Training
Our instructors compete, judge and title dogs across agility, scentwork, rally, obedience and more, and they love passing that experience on.
Owner, Head Instructor
Lisa is a Certified Nosework Instructor, also certified in Karen Pryor Method & Tellington T-Touch. She is an ABC Mentor, AKC CGC Evaluator, Performance Scent Work & AKC Scentwork Judge, training and titling multiple dogs in Obedience, Agility, Rally, Conformation & Scentwork.
When not training dogs, Lisa enjoys time with her husband, goats, donkeys and chickens… and of course grandkids!
Agility Instructor
Karin Kinnan has been an agility enthusiast since 1995. She has competed successfully in various venues (AKC, USDAA, CPE, ASCA, and NADAC) over the course of her competitive career and has titled multiple dogs. Karin has over twenty years experience as an agility instructor.
She has also competed in conformation, rally, obedience, barn hunt, lure coursing and Fast CAT with her miniature schnauzers. She is currently owned and loved by her three generation miniature schnauzers Balto, Seal, and Zaki.
Agility & Dock Diving Instructor
I have been training and competing in agility for twenty-six years and began competing in dock diving six years ago. My Labs and Border Collies have earned many titles in both sports. My most accomplished Lab, Minx, earned multiple championships in three agility venues, as well as being only the second Lab to earn the coveted USDAA Platinum Lifetime Achievement Award. My Border Collie, Shazam, won the Master Division of the Southeast Regional Dock Diving competition in 2020.
I enjoy competing at national events in both sports, but find even more pleasure in helping agility and dock students reach their individual goals. I'm currently teaching a young boy, Stingley, and looking forward to competing with him in the future!
Agility Instructor
Ellen Richardson has been training and competing in Agility since 2007. She has earned agility titles with 7 different dogs in AKC, USDAA, NADAC and ASCA. She has competed at the AKC Agility Nationals and at Westminster. She also participates in barn hunt, lure coursing and Fast CAT with her Australian Shepherds and Blue Heeler.
She has been teaching agility foundation and obstacle skills classes since 2015 and loves seeing the 'lightbulb moment' when new handlers realize what their dogs are capable of with the right instruction and encouragement.
She has bred Australian Shepherds since 2013 and is currently owned and managed by 3 generations of Aussies (Maggie, Skye and Six), one Cattle Dog (Abe) and her Therapy Dog, Loki.
Rally Instructor
Sharon started her journey many, many years ago as a junior handler in the conformation ring. Sharon and "The Collies" have titled in a variety of dog sports including Obedience, Rally, Trick Dog, Nose Work (or Scent Work), and Agility. She has also had 2 of her dogs certified with Therapy Dogs International. After dabbling a bit in herding and tracking, she began to teach Puppy and Manners Obedience classes in 2007, becoming an AKC CGC Evaluator in 2008. Sharon has been teaching Rally at Radda's since 2017.
Sharon and her husband live in Ball Ground with their collies Finnagain and Faith, and their 2 Arabian horses that she has also shown to national titles!
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