Peg Munves

Peg Munves ~ PCOTC Obedience & Rally Instructor

PEG MUNVES

Peg Munves teaches Basic, CGC/TDI, and Rally at PCOTC.

Her classes encourage fun teamwork based on establishing clear communication and on understanding and reading a dog's body language. Peg helps teams build a solid foundation, using timely motivation, praise and rewards, to help dogs learn the basic skills, one step at a time.

Her classes teach handlers how to break down each behavior into simple steps that can be mastered before moving on and how to motivate the dog to work successfully and reliably.

In addition, Peg brings her experience as an APDT Rally Judge and active competitor in both AKC and APDT Rally to both the Beginning Rally and Rally Course Work classes.

Peg is also the Executive Trainer and Program Coordinator for Westchester and Fairfield's Good Dog Foundation Program, training and placing teams for therapy dog services in a variety of settings. With her yellow Labrador retriever, ARCH L1X Franklin Hills Jumpin' Jazz RN, CGC, the team visits schools and homebound seniors and older friends in senior residences.

In addition to doing therapy work and competing in Rally, Peg and Jazz also participate in local educational outreach events promoting therapy dog work and the benefits and fun of training companion dogs, and they enjoy participating in Canine Water Sports where Peg is a judge and also trains other teams.

Peg is a professional member of the Association of Pet Dog Trainers (APDT) and the owner of Manhattan-based Step In Time Training, LLC. Peg has been actively working her dogs as professional models/actors for print and television since 1992. Jumpin' Jazz has over 40 credits (as of October 2006), and both have been featured on "The Today Show" and other national television programs.

Peg trains with renowned trainers Sassie Joiris and Suzanne Clothier, and she has also interned with Sue Sternberg and Jane Kopelman at Rondout Valley Animals for Adoption.

To learn more about Peg, please go to: www.panix.com/~pmunves/