Professional Handling

Hooked before the last dog left the ring.

Amanda was eight years old the first time a dog show crossed the television screen — and by the time the last dog left the ring, she was hooked for life. Second generation in AKC dogs, she began the way so many handlers do: in Junior Showmanship, the family Golden at the end of her lead. A childhood fascination became an apprenticeship, and an apprenticeship became a calling. Years spent learning under seasoned professional handlers shaped the soft-handed, unhurried style she is known for today — the patience that settles a nervous dog, and the quiet confidence that brings out the very best of a dog on its very best day.

It was never about the ribbons. It’s the trust — the wordless conversation between a handler and a dog that no award can measure.

Grand Champions finished across the groups — Sporting · Working · Herding · Terrier

Professional Handler