Annelise started training and riding horses when she was 8 years old and earned undergraduate degrees in Psychology and Biology with an emphasis on animal learning and behavior. She earned a Masters degree in Educational Psychology and focused on adult learning and development.
Annelise has been training dogs in obedience and agility since 1990. She has trained and competed with Border Collies, Jack Russell Terriers, Australian Shepherds, Shelties and a Pyrenean Shepherd. Annelise enjoys training a variety of dogs because each dog has taught her different things about competing, agility, herding, obedience and life in general. She carries this over to working with students where she has a strong program that is built on small steps in training. When a particular training method is not working well for a particular handler and dog team she has had enough experience to try a different method. Problem solving in training and creating individualized training programs is something she enjoys doing.
Her accomplishments include:
- Winning First place overall 16" Novice Extreme Games Championship in October 2011 with Australian Shepherd Sinco
- Winning Second place overall 16" Regular NADAC Championships in October 2011 with Australian Shepherd Sinco
- Winning Second place overall 12" Novice Extreme Games Championship in October 2011 with Pyr Shep Feisty
- Qualified for ASCA Agility Finals 2006 with Australian Shepherd Sonic
- Steeplechase Finalist 2004 USDAA Nationals with Border Collie Tobie
- Winning 2nd Place 16" 2003 USDAA Nationals Veterans Division with Border Collie Leysha
- Winning 2001 Pre-Elite 20" Division NADAC Championships with Border Collie Tobie
- Winning 1998 Open 20" Division NADAC Championships with Border Collie Leysha
- Also participated in 1998, 2000, 2011 AKC Agility National Championships, 2009 ASCA Agility Nationals and 2011 CPE Agility Nationals
Annelise and her dogs have earned the following:
- U-CDX U-AGI O-NATCH ADCH Bradish EJC-V EGC-V AX MXJ FMX AKC CDX ASCA CDX CGC (Border Collie)
- U-CD U-AGI U-AGII Diamond Aire Movin In Style (Demi) NA NAC OJC NGC RS-N JS-N ASCA CD (Australian Shepherd)
- S-NATCH ADCH ATCH Rising Sun Leysha APD MX MXJ TN-E TG-E WV-O CDX STDs,d FM HSAs,d (Border Collie)
- Dansk Deals A Masked Marauder (Nigel) AD EAC-V EGC-V O-OJC-V O-OGC-V RV-E GV-O JV-O OA NAJ FMX CGC (Australian Shepherd)
- Oxford's Sonic Heart Beat (Sonic) O-EGC O-EAC S-EJC S-TN-E S-TG-E EAC RS-E O-JS-E GS-E S-OGC S-OAC S-OJC AX AXJ MAD JM RM SM CL3-R CL3-S CL4-F CL4-H (Australian Shepherd)
- O-NATCH VERS-NATCH Peachy Keen's Splatter Paint (Tobie) FM S-TN-E S-WV-E O-TG-E AAD SM GM RM JM AX AXJ (Border Collie)
- Meadowlake's Where U Go Me Go (Amigo) TN-E NGC NJC RN (Jack Russell Terrier)
- MACH La Brise Triple Espresso (Feisty) CD RN XF CL4-H CL4-R CL4-S CL4-F EAC EGC HP-E ECC TN-O WV-E TG-N PD2 AAD (Pyrenean Shepherd)
- ATCH MACH Fourwinds In Sync With Me (Sinco) XF CL4-R CL4-H CL4-S CL4-F O-EAC O-EJC ECC TN-E TG-O WV-E HP-E MPD (Australian Shepherd)
- Lake View's Eye of the Heart (Cante) OA OAJ NF RS-O JS-E GS-E CL2-S CL3-H CL3-F CL4-S OAC NCC EJC TN-N WV-N HP-N SJ SG SS (Australian Shepherd)
- Wistwin's Vernal Equinox (Spring) OA AXJ NF CL2-R CL2-H CL2-S CL2-F OAC OJC TG-N WV-N (Sheltie)
