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DIANE ELLIS MANOCCHIA has a Bachelor's Degree in Animal Science from the University of New Hampshire. A founding member and Training Director for Piscataqua Obedience Club, and a certified member of the National Association of Dog Obedience Instructors (NADOI), she has been training dogs since 1972. She teaches classes from Puppy through Utility and Rally and Agility. She has taught Tracking as well. Diane bgreeds and trains Pembroke Welsh Corgis. Titles on her dogs have included 5 CGCs, 11 CDs, 4 CDXs, 1 UD, 1 HT, 1 PT, 2 NAs, 1 NAP, 1 TD, 1 RN, and 1 AA. She has titled in AKC, UKC, and Canada. Her dogs have been Tracking Certified 7 times.
Students of Ellis Dog Training have multiple titles in Obedience through UDX, Rally through Rally Excellent, and Agility through Excellent. Her puppies are titled in Breed (CH), Agiility (MACH), Flyball, Rally (RE) and through CDX in Obedience.She has attended seminars by noted trainers and behaviorists Job Michael Evans, Ian Dunbar, Brian Kilcommons, and Nicholas Dodman.
SUE WALSH has trained and raised Cocker Spaniels for 28 years and has been a member of POC for 26 years. Her dogs have earned titles with the American Kennel Club, Canadian Kennel Club and United Kennel Club. She has titled her dogs with CDXs (Companion Dog Excellent) from AKC, UKC, and CKC. All dogs have earned their CGCs (Canine Good Citizen) and she is currently training a dog for her UD (Utility Dog) title. Two of her dogs have earned FDs (Flyball Dog). One has earned TD (Tracking Dog) and another is a certified Therapy Dog. She has also titled her dogs in both Rally Novice and Rally Advanced. She is endorsed by the NADOI (National Association of Dog Obedience Instructors). Sue teaches a variety of classes. Her specialty, however, is Kindergarten Puppy Training (KPT). She is also very active in Cocker Spaniel Rescue.
MARY PETERSON has trained dogs for POC for 16 years. She teaches Basic Obedience, Advanced Basic Obedience, Canine Good Citizen, and has also taught Puppy, Pre-Novice, and Novice classes. She is a member of the American Chesapeake Club and holds titles of Canine Good Citizen, Therapy Dog, Tracking Dog, and Companion Dog on her Chesapeake Bay Retrievers. She is endorsed by the National Association of Dog Obedience Instructors (NADOI) and is a member of the Association of Pet Dog Trainers (APDT). She teaches dog obedience classes at Rangeley, Maine, in the summer. She attends seminars in dog behavior and training including a dog aggression seminar with Tufts Director of Animal Behavior Dr. Nicholas Dodman, and "Debunking the Dominance Myth" with noted trainer and author Jean Donaldson. She is a Canine Good Citizen Evaluator, and Treasurer and Webmaster for Piscataqua Obedience Club. She is active in Conformation, Obedience, and Tracking.
JOHN PITTMAN has been training dogs for Piscataqua Obedience Club for 20 years. He teaches Puppy Kindergarten, Basic Obedience, Advanced Basic Obedience, and Competition. He has German Shorthaired Pointers and Deutsch Kurzhaar dogs, including Riseborough's Daniel Boone CD NAVHDA NA Prize I, Timbertop's Sacagawea CD, Dana On Point, and trained his Labrador Retriever, Scrimshaw Shalimar ("Laika") to a Companion Dog title. He is a member of NADKC, NAVHDA, and NAFA and is working towards certifying Dinah as a big game tracking dog, per NH and F&G rules.
MERRILLYNN HILL has been teaching for POC 10+ years. She currently teaches Novice and Open Competition. She has been training her own dogs and competing actively for the last 15 years, and has worked with top trainers including Celeste Meade, Terri Arnold, and Sylvia Bishop. In 2005, her Austrailian Shepherd was ranked #3 Novice Obedience Dog in the Australian Shepherd Club of America; that year he was also ranked #8 Novice Obedience dog in his breed in AKC. She currently has one Australian Shepherd and two Border Collies. Her Aussie, Propwash Sealevel Your The One ("Uno") CDX ASCA CD Can CD, has won 14 High in Trials and 2 Front & Finish Platinum awards in Novice. Uno also placed 2nd in Novice at the 2005 All Star Obedience Championships. Her Border Collie, I'm Too Fast N Furious at Nimrod ("Indy"), will make his debut in Novice this year. Previously, Merrillyn's Novice A Labrador Retriever earned his CD and her next Lab, UCDX M & J's High Hopes Tobey AM & CAN CDX was a multiple High in Trial and dog world award winner. Her dogs do agility and herding as well as competitive obedience. A member of the Australian Shepherd Club of America and the Border Collie Club of America, she has been a working participant in Sylvia Bishop's 3-day training seminars, has attended OTCH Camp with Celeste Meade at American K9 Country, attended Open & Utility Seminars, and a dog aggression seminar.
STACI STANLEY has been training for POC for 10 years. She currently teaches Basic Obedience and Rally Obedience, but has also taught Advanced Basic, Canine Good Citizen, and Competition classes. She's an Honors Graduate of UNH, an Active Member of the Association of Pet Dog Trainers (APDT), and a former CPDT title holder. She has a Bouvier des Flandres, a Papillon, and an American Eskimo dog. Their titles include, Ch. Bridlewood's Poco Osa CDX, RAE, CGC ("Osa"), Better Behavior's Maki Combo FDX, RE, CGC ("Sushi"). Her late dog "Yuri", a Siberian Husky, earned a CD and CGC.
SHIRLEY RAND is head Flyball instructor for POC, and has been training Flyball for 7 years. She has taken several classes with POC over the past 20 years. She is a member of POC, Marshland Obedience Club, York County Kennel Club, and North American Flyball Club. Her German Shepherd dogs are nationally titled in the sport of Flyball, including Abby—C.D.,C.D.X.,U.K.C. C.D. and C.D.X., T.D.I., G.S.D.T.T., F.D.,F.D.X.,F.D.ch.,F.D. silver and gold, F.M. F.M.X.,F.M.ex.,F.M.ch.,Onyx, FG.D.ch.; Casey—C.D.,C.D.X.,U.K.C.D., U.K.C.D.X.,C.G.C.,F.Fd.,F.D.X.,F.D.ch.,F.D.ch.silver and gold.,F.M. and F.M.X; Casey—In training. She is also involved in the sports of Tracking and Herding.
CHERYN BREELING teaches Flyball classes for POC. She has Rottweilers, Australian Cattle Dogs, German Shepherd Dogs, Cavalier King Charles Spaniels, and a Pug X Tzu. Their titles include: Ch. Welkerhaus Atlas Von Stuttig CGC, HIC, TT; Lyndale's Azriel Von Stuttig CGC, TT; Amer/Can Ch. Von Stuttig's Archon CGC, TT, TDI; Von Stuttig's Aydelvauz CG, CGC, TT, TDI, AD; Von Stuttig's Britta CDX, CGC, TT, TDI, AD; Von Stuttig's Don't Look Back CD, CGC; Eastwood's Star Struck Aurora, CGC; Harbour's Ace of Hearts, CGC. She belongs to the American Rottweiler Club, the Maine Coast Runners Flyball Team, and is active in Conformation, Obedience, Herding, Agility, Tracking, and Flyball.