"The top four dogs at graduation -- Alicia and Kaiser first, Jeremy and Addo second, Kerry and Elsa third, and Steven and Drago fourth." Dalene to the right.
"March 2004 Graduating Class."
First four placings from graduation March 2004: Left to right -- Brett Raynor with Cador, fourth place; April Stanke with Daisy, third place; Vicky Chalk with Merlin, second place; and Connie Roe with JoJo, first place.
March 16 graduation attendees with Dalene in blue vest.
Dalene McIntire's Obedience Classes
Sally(right) going first place, Kerry(middle) in second and Will(left) in 3rd place.
Jeremy, Susie, Marnie, and Nickcoal and their German Shepherds sporting their bandanas at graduation.
More recent graduates: First through fourth placements at graduation.
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March 2005 Graduates with their proud owners.
May 2005 Graduation.
Graduates from January 2006 Class. Jeremy Floyd, Wendy Bond, Kristle
Marangon, Gail Wells, and Kathy Binder
January 2006 Class Graduation.
Graduations of the March 2006 class
Graduates from Spring 2007 Class - Left to Right:Kim and miniature poodle Bibo, first; Amy Smith and Lab Dinah, second; Nicole and German Shepherd Nakita, third; Branden and 5-month- old German Shepherd Miles, fourth; Melody and German Shepherd Frank, graduate; Mike Wall and 5-month-old miniature Australia Shepherd Cappy, graduate; and Kristina Wall and Havanese Rainey, graduate.
2007 Summer Graduating Class
The happy graduates from the September 2007 class.
Students attending September 2007 class graduation.
Graduation of the January 2008 Obedience Class.
March Class's Graduation on May 27, 2008. From right to left: Kerry Southern, 1st; Nikki Bendick, 2nd;
Second Row Right to left: Matt Mar, Ed Stratton, Kurtis Bowen; Cassie Curneen, Christie Hammond, and "DJ"
Graduates from the Fall 2008 Class. From right to left: Instructor Dalene, Linda and Race 1st place, April and Monte 2nd place, Anthony and Makaya 3rd place, Rosie and G.G. 4th place, Linda and Wally 5th place.
Graduation attendees for the Fall 2008 class.
Graduation night for the 2009 Fall Class.
Graduation -- the end of the January 2010 class...
Graduation end of March 2010 class
Summer 2010 Graduation...4 German Shepherds, 1 Golden Retrever,
1 Corgi, and 3 Mixed Breeds. Two Shepherds not there for picture.
Fall 2010 Graduation
Graduation of the January Novice class.
Graduation cupcakes made especially for class by Nancy Saunders (the one with the Pomeranian)
The January Open Class showing off their new bandanas."
Graduating class of March 2011
Summer 2011 Graduation
Students attending the January class graduation on March 20, all sporting their bandanas. Note the little dog in front, "Sid" who stayed in for the whole 10 weeks with all those big dogs. What a cutie! Thanks to Amanda Hackbarth for the picture.
Class of September 2012 Graduation (one had to leave early).
Graduation of the January 2013 class. Looks like a Golden Class…(with on lab that snuck in there)
A German Shepherd who graduated -- can't let the Goldens take it all.
My thanks to my favorite photographer Amanda Hackbarth for taking the
pictures; thanks also to Amanda, Scott, and and Mary Norton (all former students)for stewarding, with their help graduation goes much more smoothly. More pictures from this graduation can be found on my FaceBook - Obedience Friends.
A young handler, Laurel, with a Golden puppy picking up their score sheet...
Another young handler, Kim with a Skoshi, Kerry Southern's German Shepherd. By the way took first Place.
Graduation class from the Summer Class of 2013. We put the little dogs in front so you can see them.
Jill and her black lab Paisley took first-place honors at the Summer 2013 Graduation.
Maureen and Gallagher (an All-American dog) went second at the class
graduation.
Nicole and her Australian Shepherd Dee took third-place at graduation.
Bruce and Josey came in 4th place. Josey is a living dynamo that gave both Bruce and I a heart attack on the long down…she's seldom that
quiet that long at a time.
Graduates from the March 2013 classes.
TJ and Finn took first-place honors
Andrea and her German Shepherd came in second...
Jill and Bridget took third place...
Leanne and her German Shepherd went fourth...
September class graduation. Left to right: Greg, Julie, Nicole, Lissie, Sue, Kim, and Alyssa
Graduation of January class on March 11, 2014. Nicole Berryman was first with her Aussie,
Sandy Casto was second with her German Shepherd, Bridget Clark was third with her German
Shepherd, and Rene Heinb was fourth with her German Shepherd mix.
Graduation of the March 26th 2014 class. First place was Jennifer Lorenz and her black lab puppy Abby, Second was Chuck Christianson and his 5 month old golden retriever Dakota, third was Kim Seward with her year old German Shepherd Sloan, Fourth was Megan Aalmo with her 11 month old german Shepherd De'ja'.
The September class graduation in November. We were lucky to keep the poodle on the ground long enough to take the picture...What a bouncing ball he; even in the picture one foot is off the ground getting ready for his next leap.
2015 SUMMER CLASS GRADUATES
Graduation from Spring Class 2016
First Place Winner from 2016 Spring Class Graduation--- Youngest handler in class,
youngest dog in class: Aubrie Olson
Class graduation in November 2016 — the last graduation. Good turnout, great people!
The “dog”, flowers, and clever cake brought to graduation, plus lots of other goodies. My students are so thoughtful!
In my last class, there were 7 labs entered. Happy dogs and happy owners!