About Our Instructors and Staff

Doug Ricks and Diana Harris -- Center Owners and Instructors

Diana and Doug have an extensive professional background in training and education that enables them to work effectively with people of all ages and backgrounds. They began teaching Dog Obedience and Therapy Dog classes in 1995 and in 1997 added agility to their curriculum. In 1998 they opened Seattle Agility Center and began providing agility classes 7 days a week to the Seattle area..... [Read More]

Monique Feyrecilde -- Lead Obedience/Agility Instructor

I have been teaching with the Seattle Agility Center since 1999. As a young child, my family adopted our first dog, Baby. An amazing animal, she took the time to teach me about being gentle, loyal and loving. Baby was a great little dog and my most devoted friend....[Read More]

Karen Blumenthal -- Lead Agility Instructor

I have been teaching with the Seattle Agility Center since 2003. I have always had animals in my life. It started with rescuing stray cats and then the assortment of dogs, cats, rabbits, hampsters and birds you have as a kid. My husband and I had a Horse Boarding/Training Stable for about 22 years.... [Read More]

Carrie Veldhuizen -- Agility Instructor

I have been teaching with Seattle Agility Center since 2005. I have been an animal lover my whole life. My mom tells me my first words were dog and horse. I had several family dogs, cats, horses, fish and even a couple of lizards through my childhood. I first got excited about agility in about 1999.... [Read More]

Nancy Roller -- Agility Instructor

I have been involved with Seattle Agility Center since 2000 and teaching since 2006. I grew up around animals out in the rural area of Kent where we had horses dogs and cats. I developed a love of animals from then on that’s grown over the years. If I could, I’d make animals my actual career....[Read More]

Tracie Uhrich -- Agility Instructor

I have almost always had pets in my life, whether it be dogs, cats, gerbils, guinea pigs, fish, hermit crabs, a rabbit or a hedgehog! I currently own 3 dogs (a beagle named Itchy, and 2 dachshunds named Rupert and Speckles).... [Read More]

Kathy Swan -- Teacup Agility Instructor

I started training as a AKC obedience Junior handler in 1969. Since then, I earned obedience titles on a Samoyed, Golden Retriever and several Rottweilers. I have also earned American and Candian Championships in conformation.... [Read More]

Tracy Middleton - Obedience Instructor

When Diana asked me to join her team at Seattle Agility I was thrilled. I’m very excited to see how the puppies in the Star Puppy class develop throughout their training. I grew up in London, England. I can’t remember a time when we didn’t have dogs as part of the family.... [Read More]

Tawnya Lichtenwalter - Obedience Instructor

Tawnya started showing dogs in 4-H when she was seven years old. At eight, she and her first "show dog" walked in the AKC show ring. Tawnya showed in the Jr. Showmanship for ten years, ranking third in the nation for showing shelties...[Read More]

The Roller Family --
Practice Monitors, Agility Instructor, Chief Course Builders, Right Hand Family since 2003

So we’re "the Rollers": Mike, Nancy, and Courtney. It’s been a fast 8 years at SAC. What all started with an obedience class turned into a family hobby that we all enjoy. We spend a lot of time together, which may or may not be a good thing.... [Read More]

Lindsey Miller -- Webmaster

I started taking classes at the Seattle Agilty Center many years ago with my old dog Sarah (a cute little corgi-mix) back when the Aqua Barn was still around! After a multiple-year hiatus, I started back up again with my new dog Lucy in Spring of 2006...[Read More]

Nancy Burke -- Substitute Agility Instructor

Nancy has been involved in agility training and competition since 1999, first in Southern California and now in Washington State. She and her Australian Shepherd, Jacob, compete in both AKC and NADAC agility. Luckily, Jacob is very good at agility and makes up for her shortcomings as a handler so they've managed to achieve the titles of AX and AXJ in AKC, and EAC, EJC and OGC in NADAC.... [Read More]