Our Instructors

		Mary Marshall Not only is Mary the Training Director, but she teaches the Beginner and Intermediate classes. Her expertise at the early stages of training dog/handler teams is why many continue into the more advanced classes. Mary has Italian Greyhounds, including Echo ,Wyndham, and Abigail, and a Whippet, Ruby.
Kim Galusha Kim has been training dogs since 1978. She competed in obedience for 20 years and started training in agility in 1993. She has agility trained 7 of her own dogs, Rosa, Rhetta, Wichita, Ezri, Pogo, Trixi and Stella.  Kim has experience competing in all three agility groups (USDAA, NADAC, AKC) and has competed in the NADAC National Championships.  She also runs flyball on Dogz Rule! Ezri (All American) O-OJC O-OCC O-OAC O-TN-O ECS TG-O WV-N HP-N Novice Versatility FDCh CGC Pogo (All American) V-NATCH,  NATCH-5,   S-EAC,   S-EJC,  S-ECC,  TN–E,  TG-E, WV-O, Elite Versatility, 2500 NADAC Lifetime Points, MAD, JM, RM, GM, SACH, FDCh Trixi (JRT) AD, AS, OAC, S-NAC,  O-NCC, O-OCC,  S-ECC, O-NJC, O-OJC, O-EJC, O-TG-N, TG-E,  TN-E,  FDM. Stella (Border Collie) SG, SR, AS, EJS, ECC, O-TN-E, TG-O, NAC, HP-O, FDM. Waiting at the Bridge: Rhetta (Doberman) CD, NAC, NJC, NGC, NAJ, OA Wichita (All American)  NATCH,  S-TN-E, O-ECS, S-TGS-E, WV–E, S-EJS, HP-O, Elite Versatility, 1000 Lifetime Points, AD, ONYX, CGC.
		Jane Adams Jane teaches the Advanced class for Austin K9 Xpress.  She has been involved in dog training since 1983, earning AKC Utility Dog (UD) obedience titles with two Pembroke Welsh Corgis, Sarah & Dancer.  She started training in agility in 1995, and has competed in agility with 4 dogs, two Pembroke Welsh Corgis and two Tibetan Spaniels.  Poppy (Tri-umph's Turning Hearts CDX MX MXJ MAD NAC NJC and NGC) Pembroke Welsh Corgi  (1993-2000) Clem (MACH3 Yeti Man in the Moon NF RN MAD SACH RM GM JM S-EAC O-EGC  EJC TN-N TG-N) Tibetan Spaniel (Retired) Zelda (MACH4 XIV Karat Hearts and Rainbows CD RE MXF ADCH NATCH-3 V-NATCH ATCH SACH-B SCH-B JCH-B GCH-B RCH-B S-EAC S-ECC S-EJC S-TN-E S-TG-E S-WV-E  Elite Superior Versatility  1,000 Lifetime Points R1MCL) Pembroke Welsh Corgi Glory (Ch. Gjnjah's Eternal Glitter RN OA MXJ XF PD1 PS1 PJ1 EAC TN-E TG-E EJC OCC WV-O Open Versatility  RS-N  GS-N  JS-N) Tibetan Spaniel
	Lori Fennell Lori teaches beginner classes  and leads the distance practice group. In addition to agility, she is an assistant instructor for a local pet dog training school and is a member of the Association of Pet Dog Trainers. She also volunteers for Australian Shepherd rescue. Lori has trained three dogs in agility: Angus, an Australian Shepherd, Scout, an Australian Shepherd, and Zaphod, a Border Collie mix.
			Shari Kolding Shari Kolding has been training in agility since 1999, and has worked with three of her own dogs, as well as others.  Shari has taught beginning agility, distance and games classes for Austin K-9 Xpress, and subs for other instructors as needed.  Her dogs include: Joey (Polish Lowland Sheepdog, retired), with more than 30 competition titles in AKC, NADAC, and USDAA; Toby (Beagle, 1995-2006), a Canine Good Citizen and NADAC Tunneller; and her youngest dog Grover (Schnauzer/Westie mix), who has more than 10 titles and currently competes in various levels of NADAC events.  In their non-agility free time, Shari enjoys watching moving on the sofa with her dogs and going on hiking or kayaking adventures with Grover.