About Us

Cathy Horrocks  - Owner & Director

Cathy has over 30 years of dog training experience, not only training her own dogs but also helping thousands of dogs (and humans!) achieve a healthier relationship. She has also donated countless hours volunteering her time and expertise to local humane societies & shelters, 4-H groups, public education demonstrations, and fostering a wide variety of breeds.

Over the past 30 years, Cathy has owned many breeds and mixes, large and small.  Her first-hand experience of living and training a variety of breeds has helped her understand that ALL DOGS are unique, so their training should be too!  Her current pack consists of Belgian Sheepdogs and German Shepherds.

While Cathy specializes in teaching Agility, she also enjoys teaching basic household manners for the average owner and dog, as well as helping owners with “challenging” canines that need behavior rehabilitation. Cathy looks at each dog as an individual and takes the dog’s personality into consideration during training and helps the owner to ‘read’ & communicate correctly with the dog.

Cathy has competed and titled in many dog sports, including Competition Obedience, Herding, Agility, CGC (Canine Good Citizen), and Therapy dog work. Cathy has competed in many performance sport registries, including NADAC, AKC, UKC, AMBOR, and Mixed Breed Dog Clubs of America.

“Although I love competing with my dogs, first and foremost my dogs are my daily companions, so living within a well-structured pack is critical.” ~ Cathy

Katrina - Director of Operations & Lead Instructor

Katrina has over 25 years of dog training and pack management experience. While she enjoys teaching basic dog manners, her specialty is dealing with extreme dog behavior issues, such as extreme fear and/or aggression issues and pack evaluation & management.

In addition to teaching dogs and humans, she has been actively involved with several local dog clubs, instructing and judging for 4-H groups, volunteering at local shelters, and hosting training seminars and competitions.
Over the years she has owned many different breeds including Bernese Mountain Dogs, German Shepherds, Labs, as well as a variety of mixed breeds. Katrina currently owns a Belgian Sheepdog (4 years old) and a Pit Bull mix (14 ½ years old).

She has competed in multiple dog sports including Agility, Competition Obedience, Breed Ring, Rally, and Herding with multiple dogs and is actively competing in Agility at the highest level with her Belgian Sheepdog.

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