*17 years of owning and training seven of my own dogs and two foster dogs, including the following accomplishments:

With Lucky Daniel CDX, RE, my Pembroke Welsh Corgi (whose picture is at the top of the page):

Titles

*AKC Companion Dog Excellent Title in Obedience Competition, placing Second and Third on our first two legs with scores in the mid-180's, and placing First for an extra leg with a 187.

*AKC Companion Dog Title in Obedience Competition: placing First (with a 193), Third, and Fourth in three consecutive obedience trials (Novice A);

*AKC Rally Excellent Title, with qualifying scores in three consecutive trials of 90, 88, and 95.

*AKC Rally Advanced Title, with qualifying scores in the three trials of 89, 96, and 93.

*AKC Rally Novice Title in three consecutive trials, placing First, with a perfect score of 100 on the second leg, and Fourth, with a score of 97 in the third leg.

Other Placements

*Third Place in Veterans Obedience with a score of 195 at the Pembroke Welsh Corgi Club of Potomac Trial, April 16, 2009.

*First Place in Novice B Obedience, with a score of 196.5 with a runoff for High-in-Trial at the Shetland Sheepdog Club of Greater Baltimore All-breed Obedience Trial, January 19, 2008.

*Two First place finishes in AKC Rally Novice B for extra legs: one with 99, and the other a perfect score of 100, at the Pembroke Welsh Corgi Club of the Potomac and Old Dominion Kennel Club, respectively, April 17 and 19, 2008.

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With Ginger Daniel UCD, my mixed Shepherd:

*United Companion Dog Title in three consecutive tries. Ginger placed Second on both her first and third legs, with qualifying scores of 188, 190, and 188 respectively, and titled at the K9 Konnection, August 30, 2009.

*Rally Novice Title in three consecutive tries, placing fifth, fourth and first, with her third leg earning a perfect 100 at Mt. Vernon, October 7th, 2011.

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With Triple H Big Train Cody RE, my Pembroke Welsh Corgi "puppy" (born 5/11/08):

*AKC Rally Excellent Title in three consecutive tries. Cody placed 3rd, 3rd, and 4th with a high score of 97, completing his title at the Mt. Vernon Dog Training Club October 7th, 2011.

*AKC Rally Advanced Title in three consecutive tries. Cody placed 3rd with a 97 for his first leg; 2nd with a 97 for his second leg; and scored 92 for his 3rd leg.

*AKC Rally Novice Title in three consecutive tries. Cody placed Second with a 98 at the Shetland Sheepdogs Club of Baltimore, July 12, 2009, placed First with a perfect 100 at the Mt. Vernon Dog Training Club, October 2nd, 2009, and Second with a 95 at the Oriole Dog Training Club on December 11th, 2009.

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Certificates:

*Canine Good Citizen Certificate (both Lucky and Ginger Daniel);

*Therapy Dog International Certification (Lucky Daniel);

President, Daniel's Dogs, LLC: Successful private in-home training of many breeds of dog with a wide variety of issues. July 2007 -- present (REFERENCES AVAILABLE UPON REQUEST)

*Training Director, Capital Dog Training Club, January 2010 -- present

*AKC Canine Good Citizen Certified Evaluator May 2008 -- present.

*Instructor, Basic, Advanced Basic, Novice, Canine Good Citizen Prep, Beginning Rally and Competitive Rally classes, Capital Dog Training Club (www.cdtc.org), April 2008 -- present

*Associate Member, International Association of Canine Professionals (www.canineprofessionals.com), January 2008 -- present,

*Instructor, "Parenting with Pooches," Momease at George Washington University Hospital. (www.momease.com), February 2008 -- January 2010

*Dog Handler and Dog Foster, Montgomery County Humane Society, Fall 2005 -- Spring 2009

*Petco Canine Education Specialist: taught Puppy, Basic, and Canine Good Citizen Prep group classes for Petco's Obedience Training Program, April 2007 -- May 2008

*Apprentice to 30-year veteran Obedience Trainer and Behavior Consultant, Jean Hodgson Pierson – former head trainer of the Chesapeake Bay Retriever Club, July 2006 -- July 2007.

*Graduated Petco's Canine Education Specialist Training, April 2007

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Continuing Education:
Professional Seminars, Workshops and Conferences:

"Building Blocks of Success" with Sarah Wilson, May 14-15, 2011, Capital Dog Training Club, Silver Spring, MD.

*International Association of Canine Professionals Conference, April 7-10, 2011, San Diego, CA.

"Dealing with Difficult Dogs" (Part II) with Brian Kilcommons and Sarah Wilson, October 2-4, 2010, Boulder, CO

"AKC Judging Seminar: Obedience and Rally" July 24-25, Capital Dog Training Club, Silver Spring, MD

"T-Touch" with Pamela Wanveer, March 20, 2010, Capital Dog Training Club, Silver Spring, MD

"Competitive Obedience" with Betsy Scapicchio and Linda Brennan, January 9-10, 2010, CDTC, Silver Spring, MD

"Dealing with Difficult Dogs," with Brian Kilcommons and Sarah Wilson, September 18-21st, 2009, Boulder, CO.

*"Bedrock Basics Training" with Margot Woods, November 6-8, 2008, Laurel, MD

*Connie Cleveland Seminar , Sept. 6-7, 2008, Capital Dog Training Club, Silver Spring, MD

*International Association of Canine Professionals Conference,
June 4-8, 2008, Austin, TX

"What Every Pro Should Know" with Sarah Wilson and Brian Kilcommmons, November 5-7, 2007, Concord, New Hampshire

"Clicker Workshop Weekend at Capital Dog Training Club," with Pat Miller, February 2007, Silver Spring, MD

PDF of Economics Resume

Link to photos of me and my dogs

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