Lynsey started her canine obsession as a conformation junior handler with Rottweilers. As an adult, she trained two French Bulldogs, Zubi and Zelda, in agility and they have also appeared in national commercials. She currently trains her sheltie, Vision, in agility....

Rosie Sutherland has been competing in agility since 1996, with an Australian Shepherd and several Border Collies. Tod and Rhyn both earned USDAA Platinum Lifetime Achievement Awards (LAA), the highest title in USDAA agility, as well as MACH titles in AKC. Rosie also...

Diane Battis, CPDT-KA, CTDI, has been training and competing in dog sports for more than 30 years. She has titled multiple dogs in Agility, Rally, Nose Work, Musical Freestyle, Tricks, CAT, FAST CAT, and Competition Obedience. Diane continues to improve her own...

Sally Silverman, CPDT-KSA, started training dogs in 2000 and has been active in Y2K9s ever since. She has found that using positive reinforcement, play, and lots of understanding yields the best results. Sally has competed in Agility with six dogs, all Australian...

Winnie has been training and learning from her sighthound dogs for over 20 years. She has owned, trained and shown several Borzoi an occasional Whippet and currently a Silken Windhound. Winnie has been active in Conformation, Obedience and Lure Coursing, with...

Katie Conn’s agility career started at Y2K9s where she began taking classes in 2000; she has been competing in agility since 2001.Since 1999, Katie has owned and trained a number of Shetland Sheepdogs.She trains and competes in AKC, UKI, and USDAA. Several of her dogs...

Alexa Karaoulis, CPDT-KA, CCUI, CGC Evaluator, has been working with dogs, sports, and training for more than 15 years. She has participated in Freestyle, Agility and Flyball. One of her most notable talents is working with dogs that, for a myriad of reasons, have...

Janie Harris’s original profession, in health/physical education and coaching, allows her to bring years of teaching experience to her work with students and their dogs. She started playing with discs over 20 years ago and quickly moved to competing and demonstrating...

CJ Hazell, KPA Certified Training Partner, Certified Dog Parkour Instructor, Certified Trick Dog Instructor CJ has been training dogs professionally through her company, Bad Dog Good Dog Trainer, since 2010. She became an instructor for Y2K9s in 2013 teaching Basic...

Lisa Woodard, Certified Nose Work Instructor (CNWI) with the National Association of Canine Scent Work®. She has been participating in nose work since 2015. In addition to instructing, she competes regularly and has held and hosted her own NACSW® trials. Lisa...

Tina started doing agility when she realized her Welsh Terrier, Caru, needed an outlet for her nonstop energy. She was out for a drive and stopped at a trial to see what it was about and she was hooked. She started training at HOA in 2012. Caru has been a very willing...

Debbie Lazaro has been training dogs since 1993. She first began showing in obedience and then started agility in 1997. She also participates in herding, Schutzhund and barn hunt, and runs the rescue group, ECHO (East Coast Herding Dog Rescue). Debbie has been known...

While Pat Foley started her animal career with horses, she has been involved with dogs and dog sports for nearly 50 years. She has extensive experience in Conformation and Obedience handling, in breeding, grooming and in rescue work. She has served as a Sweepstakes...

Dina Melendez fell into agility with her Soft-Coated Wheaten Terriers in 2006 and was captivated with training her dogs in dog sports. Besides agility, her dogs have competed in barn hunt, scent work, tricks, rally and FAST CAT.  Her first dogs, Boone...

Heather Blair is a Prospective Nose Work Instructor (PNWI) with the National Association of Canine Scent Work® (NACSW). She has been training and competing in dog sports (Agility, Rally, Tricks) since 2011 and discovered her passion for K9 Nose Work® in 2016 with her...

Camille Robinson has been teaching obedience classes for over 35 years. She and her students earned obedience titles in AKC, UKC and CKC. She has titled dogs in Agility, Rally, Coursing Ability Test and Nosework. She has also shown her dogs in Tracking, Herding and...