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Dog Training Center
Due to our lease running out,
classes are on hold thru DogeZone, but you can still train with
Laura and
Cathy
by contacting them directly.
Laura will be holding Puppy Class and Conformation Class at the
Humane Society beginning in December 2009.
Current classes offered:
Question?
If you have a training question and would like to contact Laura or Cathy, feel
free to contact them directly at the email address listed below.
Contact Laura at:
NiteLite@Chartermi.net or 231-947-5769
Contact Cathy at:
WinklerK9@aol.com
Laura Salvatore has been teaching Puppy Kindergarten
and Show Dog Handling classes in the Traverse City area for over 20 years. Laura
is the owner of Nitelite Golden Retrievers, breeding champion AKC Golden
Retrievers for show, companion, and performance.
Laura's training philosophy is to teach the owners and handlers how to
understand their individual dogs, and to build mutual respect, thereby utilizing
the dog's natural instincts to please and creating a happy, loving team. She
encourages families with children participate, so that the youngsters are
empowered to handle their pets properly and successfully. And she is adamant
that it be fun for both human AND canine! Her results speak for themselves, with
many clients returning to her classes with their second, third, and even fourth
dogs. She says she realizes how long she has been doing this when she sees the
children and grandchildren of her first clients attending classes with their
dogs! (She will then tell you that she was only 10 when she started teaching!)
"I consider it a privilege and a pleasure to help our community's families with
their pets, and to be able to experience the joy and companionship that a well
behaved dog can add to their lives. I am also thrilled beyond words when my Show
Dog Handling students have successes and call me from a show to tell me they
have won - I feel as if I have won, too!" Laura Salvatore
Cathy Winkler has been “in dogs” for over 30 years.
She started teaching about 28 years ago and has enjoyed every minute of it. She
loves the beginning classes the best, as the dog often comes in “a heathen” and
in 6 weeks has become a civilized member of the family. “I feel that in many
cases, I have helped the family keep the dog in the household.”
Teaching classes is mostly helping owners learn to teach their own dogs and it
is Cathy’s job to use the method that works best for each individual and their
dog. Each person and dog is unique and Cathy very much enjoys the challenge of
discovering how to make them a team.
Over the years, Cathy has taught Basic, Advanced and Competitive Obedience
classes, Beginning through Competitive Agility classes as well as some fun
classes such as trick classes and more recently the new AKC Rally classes.
Cathy owns, breeds and trains Portuguese Water Dogs, under the RiverRun prefix,
and enjoys training and competing with them in many venues, including
competitive obedience, tracking, water work, agility, rally and the breed ring.
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