Victoria Rhodes

Director of Wild Blue Dog Camp and Founder of
Wild Blue Dogs-canine cancer charity 501(c)3.

"Dog Camp is literally my favorite week of the year-GREAT dogs, like minded owners, fantastic instructors, and the most beautiful location in the world. Every camper goes home having learned something to improve their lives and their dog’s life, plus they have strengthened their bond with their dog-all while having the most fun that you can have.  It's the ultimate vacation and you are playing with a purpose-all the proceeds go to canine cancer treatment and research."

Terry Simons

• Internationally Recognized Agility Handler, Trainer, Coach and Seminar Presenter

• National Agility Champion – 2017

• Multi Dogs and Titles including Regional and National Championships in AKC, USDAA, NADAC and AAC in Canada

• Fox Network Sports Analyst

• Celebrity Judge for Hallmark Channels “American Rescue Dog Show”

• Founder of CLEAR - Canine Lymphoma Education Awareness Research - a 501(c)3 Canine Cancer Foundation

• Award Winning Canine Cancer Documentary Producer

  • My Friend: Changing the Journey

    • Best Documentary - Los Angeles Movie Awards

    • Best Educational Documentary - Bare Bones International Film and Music Festival

  • A Reason To Change

    • Best Music Video Los Angeles Film Awards

  • My Friend: Standing Strong

    • Best Documentary Featurette – Los Angeles Film Awards

    • Best Documentary Feature – New York Film Awards

    • Honorable Mention: Documentary Featurette – Festigious International Film Festival

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Suzanne Leroy

CPDT-KA, CNWI, CTDI

AKC Scent Work Judge, AKC Conformation Judge, AKC Farm Dog Judge, AKC Trick Dog and Canine Good Citizen Evaluator, Certified Professional Dog Trainer, Certified Nose Work Instructor (NACSW), Certified Trick Dog Trainer (DMWYD). 

ABOUT ME: My love of training began with my horse that I adopted off the racetrack and trained for hunter/jumper competition. After college I got a job training birds at Busch Gardens. I then took a dramatic turn and spent 30 years working in the motion picture industry. During that time, I got a dog and started competing in agility. Then 2 dogs and added herding. Then well, I added more dogs and more sports. Yes, I can be called a dog addict.  

Lately I’ve been judging a lot of scent work trials for AKC on weekends and working as a professional dog trainer for service and medical alert dogs, rescue dogs for home placement, as well as competition and companion dogs on weekdays. 

I try and fit in time to train my own dogs (haha).  My dogs have appeared in TV, movies, advertising, magazines, calendars and dog food packaging, showing off their talents.  They’ve also earned numerous high-ranking awards and titles.  In the meantime, I received my own award; I was honored to receive AKC Sportsman of the Year Award in 2018 and 2019. 

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Katie McGuire

CDBC, CPDT-KA, UW-AAB

Katie has been training dogs professionally for over 15 years, holding certifications and memberships with several well-respected training and behavior organizations. Her specific interests in training focus on behavior modification, early socialization, tricks, advanced skills, and dog sports. 

Katie’s group classes are highly sought after and regularly attended by experienced dog handlers, veterinarians, and other trainers. Not only does she teach basic through advanced manners, obedience, and Canine Good Citizen prep and testing, but she has also created unique class curriculums including (but not limited to): Focus & Impulse Control for High Drive Dogs, Reliable Recall, Competition Heeling, Growly/Reactive Dogs, Advanced Games & Skills, and more than 6 levels of Tricks. Her Rally-O and Agility classes have helped to launch many dog and handler teams into successful sport dog careers, as well as assisting already competitive teams in improving their skills. 

Katie has easily trained tens of thousands of dogs (she lost count several years ago) over her career, allowing her to cultivate extensive knowledge and experience in working with all types of dogs as well as human learners and develop a vast skill set of methods and troubleshooting techniques for behavior modification, training, and perfecting performance skills.

Beyond her primary career of teaching private sessions and group classes, she also worked for several years as a horse trainer, was an On Set Safety Representative with American Humane Association making sure that animals were being treated humanely on the set of film and television productions, completed an internship training animals for the entertainment industry, was the expert trick training consultant on the successful book The Big Book of Tricks for The Best Dog Ever, has been interviewed about training and behavior for several publications, and has provided training demonstrations and performances for public events. 

With her own dogs she competes in agility, obedience, rally-o, and conformation, garnering many wins and competing at the national level. 

