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Maria Corrigan

Maria has been actively training dogs since 2005. She has been involved with care and training of exotic animals such as birds of prey and parrots for over 10 years.

Maria began her dog training assistance program at Four Paws Academy in 2007, and assists in Obedience and Agility classes. She is currently competing with her 2 year old Labrador Retriever, Willcare Gypsy Shadow (aka Kirby), in Rally and AKC Novice agility and training for competition in obedience.

Seminars:

Kathy Sdao's Get Smart About Training - 2008
Kay Laurence's "Learning Games & Play" and "Performance, Perfection & Polish" - 2008
Bud Houston's Traveling Agility Camp - 2007
Debbie Gross Saunders, From Head to Tail Seminar 2007
BARK Agility Camp 2007
Sue Sternberg Bite-O-Meter Seminar, 2007
Sue Sternberg Behavior Evaluation Seminar 2007
Kathy Sdao's Cues & Behavior Chains Explained 2007
ClickerExpo - 2006
Camp Gone to the Dogs - 2006

Kathy Sawyer

Kathy has been a professional dog trainer since 2005. She has owned dogs for 30 years and has been actively training since 1995. Kathy has trained her Golden Retrievers in obedience, tracking, and agility. Kathy works with and manages PAWS Petsitting and also shares her home with two cats.

Presently, her six-year old golden Emily (Dashwood’s Winning Spirit TD, CGC, NAC, OJC, OCC, TG-N, PK1, PG1, PJ2, TDI), a therapy dog, is working towards her AKC Tracking Excellent and Novice Agility titles. Emily and Kathy are also competing at the PII and PIII level in USDAA and the Open/Elite level in NADAC. Kathy is currently competing with her three-year old Golden Retriever “Ellie” (Dashwood’s Shining Light CGC, O-NAC, O-NJC, TN-N, TG-N, NCC, TDI, PG1, PJ1) in the novice levels of AKC, USDAA and NADAC agility and training for obedience competition. Kathy has added "Rosemary" (a rescue believed to be a Coton de Tulear) to the family and is training her in obedience and agility.