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Bridget & Soupy compete at Crufts in 2005. Soupy is the only American dog to ever place individually at Crufts earning a 4th place.

Hootie heeling with enthusiasm.

Bridget & Hemi celebrating a good performance.

Bridget & Soupy at Crufts

Bridget with Hootie, Hemi and Soupy

Bridget and Soupy do heelwork at Crufts.

Hemi does the retrieve over high jump.

Hootie and Bridget compete at the AKC Invitational.

Hootie, Hemi and Soupy

Soupy during the directed jumping exercise at the AKC Invitational.

Team USA -- Crufts 2005

Bridget and Hootie doing the Figure 8 exercise.

Hemi does the heel free exercise.

Hootie

Baby Hootie - 8 weeks old.

Bridget & Hootie heeling.

Hootie celebrates.

Soupy (center) with two of her pups -- Cody (left) and Tailor (right).

Hootie in the weave poles.

Soupy gets 2nd place in Derby (field work).

Baby Soupy - 12 weeks old.

Soupy placed in a qualifying stake (field) on Friday and then won High in Trial and High Combined on Saturday and Sunday (obedience).

Bridget Carlsen has been training dogs for over 30 years. She has put 52 titles (and counting!) from the sports of Obedience, Field and Agility on seven Golden Retrievers and a Norwich Terrier. Her accomplishments include 6 Obedience Trial Champion (OTCH) titles, 9420 lifetime OTCH points, 168 High in Trial (HIT) awards, 218 High Combined (HC) awards, and perfect 200 scores in both Open and Utility. She has the first and only Obedience Trial Championship (OTCH) on a Norwich Terrier, "Hemi". Bridget and Golden Retriever "Soupy" also won a placement while representing the United States in international obedience competition at Crufts in England. She is also an accomplished field trainer putting Master Hunter (MH) titles on five dogs.

Bridget won her first trophy in dog sports at the age of 6, handling a field dog that her mother trained. At age 11, she got her own dog to train and completed his first title when she was 13 years old. That dog, Chances Are Wizard of Wonders, acheived a Working Certificate Excellent (WCX) in Field and both a Utility Dog title (UD) and points toward an Obedience Trial Championship (OTCH) in Obedience. They also won a High in Trial award out of the Novice A class.

After years of success with her own dogs, Bridget is sharing her training philosophies and techniques with others. She is now available to teach Obedience seminars at your club or dog training facility.

Bridget has owned and operated K9 Cuts, a grooming shop in Plano, Illinois, for 20 years. While she employs assistants to bathe the dogs, all grooming is done by Bridget. Her schedule is kept full by loyal customers. As a result, she is not currently accepting any new clients.

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