Linda Grace has been with our training staff since
2000. She teaches over 300 dogs
with their owners each year in our group and private classes. She helps organize our sponsored events,
workshops and demonstrations, and she participates with her own dogs in those
events. Linda is a member of the
following groups: ·
Association of Pet Dog Trainers (APDT) ·
American Working Terrier Association (AWTA) ·
Luckiamute Dog Training Club (LDTC) ·
Oregon Trails End Earthdog Club (OTEEC) ·
Willamette Agility Group (WAG) Linda enjoys various activities and sports with her dogs. Some of them are: trick training and performance, obedience,
rally obedience, earth-dog (go-to-ground) testing, herding testing, canine
musical freestyle, and agility. Her
dogs have Canine Good Citizen (CGC) certifications (affiliated with AKC). She has titled with her dogs in rally
obedience, agility, and canine musical freestyle. She and Willy, her Australian Terrier, have worked with Talented
Animals, an animal talent agency in Oregon, in photo opportunities for the
Oregon Humane Society’s “Feel the Love” campaign. She and Willy were the first team in Oregon to earn the
Musical Freestyle Bronze Bar, a proficiency test title offered by the World
Canine Freestyle Organization (WCFO).
They were also the first Northwest team to earn the WCFO Musical
Freestyle “Dance Dog” title, a combined competition and proficiency test title. Linda has been a WCFO competition judge,
rules and guidelines committee chair, and an executive advisory board member. Linda’s favorite training motto is… Make It Simple & Keep It Fun! |
