Amber Abbott
Amber has been actively training and competing in agility since 1995. She has trained and shown a variety of breeds including Border Collies, Jack Russells, a Staffordshire Bull Terrier, Labrador, Australian Shepherd, Australian Kelpie and mixed breeds.

She competes in NADAC, USDAA and AKC, earning Championship titles in NADAC and USDAA.

Amber won the NADAC Championships 12" Elite class in 1999 with her Jack Rat terrier Riley and again in 2008 with her Staffy Pokey. Amber and Pokey repeated that feat in 2009 and won the NADAC 12" Versatility Championships! She has competed in the Incredible Dog Challenge with multiple dogs and made the final round of the USDAA Championships with three different dogs.

Since 1996, she has taught agility in the Phoenix area and in Tucson, with positive reinforcement, patience and all about the attitude.

Jeannine Doepke
Jeannine has been competing in agility since 2002. She has shown her mixed breed dog in NADAC and USDAA where they earned Championship Titles. She is currently running her two Border Collies in NADAC, USDAA, and AKC. They too have earned Championship titles in NADAC and USDAA. Not to be outdone by Amber and Pokey, Jeannine and Jack also won the 2009 NADAC 20+" Versatility Championships! In addition to running her own dogs at agility trials, Jeannine is often asked to handle dogs for other people.

In 2006, Jeannine came in fourth at the NADAC Championships 20 + Elite Class with her Border Collie, Jack. Jeannine was invited to participate in the 2006 Purina Incredible Dog Challenge Western Regionals where she and Jack place third in the 60 Weave Pole Challenge. Jeannine and Jack won the 2008 NADAC Championships 20+ Elite Class.

Jeannine's goal as an instructor is to make training fun for both her students and their dogs.

Denise Titzer
Denise has been training her dogs in agility since 2001. She started competing in NADAC and USDAA in 2002 with her Catahoula. She also trained and competed with her mixed breed and her Miniature Pinscher. Denise currently competes in NADAC, USDAA and AKC with her Border Collie. They have earned championship titles in NADAC.

As an instructor, Denise wants to help her students and their dogs to reach their desired level of competition while having fun along the way.
 

Wendi Faircloth
Wendi earned a BA in education in 1995, but decided to take a year off before joining the real world (much to her parents’ dismay). She acquired a job at a local animal hospital in upstate NY where she learned that she had a way with animals and a “good training sense”. She wanted to learn as much as she could about animal behavior and training dogs, so she left NY. She ended up in Grand Rapids, MI, where she started training Service Dogs and worked with Paws With A Cause for five years. A few years ago, Wendi moved to Arizona and has trained and worked at Villa La Paws teaching in kennel training and obedience classes.

Wendi has owned, trained and worked with a variety of breeds including her own which have been Border Collies, an All American, whippet and a Border Staffy. She has competed in flyball, frizbee and has done freestyle and trick demonstrations at half time shows and at other special events. Wendi will also be competing in agility in the fall with her Border Staffy. Look for her to teach the Ramp It Up classes and other obedience/relationship classes.

Alicia Nicholas
Alicia believes that dog training is a journey. Her path started with two corgis, Annie and Moose, in 2000 and wound its way to Pickle, a border collie with one eye and some high level agility goals. Currently she experiences life through the jokes of her vallhund, Hunda and her border collie puppy, Bob.

Alicia is competitive in agility, obedience and herding and enjoys teaching tricks through shaping. She competes in several agility organizations and has earned a MACH, ADCH, 2 APDs and has been in the finals multiple times in USDAA Grand Prix, Steeplechase and at the AKC Championships. She has also earned several titles in obedience and herding.

In her spare time, Alicia teaches high school chemistry and enjoys running, boxing, and working out.