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Instructors
About the Instructors
Karin Damon
Denise Garber
Susan D. Greenbaum
Donna Luzzo
| Karin Damon took one of the first classes at Barking Hills country club years ago with her Golden Retriever, Keebler who earned his Versatility Title (Agility, Obedience & Tracking) in March of 2006. She has since progressed to being the proud owner of Goldens Dax (whom you may have seen on SNL or the Claritin commercial among other advertisements) and newest member of the family, Derby. Karin is presently competing and has titled in agility, obedience and tracking. She is currently teaching K9 Nosework as well as running trials and judging. Karin is the Head Athletic Trainer at Centenary College, and was selected to work at the 1996 Atlanta Olympic Games in the equestrian venue. Karin became certified as a Pet Tech First Aid and CPR Instructor in San Diego, CA. She is also working to complete her Canine Rehabilitation Certification from the University of Tennessee. | ||||
| Denise Garber has been the handling Instructor for Barking Hills Country Club for the past five years, Denise is an active conformation competitor and she and her students can be found out and about almost any weekend. Whether you are a novice handler, experienced handler or just want your dog to get more ring experience - Denise can help your dog look his or her best in the show ring. | ||||
| Susan D. Greenbaum is the owner of Barking Hills Country Club Barking Hills trains and handles dogs for film, commercials and television including ‘Saturday Night Live’. She is the Executive Director of Dogs In Service, Inc. (DIS) a not for profit company that trains a limited amount of Service Dogs for people with disabilities and runs a supervised, goal oriented and documented Animal Assisted Therapy program at St. Joseph’s Children’s hospital. One of the DIS service dogs and three therapy dogs have been given awards by the New Jersey Veterinary Foundation. | ||||
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Susan and Storm winning a First in Obedience at the Hunterdon Hills Kennel Club, August 8, 1993 - the first leg towards the title of Companion Dog. Storm was just eleven months old and remained undefeated in Novice. | |||
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In 2001 Ms. Greenbaum received the Governor’s Volunteer Award for Services to Youth for the program at St. Joseph’s Children’s Hospital and in 2004 received the New Jersey Veterinary Foundation Award for her work in Animal Assisted Therapy. She is a frequent speaker on goal oriented, documented & supervised Animal Assisted Therapy. Ms. Greenbaum is one of the founding members of the Northeast Crisis Coalition – Animal Assisted Crisis Response. Susan lives with a Shetland Sheepdog, a Chesapeake Bay Retriever, a Doberman Pinscher and any number of Assistance Dogs in training.
Susan is a member of the
Please take a moment to see What's New at Barking Hills Country Club and to Read All About It! which has some of the books on Susan's bookshelf. |
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| Donna Luzzo has been teaching classes at Barking Hills Country Club for more than five years, and also serves as the trainer for the Hunterdon County Paws 4H club. She has participated in and/or competed in conformation, competition obedience, rally obedience, animal assisted therapy and animal assisted crisis response. She also dabbles in agility, lure coursing and anything else that looks like fun! Donna sometimes works as a dog handler for television and various advertising formats, with credits including Saturday Night Live, Late Night with Conan O'Brien, Martha Stewart - The Apprentice, All My Children, One Live to Live, The Gap, Purina Pro Plan, Adobe, Febreeze, Anthopologie, Target, Claritin and many more. She shares her world with four Miniature Pinschers, Ebony, Winnie, Sebastian and Janey. | ||||
