Barbara Miller
- began her interest in dog training in 1979 and her
association with Tri-State Dog Obedience Club started
shortly thereafter. Barbara's first dog, a corgi cross
named Ferdinand, completed his Mixed Breed Companion Dog
title at a TSDOC match show back in 1986. Since then
Barbara and her dogs have earned well over 100 titles in
Obedience, Agility, Herding, Tracking, Flyball and
Conformation. She has achieved several breed "firsts"
including the first AKC agility title on a Basset Hound
and the first VCD1 (CD, NA, NAJ, TD) on an American
Foxhound. Her Cardigan Welsh Corgis, Australian Cattle
Dogs, Foxhound and Basset Hounds have consistently been
top ranked Nationally in Obedience, Rally and Agility.
Barbara teaches Agility at
Tri-State Dog Obedience Club. She believes that building a
strong learning foundation early in a dog's life is
crucial to a successful life-long relationship.
Cathy Mann - STAR Puppy, AKC Tricks, AKC
CGC Class, WCR Rally Class
There has always been a dog, or multiple dogs in Cathy’s
life. If that was not enough she would bring home every
‘stray’ and make sure it found it’s way back to it’s
owner. When the new Cocker Spaniel puppy came into her
life when she was 12, she taught it tricks and won first
prize in her Town Park competition. As an adult, her first
dog was Penny, a German Shorthaired Pointer, followed by
Nicki a Miniature Schnauzer and then her daughter
Bridgette.
In 2010 Cathy started fostering for several Rescue Groups
in the NJ/NY area. As of this writing, she and her husband
have fostered over 60 puppies, and three found their
forever home with Cathy. Zoe (since passed at the age of
14+) already had been adopted when the fostering started,
as a way to get Zoe more ‘social’. Zoe earned her NACSW
NW1 at the age of 13+. Sampson came next (now 7) who has
earned titles in WCR Rally, Barn Hunt, CDSP Obedience, ACK
Tricks and CPE Agility also had been certified with Pet
Partners and routinely visited a Nursing Home. Sampson
also has earned his AKC Canine Good Citizen. Samantha (now
6) has earned titles in WCR Rally, CDSP Obedience, UKC NW
and CPE Agility. Gideon (now 5, a deaf Aussie mix) has
earned titles in WCR Rally, CDSP Obedience, AKC Tricks and
UKC NW. Gideon also has earned his AKC Canine Good
Citizen. All three dogs have been included in the WCR
Rally Annual ‘Top 20’ Rankings for various Titles. New
puppy Morgan (Aussie mix) has joined the family, adopted
from a local rescue group. Too young, yet to compete – but
training has begun.
In 2013 when the opportunity presented itself to complete
an internship under a dog trainer in NJ, Cathy couldn’t
pass it up. Upon the completion of the 250 hours of one on
one training/student teaching/researching and writing she
then began to teach Basic 1 manners at the Dog Training
School owned by the trainer. As well as Basic 1, Cathy
also did private in-home lessons.
Cathy has been teaching at TSDOC since 2015. She is an
AKC CGC and AKC Tricks Evaluator and is Certified in Pet
CPR and First Aid.
In her spare time, Cathy volunteers as a transport driver
for a number of rescue groups and actively competes with
her dogs in CPE Agility, WCR Rally, CDSP Obedience, NACSW
NW and UKC NW. Cathy’s passion is getting puppies off to
the ‘right start’ and feels that the STAR Puppy Class is
one of the most rewarding classes to teach. Both new and
previous puppy owners will truly benefit from the class.
“Dogs are not our whole life, but they make our lives
whole.” - Roger Caras
Betty Padgett - Started in dogs
around 1969 when she brought her Rough Collie to obedience
classes at TSDOC in Matamoras and became hooked.
Shortly thereafter she started competing in dog obedience
competition and breed conformation with her Shetland
Sheepdog. In the 1970's to 1990’s she also competed in
sled-dog races with a variety of breeds from
Siberian/Alaskan Huskies to Labrador Retrievers and
Doberman Pinschers.
Over the past many years she has owned, loved and competed
with her Siberian Huskies, Shetland Sheepdog, Labrador
Retrievers. Doberman Pinschers, Miniature Pinscher,
Australian Shepherd and currently, Border Collies.
Her dogs have earned (all owner trained and handled):
Multiple High In Trials in obedience and herding,
- 2nd Pl 1987 Pennsylvania Sled-dog Championships
3-5 dog class
- HIT 1993 Maritime Obedience Invitational in Nova
Scotia Canada
- 4th in the JL Versatility Competition at the 2010 BCSA
National Specialty
- 3rd Pl. Open Class, 2012 AllStar Obedience
Championships
- VCD2, Utility,C-OTCH & C-UDX
- Herding Championships
- Breed Conformation Champion
- ScentWork Advanced
- Agility Excellent
- Tracking Dog
- Rally Excellent
- Trick-Dog Performer
- CGCA
and Border Collie, Jake;
Doberman Pinscher, Kimber; Labrador, Thumper were
excellent pheasant dogs in the field as hunting companions
and wonderful hiking companions.
Betty is an AKC-Canine Good
Citizen Evaluator. Her classes are flexible for the
pet owner who desires to work towards a well-trained
canine citizen/companion or competition partner.
Rose Robischon
- At present Rose is the President of the National Owner
Handler Association, Inc. Before moving to this area she
was president of the Nassau/Suffolk Chapter of the Owner
Handler Association as well as their handling instructor
in conformation. She has been President of the Tri-County
Collie Breeders Association and trained and shown Collies
in breed and obedience to their championships. She is a
board member and AKC delegate of the Wallkill Kennel Club.
She is also Vice President of the Stewards Club of
America.