Penny Leigh: Penny has been involved in competition dog sports for 20 years. Her achievements include titling dogs in conformation, obedience, agility, rally, herding, flyball and retriever hunt tests. She currently competes with border collies and flat-coated retrievers. She is the former doggy daycare manager at Town & Country and currently works for the American Kennel Club operating headquarters in Raleigh. She teaches flyball, upper-level agility and the Focus class.
Debra Miller: Debra has 35+ years experience in training and showing dogs. She owns and competes with her Golden Retrievers. She has earned numerous advanced level obedience titles and agility titles with her dogs. She also cross-trains in field work with her retrievers. Debra teaches our Puppy Kindergarten class and Competition Obedience.
Laura Bullock: Laura got started in competitive dogs sports in Schutzhund, a dog sport tailored for guard dog breeds and that includes obedience, tracking and protection work. She currently owns and competes with Australian shepherds and Greater Swiss Mountain Dogs in Obedience, Rally and Conformation. Laura works for the AKC Companion Animal Recovery and she teaches Rally, Focus and Senior Puppy.
Pam Hughes: Pam and her Toy Poodle, Remy, are a great team who earn high scores in Agility and Rally trials. Pam is a lifelong dog lover and student of animal behavior and dog training. She shares life with Remy; a second toy poodle, Ala Fair; and a long-haired dachshund, Ariel. Pam teaches the Introduction to Agility and Agility II classes.
Patty Van Sicklen: Patty has owned and shown Siberian Huskies for many years and has earned numerous titles on her dogs, including in Conformation, Obedience and Rally. She is a former trainer at the Nashville (Tenn.) Dog Training Club and moved to Raleigh last year to work for the American Kennel Club. She teaches the Family Manners/Canine Good Citizen class.
Jennifer Schlotfeldt: Jennifer is the newest addition to the T&C training staff. Jennifer is a recent graduate of Animal Behavior College and has interned with the T&C trainers for the past year. Jennifer grew up with Siberian Huskies and currently lives with two of them, as well as a border collie. She has experience working in the dog daycare field. She teaches Senior Puppy.
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