All Breed Herding Dog Training
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Head Instructors
Terry Parrish
Terry is the founder and director of the San Pasqual Stockdog Training Facility and Action K9 Sports. She has been a Herding Judge of AKC and AHBA trials since their inception. She judged the first all-breed herding event in the nation and is a designer of AHBA courses. Terry began herding with the Oliver Livestock Co., a working cattle ranch. Terry began managing her own commercial flock in the 1990s and began teaching herding full-time in 1991. Terry has qualified her own dogs for the National Finals since the beginning of the competition, as have many of her students. Terry has been featured on many southern California TV and radio shows, including Animal Planet, and in numerous newspaper interviews. She trials extensively with her dogs and conducts clinics across the entire United States as well as Australia. The vast accomplishments of Terry's students testify to her instructing ability and her knowledge of dog training. ... contact Terry
Cathy Modica
Cathy has been an AKC and AHBA Herding Test and Trial judge since 1991. She has been breeding and training Belgian Tervuren for obedience, conformation, and herding since 1981, and has chaired National specialty trials for the American Belgian Tervuren Club. Her students and dogs she has trained have earned titles including the AKC Herding Trial Champion. She bred, owned, trained and trialed the first AKC Tervuren bitch with a Dual Championship. ... contact CathyAssistant Instructors
Rich Godfrey
Rich is an AHBA Herding Test and Trial judge. He has owned, trained, and trialed one of a handful of German Shepherd dogs in the nation to earn the "Triple Crown" of herding -- a championship in AKC, AHBA, and ASCA. Rich has experience training and trialing with all types of livestock for over 12 years. He is also an experienced handler in obedience, rally, carting, agility, tracking, and schutzhund. Rich has worked with herding students training a variety of breeds at all herding levels from instinct testing to advanced trialing. ... contact RichCOPYRIGHT 2011 ACTION K9 SPORTS
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