Victoria Rhodes

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

Nicole DiAngelo

Assistant Camp Director and Public Relations, Social Media and Marketing for Wild Blue Dogs-canine cancer charity 501(c)3.

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

http://www.FlyingDogAgility.com/

Laura Nativo

CPDT-KA, KPA CTP

• Founder of Nativo Pet Company

• Certified Professional Dog Trainer

• Karen Pryor Academy Certified Training Partner

• Fear-Free Certified Veterinary Professional

• International Speaker at Animal Training & Veterinary Conferences

• TV Host of the new dog training series, Dog Masters

• National Spokesperson for Embrace Pet Insurance

• Resident Pet Expert of Hallmark Channel’s Home & Family for 5 years

• Celebrity Dog Mom to Penelope Supafly & Delilah Jane Sassafras, stars of A Dog & Pony Show movie

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. 

To learn more, my website is:  https://amazingk9s.com/ 

Christine Young

• CPDT-KA Certified Professional Dog Trainer

• Canine Enrichment Expert

• Recall Training for all levels

• Parkour Enthusiast

• Passion for Puppy Training

Lynda Piercy

Class Instructor:

• Basic Obedience: 1991 to present

• Puppy Classes: 1991 to Present

• Rally Obedience: 2004 to present

• Intro Agility: 2016 - Present

• Intro to Barn Hunt: 2017 to Present

• Canine Good Citizen/Trick Test Evaluater (AKC): 2012 to Present

• Coached Flyball Team: 1998 - 2017

• Chico Dog Fanciers Public Education Coordinator:  1991 - 2004

• Chico Dog Fanciers Class Instructor for Basic Obedience, Puppy and Flyball
  classes:  1991 - 2004

• Owner of Wannabe Run Boston Terrier Rescue: 1992 - 2019

Kelly Keebler 

Kelly Keebler brings experience from various dog training facilities from across the country. She began teaching classes for 7 years ago in Pennsylvania and recently moved here from California after working a variety of aggression cases. She graduated from the Karen Pryor Academy Dog Trainer Professional (KPA-CTP) Program in 2017 and has since become a Certified Professional Dog Trainer (CPDT) . More recently she completed the Aggression in Dogs Master Course and is currently attending the behavior analysis course Living and Learning with Animals. In her spare time, Kelly competes in AKC Rally trials with her Pembroke Welsh Corgi, Chaaales, who has achieved his Rally Advanced Title.  

Sandra Balacek (Sandy)

CPR/First Aid Certified, Wilderness First Aid, CPR on Pets/Mouth to Snout

Hike Leader: Guides the hike, educating along the way. Knows the route well and has hiking experience. Willing to share knowledge and expertise about the Tahoe Basin.

Hike leader who enjoys the opportunity to interact with the other hikers and to lead an activity where everyone is up-beat, friendly and enjoying their day in the woods.

6 years of experience working as a volunteer for the USFS as a Ski with a Ranger, teaching the 5th grade classes snowshoeing and hiking in the summer.

Has completed five Geology Courses of the Sierra Mountain Range and the Tahoe Basin.

15 years’ experience leading hikes with dogs. It is my mission to empower hikers and everyone who loves the outdoors.