ABOUT THE CAROLINA DOG TRAINING CLUB
The Carolina Dog Training Club is located in Greensboro, NC, and has been in existence for over 90 years. We are a non-profit member organization that focuses on dog training. Collectively, our members have over 90 years of dog training and dog-showing experience. We are a volunteer organization and train at the Lewis Recreation Center in Greensboro, NC. We offer junior membership and encourage young people to get involved in their dog's training. The Carolina Dog Training Club also hosts two AKC Obedience and Rally trials every spring, and an annual practice trial.
CLUB MEETINGS
Club meetings are held on the first Thursday of every month, except July and December. Meetings are held at the Lewis Recreation Center, in Greensboro, and start at 7:30 pm. Meetings are free and open to the public. Occasionally we will have informative programs or demonstrations.
BECOME A MEMBER
All members are required to assist with our obedience trial and practice trial, each held once a year. It is also strongly suggested that members assist or teach at least one obedience class each year. Membership is not required to take our classes. Email Us to inquire about membership.
Current Board Members
President: Susan Thomas
Vice President: Middy Mentzer
Treasurer: Connie Felton
Recording Secretary: Robin Belyea
Corresponding Secretary: Lois Miller
AKC Delegate: Victor Whitaker
Training Director: Rita MCginnis
3 Year board member: Pat Muhammad
2 Year board member: Amy Burns
1 Year board member: Holly McPherson
Our Instructors & Assistants
Amy Burns
I have always had a great love for animals, but never expected to love dog training. I trained my first dog as a teen, for an elderly couple in my neighborhood. I started obedience training my own dogs out of necessity in about 1999, when I lived in Florida. My year and a half old pit bull was out of control, and desperately needed manners. Dog training changed our life together. The tools I learned through obedience training allowed my relationship with my dog to blossom, and he became that once in a lifetime dog. I have shown my own dog, and enjoy the Rally competition, but my favorite part about dog training is watching the relationship between the handler and the dog blossom. When I organized the Pets In The Park event in 2013, to help lower income families in our communities support their pets, I was overjoyed to learn that owners WANT to train their dogs and provide to them the right tools to be good pets. Once people learn how to communicate with their dogs, and learn how to set boundaries, then a whole new world opens up to them.
I'm from Germany where I have been teaching dog behavior classes for many years. Back then, I had been training my own dogs successfully in sheep herding, agility, obedience and dog dancing. Now, being a member of the Carolina Dog Training Club in Greensboro, I am an instructor for Beginner I classes. I am currently training my Miniature Australian Shepherd in obedience and rally.