Katie is a CGC and Tricks Dog Evaluator, a Certified Professional Dog Trainer (CPDT-KA), a Certified Dog Behavior Consultant (CDBC), is Low Stress Handling and Fear Free Certified, and completed University of Washington’s Applied Animal Behavior Certificate program (UW-AAB). She is a member of the Association of Professional Dog Trainers, the Animal Behavior Society, the Association for Animal Welfare Advancement, The Animal Behavior Management Alliance, the Valley Hills Obedience Club, the Dog Trainers Alliance of Southern California, is an active working member of the Behavior Collaborative and Education sub-group of Human Animal Support Services, and sits on the Board of Directors of the Pyrenean Shepherd Club of America. 

Suzanne Knox

Obedience & Agility Trainer

Suzanne has five years of positive reinforcement obedience training. Her specialty is off-leash training, rock solid recalls, go to your place, impulse control, and basic manners.
She has two years of experience in agility training and she enjoys helping people start their new puppies with foundation training to accomplish their goals in both obedience or agility.

The joys of her life are her two wonderful dogs Ellie Mae and Ricky Bobby.

Ellie Mae, Australian Sheppard, received her PDCH title in 2019. Cynosport performance speed jumping finalist at finalist in 2018.
Cynosport snooker champion 14 inches in 2018.
Second place performance speed jumping in USDAA Western regional in 2018.
1st Pl., Western regional performance speed jumping in 2019
2nd place performance speed jumping Western regional in 2020.

Ricky Bobby, Border Collie,
USDAA Western regional grand Prix semifinalist in 2020.
USDAA western regional steeplechase semifinalist in 2020
Ricky Bobby earned a second place podium spot @ the PPPIDC western regional in Huntington Beach in 2021.
Ricky Bobby took second place Podium spot on the discovery plus channel summer dog games.

Ricky Bobby and Ellie Mae will be performing with the canine stars stunt dog traveling team in 2022

Energetic and outgoing, Suzanne enjoys seeing people having fun with the dogs and she loves to help.

Scott Pack

Lure Course Instructor

AKC Judge: Coursing Ability Test, Lure Coursing Test, Lure Coursing Trial

Long-term AKC/ASFA operator/equipment manager.
Operated for Greyhound National Coursing Specially

Course designer, Lure trial/CAT

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Beth Williams

P.T., A.P.T.

Beth Williams, P.T., A.P.T. has been a licensed physical therapist since graduating with honors from California State University Northridge in 1985. Inspired by her heart-dog Nitro’s successful recovery from hip surgery, she opened K9 Wellness Center in 1999 to provide physical therapy and rehabilitation for dogs (and the occasional bunny/cat/goat/horse) in Reno. K9 Wellness Center's mission is to prevent injury, promote health, and facilitate healing through exercise, education, physical therapy, and training". 

In 2004, Beth was honored to become one of the first two licensed animal physical therapists in Nevada and she continues to enjoy working with dogs recovering from injury or surgery, and those living with chronic neurological and orthopedic conditions.  During her career as a physical therapist for humans, she served as a geriatric clinical specialist for 20 years, pursued advanced training in bodywork and movement education, was certified in Pilates, and earned a master’s degree in counseling and educational psychology.  

Over the years Beth has been uniquely trained to help people and their pets heal in body, mind, and spirit.  She volunteered for many years as a Therapy Dog Inc. evaluator and enjoyed countless therapy dog team visits with her past dogs Nitro and Dragster. In 2021, she completed the Dancing Hearts Academy coaches’ training and expanded her work to help people and dogs cooperatively live their best lives together.  Beth believes that when we focus on understanding ourselves and others (dogs and humans), with a sense of humor and appreciation for our individual talents and abilities, life is much more enjoyable for everyone! 

Beth happily resides in Reno, Nevada with her beloved “pack”: husband Dave, Rottweiler KZ, Siamese cat Luna and several chickens.  She and KZ enjoy training and competing in rat sports (barn hunting, trailing, urban locating) and in 2022 KZ was the NASDA #4 Rottweiler in Level II urban locating.

