Trainers

All trainers are required to attend approved educational seminars every year to enhance their dog training knowledge and skills.

Clint Knox, ABCTC

Trainer

Gloria Shipman, CPDT-KA

Trainer

Gloria has been training and competing with her own dogs since 2002; she has been teaching classes since 2003, and became a Certified Professional Dog Trainer in 2008. To Gloria training with her dogs is some of the most fun she can have, regardless if they are in the agility ring, herding pasture, tracking through a field of waist-high grasses or in the obedience ring. She enjoys teaching others how to train their dogs by teaching them how dogs learn. It’s not about dominance, it’s about a relationship. Her philosophy of competing is not all about the ribbons and titles, but spending quality time with my dogs in a public forum that shows their natural partnership based on trust and respect for one another. Whether she is teaching a beginner dog class or an advanced rally class, she gets such a thrill when she sees owners and their dogs finally “get it”. Gloria is currently serving on an Association of Pet Dog Trainers task force for developing a new dog behavior evaluation program. Gloria’s role models are Patricia McConnell, PhD, CAAB and Gail Fisher; they both have shown by example that positive training methods can lead to stellar success in the dog competition arena.

Certifications & Education

Certified Professional Dog Trainer (CPDT-KA)
Canine Good Citizen Evaluator

Pets
ARCH U-CD Mr. Bister Biscuit Boy CD-H, RAE, RO1, RL1X, RL2X, OA, NAJ, OF, NAC, NCC, NJC, TN-N, CGC (“Izzy”, 6 yr old Australian Shepherd)
Send Me in Coach TDI, CGC (“Jersey”, 4 yr old Golden Retriever)
BB’s Buzzin Round Ewe (“Skeeter”, 1 yr old Border Collie)
Buddy CD, TDI, CGC (10 year old retired Golden Retriever)

Jenny O’Brien Konior

Trainer

Jenny grew up with border collies and rough coated collies, but when she moved to Albany NY for grad school, she stumbled upon a golden retriever rescue and was hooked! Since 1999 she have been heavily involved in golden rescue in each of the 4 states of the country she has lived. She had a golden retriever who she fostered (and later adopted-Ollie) who brought her into the work of obedience and animal behavior in 1998. While her favorite class to teach will always be basic obedience (Foundation I here at Canine Craze) Scott has recently introduced her to agility and WOW! Since then she has been instructing Canine Craze Foundation Agility Classes as well has trained her new dog “Gabe” to run in agility.

Certifications & Education

Currently studying for her CPDT certification

Pets

Ollie; CGC, TDI (rescued golden retriever at the Rainbow Bridge since 5/17/2006)
Sam: (rescued golden retriever at the Rainbow Bridge since 2010) CLP (Champion Lush Puppy!)
Gabe: Golden Retriever

Renee White

Trainer

Renee currently runs agility with her 8 year old Labrador Retriever Belle. Together they have achieved the top level of agility success and earned awards at many national competitions.

Certifications & Education

Since November of 2005, Renee has been training privately with Ann Braue (5 time Agility World Team Member) and attended multiple training camps at ABCTC in Eau Claire, Wisconsin. Learning from the best has made a HUGE difference in their abilities.

Accomplishments

-2011 AKC Nationals Finalist, 8^th Place in the 24” Division
-2010 AKC Nationals Challenger, 24” Division
-2010 AKC Demo Dog, AKC World Team Tryouts
-2009 #3 Ranked AKC Labrador Retriever
-2009 1^st Place, Round 2, AKC Invitational
-2009 Competitor, AKC World Team Tryouts

Pets

MACH Princess Lily Belle III MXF – Yellow Labrador

Coming Soon, Border Collie Puppy