Mary Horne Competition Obedience Seminar September 13th 2026
Mary is a passionate trainer/teacher and participant in a variety of dog sports, including Competition Obedience, Rally, hunting retriever tests, tracking, K9 fitness and trick training. She has also titled in agility and canine musical freestyle.
Mary believes that clarity, connection, and confidence are the cornerstones of long-term success in training and trialing.
Her dogs have earned multiple perfect 200 scores, High in Trial and High Combined awards in AKC and CDSP Obedience as well as countless perfect Rally scores.
Mary currently competes with 2 fun-loving Lab girls: 9-year-old Otter (OTCH-C Rhumbline’s Against All Odds UDX OM3 BN RE UDX-C JH WCI NAP NJP CGC), and 6-year-old Ruby (Rhumbline’s Shoot for the Stars UDX OM BN UDX-C TD WC),. The newest addition, 3-year old black Lab pup Watson (Maranatha’s Elementary My Dear Watson) is enjoying building strong foundations in “all the things.”
Improve Your Performance and Enjoyment in the Obedience Ring!
Competition obedience is a challenging sport! There are layers and layers of
intricacies in both training and mindset that can determine success – or lack thereof – at
trials. Please join me to explore several of the things that can be overlooked or
underemphasized when preparing our dogs – and ourselves – for a solid ring
performance.
This seminar is suitable for competitors at all levels, from those just beginning to anyone
working towards the highest levels of AKC and CDSP obedience. The topics we cover
will benefit Rally competitors as well.
When: September, 13th 2026 from 10 - 3pm
Working spots: 10 teams
Auditor spots: Unlimited
Prerequisites: An open mind and willingness to try new things and have fun! Working dogs must be friendly (or neutral) to people and dogs and be able to work comfortably on the floor with others. Noisy dogs will need to be car-crated or occupied with chew bones, etc. when not working.