon and team. She then came home to win her third regional in a row. At the 2006 USDAA Nationals Blast’s team Able to Blast through Metal took home the National Championship, just two hours later Blast won the 22” Grand Prix; becoming a two time National Champion in one afternoon!

 Pyro AAD OA OAJ is now three and has just started showing. She ran at the 2006 USDAA Nationals for the first time and was a Grand Prix semi-finalist.

 Potion just turned two and is looking forward to his agility debut.

 Wicked is the latest addition and is having fun being a puppy!

 Ronda has trained a great variety of dogs. Her students have met with National success in all agility venues. Her unique background in Animal behavior allows her to have an insight that truly helps the dog. She owns and operates Agility Success currently based in Sanford, North Carolina and presents seminars around the country and abroad.

Dana Pike

Dana began agility training in 1991 with my Bernese Mountain Dog "Riley."  I was looking for something to do in addition to our obedience training and was introduced to agility at a Jack Russell Terrier event in Ohio by Nancy Williams.  By the end of the weekend I was hooked!  Nancy even had me judge my first class that weekend... 

In 1999 I started K9s in Motion, Inc., a full time agility training school based in the Chicagoland area.

 Today, in an average week, I see more than 100 dogs of every imaginable breed in my classes and private lessons. In addition to classes and private lesson I also instruct at many popular agility camps and seminars across the country.  I've been as far away as Japan this year!  I've also taught in Canada and Bermuda and had the opportunity to visit Spain with the IFCS world team in 2004.  Agility has given me the opportunity to see many things and meet many of the people whom I consider to be my very best friends.  It's become so much more to me than just something I do with my dogs...

 My training program is based on positive reinforcement techniques and the belief that the most important aspect of any type of dog training is that both the dog and handler have fun while learning!  Many of my students have begun agility training as a way to exercise and have fun with their pets...and have gotten so hooked on the sport that they've went on to compete at the highest levels.

 In addition to being an agility instructor and competitor I have also been an agility judge since 1993.  I have competed and won gold in international competitions in the US and Europe and have judged at the American Kennel Club (AKC) Agility Nationals, the United Kennel Club (UKC) and the Ambor Nationals. I have also served on the AKC Agility Advisory Committee, the committee responsible for reviewing and revising agility regulations.

 More than anything else though, I enjoy hanging out with my dogs, spending time with friends and family and working around the house

 

Lori Hansen

Lori Hansen is a certified and degreed personal trainer with over 25 years experience as a fitness professional.  She competes in agility at the national level with MACH2 Rusty RN and locally with Hijackers Flying Below the Radar NA NAJ aka 'Blip'.  She has authored two articles in Clean Run, "How Not To Run Like A Girl" (May 2006) and "Ten Minutes To Better Handling" (August 2006).  The Human Agility Training - Volume 1 DVD was also favorably reviewed in the March 2007 issue of Clean Run.  Lori teaches a weekly Human Agility Training Class in Denver and is  available to do weekend seminars.