• Trainers
• Diana Rapa
• Lynn Buck
• John Strassner
• Deanna_Hardin

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• Wendy Silveira
• Dick Symons
• Dave Signorotti
• Madeline Becker

Lynn Buck has been competing in AKC Obedience Trials for 43 years. She has owned 20 dogs: Two Great Danes, two Golden Retrievers, 1 Labrador Retriever, and 15 Border Collies.

Her first obedience trial was with her male Great Dane. He went on to earn his UD by the age of 3 years. He was a consistent qualifier throughout his show career with scores of 196.5 and ranked number one for his breed. He competed in Gaines Super Dog in the Super Dog Division. He qualified after competing in the first day of the two day event showing twice in Open and twice in Utility.

Her dogs have achieved 4 Obedience Trial Championships (one Lab and 3 Border Collies)

4th place Gaines Super Dog with her Labrador

1st place Gaines Open Division with her male Border Collie.

4th place Cycle Utility Division with her female Border Collie.

She put the first Utility title on a Clumber Spaniel in the history of the breed.

Nationally ranked in Delaney and Shuman systems

Multiple High in Trials, High Combines and 200 score.

Multiple UD’s, UDX’s and Obedience Master 8

Her students have achieved Obedience Trial Championships, multiple High in Trials, High Combines and national rankings. She has privately trained students for competition in 44 different breeds.

John is a natural teacher. He is a tenured professor in Artificial Intelligence and Computer Science, and has been training dogs for over 5 years. John is an AKC Scent Work judge (qualified at all levels), as well as a judge in SDS (Sniffing Dog Sports) and USCSS (United States Canine Scent Sports). He has taught Scent Work for both competition-orientated teams as well as teams that just want to have fun and enjoy the sport.

John excels at:

• Getting handlers to know their dog – when their dog is in odor vs. when they are engaged in something else
• Increasing drive in their dog
• Understanding some basic science of how odor moves and travels
• Understanding how to set hides that test specific skills
• Understanding how to problem-solve as a team
• Understanding how to compete successfully (e.g., assess the challenges of a search area, including environmental factors and time limit)

John and his wife Kim have two Shetland Sheepdogs that excel in a number of sports. However, their favorite is, of course, Scent Work. Lance is the oldest (6 years), and is currently the #1 ranked Sheltie in the nation in AKC Scent Work. He is the only Sheltie to have a full Scent Work Excellent title (meaning that he has titled at that level in containers, interiors, exteriors, and buried hides), and has his Master’s title in all elements except buried hides, where he needs 2 Qs. Lance is also the newest Sheltie to have achieved his Versatility Championship (less than 30 Shelties have done this in the past 15 years!). Gwen is 18 months, but already has her Scent Work Advanced title, and two Scent Work Excellent titles (one in Containers, and one in Interiors). She is currently ranked #3 in the nation in Shelties.

VTCH Chisterling Sir Lancelot II RN PT CAA BCAT SWE SCM SIM SEM SHDN RATM CZ8PB CGC TKA ELT1 L1C L1E L1I LIV NJC TN-N SDS-AP

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Madeline was born and raised in San Jose where she attended San Jose State University and graduated with a degree in biology.

Animals have always been her passion, especially owning and training Labrador Retrievers. Her love of Labradors began with obedience training in 4-H club, lead to pursuing a career in the veterinary field, and continues with her current passion for canine scentwork.

Madeline has been heavily involved with scentwork for the past 5 years. With her Labrador, Posie, she has trialed with all the major nosework/scentwork groups including NACSW, USCSS, SDDA, SDS, as well as AKC. She has attended numerous workshops/seminars/classes, California Narcotics Canine Association joint conferences, and four weeklong nosework camps in Oregon and Colorado.

Madeline’s dog, Posie, is currently trialing at the elite level in NACSW, holds iron dog titles in Sniffing Dog Sports (SDS), and is trialing at the excellent level in AKC. She is currently sharing trialing and the training of her new, young Labrador, Pax, with her daughter and husband. She finds sharing her love of the sport addicting and enjoys the rewards of helping others build a special relationship with their dog through nosework/scentwork.

Deanna Hardin has been teaching dog training in Silicon Valley at a variety of venues since 2013. Originally from Michigan, she moved to California after attending Western Michigan University and pursuing a Biomedical Science degree. Deanna’s own dog, Bella, a rescue, is a border collie mix who’s competed in USDAA agility, Flyball tournaments, lure coursing, as well as having her CGC and Advanced trick titles. While Deanna currently has one resident dog, she actively fosters for rescues and has helped dozens of dogs and puppies this way. Deanna utilizes scientifically backed positive reinforcement and reward based methods to ensure your dog or puppy integrates successfully into your family.