Matt
Decoy/Helper
Matt has been involved with training dogs for over 9 years and active as a decoy for more than 4.  He began his training for decoy work under the former NARA Director of Decoys, Thad Peterson and was certified as a trial decoy in July of 2007.  He is currently certified as a Level 3 NARA decoy and Basic Level Schutzhund Helper. He has acted as a training decoy for numerous dogs of all ages and abilities in the Pacific Northwest.  He also currently travels throughout the US, Canada, and Mexico to decoy trials.

Shannon
Training Director
Shannon began training dogs for conformation and obedience and was introduced to French Ringsport more than 12 years ago.  She has trained numerous dogs over the years to various levels of accomplishment.  Her most notable dog is Xago, a Ring 3 Belgian Malinois she trained from 16 weeks and competed with throughout the US and Canada.  She is currently a NARA Judge and recently translated the new NARA rulebook.

Shannon and Petite Degas as a puppy (above) and at 2 years old (below)