Pat Rohde has been training dogs since she was a child. Her early experience teaching a rescue mixed breed how to perform many tricks resulted in a life-long love of training.

Pat has had a variety of breeds over the years including terriers, retrievers, poodles and many mixed breeds. She has a natural ability to read dogs which helps to adapt her methods to many different types of dogs.

She enjoys competing with her own dogs in obedience, agility and conformation and has multiple titles in those venues.

She is a member of The Association of Pet Dog Trainers and passed the CPDT certification exam in 2003. Pat finds doing behavior consultations very rewarding and also enjoys teaching upbeat, motivational group classes.

Her specialties include building confidence in shy dogs and working extensively with family pets helping dogs and children develop healthy relationships.

Mary Swinyer grew up in a multi dog household & has always lived with dogs from a variety of breed groups.  She trained her first dog according to demonstrations she'd seen & got involved in formal obedience when she, her husband & young son adopted a rescue dog in 1990.  By 1992 Mary was competing in obedience, attending educational seminars & instructing group classes. 

Mary has written behavior & training articles for a variety of publications.  She is involved in obedience, rally, agility, carting/sledding & has done tracking & earthdog events.  Mary is a member of the Association of Pet Dog Trainers & passed the CCPDT Certification examination in 2003. 

Vikki Ogden began her dog training career in 1988 at a local obedience club with a 4 month old Bearded Collie, Misty. She finished Misty's Companion Dog (C.D.)  title in 1992 and male, Quincy, finished his Breed Championship in 1993.  In 1995 she raised her first service dog puppy for Canine Companions for Independence and went on to raise or co-raise 5 puppies in total.  She recently retired from teaching obedience classes for puppy raisers in the South Bay. She currently has 2 terrier mixes.  Watson is training in obedience and agility and has a number of tricks in his repetoire.  Mia is currently training in obedience to get ready for agility training. 

Cathy Lynch adopted a Labrador Retriever from the Peninsula Humane Society in the early 90’s, and decided to take her to a dog training class.  She checked out several, but none were to her liking until she saw Pat Rohde’s classes.  She signed up for the beginning class in 1993 and hasn't stopped training since!   Pat asked her to be an assistant in 1996, and now along with continuing to assist in the beginner classes, she also instruct the Advanced 1 class.  

She is a member of APDT, and continues to read and go to behavior and training seminars to stay informed.   She owns two Flat-Coated Retrievers that she trains and competes with in obedience, agility and conformation.

Arlene Nichols began training at Rav'n Dog Training in the early '90s. She has had Border Collies and an Australian Cattle Dog. She currently teaches the pet class.

Lyn Belingheri has been training her own dogs since the late 70’s.  She began training towards obedience competition in Pat Rohde’s classes in 1991.  She is currently an assistant in Pat’s Beginning Obedience classes.  Lyn has had a variety of breeds, including mixed breeds, Rhodesian Ridgebacks, and currently, Labrador Retrievers.  Lyn and her dogs compete in obedience and agility, and she has trained her dogs in tracking.  She is affiliated with Loving Paws Assistance Dogs in Santa Rosa.  Lyn is also involved with Delta Society and Animal Assisted Therapy (AAT).  She and her dogs are Delta Society Pet Partner members and Lyn is a Delta Society Licensed Evaluator.  Lyn has taught classes on Animal Assisted Therapy and the Human Animal Bond and done numerous presentations on AAT.  She and her dogs visit a variety of health care sites as registered Pet Partners. 

Erin Callaghan has been training her own dogs since the 70s. She came to Rav’n Dog Training in 1993 and eventually became an assistant.  She now trains the Intermediate II classes and some beginning classes.  She has had a variety of dogs, including working breeds and hounds.  Now she primarily has mixed breeds, Rhodesian Ridgebacks and does rescue and foster work.  She has competed in obedience and agility and trained her dogs in lure coursing. She also trains for Canine Companions for Independence and teaches puppy classes in Sunnyvale.  She has trained for the City of Cupertino, the city of Menlo Park and Palo Alto Humane Society. She is also a member of Association of Pet Dog Trainers and passed the CCPDT Certification to become a Certified Pet Dog Trainer.

Linda Whisler trains competition obedience. Linda is also a trainer for San Bruno Dog Training Club. She currently has Labrador Retrievers and competes with them in obedience.