Jodie Bannan is our Obedience Chairperson and has been training and working with her two Shetland Sheepdogs for 5 years. Haggis has his Companion Dogs Title (CD), his Canine Good Neighbour Certificate (CGN) and his Canine Good Citizen Certificate. Her Kiltie has his Companion Dog Title (CD) and his Canine Good Neighbour Certificate. They are presently being trained in Open (CDX). Jodie teaches our Agility classes and is involved in Rally-O as well.
Linda Abernot has been a member of the Sault Ste. Marie Kennel Club since 1992 and has put numerous Companion Dog titles on her German Shepherd Dogs over the years. She has been breeding German Shepherd dogs under the Winningways Kennel name (Winningways is Permanently Registered with the CKC). She has had 9 of her German Shepherds pass St. John’s Ambulance Therapy Dog Testing over the years and go on to work in the community visiting the sick and elderly. She obtained a Companion dog Excellent on her all black German Shepherd dog, Timber who was also a working therapy dog. Linda is a Canine Good Neighbour Evaluator for the Canadian Kennel Club and an Assistant Evaluator for the St. John’s Ambulance Therapy Dog Program. She currently has 5 German Shepherds, Ero, CD, SJA Therapy Dog, Vixen, CD, CGC, Ricki SJA Therapy Dog, CGN, Shay SJA Therapy Dog, and Monty who is only 5 months old and still in training.
Karen Coutu
Hank Henderson has been a member of the Sault Ste. Marie Kennel Club and Canadian Kennel Club since 1960. He showed West Highland White Terriers, Welsh Pembroke Corgis, American Cocker Spaniels and Golden Retrievers in conformation and obedience. He was a well know breeder of Golden Retrievers and Henderson’s Permanently Registered Kennel is well known for their lovely Golden Retrievers. Hank has titled 28 dogs of various breeds to their Conformation Championships in Canada, the United States and Bermuda. He has put 18 CD titles on his dogs over the years. Hank is a Canine Good Neighbour Evaluator for the Canadian Kennel Club. Hank has been taking his dogs to visit in our local hospitals and nursing homes for over 35 years. He is currently teaching our intermediate obedience class. We are very fortunate to have Hank willing to share his wealth of knowledge and years of dog experience with our students and instructors.
Susan McAllister is President of the Sault Ste. Marie Kennel Club and has been a member of the Sault Ste. Marie Kennel Club for over 20 years. She has been breeding and showing Shetland Sheepdogs under the name of Masterpiece Kennels since 1985. She has shown 6 dogs to their conformation Championships and has put 3 Companion Dog Titles on her dogs. She has also obtained one Canine Good Citizen title on one of her dogs. Susan is also a Canine Good Neighbour Evaluator for the Canadian Kennel Club.
Kirsten Wilson is Show Chairperson for the Sault Ste. Marie Kennel Club. She has been member of our club and training in obedience for 3 years. Two of her Shetland Sheepdogs, Abby and Angel have their Companion Dog Titles. Angel was trained by her daughter Cassandra who learned her training skills by attending the classes that we offer. She has one CGN title on her girl Abby and one Therapy Dog title on her sheltie, Tanner. Tanner is currently competing in obedience and has 2 legs of his CD title.
Karen Coutu has been member of the SSMKC for 25 years, showing and breeding CKC registered Shih Tzu's, under the Potogold Kennel name, for the same length of time. She has many Canadian Champions and five obedience titles on her dogs. Originally, she started with teaching beginner obedience for 14 years and then switched to instructing the Show Handling classes. She especially enjoys teaching Junior Handling to the children that wish to go on to competitive conformation at sanctioned Dog Shows. She currently has three adult Shih Tzu females (Autumn, Tara, Star) and one six month puppy (Miley) in training for the conformation ring of 2009."
Brandie Gareau has been member of our club and training in obedience for 5 years. Chelsey her GSD/Greyhound cross has her Companion Dog Title (N-CD), Companion Dog Excellent Title (N-CDX) and her Rally Novice Title (RN). The team is presently working toward their Utility Title and their OTCH! Beta her Lab/Dane cross has two legs of both her Companion Dog Title and Rally Novice Title. Brandie is the Northern representative of The North American Mixed Breed Registry or NAMBR. She is also involved in agility with both of her dogs. She has also introduced clicker training to both her dogs; and is also eagerly awaiting her purebred GSD!
