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.”
When: September, 13th 2026 from 10 - 3pm
Who should attend: Obedience teams at all levels who wish to build skills to improve or solidify their ring performances
What: "Improve Your Ring Performance" this seminar will involve unearthing holes in training, shoring up key concepts needed for success, and doing some individual ring-related coaching of each team.
This would be good for AKC and CDSP obedience, from beginner to advanced.
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.