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Kay Archbell, Past president, has moved to Guelph. She has been a member of PADOC for 5 years. She has been teaching novice obedience classes for 4 years and really enjoys teaching people how to train their dogs. Kay has attended several seminars and trained with many different trainers. She believes that having fun and training your dog is what builds that special bond between the two of you. Kay has a 5 yr. old chocolate Labrador named Jaxon. He has several titles including RN, CDX, and JH. He is currently training for his Utility and Senior Hunter titles. Kay also has a young black Labrador named Higgins. He has 8 points towards his Conformation title and won Best Puppy in Group his first time in the ring. He is a fantastic working dog and he will be trialing in Rally, Obedience, and Field before long. |
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Donna Barrett, our Vice President, competed in the HIT of HITS in Ottawa this year with Jude. Donna originally joined PADOC in 1987 with her first Golden Retriever "Nugget". After Nugget, Donna worked with several goldens. She was active in PADOC in various positions such as secretary, teaching classes and participating in may functions both competetive and recreational. While continuing to work with her dogs for obedience, conformation, field and agility Donna took time off from the club to have more time for her childrens activities, work commitments and health issues. Over the years, with her daughter at her side helping, they continued to work with her dogs to a level of CDX, WCI, 2 agility titles, rally obedience and CGN. Donna rejoined PADOC last year. Currently, Donna is teaching classes and recently was awarded two high in trial awards when completing her CD on Jude. She is also preparing Josh for the obedience as well. |
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Jane De Greef, our treasurer, is a Lifetime member of PADOC and a long time member of the CKC and CAPPDT. Jane has titled dogs in "working", "herding", "tracking", "obedience" and "Rally". Jane is an evaluator for CKC's Canine Good Citizen, Canine Good Neighbour and therapy dog programs. Jane has taught many a class. Jane raised and trained Bouviers in various sports over the years. She now has two miniture poodles, Cinders and Piper. She takes an active part in Obedience and Rally Obedience. Cinders is an Obedience Trial Champion (OTCH) and is working towards becoming 'Top Poodle'. |
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Carolee Furze, our Secretary, and Emma have had a lot of fun over the years. They have dabbled in many different sports and won numerous rosettes. Emma liked tracking best but Carolee was not able to keep up with her. Fly-ball to Emma was "to die for"! They have come full circle and are back competing with obedience. Emma has her CGN, CDX, RE, WC and Caro Bronze. She and Carolee have the challenge of the next level of obedience, Utility. In the mean time they are enjoying the training for their Junior hunter title. Carolee now has "Abby", a young Flatcoat Retreiver who has joined the Obedience circuit. |
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Dale Canning started in obedience in 2003. She introduced her Aussie, Gus, to the sport when she was 10 1/2 years and she finished her OYCH when she was 11. Gus was the oldest dog (14) to compete in the first Rally trials in Belleville. OTCH Canada Gus RN. AAC master agility fog of Canada. NAFA fly-ball master champion. Dale purchased a Labrador puppy, Sky in 2004, a playmate for Gus. Sky has earned her MOTCH and several hunting titles including WCX and SH RE. Sky and Dale made the top 10 CKC Obedience dogs two years in a row. 2007- # 5 Obedience dog (all breeds) in Canada #2 Sporting Dog. #1 Labrador. 2008- #2 Obedience dog (all breeds) in Canada #2 Sporting Dog. #1 Labrador Dale also has a miniture poodle, Asia who now has her CDX. Asia came to Dale as a 3 yr old kennel dog, uneducated and scrappy with other dogs. Dale's other small poodle is a fly-ball, agility dog who has retired. |
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Kristina Curren bought Bella, her first Nova Scotia Duck Tolling Retriever, in late 2008 and enrolled her in PADOC’s Novice Obedience course because she wanted Bella to be a well-behaved dog that she could take anywhere. Bella did well enough that PADOC members encouraged Kristina to continue training her and to enter her into rally obedience matches and trials. Kristina got hooked! In their first year together, Kristina and Bella obtained their Companion Dog (CD), Rally Excellent (RE), CARO Rally Advanced Magna–Cum Laude (RA-MCL), and Canine Good Neighbour titles. Bella recently finished her show championship, has earned both her Canadian and America Working Certificates (WC), two legs towards her Junior Hunter (JH), and one leg towards her CDX. Kristina’s second Toller, Nick, who came into her life in August 2009 is now a Champion! He has earned his Canadian and American WCs and his Rally Novice (RN) titles. Nick is working towards his show championship and will continue obedience and field training. Kristina enjoys learning about different methods of dog training, from pure-positive to correction-based techniques. Every dog (and every Kristina has attended a one-day immunology seminar with Dr. Jean Dodds, a two-day obedience workshop with Connie Cleveland, and a four-day field training seminar with Carol Cassity. |
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Mary Anne Dunbar has been involved with Australian Shepherds for 20 years. Her first aussie, Aussie having been trained by PADOC, excelled in obedience and introduced her to a life long interest in the Sport. Mary Anne's second girl, Chelsea trialed in herding and was a wonderful companion.
