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German Shepherd Dog "Ritter" (EN URO2 UNJCH UCH Cher Car’s Days of Future Passed SPOT-ON)
About Carole
Carole Field's first spoken word as a child was "Nitti", the name of her beloved German Shepherd Dog. This proved to be a major insight into her heart and mind, as she has since spent a lifetime surrounded by dogs… training, showing, judging, writing about and photographing. She is a Dog World Award winning obedience competitor, licensed All-Breed UKC Performance Sports Judge, nationally published freelance writer and photographer, and a professional member of the Dog Writers Association of America since 1994.
Carole has handler/owner trained/titled 14 dogs (8 German Shepherd Dogs, 3 Dutch Shepherds and 3 Parson Jack Russell Terriers) to 212 titles (206 performance titles and 6 conformation tiles) acknowledging their competitive achievements in AKC Obedience, Schutzhund, K9 Pro Sports, French Ring Sport, Barn Hunt and the UKC venues of Agility, Conformation, Dock Jumping, Lure Coursing, Nosework, Obedience, Precision Coursing, Rally Obedience and Terrier Racing. Her dogs have garnered numerous High-Obedience and High-in-Trial awards, plus a Reserve Best-in-Show in conformation. Carole's dogs have also been awarded first place at the following canine protection tournaments throughout the Midwest: The Dog Sports Open (multiple times), The K9 Summerslam, Mr. K9’s Ladies Only Invitational, Sun Dog Street Dog Trial (multiple times), Sun Dog Pro-Am Trial, Windy City K9 Personal Protection Dog Trial and the 4-Thought “Street Wise” Civil Protection Dog Trial (multiple times) where she was the first woman handler to win this trial (1994) and one of only two competitors during the show's 25 year history to win twice with two different dogs.
Carole owned a retail pet supply store and dog obedience school for over 20 years (1985-2006) in the Andersonville community on the North side of Chicago. She is also a former board member (1989-1994) of Westside Dog Training Club, Inc in Chicago (an AKC Competitive Obedience Training Club) and in 1994 served as Director of Training. Carole was the founder and Director of Training of K9 Working Companions in Chicago (an Advanced Obedience and Personal Protection Dog Club) from 1990-2005.
Carole moved to St. Johns, Michigan in 2007 and now works as an independent management professional providing support activities for the pet care and animal production industry. She has been a UKC Performance Judge since 2006 licensed to judge Dog Sport (Obedience, Protection and Police Dog titles), Terrier Racing, Nosework, Socialized Pet Obedience and Canine Good Citizenship testing.
Carole has been a board member of the Capital City Dog Sport Association, a competition dog training club licensed for the UKC Dog Events (MI-115) of Dog Sport, Terrier Racing, Nosework, Shed Hunting and Dock Jumping, French Ring Sport (NARA) and Schutzhund (LV/DVG America IGP) in St. Johns, Michigan since 2006. She is also a co-founder and board member of the Dutch Shepherd Dog Club of America (UKC Club #USA-123 CON NA), the UKC's National Breed Club for the Dutch Shepherd formed in 2012.
Carole has handler/owner trained/titled 14 dogs (8 German Shepherd Dogs, 3 Dutch Shepherds and 3 Parson Jack Russell Terriers) to 212 titles (206 performance titles and 6 conformation tiles) acknowledging their competitive achievements in AKC Obedience, Schutzhund, K9 Pro Sports, French Ring Sport, Barn Hunt and the UKC venues of Agility, Conformation, Dock Jumping, Lure Coursing, Nosework, Obedience, Precision Coursing, Rally Obedience and Terrier Racing. Her dogs have garnered numerous High-Obedience and High-in-Trial awards, plus a Reserve Best-in-Show in conformation. Carole's dogs have also been awarded first place at the following canine protection tournaments throughout the Midwest: The Dog Sports Open (multiple times), The K9 Summerslam, Mr. K9’s Ladies Only Invitational, Sun Dog Street Dog Trial (multiple times), Sun Dog Pro-Am Trial, Windy City K9 Personal Protection Dog Trial and the 4-Thought “Street Wise” Civil Protection Dog Trial (multiple times) where she was the first woman handler to win this trial (1994) and one of only two competitors during the show's 25 year history to win twice with two different dogs.
Carole owned a retail pet supply store and dog obedience school for over 20 years (1985-2006) in the Andersonville community on the North side of Chicago. She is also a former board member (1989-1994) of Westside Dog Training Club, Inc in Chicago (an AKC Competitive Obedience Training Club) and in 1994 served as Director of Training. Carole was the founder and Director of Training of K9 Working Companions in Chicago (an Advanced Obedience and Personal Protection Dog Club) from 1990-2005.
Carole moved to St. Johns, Michigan in 2007 and now works as an independent management professional providing support activities for the pet care and animal production industry. She has been a UKC Performance Judge since 2006 licensed to judge Dog Sport (Obedience, Protection and Police Dog titles), Terrier Racing, Nosework, Socialized Pet Obedience and Canine Good Citizenship testing.
