Dog training for family & performance!

The Lane Pack December 2014

Spot On K9 Sports is where smart dogs bring their people to learn and have fun!

Choose from agility, obedience, tricks, nose work, puppy kindergarten, private lessons and in-home manners. Trainer Julia Lane is a member of the Association of Pet Dog Trainers, an AKC Canine Good Citizen Evaluator, a USDAA agility judge, and a Certified Trick Dog Instructor. She’s also a Contributing Editor and blogger for The Bark magazine, and writes frequently for Clean Run, a magazine for agility enthusiasts. Spot On K9 Sports is a positive reinforcement training facility.

Darby is only the second Dalmatian to earn the Agility Dog Champion title in USDAA! She’s the inspiration for Spot On K9 Sports.

Julia learns something new about dogs every day thanks to her students’ amazing dogs and her own variety pack. Her rescue Dalmatians, ADCH Darby Lynn MX MXJ ETD (12 yrs.) and MAD JCh Jolie AX AXJ (11 yrs.), compete in agility and are the inspiration for Spot On K9 Sports. Jolie is also a Therapy Dog and brings smiles to all she meets. Her Dutch Shepherd, Ginger Peach AD SSA SJ SR SS (7 yrs.), competes in agility and disc dog. Magnum the Border Collie AD SSA AG SJ AR SS (3 yrs.) is busy with agility, herding, competition obedience, nose work, tracking and rally.

The past couple years have been tough, having to say goodbye to two original pack members due to cancer. Her super sweet Pit Bull mix Shelby – who passed away at age 10 in Dec. 2011 – enjoyed the mental challenge of nose work. She passed her Odor Recognition Tests for Birch and Anise on her first attempts! She also was a lure coursing addict and infamous skunk hunter! Her incredible Catahoula, Desoto – who passed away at age 13 in Oct. 2010 – was a certified Therapy Dog and dabbled in agility and herding. He helped many of her students’ dogs learn appropriate social manners. We miss them terribly.

Of course, her 13-year-old cats, Cricket and Bruiser Bear, are members of the pack, too. Tiny 6.5-lb. Cricket thinks she’s in charge – and the dogs wouldn’t dare tell her otherwise!