Ann Smorado, Guest Instructor
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Ann Smorado was a horse crazy teenager who started training dogs in 2006 when she got her first labrador retriever, Miles. What started out as taking a puppy class to make sure she would have a well mannered dog, or at least a dog that didn’t destroy the house, quickly grew into a passion. Miles earned his AKC Utility Dog (UD) within 5 years of that first puppy class and his Master Agility Champion (MACH) shortly thereafter. He also earned his RAE and the WCRL ARCHMX. Since then, Ann has trained and competed with her labradors locally and Nationally in Agility, Obedience, Rally and Scent work earning MACHs, the Agility Grand Champion, UDX and TEAM 6. Ann has been teaching Obedience foundations at Canine Affair Center since 2014. Ann was awarded the Fenzi Sport Foundation Certificate and the Fenzi Dog Sport Trainer Certificate for Obedience/Rally and Freestyle. Ann is also a TEAM judge and a C-WAGS Obedience judge.
Pronouns: Ann goes by she/her.
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