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How do I Enroll?
You can enroll
directly online through our secure server. Payments can be made with a
variety of credit cards or e-checks through Paypal. You'll receive an
confirmation via email with a "Customer ID" number. This is your
confirmation number that you should keep as reference. You'll be added to
our camp list for bulletins and other information upon enrollment. Please
read our Terms of
Agreement before proceeding. Enrollment Ends 9/14/2004. Sorry, enrollment cut-off dates has passed. See you next year! |
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What's the Camp? The Iron Dogs Training Camp is a multi-sport dog camp where novices and experts alike can learn from some of the best instructors in their sports. There will be established sports like Flyball, Agility, and Disc Dogs. Along with some of the fastest growing new sports like Musical Canine Freestyle. Plus lots of fun games and events that will fill out the entire weekend. ALL (7) MEALS AND LODGING ARE INCLUDED! This complete package for only $299! |
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Where is the Camp? The camp will be held in a secluded and beautiful valley in the Malibu Canyons between Highway 101 and the Pacific Ocean. There are cabins ranging from 2 people all the way up to 20 that can be reserved. Groups and clubs can reserve cabins with a minimum.Click here for Camp Layout and Group reservations Photos of the camp area can be seen by clicking here. Directions and details about the location will be sent out to campers before the camp date. |
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Kirsten Cole-MacMurray has been training animals for 21 years. From family pets to large livestock, she has worked with animals in many different areas. In Junior College, she earned her two-year Animal Science Degree and at California State University, Northridge, she earned her Bachelors Degree in Anthropology. Kirsten Cole-MacMurray has been competing in Agility since 1994. Her dogs’ agility honors cover four agility organizations, AKC, ASCA (Australian Shepherd Club of America), NADAC, and USDAA. She has qualified multiple dogs for and competed at two USDAA and five AKC National Agility Championships, as well as competed at five National Australian Shepherd Specialties. Her Australian Shepherds are consistently ranked in the top ten of the agility standings in AKC, USASA (United States Australian Shepherd Association), and ASCA. Kirsten has completed her AKC Master Agility Championship (MACH) and has two NADAC/ASCA Agility Champions.
Kirsten has also trained and/or competed with a variety of other breeds, including a Cocker Spaniel, Doberman Pincher, Irish Water Spaniel, Miniature Poodle, Border Terrier, Border Collie, Golden Retriever, Chesepeake Bay Retriever and a Whippet. Kirsten was a Trainer for Contact Point Agility Center for five years. In 2001 she opened her own training center. TopRock Training Center in North Hills, CA, has 10 weekly group classes, as well as private lessons, field rentals, seminars with international clinicians, Show and Go's, and Play Days.
In addition to Agility, all of Kirsten's dogs are trained and compete in herding, obedience and conformation. Her Australian Shepherd, Caelin, won the 1998 and 2001 ASCA National Specialty Most Versatile Australian Shepherd Competition, and she has had two dogs in the top ten Most Versatile at the 1997, 1999, and 2001 ASCA National Specialty. Caelin was also First Runner Up in the 2000 AKC Australian Shepherd Specialty Most Versatile Competition, earning qualifying scores and placements in Herding, Obedience and Agility.
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Jeff has been training dogs for competitions for over 20 years. This year alone, his dog’s have earned High in Trials in Herding, First Place finishes in Flying Disc competitions, and several Division 1 First Place finishes in flyball. Last year, Jeff’s Border Collie, Sweep, finished 5th in the National Finals of the Purina Incredible Dog Challenge High Jump Competition with a best jump of 52 inches. Jeff’s Gateway Flyball Club, which he founded in 1995, has grown to be the largest flyball club in North America. And this year, for the first time, Gateway will be crowned NAFA’s Region 4 Champions. Additionally, with a team best time of 16.76, they are in hot pursuit of the Region 4 record (16.69). But the Gateway Flyball Club isn’t just about speed. They can run up to 7 separate regular teams and 3 multi-breed teams on the same day. Their individual teams range anywhere from highly competitive Division 1 teams, to teams that run for title points, to teams that run just for the fun of it. And fun is what Jeff stresses most in his training. Of course, he also preaches proper training methods and conditioning, so dogs can have long and healthy flyball careers. Jeff is currently a member of the North American Flyball Association Board of Directors. He and his wife, Bettie, raise Border Collies and Parson Russell Terriers on their farm, forty miles Southwest of St. Louis, Missouri. |
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Howard Kadish is an enthusiastic and entertaining instructor who is dedicated to having fun with dogs. Howard and his dog Zac are well known for their high-energy freestyle disc routines. As a pioneer of the sport of disc dog in Canada, he founded the Canadian Disc Dog Association (CDDA) in 1999. Since then the CDDA has grown in leaps and bounds and now offers over 15 trials a year spread over several provinces. As well as judging CDDA competitions, Howard competes with his Champion disc dogs Zac and Zed in both Canada and the US. Howard has given seminars and workshops on disc dog across Canada. He also teaches disc dog classes. Although the sport of disc dog is perhaps his first love, Howard’s Border collie Zac has also earned a Grand Championship in Flyball and ran on two regional championship flyball teams. He has just started competing in agility and put his first agility title on his young Border collie Zed in one weekend. Howard has written articles for Dogs in Canada and was featured in Dog Sports Magazine. He has appeared with his dogs on many television programs including Open Mike with Mike Bullard, Breakfast Television, Pedigree World of Dogs and Dogs in Canada TV and is a regular featured performer at the largest indoor exhibition in Canada the Royal Agricultural Winter Fair. Howard and his wife Dawn own and operate DOG Sports Centre and the FASTDOGS performance team in Ontario, Canada. They breed Border collies under the name HiQ Borders and live on 42 acres with their two children, 9 dogs, 3 horses, a pony and a pot bellied pig.
