SKIJORING / CANICROSS Clinic with Kim Cooper

January 9th, 2011! Let the Snow Fly in Beeton, Ontario Canada!

KIM COOPERS Bio:

Kim is the owner and senior instructor at Best Friends School of Dog Training, in Ottawa, Ontario. She has been training dogs for over 25 years, and has been instructing training classes for 17 years. She earned a degree in Aerospace Engineering from the Royal Military College and served for 14 years as an officer in the Air Force before making a non-traditional career move and becoming a professional dog trainer.

Kim actively competes in obedience, agility, tracking and other sports with her dogs. In the winter, she can often be found skijoring on local paths and trails, and competing at skijoring races. But her true passion is training search and rescue dogs. She has trained and handled 4 exceptional SAR dogs over the years, and revels in the special partnership that exists between a working dog and it's handler.

Some of Kim's accomplishments:

Certified 3 SAR dogs to OPP standards (only 12 dogs have ever achieved this certification, Kim is proud to have coached 6 of them)
Certified 1 SAR dog to RCMP standards
Certified as a FEMA Canine Search Specialist (1 of only 2 Canadians to ever achieve this certification)
Certified 2 land and water cadaver dogs with Int'l Work Police Dog Assn
Veteran of over 200 searches for missing persons
Founder, Ottawa Valley SAR Dog Association
Founding Director, Ontario SAR Volunteer Assn

Trainer of #5 Obedience Dog in Canada (all breeds) 2006
Earned first Grand Master Obedience Trial Championship on a Belgian Shepherd
Earned over 60 High in Trials
Titled multiple dogs in obedience, agility and tracking

CKC Agility judge (retired), Masters level
AAC Agility judge (retired)

Canine Good Neighbour evaluator
Canine Good Citizen evaluator

Member of the Cdn Assn of Professional Pet Dog Trainers (CAPPDT)
Long Service Member of the Canadian Kennel Club

Member of the International Police Working Dog Association
Member of the Agility Association of Canada
Member of the Canadian Disk Dog Association
Member of the Ontario Dock Dogs
Team Manager of the Ottawa Valley SAR Dog Association

Guest speaker, CAPPDT Annual Conference
Guest lecturer, Algonquin College Veterinary Technician Program
Guest speaker, Health Canada - Veterinary Drugs Directorate
Guest Speaker, SARScene National SAR Conference
Lecturer and Instructor, Camp Dogwould

Clinic will be Held in Beautiful Snow Bound Beeton at K9 Country Inn

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