Lauren Pena

Lauren Pena is a Miami native and currently resides in Malibu, CA. Her mission is to curate meaningful experiences with your dog on the yoga mat and in the water. A yoga instructor of 10+ years, it was only natural for Lauren to integrate Peaches into her healthy and active lifestyle. Lauren is constantly finding new ways to bond with your dog while improving physical & mental wellness. As a first-time dog mom, Lauren quickly advanced training Peaches a myriad of tricks as well as surfing, swimming, rollerblading, and paddle-boarding. When she’s not managing social media for SoCal’s big real estate companies, Lauren and peaches spend their time road-tripping all over Cali and, of course, continuing their training for Lauren to integrate her golden doodle dog Peaches. 

Wendy Hart

CGC Certified

Before she began training dogs professionally, Wendy has always had a passion for dogs since she was a young girl. Unfortunately, Wendy spent a lot of her younger life in rentals with “no dogs allowed,” and thus wasn’t allowed to have her own furry friend. However, this restriction didn’t hinder her love for dogs. Instead, she began volunteering at the local humane society, helping train dogs to prepare them for adoption, among other duties of care-taking. She also spent many of her summers training her Grandparent’s Great Dane.

Her love for animals lead her to other job opportunities working in pet stores, dog boarding facilities, and as a vet tech. This gave her the opportunities to broaden her knowledge and has resulted in over 20 years of experience in obedience training, behavioral consulting, and caring for dogs, among other animals. She continues with broadening her knowledge through many different channels, other trainers, books, and webinars. There is always more to learn.

Wendy is also an evaluator for American Therapy Pets. This provides her with an opportunity to practice her two passions, giving to others and love of animals.

Her main goal is for you to be able to enjoy your dog in every environment. This is accomplished through strengthening the bond and respect between you and your dog. She also takes into consideration that every dog and owners are unique, living individuals with different needs.

Wendy strives to make training fun for the dog and the owner.

Maureen Scheall

Certified Professional Dog Trainer
Nose Work Specialist

I rode and trained horses until I joined the Air Force. After living all over the world and working as a pilot, I transitioned from horses to dogs. I have trained dogs for the past 32 years, starting with an ILP Great Dane, ILP Lab, then numerous Border Collies. I have competed in obedience, rally, herding, agility, and nose work. Have enjoyed earning titles with all my dogs. I’m always striving to continue to learn and stay up with the latest information via, courses, seminars, books, lessons, etc. I was fortunate to attend the Bob Bailey Chicken Camps in Little Rock, Arkansas. I have competed in European Team Tryouts, World Team Tryouts, and other national events. I became a Certified Nose Work Instructor (CNWI) in 2015. I enjoy teaching people and their dogs (both private and group classes) in various venues, along with consulting.

Joe Bailey

Joe Bailey has been a dog person since his parents got him his first dog, a German Shepherd at 13 years old. They encouraged him to attend a basic obedience class with his new dog. After Joe retired from police work in 2009 his wife gifted him his first Border Collie and he has been an agility, rally and obedience competitor ever since. Looking for something to do in retirement, in 2015 Joe attended dog trainers school at a busy board and train facility. There he learned all facets of dog training, but wanted to specialize in behavior issues such as reactivity and aggression. He is a Certified Professional Dog Trainer-Knowledge Assessed (CPDT-KA). He owns his own business and is a contract trainer for the Santa Barbara Humane. Joe lives in Lompoc, CA with his wife Beth and their five Border Collies including 9 year old Jameson who is his co-instructor.

Anne Swan

CPDT-KA

Anne Swan is a Professional Dog Trainer and national Agility Competitor and Instructor, with over 20 years of experience. She began as a co-founder of Goleta Valley Dog Club in 2001, starting the dog sports club with two friends, based in Goleta, CA. Anne teaches all levels of Dog Agility and Rally Obedience classes. She created the curriculum for the Fun with Focus, Reliable Recall, and Canine Good Citizen classes taught at GVDC today. 

In 2005, Anne began teaching for the Perfect Puppy Academy, a business which she now owns and where she instructs weekly dog training and puppy socialization classes. She looks forward to the enthusiasm that puppies and their owners bring to every session, helping to achieve training goals that will be utilized throughout the lifetime of the dog. Anne works with her clients to smooth the transition of adding puppies and dogs to the household, and employs gentle yet effective methods based on positive reinforcement and establishing compassionate leadership. Her mission is to help create well-behaved family members that you will look forward to spending time with. 

Anne regularly attends animal behavior conferences and seminars for continuing education, in which she has the opportunity to learn from the leading trainers from around the world. In 2008 Anne earned her CPDT-KA, a professional certification showing tested knowledge in canine learning theory, dog training technique, and instruction skills.

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