IncrediPAWS Dog Training Instructors

Susan Crank of IncrediPAWS and her dogs in Columbus, Ohio

Susan Crank has been involved in dog training for over 30 years. She started in obedience with collies, earning many titles and teaching obedience for 15 years. In 1993 she got involved in agility and has been a top competitor, earning 26 MACHs on six different dogs, including shelties, a Border Collie, and a Golden Retriever. She has served as training director for two training clubs. Her current dogs include: MACH14 ADCH Splash, sheltie; MACH3 Salsa, sheltie; MACH Sonic, Border Collie; and S'More, sheltie in training.


Shane Gant and Beau of IncrediPAWS Dog Training in Columbus, Ohio

An avid dog lover, Shane Gant was fortunate to find Jenn Crank after the addition of Beau Beau, a Standard Poodle, to his family. Shane was an agility fan and had taught Beau many tricks, but he wanted to maximize her potential by learning the sport of agility. After taking group classes, private training, and numerous seminars with Jenn and Susan Crank, he and Beau now compete in agility trials and have been awarded many titles. As an instructor at IncrediPAWS, Shane is happy to share his knowledge with those who have a desire to compete, or simply want to have fun with their dogs.


Linda of IncrediPAWS Dog Training and Boomer in Columbus, Ohio

Linda Meek has been involved with dog training since the arrival of a Golden Retriever puppy, Brodie, in 2001. Linda began her experience in dog sports with obedience training and field training. She retired in 2010 after teaching for 32 years, and is looking forward to spending more time with her Golden Retriever Boomer and her husband Larry. Linda and Boomer began agility training with Jenn in 2006. Since that initial class, Linda and Boomer have earned their MX. They have also have earned their CDX, RE, and AXJ.


Lindsey of IncrediPAWS Dog Training and her dogs in Columbus, Ohio

Lindsey Martin began training dogs as a junior handler over 17 years ago in obedience and conformation and then found agility. In 2006 Lindsey started training with Jenn at IncrediPaws and has completed various levels of training, which have helped her to excel at the Excellent/ Masters level with her Pembroke Welsh Corgi and Border Collie. Since 2005, Lindsey has been a 4-H advisor with 4-Paws 4-H. She began instructing at IncrediPAWS in 2009.


Nora of IncrediPAWS Dog Training and her shelties in Columbus, Ohio

Nora Merhar has been involved in agility for 15 years, and flyball for almost as long. When she moved back to Columbus from the Chicago area in 2006, she was excited to find excellent agility instruction, but disappointed that there were no local flyball teams. She's looking forward to helping Jenn bring more flyball to Columbus, with the eventual goal of having an IncrediPAWS flyball team. Nora has competed and titled dogs in AKC, UKC, USDAA, CPE, and NADAC agility, APDT Rally, AKC Obedience, and NAFA and U-FLI flyball. She now competes in agility and flyball with her shelties Remy (one of very few shelties with both a MACH and a flyball Grand Champion title) and Baci (who plays flyball with Craig Regala). Sheltie Honey is in training.


Matt of IncrediPAWS Dog Training and his disc dogs in Columbus, Ohio

Matt Bilderback has been involved in disc dog and performance dog training since 2004. What began as obedience and trick training evolved into a love of expressing the abilities of his dogs through advanced tricks and eventually disc dog. He has competed in numerous states at the professional disc dog handler level with his Border Collie Buddy and two Mini Aussies, Bella & Bazooka (in training). For the past five years their accomplishments include five National/World Championships as well as traveling to the 2007 & 2010 USDDN Finals and the 2009 Purina Incredible Dog Challenge. His goal is to promote the sport in the Columbus area with the hopes of bringing major competitions to this region.