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 235 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, 21 Championships and 9 Grand Championships, dozens of High-In-Trial Awards, Total-Dog Awards, Top-Ten and All-Star rankings, Hall-of-Fame inductions, and 3 Super Dog designations (awarded to dogs that demonstrate versatility and willingness to work across a wide variety of competitive events by titling in six different qualifying UKC sports).
Her dogs have also enjoyed remarkable success in personal protection dog 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 8 Champion and 6 Grand Champion titles 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 8 Champion and 6 Grand Champion titles 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 bite sport trophies.
My German Shepherd Dog "Ritter" and Parson Russell Terrier "Nasty Girl" with a fraction of their countless nosework ribbons. I have this display hanging in my office, but I only had room to showcase their first-placement and title rosettes.
"Ritter" earning his Nosework Championship at 18 months of age under Judge Keri Goff. He earned his Nosework Grand Championship title just 4 months later, and is the youngest German Shepherd Dog ever to do so in UKC competition.