Jeri P
rekop has been involved in agility since 2000. She has placed multiple MACHs on her Shetland Sheepdogs, She has qualified and competed at the AKC Nationals and USDAA Nationals and has run in the Finals at these events with both KC and Tag. In 2016, Tag won the Challengers round at the AKC Nationals and came in 2nd place in the Finals. Tag and Jeri also competed in the finals at the first Westsminster Master Agility Championship completion. She has competed with KC at the Purina Incredible Dog Challenge. Jeri is currently running 2 dogs —Cruise and Ditto.
Jeri likes to analyze courses from a technical point of view and is good at tailoring handling choices based on the individual handler/dog team. Videos of Jeri’s dogs can be seen on YouTube at sjprekop.
Katelyn Laufenberg has been training and learning agility since 2014. Her degree and work experience in education and love for dogs creates a positive environment. The goal of her classes is to help each team bond and have fun learning. Prior to starting agility, she trained her Boston Terrier in Pet Therapy and obedience. Katelyn has trained multiple breeds which include; Boston Terrier, Springer Spaniel, Brittany and a Sheltland Sheepdog. She works to help any team, any breed find success from the foundation up. Katelyn is also a judge for AKC ACT 1 and 2 trials. Videos of Katelyn’s dogs can be seen on YouTube at Katelyn Laufenberg.
Katelyn currently competes with two dogs, Callie Girl and Pink.
Callie Girl, is a 4 year old rescued Brittany, running in AKC Masters, CPE and UKI Championship agility. She is currently is working towards a PACH and a CATCH. Callie Girl also enjoys Barn Hunt, Fast CAT and Coursing.
Pink, a 2 year old Shetland Sheepdog, is learning fast and competing in AKC and UKI agility.
Fiona – (Boston Terrier) CL1-R, CL1-F, CL1-H, SSBs (Retired)
Callie Girl – (Rescued Brittany) CL3, AJP, AXP, OAP, ISDs, SSNs
Pink – (Shetland Sheepdog) NA, NAJ, SSB, BID
Linda Rose has been training and competing in dog agility for over 10 years. She and her golden retriever, Maewyn, were recently finalist in the competitive 20” class at the 2019 AKC National Agility Championship. She has also been a finalist at Westminster with her golden, Dylan. Linda and her goldens compete in AKC, USDAA and UKI. She has been on the podium at several USDAA Regional Championship and came in first place in Team Snooker at the USDAA Cynosport World Games in 2009.
Linda focuses on positive training to build drive and passion with her dogs. She loves foundation skills and playing games to help teams become more confident. Linda has attended many different seminars and camps to become familiar with multiple handling methods and believes there is value in trying different techniques to figure out what is best for each individual team, She loves sharing what she has learned to help students improve their dog agility skills and results!
Sybil Carroll has been helping dogs and their people connect for over twenty years. A lifetime equestrian and instructor, Sybil often incorporates training strategies from the horse world to bring balance, structure, and joy to her canine clients. Her passion for effective positive training methods began with a boxer named Capone. This wonderful dog challenged and inspired her to seek out non-traditional training methods that they both could relate to and thrive. As a result, her classes balance fun and games with control and attention in a way that both dog and handler find reinforcing. Capone has since passed, and while he leaves behind many ribbons and great memories of a successful agility and obedience career, he is mostly remembered with much love as a beloved friend and constant companion. Capone also paved the way for (now retired) agility teammate Corgi Flex, who successfully competed AKC and USDAA for many years. Newest family member Border Collie Switch continues to inspire her to learn and grow as a trainer and teammate and is currently training and competing in agility, herding, nose work, and obedience. When not competing or hanging out at home with the family, the dogs have been seen “acting” in shows like Bravo’s Project Runway, strutting their stuff on the runways of New York’s fashion week, and have worked with nationwide campaigns such as Target, Neiman Marcus, Whole Meals, and PetSmart. Sybil enjoys working with clients because there are so many opportunities to be creative and to set dogs and their families up for success. As an instructor, she is an expert in everything from pet obedience to high level sport and agility training. She is also a perpetual student and constantly looks for the best methods to accompany her own innovations. In her “spare time,” Sybil manages two successful businesses: On Target Agility and Events and Fairy Tails dog training and pet sitting.
Carol Mount started training agility in 1992. Carol is an AKC, UKI and USDAA Judge that has trained her dogs to hundreds of titles in multiple agility venues, flyball, herding, disc, FAST CAT, dock diving, lure coursing and obedience. She has written several articles for canine magazines and newsletters including Clean Run and Basenji Bulletin. Carol has been nominated twice for Dog Writers Of America awards and has won the DWAA’s Maxwell Award. Carol is a two-time AKC Agility Nationals judge and has judged the AKC EO team tryouts. Always ready to work a challenge, Carol has trained and shown multiple “difficult” dogs. Past dogs include rescue Belgian Malinois MACH “Sega”, and Mal MACH3 Fusion FDGCH-40K Iron Dog, Basenji “Strider” AX AXJ CDX AD etc, rescue Basenji “Ginger” OA OAJ CD etc, a Powderpuff Crested “Theory” NA, and crested MACH3 Louie-Louie FDGCH-40K Iron Dog. She has also trained a Border Collie “Quest” CD MX MXJ FM and helped train her husband’s BC Peyton. Current dogs include Lowchen Ta-da!, Crested KenKen, Basenji Zuri, Border Collie Dynamo and Malinois Arcade. All the current dogs have numerous titles in multiple venues and sports. Carol has taken numerous seminars with top trainers over the years like Soshana Dos, Perry DeWitt, Mary Ellen Barry, Lee Gibbs, Marco Giovani, Linda Mecklenburg, Elicia Calhoun, Wendy Pape, Ann Braue, Nancy Gyes, Joan Meyer, Ali Roukas-Canova, Olga Chaiko, Silvia Trkman, Sue Tovino, Jo Fraiser, Ian Fraiser, The Boltons, and Guy Blancke. This list is no where near complete — but shows Carol has a wide range of knowledge to complement her training.
Nancy Borga has been training dogs for almost 20 years with agility being her true love. Over the years Nancy has competed primarily in AKC agility in the 24″ and 20 ” division. She has put several MACHs on her dogs and has attended the AKC agility nationals multiple times. Recently Nancy obtained a toy poodle for the challenge of training a small dog and competes in the 8″ division.
Over the years she has changed her training patterns to include high reward and fun for the teams, finding more joy, drive and focus in the dogs. Nancy breeds performance standard poodles and enjoys a variety of sports with them from Agility to parkour, Her home bred dog Krakken is titled in 9 different dog sports. In addition, she evaluates litters of all breeds for temperament and performance prospects. ” I am constantly learning, and evolving, I enjoy sharing what I have learned with other dog lovers”. Currently, she lives with Simmetry What’s Better Than A Kitkat MX MXJ MJB OF DCAT TKI, MACH UCH Waypoint’s step lll release the Krakken RI FDC MXB XF FCAT DSA TKI RATO PKQT VCM, and Karbit to Waypoint Kilauea – up and coming puppy!