Find out more about the Canadian Disc Dog Association at www.geocities.com/cddadiscdog
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Julie Flanery, owner of "Wonder Dogs" focuses on the needs of the dog, and works with owners and handlers to form a stronger bond and better communication through positive reinforcement methods. She has placed obedience, freestyle, and rally titles on her dogs, and has been an invited workshop and seminar presenter across the U.S on a variety of topics from freestyle and clicker skills to dog language and behavior.
Julie has appeared on TV, radio and in several news and magazine articles sharing her enthusiasm and knowledge of the sport of Canine Musical Freestyle.
Julie has been competing in Musical Freestyle since 1999 and was the first on the west coast to title a dog in the sport. She has since placed several freestyle titles on her dogs and earned High Technical Merit and High Artistic Merit in both Musical Freestyle and Heelwork to Music Divisions. In 2001 she was named "Trainer of the Year" by the World Canine Freestyle Organization. She has been a competition freestyle judge for WCFO since 2003 and the founder and President of Dogs Gone Dancin' Canine Musical Freestyle Club, the largest and most active freestyle club on the west coast.
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Dawn is an enthusiastic instructor who is can find creative ways to motivate and reach both dogs and people. Dawn brings over 18 years of training experience in a wide variety of dog sports and activities. She successfully competes in obedience, agility, flyball, disc dog, weight pulling, sheep herding, games competitions and tracking. Dawn writes articles for several canine publications and has a regular column in Dogs,dogs, dogs magazine. She has also been featured on many TV shows. Dawn and her husband Howard own and operate D.O.G. Sports Centre in Ontario, Canada as well as running both the Nutram Performing Dogs and the FASTDOGS high performance team. |
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Bob Singer, is the inventor of the first basketball game for a dog and his owner. He lives on a ranch in the Santa Monica Mountains and has been training dogs since 1970. Bob is one of the first members of West Valley Dog Sports. Since the early 1990’s he has titled his rough collies in Agility, Flyball and Herding. Bob says his one year old, Bart the Border Collie, is a really a kid in a dog suit and has inspired him to invent more games for dogs.
K9Basketball is the first game for dogs that combines Competition, Sportsmanship, Team Play and Exercise for both the Dog and his owner. The game is played by dogs and humans with a 16” playground ball and a basket goal at each end of the court. The winner is the team that scores the highest number of goals.
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Joy is a self-taught and has been doing animal communicating since 1988. When she does readings, she gets pictures, words, feelings and thoughts as well as any physical pain the pet may be feeling. She practices her craft while working with her classmate and ex-husband in the veterinary hospitals that they owned. They tested her skills under very stressful conditions and she would get immediate results on her perceptions, which was a blessing. Until June of last year, she kept her talents hidden to most of those who know her. Last year she started going to dog shows and doing readings there, most of her clients are performance dogs, horses and she started to read show cats as well. Her goal in doing her job is to increase the level of communication between the owner and their pet so they perform at the top of their game. She wants the performance animal to have fun , be happy and healthy in what they do. If something is "off" with them physically, she can find it and use her veterinary training to help the owner come up with a solution that will, hopefully, handle the problem |
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Emelio received his start with animals and the love nature being the only son of farmers. He went to college in Madison, Wisconsin and finished his studies to become a veterinary technician. After a move to the Windy City to work as a vet tech and kennel coordinator at Misener Holley Animal Hospital, Emelio soon learned of western medicine practices as an alterative measure to explore and expand his knowledge. Emelio left the animal hospital to pursue studies in pet massage in Ohio with John Rudner. After completion of his certification for pet massage, he began to use his resources to find an area that would best suit his holistic approach to healing through hands on massage. This led him to Los Angeles, California where he reside today.
Emelio comes recommended by veterinarians in Los Angeles County and also practices out a “Pet Naturally”, a holistic pet supply store in Studio City. |
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Lauren Wygant is an experienced dog trainer and behavior counselor living in the Los Angeles area. Prior to 2002 Lauren lived and worked in the San Francisco Bay Area where she served on her city's Animal Services Advisory Committee and appeared regularly on a local animal program promoting humane training and staying active with your dog.
Lauren was certified with honors in 1999 by the San Francisco SPCA Trainers Academy and now specializes in positive motivational behavior modification and the use of a dog's natural drives to increase performance and focus.
Lauren is an evaluator for the AKC Canine Good Citizen program, an instructor with the American Red Cross, and a national trainer and behavior counselor with Iron Dogs Camps. Lauren also hosts videos on educational and recreational subjects for CanineTV.com.
Lauren is committed to improving the lives of dogs and the people who care for them through a wide rage of basic and specialty training classes and private behavior counseling throughout the Los Angeles area. Lauren also teaches humane and creative training through seminars offered in a number of states.
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Kirsten Cole-MacMurray
Jeff Kinsley
Howard Kadish 
Julie Flanery
Dawn Kadish
Robert Singer
Joy Mason
Emelio Burkhamer 
Lauren Wygant