Practical Training. Proven Experience. Lasting Results.
Helping Dogs and Owners Succeed Together Since 1985
Meet the Trainer:
Carole Field
Carole Field is an accomplished canine sports professional, judge, trainer, competitor and dog club leader with more than 40 years of involvement in competitive dog sports and canine training. Recognized as a Dog World Award-winning obedience competitor and licensed UKC All-Breed Performance Judge, she has extensive experience in obedience, protection sports, nosework, terrier racing, and competitor coaching.
From 1985 through 2006, Carole owned and operated a retail pet supply store and all-breed dog obedience training school in Chicago. During those 21 years, she provided both private and group instruction in obedience training, behavior modification, and canine sports, working with everyone from first-time pet owners to advanced competitive performance teams.
Throughout her career, Carole has handler/owner/trained 14 dogs of multiple breeds to more than 230 titles across AKC and UKC performance venues, as well as Schutzhund, French Ring Sport, and K-9 Pro Sports. Her competition accomplishments include a season-long World Number 1 Ranking, numerous Hall of Fame inductions, High-in-Trial Awards, Total Dog Awards, Championships, and Grand Championships.
Her dogs have also enjoyed remarkable success in personal protection competitions, with an amazing track record: entering 40 tournaments, winning 23 trials, and placing second in 10 others. Among their victories are The Dog Sports Open, Sun Dog Street Dog Trial, The K9 Summerslam, Mr. K9's Ladies Only Invitational, Sun Dog Pro-Am Trial, the Windy City K-9 Club Personal Protection Dog Trial, and the 4-Thought "Street Wise" Civil Protection Dog Trial. At the latter event, Carole became the first female handler to win the competition and the first competitor to earn championship victories with two different dogs.
More recently, Carole has earned national recognition in UKC Nosework competition, accumulating more than 110 titles, including Elite Nosework titles with three different breeds—Dutch Shepherd, German Shepherd Dog, and Parson Russell Terrier—as well as 14 Champion and Grand Champion titles. Her dogs have earned multiple Top Ten rankings, Hall of Fame inductions, and several "youngest dog" milestones in the sport. In 2007, Carole fulfilled a lifelong dream of living in the country by moving to St. Johns, Michigan. Today, she works as an independent management professional providing support services to the pet care industry while continuing to compete, judge, teach, write, and contribute to the advancement of canine sports.
More recently, Carole has earned national recognition in UKC Nosework competition, accumulating more than 110 titles, including Elite Nosework titles with three different breeds—Dutch Shepherd, German Shepherd Dog, and Parson Russell Terrier—as well as 14 Champion and Grand Champion titles. Her dogs have earned multiple Top Ten rankings, Hall of Fame inductions, and several "youngest dog" milestones in the sport. In 2007, Carole fulfilled a lifelong dream of living in the country by moving to St. Johns, Michigan. Today, she works as an independent management professional providing support services to the pet care industry while continuing to compete, judge, teach, write, and contribute to the advancement of canine sports.
Nicky with some of his protection trophies.
My GSD "Ritter" and PRT "Nasty Girl" with some of their nosework ribbons. This display hangs in my office, but I only had room to feature their many blue ribbons and title rosettes.
Ritter earning his Nosework Championship. He has since earned his Nosework Grand Championship, and he is the youngest German Shepherd ever to do so in UKC competition.