Chris McLeod		Owner/Manager:    Chris started training dogs in 2000, when her spunky Brittany did over $3,000 in damages to her home in 3 months.   Since then, she has become one of the top trainers in Georgia, and competes in agility, frisbee, and dock diving.   She is a member of the Purina Incredible Dog Team, and travels the nation with her dog crew to help educate and entertain audiences at balloon festivals, state fairs, animal expos, charity organizations, and has even traveled to South America to do PIDT shows.   In August of '09, she appeared on David Letterman to help showcase dog diving for the Purina Incredible Dog Challenge, and in May 2010 the Ranch was featured in an article that made the front page of The Wall Street Journal.
Scott McLeod		Owner:   Although Scott still maintains his career in sales, he is committed to helping The Ranch excel in the dog world, and you can often catch him around The Ranch helping with the kennels, assisting at the pool, or his favorite past-time - yard work!
Brian Cash		Sheep Herding Instructor + Obedience/Behavioral Instructor + Kennel Staff:   Brian has raised dogs since the age of 9.    He has been training sheepdogs for 10 years and teaching professionally full time for the past 3 years - his first year in competition he won 1st place in every event he entered.   He has competed all over the country, and the UK as well.   Brian will split his time at the Ranch between teaching behavioral work, obedience, dock diving and (most importantly!) sheep herding - as well as helping in various aspects around the Ranch.
Holly Schmidt		Agility Instructor:  Since starting her agility training 9 years ago, Holly has excelled with multiple dogs in USDAA, AKC and TDAA agility.  In 2003, she was in the Top 10 Nationals in Long Beach, CA, and had an impressive 6th place finish.   Holly continues to compete with Pippin and her two Bichon's (Balto and Roxy).  Holly teaches Beginner and Intermediate agility classes on Wednesday and Thursday evenings.
Lori Leonhardt	Photo Coming Soon!	Dock Diving Instructor:   Lori has been involved with dogs and training for 35 years.   She is one of the driving forces behind the Catahoula United Rescue Society, and assists with rescues all across the nation.   Her dog Dexie is currently the #2 top jumping Catahoula in the US and the only Catahoula with a UKC title in Dock Diving.
Howard Bayerle / Danie Arnt	Photo coming soon!	Fly Ball Instructors:  Howard and Danie have been training and competing in Flyball since 1999.  Howard was the Regional Director for Region 14 (AL,GA,TN) for NAFA (North American Flyball Association) from 2000 through 2004.  His Lab Ubu has achieved the Onyx Award and is among the top ranked flyball dogs in his breed and is still going strong at age 11.  Howard and his wife Danie were fundamental in starting 3 of the largest flyball clubs in the region (Huntsville, Nashville, Chattanooga) by providing training seminars and ongoing support.  Danie's Border Collie Geordi was the first dog in Region 14 to earn the FM title and the first to receive the Regional MVP award.  Her Cairn Terrier Autumn achieved breed rankings of 1 and 14 in U-FLI and NAFA point achievements at the height of her career.

Meet Calico:

Meet Calico, a 10 year old Brittany.   When she was a puppy, she had a huge chewing problem, promptly going to work on my big screen TV, a leather recliner, and the entire carpet in my basement.    Calico had more energy than we could get rid of in our daily walks, so we started training in agility. 

Today, she is a Master Agility Champion 4 (MACH4) in AKC agility.  She has achieved her Master Agility Dog Championship in USDAA agility.   She's also a member of the Purina Incredible Dog Team, and travels with me both nationally and internationally performing in front of thousands of spectators.   Calico is proof-positive that dogs labeled as "high energy" or "not smart" can be re-directed towards positive behaviors

Meet Dante:

Meet Dante, a 7 year old Border Collie.   Dante is proficient at agility, dock diving and frisbee.   Although agility is her first love and she competes at the Excellent level, she has really excelled in the frisbee disc dog sport.    Lately she has also won several placements in the dock diving competitions.  She was the 2006 Argus Cup Champion in Atlanta, and the 2005 Dixie Disc Dog Champion in the Open division.

Dante also travels with me as part of the Purina Incredible Dog Team, and puts on a high energy show in both agility and frisbee.   She's also starred in the Star94 Petapalooza event.  And she's not content to stop there - this girl loves the water and her new favorite sport is dock diving!

Meet Deuce:

Deuce is a 3 year old Border Collie.   He is a speed demon, and loves to run and jump.   Two months after learning to swim he was jumping over 20 feet on the dock.  He's super athletic but is also a people lover and prefers to sit on my lap or be near me!

With his infectious smile and non-stop attitude, he's always a crowd pleaser!  He greets children with a natural "sit", and loves to come out after shows and hog all the attention!!

Meet Deja Vú:

Deja Vú is Dante's baby girl and our pride and joy.   She's 2 years old and has already displayed her talents in frisbee, agility and dock diving, and is starting to learn sheep herding as well!    She is super friendly with crowds and loves to jump straight up into the air for the frisbee.  Watch out for this little girl in the future!   

 e us a call at The Canine Ranch at 678.493.8040 to find out