Club-Doggie Dog Agility Training

Animals, especially dogs. have been my passion since I was a small child. I started my journey to competing and training at the age of eleven showing in the confirmation and junior handling arenas. I have been blessed to handle wonderful breeds such as several St. Bernards, a Keeshond, an Afghan, an English Pointer, an Old English Sheepdog, a Basset, and a few beautiful Great Danes.

Wanting to continue to learn about dogs and understand how they think and learn, I started my educational studies and moved from the conformation ring to the obedience arena and protection training. I found those elements of training to be much more fun for me and my dogs. At that time, I was fortunate to have an amazing Great Dane that taught me all about play and how having fun while training would take us to the top of the charts in the competitive arena.

In 2002, I discovered agility and have been obsessed with this crazy, fun sport ever since. I started training two dogs, an Aussie, a Border collie and myself in 2003. I traveled extensively to search out knowledgeable trainers for the sport of agility and continued my animal behavior and training education. By 2004/2005, I felt I was ready for competition. I found competing was another avenue that required a different type of training, and that was mental training. Before every run I would get very sick and because of that I had difficulty being at the top of my game. Now, I can look back and laugh, but at that time my fear was very real and I had to learn to control it. I will always remember how I felt starting in this sport and that helps me remain very understanding and supportive of my students. I want my students to become an even better handler than I am. Because of that I strive to be the best trainer and coach that I can possibly be.

Education & Certifications: Science and Application of Clicker Training Animal Care & Nutrition Management of Multiple Dog Households AKC Canine Good Citizen Evaluator Certification Animal Behavior CertificationAnimal Training Certification Animal Minds & Emotions Canine Behavior & Enrichment Dog Emotion and Cognition course offered by Duke University. Foundation for Service Dog Support Evaluator Certification

Published Articles: The Science of Strategic Reinforcement Want the Best Training Results? Then Play!

2007 USDAA Performance Grand Prix Tournament 1st Place – with Squeeky DOCNA Regional Champion National Bronze Medalist – with Squeeky

2008 USDAA Western Bay Team Regional Performance Versatility Pairs Finalist Silver Medalist – with Squeeky USDAA Won 2 Performance Grand Prix Tournaments – with Squeeky USDAA Won 2 Performance Speed Jumping Tournaments – with Squeeky DOCNA Regional Champion National GOLD Medalist – with Squeeky

2009 USDAA Rocky Mountain Regional Performance Grand Prix GOLD Medalist – with Squeeky USDAA Cynosport World Games Performance Grand Prix Finalist – with Squeeky USDAA Won 5 Performance Grand Prix Tournaments – with Squeeky USDAA Won 5 Performance Speed Jumping Tournaments – with Squeeky

2010 USDAA Rocky Mountain Regional Performance Grand Prix Round One 1st Place – with Squeeky USDAA Rocky Mountain Regional Performance Grand Prix Finals Silver Medalist – with Squeeky USDAA Western Regional Performance Masters Challenge Biathlon Champion GOLD Medalist – with Squeeky USDAA Performance Grand Prix Tournament 1st Place – with Squeeky Cynosport World Games Performance Speed Jumping Finalist – with Squeeky

2011 USDAA Performance Grand Prix Tournament 1st Place – with Squeeky USDAA Won 2 Performance Speed Jumping Tournaments – with Squeeky

2012 USDAA Performance Grand Prix Tournament 1st Place – with Squeeky USDAA Won 5 Performance Speed Jumping Tournaments – with Squeeky USDAA Cynosport World Games Performance Relay Champion – with Squeeky USDAA Cynosport World Games Performance Versatility Pairs GOLD Medalist – with Squeeky

2013 USDAA Won 3 Performance Speed Jumping Tournaments – with Squeeky USDAA Cynosport World Games Performance Grand Prix Finalist – with Squeeky USDAA Cynosport World Games Performance Versatility Pairs Finalist – with Squeeky USDAA Performance Masters Challenge Standard 1st Place – with Squeeky USDAA Performance Masters Challenge Jumpers 1st Place – with Squeeky

2016 USDAA Won 4 Grand Prix Tournaments – with Popeye USDAA Won 12 Steeplechase Tournaments – with Popeye USDAA Won 3 Dog Agility Masters Team Tournaments – with Popeye USDAA Won 5 Masters Challenge Biathlons – with Popeye

2017 USDAA Western Regional Steeplechase Round One 2nd Place – with Popeye USDAA Western Regional Grand Prix Silver Medalist – with Popeye USDAA South Central Regional Grand Prix Bronze Medalist – with Popeye USDAA Northwest Regional Round One 1st Place – with Popeye USDAA Dog Agility Masters Team Tournament Relay 1st Place – with Popeye USDAA Dog Agility Masters Team Tournament Overall 1st Place – with Popeye USDAA Masters Challenge Biathlon 1st Place – with Popeye USDAA Nationally ranked 14 out of 298 24” dogs in Tournament standings

Lifetime Achievements In 2014 Squeeky retired but she is still ranked Tournament top 10 as of 2017

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K**a Rueschenberg

I fell in love with dog agility as a junior handler. As an adult, I turned my passion into a career by creating Club-Doggie and now Club-Doggie ONLINE (the online classroom for dog training).