Mary Anne became a breeder with her 3rd aussie, Duke. They began training in Sheep herding. He produced a lovely litter of nine pups with a beautiful female Dreamer. From that litter May Anne has 2 daughters and a granddaughter. At present she is working in the herding venue with two of her girls and in agility with the other one. Mary Anne's breeding took another direction when the Oakville Lions Foundation accepted a girl from her last litter. Christina is now the first Australian Shepherd Certified Hearing Ear Dog to graduate from their program. Mary Anne's association with these sports and her aussies have greatly enriched her life. |
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Barb Hayes & her husband Brian have been dog lovers and owners for many years. They now have a mixed breed black "Golden Doodle" by the name of Brody & live in Douro-Dummer near Lakefield. Barb joined PADOC and went to classes with Pat Robertson and she fully advises dog owners to go to some sort of obedience class to help them with their pet & to better learn how the dogs think & act. Brody attained his CD at PADOC's NAMBR trial recently and are looking forward to doing Open, and Utility. Barb is a member of NAMBR and CARO and plans to continue entering Brody in these trials for mixed breed dogs. These are great forums for mixed breed dogs & are a lot of fun for everyone. Obedience classes are an excellent way to teach your dog to be a true & respectful companion & also they are a great way to network with other dog owners & their accomplishments & to let the dogs socialize with other dogs. PADOC is a great forum for teaching your dog. |
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Kimberly Hoard-Miller started learning about training dogs in 2000 with her first dog Tally. Together they did some basic obedience and agility. Tally now has her Agility Dog of Canada title. Kimberly has a new challenge with her female Toller, Hazyl. Hazyl has achieved her Companion Dog title and her Rally Novice title and is working towards agility titles. Kimberly’s Wheaten X “Pearl” enjoys learning new tricks and is learning basic obedience and competition agility. Kimberly feels it is important to further educate herself by attending seminars and workshops on training and dog related issues. She has trained and learned from several excellent trainers including Sylvia Reeve, Ricki Abrams, Sue Miller and Lane White. She chooses to use reward based training and believes to use the “least intrusive “ method first. Kimberly teaches basic and Intermediate obedience classes. Kimberly believes that with some time spent training your dog, you can have a well behaved and respected member of society that is welcome almost everywhere you go..
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Candace Jermyn, is twice past president of Padoc and twice past president of the |
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Shelly Lacey teaches the FUNdamentals course for dogs that haven’t taken any obedience lessons before. The course is based on positive reinforcement and the use of a clicker. With a little time spent with your dog every day, you can have a wonderful, well-behaved member of the family. Shelly's dog Coach, has his CGN and CD. They are working on their Companion Dog Excellent (CDX) and Rally Titles. They are also taking agility lessons. |
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Jackie McWilliam started out about four years ago in a pet-dog training class with her Labrador Retriever, Magnum. From there she took another class with PADOC and was bitten with the obedience bug. Jackie and Magnum's latest achievement is their "High in Trial" at the Chessy specialty. Jackie resides in Port Hope, ON with her husband John, a son, a daughter, a granddaughter. She has two other children who live in the Port Hope area. |
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June trained Casey and her American Water Spaniels Peggy & Gus to competition levels. She is now working with her Portuguese Water Dog 'Sula' in Obedience, Rally-O and Agility. Sula recently earned her Jr.Water Dog title. |
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Wendy Nydam has been training a variety of dogs for over 25 years. She has attended a number of seminars on Animal Behavior, Dog First Aid, and different dog training methods. Wendy is currently competing in Master-level agility with her Australian Shepherd, Tucker. Tucker has achieved his Rally Excellent MCL, CGN and Companion Dog (CD) titles. |
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Pat is a member of Association of Humane Dog Trainers and is certified through IACP as a dog trainer. She is a certified E-touch trainer and CGN tester for CKC. She is also a NAMBR judge and a member of the Canadian Association of Professional Pet Dog Trainers and past secretary for CAPPDT. She belongs to the Flatcoated Retriever Society and to the Irish Red & White Setter Club. Pat’s strength is in the variety of breeds that she has personally owned and trained from Dachshunds to Retrievers and Siberian Huskies. She is also involved in tracking and field training and breeding Flatcoated Retrievers. |
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Susanne Rokos joined PADOC in 2001 years with Her Belgian Tervuren "Annie". "Annie" was born deaf and was trained by hand signals. She earned Novice and Excellent Title in Rally-Obedience. She also had a Canine Good Neighbour Certificate and served as a Therapy Dog. We lost "Annie" to cancer. "Cody", also a Belgian Tervuren, joined our family 3 years ago, he came to us from a shelter in Toronto. He earned his CD in one weekend, he was High in Class in the first and second trial and second in the third. He earned his CGN Certificate and most recently a Certificate of Herding Instinct. |
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Marj Schryer and Zoe joined PADOC in 2003. Marj is our Rally-Obedience expert and has been trial secretary for our CARO trials. She has also been training Zoe who has achieved her CD and is fast moving up the ladder in Rally-O. Marj has also been active within the club in many ways over the years. |
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Glenn and Petra Munro joined the club in 2009. They are a “one-dog family” with their Border Collie "Skye". They practice for Obedience and Rally Obedience and hope to enter Skye in some trials this spring and summer, but his exuberance poses a few problems… Skye really enjoys Agility and will start competing in trials towards the end of the summer of 2011. Petra is currently an assistant in the Fundamentals classe run by PADOC. |
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Laurel Whistance-Smith. Although she grew up with various terrier breeds, Laurel has been into Standard Wire-haired Dachshunds from German hunting stock since 1986 and has never questioned her choice. She has been breeding them under the kennel name Lowenherz Teckels for more than 20 years. Her dogs are top performance dogs in Canada and the US in hunting sports and other performance events. She puts titles on them in Field Trials on rabbits (they are all American Field Champions), Earthdog, Tracking, Obedience (she has trained 4 of her dogs at the Utility level) and she sells her puppies as working dogs to hunters for tracking wounded big game. Laurel donated one of her puppies to Guide Dogs Canada and Elfe became the first Hearing Assistance Guide Dog dachshund in Canada which is the greatest source of pride in her career with dogs. Laurel is an accredited AKC judge for dachshund Field Trials. She spent a number of years teaching obedience for Victoria County Kennel Club in Lindsay. She regularly holds earthdog events (training and tests for CKC and NAMBR) at her property near Bethany. |
