Marcia has been training dogs and their people in the Midcoast region of Maine for over a decade and is a Certified Pet Dog Trainer.  She was an officer of Casco Bay Dog Training Club for twelve years and is currently the Training Coordinator.  She is a member of the Australian Shepherd Club of America (ASCA), the Australian Shepherd Club of New England (ASCNE).  She was active in Aussie Rescue and also served as New England Co-coordinator for ASCNE Rescue. She was a member of Therapy Dogs International (TDI).  She is a Charter Member of the Association of Pet Dog Trainers (APDT).

In addition to instructing for CBDTC, she is the owner of “Positively Best Friends!” (a dog training business in Edgecomb.) She has conducted training demonstrations and clinics for various shelters in the area and participated in group demonstrations at area nursing facilities, the Topsham Fair, and Bath Heritage Days.  Marcia is committed to continuing education in Learning Theory, Canine Behavior, and all of the areas of interest in which she teaches and competes.

She lives with six dogs, and is currently training and/or competing in obedience, rally, agility, herding, tracking, and freestyle.  She says “Working with my own dogs has allowed me the good fortune of earning local, regional, and national recognition in several performance venues over the years.  I am privileged to work with such wonderful, unique beings.  I love the bond that is forged through training”.

Pam Parker has been teaching with CBDTC for over 5 years is currently president of the club, a member of 3 other dogs clubs as well as the Association of Pet Dog Trainers. Pam has shared her life with dogs since she was born, first competing in a local town show in 1970 and winning “Smallest in Show” with her mini Dachshund. For the past 11 years, Pam has been actively training (learning from) and competing with her Australian Shepherds in conformation, obedience, agility, and stock. Having finished two conformation champions, and put obedience titles on three dogs, Pam is working on getting “trial ready” in agility and stock and is beginning to delve into the sport of tracking. The other members of CBDTC continue to be her mentors, cheerleaders and a source of inspiration throughout her education as a trainer and instructor. She enjoys teaching all levels of classes for CBDTC because she says she often learns as much as her students during classes. People’s learning and communication styles vary even more and are often much more complicated as their canine companions. She tries to communicate her love and respect for dogs, her passion for learning, and her goal of true teamwork to all of her students emphasizing in her teaching that she is not a dog trainer but a person trainer.

Pam currently shares her life with 3 Australian Shepherds and when not teaching can be found working full time for the State of Maine, or working with her dogs at home in Damariscotta.

Fran according to her mother started teaching dogs as she learned to walk holding on to her German Shepherd and telling him where she wanted to go.

Fran was married for 40 years to her late husband a career Air Force NCO and raised 3 sons and now has 4 grandchildren in TX. While in the military they were stationed in several countries overseas as well as most parts of the States so Fran was able to learn from a variety of top instructors in many fields of dog sports from working and training Police K-9’s, SAR Dogs, agility, herding, hunting [upland bird and water as well as raccoon] Water Rescue, Tracking, Evidence recovery, Schutzhund, Ring Sport, Carting, lure coursing, freestyle, dock diving, backpacking, hiking, obedience, plus many other canine sports.

Fran has been a member of the National Association of Dog Obedience Instructors [NADOI] endorsed to instruct all levels and has held many offices including 1st V.P., Regional Administer, Evaluator, and is now in her second term as a Board of Director member.

Fran still is interested in continuing education attending seminars, clinics and classes with a variety of instructors as well as reading about new methods, and watching training videos.

Fran is currently training, working and competing with her 5 y.o. Border Collie; Ca$h and her 10 y.o Aussie; Fling. She has titled GSD’s, Dobes and Lhasa Apso’s in both Canada and the States at all levels with many High In Trials and Dog World awards.

Dog ownership: Childhood: 3 dogs mixed breeds. Adult: West Highland White Terrier, Bullet; two Border Terriers, Harriet and James (all deceased). Breeding Border Terriers since 2000: current dogs Helen, Danny, Una, Emma, Judy, Clarence – 18 puppies placed from 5 litters whelped.

Obedience Training: Pet obedience class 1980. Pet and Competition obedience classes 1990 – 1993. Obedience assistant instructor 1998-99 with Judith Hancock. CBDTC member and assistant instructor 2000; co- instructor 2001-02. Instructor 2003-2007, Puppy, Beginner and CGC classes.

Obedience Titles: AKC CD Obedience title, Harriet 1999; AKC Rally Obedience RA titles Danny, Una, Emma 2006.

Other Training/Experience/Titles: AKC Canine Good Citizen (CGC) certifications, Harriet, James, Helen, Danny, Una, Emma. Therapy Dog Certification (TDI) Harriet, Danny, Helen – weekly visits. Temperament Test (TT) certification, Danny, Helen. AKC and AWTA Earthdog training/titles: Harriet CG, JE, SE, ME; James CG, JE, Danny CG, JE. Agility classes/competition: Danny, Emma; title Danny CPE CL1-H. Field hunting Danny, Helen. AKC Breed showing: Una (4 points) Emma (4 points), Judy (2 points) Danny - Breed Champion 2005. Behavior modification training/execution – desensitization of incident based fear aggression, U of PA Behavior Clinic protocols, successfully completed with James’ CGC. New interest: Freestyle.

Pam Chandler has been training with Casco Bay Dog Training Club for about 10 years.

After being involved with the Club for about two years, Pam went through Casco Bay Dog Training Club's Apprentice program to become an instructor. After many hours apprenticing, Pam started instructing for Casco Bay Dog Training Club. Pam currently teaches Puppy, Beginner and CGC classes as those are her favorites. Pam has also trained several of her own dogs and, specifically, two through the CDX (Companion Dog Excellent) obedience level through the AKC titling program along with many agility titles. Her 2-year-old yellow lab, Frankie, is currently working at the UD (Utility Dog) level in Obedience and is in both the Excellent levels (Standard and Jumpers with Weaves) of AKC Agility.