Marcia has been actively training and competing in dog sports for over 20 years. She has titled her dogs in Obedience (numerous placements and high scoring Doberman awards), Tracking, and Agility. Marcia currently has a seven year old Doberman, Dyna, who competes in NADAC and CPE agility (AKC, EAJ), and a three year old toy Manchester terrier, Ivy< who is just starting to compete in CPE agility.

She is certified in pet obedience from Volhard Instructor School/Training Camp, certified in pet nutrition through Nutra Products, and is a certified agility instructor through Julie Daniels White Mountain Agility School in New Hampshire.

She has been associated with Cynthia Kean’s Positive Pet Training since it opened, and before that , assisted Cynthia in teaching agility at South Towns Working Dog Club. Now she will continue as one of the main teachers at Canine Sports Complex.

Her educational background includes Clicker Training seminars by Karen Pryor, Gary Wilkes and Susan Garrett. She has attended many Obedience seminars including those given by Janice Demellow, Nancy Patton, Ruth Roshbach-Chandler (“Attention Training and Healing”), Judy Howard (“Obedience Training From a Dogs Point of View”), Patty Russo (“Food, Focus, Fun”), Terri Arnold (“Stepping Up to Success”), Janet Lewis (“Food For Thought”), and Ann Marie Silverton. Marcia has attended Clean Run Camp for three years, and has trained with agility world team members and top instructors from the USA, Canada and England. She has also attended numerous agility camps and seminars with Susan Garrett, Linda Mecklenburg, Stuart Mah, Alicia Calhoun, Pauline Hope, Steve Frick, Chris Zinc and Susan Salo, and Suzanne Clothier.