Diane has been training dogs for over 30 years, competing in obedience, conformation, tricks, and hunting, but the majority of her experience has been in dog agility.  As a trainer, she specializes in puppy foundation, distraction work, agility and trick training. She is a certified Trick Trainer and Evaluator with the AKC and Do More With Your Dog (the founding group of competitive trick training). 

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Diane focuses on positive training methods that teach dogs to make great choices.

 

Diane owned the first German Shorthaired Pointer to achieve the AKC agility championship with Ch MACH Vonweys Morgen Sonnenschein CDX JH - "Morgen" - and he was in the first 100 MACH titles all breeds. She and Morgen also appeared on ESPN's Incredible Dog Challenge and Animal Planet's Canine Superstars TV shows.

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Currently Diane trains and shows Border Collies for agility, featuring her newest superstar Phoenix. Phoenix turned 18 months old in January 2021 and earned his USDAA (United States Dog Agility Association) Championship ("ADCH") a short 4 months later in May 2021. He is currently now showing in AKC, and in his first weekend took 7 first places in 8 events.

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