I train agility and tricks from beginning to international competition levels. My students have achieved great success including winning Gold medals at Regional and National events! My creative and driven personality has also led me to open an Arizona-based animal talent agency which in its’ first two years of business garnered clients such as PetSmart, Eastmark, and Sony.

My future goals include continuing to bring my students to success locally, regionally, nationally, and internationally. To make the world team with Popeye. To grow a fun, online dog training community. And to continue to connect with the dog-training community through my new blog K**a Loves Agility.

2006 First competition! USDAA Cynosport World Games Junior Handler Champion – with Crash USDAA Cynosport World Games Performance Grand Prix Semi-Finalist – with Crash

2007 USDAA Cynosport World Games Performance Grand Prix Semi-Finalist – with Crash USDAA Cynosport World Games Performance Speed Jumping Semi-Finalist – with Crash

2008 – 2012 Creation of Club-Doggie – 2008 Creation of Arizona Animal Actors – 2012 USDAA Cynosport World Games 19th out of 300+ 22” dogs in Standard – with Gumby

2013 Agility Dog Champion (ADCH) – with Crash Became an officially licensed USDAA judge for Starters/PI and Advanced/PII USDAA Southwestern Regional Performance Grand Prix Silver Medalist – with Squeeky USDAA Southwestern Regional Performance Speed Jumping Silver Medalist – with Squeeky USDAA Western Regional Performance Versatility Pairs Silver Medalists – with Squeeky and teammate, student, Jeff Arnett and Lexi USDAA Western Regional Performance Grand Prix Gold Medalist – with Squeeky (video) USDAA Western Regional Performance Speed Jumping Gold Medalist – with Squeeky (video) USDAA Cynosport World Games Performance Versatility Pairs 4th Place – with Squeeky USDAA Cynosport World Games Performance Grand Prix Finalist – with Squeeky USAA Cynosport World Games Performance Speed Jumping Finalist – with Squeeky

2014 Attended AKC International Team Tryouts (video) K**a’s dog, Penelope, featured in a PetSmart Christmas commercial (video)

2015 Top 26” dog at the USDAA Southwestern Regional – with Gumby Attended AKC International Team Tryouts & was one of only 19 Large dogs to not have an elimination error (video)

2016

Became an officially licensed USDAA judge for Masters/PIII USDAA Cynosport World Games Performance Snooker Bronze Medalist – with Porky Pig

2017

USDAA Wild West Regional Performance Masters Challenge Biathlon Gold Medalist – with Porky Pig Became published in the 2017 March CleanRun Dog Agility Magazine USDAA Wild West Regional Performance Grand Prix Bronze Medalist – with Porky Pig USDAA South West Regional Performance Masters Challenge Biathlon Silver Medalist – with Porky Pig USDAA Pacific Northwest Regional Performance Grand Prix GOLD Medalist – with Porky Pig USDAA Pacific Northwest Regional Performance Speed Jumping GOLD Medalist – with Porky Pig USDAA Pacific Northwest Regional Performance Masters Challenge Biathlon GOLD Medalist – with Porky Pig USDAA Pacific Northwest Regional Performance Versatility Pairs GOLD Medalist – with Porky Pig (and teammate Threat) USDAA Rocky Mountain Regional Performance Speed Jumping Bronze Medalist – with Porky Pig USDAA Rocky Mountain Regional Performance Grand Prix GOLD Medalist – with Porky Pig USDAA Rocky Mountain Regional Performance Masters Challenge GOLD Medalist – with Porky Pig USDAA Rocky Mountain Regional Masters Challenge Bronze Medalist – with Popeye USDAA Western Regional Performance Grand Prix Bronze Medalist – with Porky Pig USDAA Western Regional Masters Challenge Bronze Medalist – with Popeye Qualified to attend the 2018 IFCS Team USA Selection Event – with Popeye Selected for the 2018 IFCS Team USA Development Team – with Popeye