Marie Sawford
Marie has been training dogs since 1987. Her first competitive dog was a female Border Collie, "Megan" OTCH McCaan Megan AG.X Am UD. This wonderful dog's career combined for over 50 High in Trials. She was the #1 Obedience Dog in Canada in 1998 and #3 in 1996. She has multiple placements at tournaments such as the World Series in Detroit, Michigan and the Hit of Hits Competition in Ottawa, Ontario. Megan and marie also earned an USDAA Masters Agility Dog titles and Megan was a member of 3 North American FlyBall Association Championship teams.Marie is most proud of Megan's wonderful attitude in the ring and her 98% pass rate.
Marie is currently showing Megan's son, "Quinn" Lukan's Mighty Quinn Am. CDX NA NAJ. He completed his CDX in three trials in the U.S. and is working towards finishing his North American Dog Agility Council NATCH Title. He has placed in the Novice Division at the World Series in Detroit, Michigan. Quinn also has his Excellent title in CARO Rally-Obedience with 2 perfect scores along the way.
After campaigning in 2005 for top 10 all breed placemnet in obedience with my Golden Retriever GMOTCH Windrows Do UBelieve in Magic Ag.I WC"Presto" and I are taking it easy in 2006. Presto is a very animated dog, with lots of presence and attitude in the ring. He has achieved over 50 High in Trials in both Canada and the US and recently won the prestigious Hit of Hits Competition in Ottawa,Ontario. Prestttttto also has his Excellent title in CARO Rally-Obedience with 4 perfect scores along the way.
A new member to the household is a Norwegian Buhund, "Gali" Jerancourt's Drops O' Jupiter. Gali is still quite young and won't be seen in the obedience ring for a while. he is getting out and about being shown in the confirmation ring and doing demos at seminars. Gali is a lovely, focused worker and is showing great promise.
Marie is well known for her problem solving skills, getting to the root of the problem while always maintaining the dogs "learning state of mind". Her consideration for the dog's view of the exercise is pparamount above all else at her training school,Companion Dog Training located in Cambridge, Ontario. Her student's dogs perform happily, accurately and with a high pass rate in all levels of competition. Marie focuses on strong foundation and relationship skills by using games and a wide variety of training exercises. Her ability to break the exercises down into pieces and put it back together to strengthen the dog's undersatnding of teh skill is what has brought her so much success over the years. Marie's skill of being able to explain the "how to" is evident in her class, seminars and articles she writes forDog Sport and Front and finish magazines.
In 2003 Marie published her "Ring Ready" series of books. These dogs focus on helping your dog better undersatnd and preform each skill in the sport of obedience. In 2005 "Rally On" is die to be published. This book encompasses the signs from all of the rally organizations.
