Level 1 Trainer
Sam Lietz
I have been participating in NADAC agility competitions since 2009 starting with Rat Terrier Schatzi, then Rat Terrier Squeek in 2013, Border Collie Bling in 2016 and Rat Terrier Dance who will debut in March 2020. Schatzi and I were able to trial extensively up and down the east coast while living there from 2009 - 2015 which helped her earn a total of 54 NATCHs (semi retired now at age 12). I am most proud of her second place at the 2013 Championships for NADAC in Springfield Illinois in Starter Stakes (distance work). The dogs and I have competed in seven NADAC championships and love catching up with friends from around the world who compete! Since 2016 I have been teaching NADAC style agility at my facility - SchaSam Farm in Stanwood Washington. I try very hard to encourage youngsters to have fun with their dogs by sponsoring high in trial awards for junior handlers at most of the trials I attend. As much as I love running my own dogs, watching a kid I trained come off the course with a huge smile on his/her face makes me smile twice as much!
Sam on the left with some of her students at a July 2019 NADAC trial where her students won High in Trial for Junior Handler, Intro, Novice, and she took home Elite!