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Andrew Ramsey is a former military working dog trainer with a life-long passion for interacting with canines.  He has made it a personal goal to bring better training techniques implemented in other areas of dog training to the pet dog Nosework world.

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Ann is a professional dog trainer who has been competing in obedience ring and agility for decades. She is widely regarded for her skills as a trainer, but her true passion is sharing information and helping students excel. Her training philosophy focuses on positive reinforcement and building a strong relationship between the dog and the handler.

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Carrie has been training dogs professionally for almost 20 years. She currently resides in Pinellas Park, FL with her husband where they operate their pet training business, The Doghouse, LLC, serving the greater St. Petersburg/Tampa area.

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Chad Hunter has been a professional dog trainer since 2004. He has over 8 years experience in French Ring training, and has competed in over 70 trials.

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Dusty Trieschman owns Clearly Connected Canine in California. She has competed in multiple dog sport venues spanning 30 years, but one of her favorite sports to compete in and teach is Rally Obedience. The fun, relaxed, unpredictability of this sport makes it a great way to encourage teamwork with dog/handler teams.

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Ed Frawley owns Leerburg Enterprises, Inc. Leerburg is a family owned business that Ed started in 1982. Ed has trained dogs since 1960. Ed started to video tape dog training seminars in 1978. In 1982 he started selling dog training videos that he produced. In 1978 he began breeding working bloodline German Shepherds and continued breeding for the next 35 years. In the early 1980’s Ed began competing in AKC obedience, AKC tracking and Schutzhund. In the late 1980’s Ed was an AKC sheep dog herding judge. From 1990 to 2000 he was a K-9 handler on the Dunn Country Sheriff Dept. During those years he worked with West Central drug task force in Western Wi. In 2011 Ed tasked the 7 members of Leerburg's IT department with writing the computer code for Leerburg’s on-line learning software. Ed brings over 50 years of dog training experience along with many years of law enforcement to Leerburg’s videos and courses.

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Today Ericka works with pet owners and their dogs, as well as working as a consultant for various animal shelters. Dog sports are her passion. Ericka love to help pet dog owners make the jump to dog sports and reap the benefits! For her, training is more than just teaching dogs behaviors. Seeing the relationships that develop between dog and owner and the freedom that well trained dogs can experience is what is it all about for her. Nosework has become a big part of her training program and she is a Certifying Official Judge for the United Kennel Club program.

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Forrest Micke is a professional dog trainer located in the San Francisco Bay Area. He is a midwest native who began his career working with shelter and rescue organizations in the areas of behavior modification and lifestyle obedience. He now conducts workshops in competitive obedience and protection sport for private and public groups across the country.

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Janice is a top dog sport competitor, in-demand obedience seminar presenter and and the author of a number of online courses for dog training.  She is known for being among an elite group of trainers who have achieved the perfect 200 obedience score and she has done it with 9 different dogs and from the Novice class all the way through Utility. 

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Jens Frank (PhD) from the Scandinavian Working Dog Institute (SWDI) train dogs and handlers from most branches of the Armed Forces and Police in a large number of countries around the world. He does research related to this topic and has a position as Associate Professor at the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences · Department of Ecology.

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Jim Closson has been professionally training dogs for 27 years. He attended Southern Oregon State College at Ashland, where he majored in Pre-Veterinary medicine.

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JJ Belcher has been training training dogs professionally since 1999. He is the owner and founder of Sublime Canine in Tucson, AZ where he and his staff teach everything from basic obedience and behavior modification to competitive dog sports like Schutzhund, Flyball and Barn Hunt. JJ is committed to helping the rescue dog community as a volunteer, a foster and even developed his own rescue organization with the help of his wife Nicole. “I believe owning a dog is not just a commitment or responsibility, it’s a lifestyle… My goal is to make my clients as passionate as I am about training their dog”

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Kevin has over 30 years of experience working with police K-9 teams. He is a well known seminar instructor, speaker, and law enforcement instructor.

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Mark is a dog trainer from Hudson, Wisconsin. He has been training dogs professionally since 1998 in various forms of obedience, agility and protection work. He works and trains primarily at Red Star Kennel in Hudson, where he serves as one of 3 trainers who conduct private lessons, teaches group classes, and handles and trains dogs who stay for the boarding and training program.

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For the last 3 decades, Marko Koskensalo has been a world-renowned expert in dog training. His expertise has been widely recognized from seminars held all over the world. With a 2-time World Champion title and numerous national accolades achieved in the past 20 years, Marko is undeniably one of the best IGP/Schutzhund protection trainers in the world.

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Michael is an internationally renowned dog trainer and teacher with 30 years of experience in competitive dog sports. He has taught extensively to a very diverse group of trainers, from competitive sports trainers, police departments, and the US military, to search and rescue groups, service dog agencies, and pet dog trainers.

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Tami McLeod has been a professional dog trainer for twenty years. She titled her first dog in IP (schutzhund) at 16 year of age. She has contributed to dog clubs over the years as founding member of the American Working Malinois Association, board member/delegate to the American Working Dog Federation, serving on past committees including the National Events Committee, former Pacific Northwest Training Director, and Training Director for local clubs.

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Tyler started K9 Connection in Buffalo, NY in 2007 to fulfill his dream of helping dogs and owners to live harmonious lives together. Tyler oversees and developed the training programs at K9 Connection, and works diligently to coach the staff and advance their training techniques.