Carole has been a board member of the Capital City Dog Sport Association, a competition dog training club licensed for the UKC Dog Events (MI-115) of Dog Sport, Terrier Racing, Nosework, Shed Hunting and Dock Jumping, French Ring Sport (NARA) and Schutzhund (LV/DVG America IGP) in St. Johns, Michigan since 2006. She is also a co-founder and board member of the Dutch Shepherd Dog Club of America (UKC Club #USA-123 CON NA), the UKC's National Breed Club for the Dutch Shepherd formed in 2012.
Parson Russell Terrier “Nasty” (Multiple High-in-Trial winning GNJCH ACH NNCH EV MN URO1 RATN DASH RACEA CA USA UFA UNJ ‘PR’ Cher Car’s Nasty Girl SPOT-ON RATI RUNN UADNJ) and her father “Spalding” (GNJCH UAGI URO1 PTN CAX USA UFA Cher Car’s Dreadful Dwarf CGC RATI)
Credentials of Dog Sports Trainer Carole Field
1984: DOG WORLD AWARDThe Dog World Award is received only by a rare few individuals. It is awarded for superior scores in 3 consecutive AKC Obedience Trials.
1985-2005: FOUNDER & DIRECTOR OF TRAININGRuff N’ Stuff Dog Obedience (private and group all breed obedience training and behavior modification) in Chicago, Illinois.
1985-1989: ALL BREED OBEDIENCE INSTRUCTORRiver Forest Dog Training Group (Advanced Obedience and Personal Protection Dog Club) in Chicago, Illinois
1989-1990: BOARD OF DIRECTORS & INSTRUCTORK9 Obedience Group (Advanced Obedience and Personal Protection Dog Club) of Chicago, Illinois
1989-1993: BOARD OF DIRECTORS & INSTRUCTORWestside Dog Training Club, Inc (AKC Competitive Obedience Training Club) of Chicago, Illinois
1994: DIRECTOR OF TRAININGWestside Dog Training Club, Inc (AKC Competitive Obedience Training Club) of Chicago, Illinois
1990-2005: FOUNDER & DIRECTOR OF TRAININGK9 Working Companions, Inc (Advanced Obedience and Personal Protection Dog Club) of Chicago, Illinois
2006-present: BOARD OF DIRECTORSCapital City Dog Sport Association (Competition Dog Training Club, UKC Dog Events (MI-115 DS,TR,NW,SD) French Ring Sport (NARA) and Schutzhund (LV/DVG America IGP) club of St. Johns, Michigan
2006: UKC PERFORMANCE JUDGE licensed for DOG SPORTSUKC Judge #6689 licensed to judge all UKC Dog Sport Obedience, Protection and Police Dog titles
2009: UKC PERFORMANCE JUDGE licensed for TERRIER RACINGUKC Judge #6689 licensed to judge all UKC Terrier Racing Trials
2012: UKC SENIOR PERFORMANCE JUDGE licensed for TERRIER RACINGUKC Judge #6689 Terrier Race License granted "Senior Status" to judge all UKC Terrier Racing Trials and to accept and instruct apprentices in the Terrier Race Judging program.
2012-present: CO-FOUNDING MEMBER and BOARD OF DIRECTORSDutch Shepherd Dog Club of America (UKC Club #USA-123 CON NA) of St. Johns, Michigan which is the UKC Provisional NATIONAL BREED CLUB for the DUTCH SHEPHERD. The UKC is the kennel club of registry for the Dutch Shepherd Dog in the United States as they are not eligible for AKC registration.
2014: UNITED NOSEWORK ASSOCIATION JUDGELicensed as United Nosework Association Hide Official (Judge #H0038.)
2014-present: UKC PERFORMANCE JUDGE - licensed for NOSEWORKUKC Judge #6689 licensed to judge UKC Nosework Trials
2016-present: UKC PERFORMANCE JUDGE - licensed for SPOT EvaluationsUKC Judge #6689 licensed to judge UKC Socialized Pet Obedience Testing
2024-present: AKC CGC Evaluator - AKC evaluator #109823 licensed to administer the AKC STAR Puppy program, Canine Good Citizenship testing, AKC Community Canine (advanced level of CGC), Urban CGC, Video Home Manners, and Trick Dog tests.
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German Shepherd Dog "Nicky" (Multiple High-in-Trial winning PD1 P1 FO Ruff N' Stuff's Nickelodeon BH BTr PPD CGC TT TC TDI) who was the 2nd dog (and 1st handled by a woman) to earn the UKC Dog Sport Police Dog 1 title.
Dutch Shepherd "LaRue" (Reserve Best-in-Show & Multiple High-in-Trial winning EN URO3 UNJ CH Cher Car's LaRue due Dragon Noir UADSEJ)