Our Instructors

Michelle

I live and breathe agility! There is nothing in my life that doesn’t revolve around agility and I am so blessed to be married to the most patient man in the world. He listens to me talk non-stop about my big agility plans and always helps my dreams of the next level come true! 

In the 15+ year I have been with Flashing Canines I have had the opportunity to teach all levels of classes from puppy to advanced. No two dogs can be trained exactly the same and I love the challenge of finding that spot when handler and dog click and find the love in this sport that I have had for so long. 

My favourite moments in teaching are my student who start the sport for something to do with their dog and end up in the competition ring! I love the exhilaration of stepping to the line with my dogs and I love passing that passion along to my students! And ribbons are a lot of fun!

I am a Masters Judge for AAC. I love watching my students run my courses and succeed making the sport even more fun! 

I have had the delight to train very different dogs from my cocker spaniel, Daisy, to my two cavaliers, Ava and Blossom, my springer spaniel, Storm, and now my border collie Scarlet! Each of my dogs need specific things from me in training! I love heading off for road trips with my daughter Alexis to work with amazing trainers all over and continue to fill our “tool box” with new handling for our dogs that we can pass along! 

2018 was a fantastic year as I was able to take Storm and Scarlet to the AB/NWT Regionals and having Storm place 8th in the 16" Regular Division and Scarlet placing 5th in the tough 20" Regular Division at not even two years old. I look forward to taking Scarlet to 2022 Regionals in Lacombe!

I also enjoy many other dog sports. My dogs are active in barn hunt, disc and dock diving, and we dabble in herding, treibball, scent, and trick training. 

My last few months have been busy training my new border collie puppy Delilah! She is a blast. I have thrown every sport at her and she meets and exceeds every goal we set! I can’t wait for the future with this little dog!

The BEST part of agility and any sport you play with your dog is the bond you create! I know what my girls are thinking at all times and they can read me like a book! I wouldn’t trade that bond for anything in the world! 

I look forward to many more years playing with my girls! My favourite part of agility is being able to have the time spent with my daughters Alexis and Isabella and our wonderful 4-legged family.

Daisy: ADC, AADC, SGDC (American Cocker Spaniel) 

Ava: MADC, MSCDC, ExJ Bronze, ExS Bronze (Cavalier King Charles Spaniel)

Blossom: ADC, SGDC, AADC (Cavalier King Charles Spaniel) 

Storm: all titles leading up to -ATCH, ExS Bronze, ExJ Bronze (English Springer Spaniel)                                               

Scarlet: Scarlet: all titles leading up to - ATChC, Bronze, ExSTBronze, ExJBronze, ExSBronze, ExGBronze, VBA, VBX, MChDC, MTRDC, Silver, ExJSilver,ExStSilver, ExSSilver ExGSilver, VSA -HIC- NTD, ITD, ATD, ETD- DJ, DS, DJA, DSA (Border Collie x Australian Shephard)

Delilah: ADC, SGDC - NTD, NTD-M, ITD, ITD-M, ATD, ATD-M, ETD, ETD-M - RATN- DS , DSA (Border Collie)

Elisha

I have been a part of Flashing Canines Agility Team since 2013. Through agility, Maya and I continue to grow our confidence and trust, not only in handling but in our relationship as well. We enjoy attending demos, trials and seminars to further our knowledge as much as we can throughout the year. I have been teaching and assisting in classes since 2014 and I love watching students grow in each level; especially when they attend their first trial.  

We always look forward to our next adventure!  

Maya (Norwegian Elkhound x): ADC, SGDC, AADC, AGDC, MSDC, MJDC, MGDC, MADC, ATCHC,EXS Bronze, EXJ Bronze, EXG Bronze, EXJSilver, VBA,

Competed in 2017 Regionals & Nationals in which we placed 10th in our 16" height division in Gamble. 

Competed in 2018 Regionals and placed 6th overall in our 16” height division.

Alexis

I started agility when I was 5 , my first dog I got to run was our cavalier Ava and she taught me so much! Then over the years, I have had to opportunity to run many dogs and I have been able to work with many great handlers over the years and have learned so much from them. I am always grateful when handlers much more experienced then me ask me to run their dogs! I am lucky to have a great agility family who has always been behind me

I enjoy assisting and teaching classes with my mom and getting to meet all the owners and their dogs, it is great to watch them start to work together as a team!

Over the summer I was given the opportunity to teach a JH class and it was so fun to watch the students in my class bond and have fun playing with their dogs!

I was fortunate enough to get my own border collie when I was 6 and have so much fun working with her, I am now training my new puppy and having so much more knowledge is great for both of us! I can't wait for what our future holds!

During the quiet time of the last few months I have had the opportunity to do a few online workshops to improve my dogs jump and weave skills, as well Indygo earned her Expert Trick Title and her Herding Instinct Test! Clover earned her Novice Trick title and we are taking some barn hunt lessons to see if Clover and Indy will enjoy it!

Junior Handler Titles: ADC, AADC, SGDC, AGDC, MADC, MSDC, MJDC, MGDC, ATCHC             

Clover: ADC, AGDC, MSDC, MJDC, MGDC, ExS Bronze, ExJ Bronze - NTD - RATI, RATN, RATO (Border Collie)      

Indygo: ADC, SGDC, AADC, AGDC, MADC, MSDC, MGDC - HIC - NTD, IDC, ETD (Border Collie x Australian Shephard)