Training & Coaching Junior Handlers to Reach Their Highest Potential from the Inside Out

As one of the top ranking professional handlers in the country with over 30 years of experience in the sport, Kelly Lyn Marquis, is uniquely qualified to offer training, coaching and educational programming for passionate junior handlers.

Much time and effort is placed on learning the how-to, hands-on aspects of handling a dog, but little education addresses the mental and emotional requirements of dog handling. No matter how good you are at placing your dogs feet, or running around in a circle, if you don’t have mental fortitude, you will not rise to the top. I teach kids what they need to know and how they need to manage their energy and themselves in order to achieve greatness in the dog show world. My mindset coaching trains you from the inside out. My workshops help teach kids what they will need to know in order to stand strong and be prepared to step into the world as a professional dog show handler.

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Junior Handlers  – Dog Show Training for Junior Handlers

Junior Handler Dog Show Training

Hi I’m Kelly, your virtual junior handling class instructor. During this training I will:

  1. Ask you to perform certain tasks, i.e move your dog down and back, stack your dog, show me your dog’s bite, teeth, and mouth and/or free bait your dog.
  2. I will be observing your energy, your dog, and how the two of you are interacting together
  3. I will offer feedback as to how I feel you may improve

What you will need:

  1. Access to a computer or phone
  2. The ability to record you working your dog
  3. An area to work your dog that allows you to move your dog and provides a proper surface for your dog to function and perform the required tasks.
  4. A willingness to improve

Note: We will use Zoom to access and record the online call.

Schedule your training session today!

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Junior Handlers  – Mindset Coaching for Junior Handlers

Mindset Coaching for Junior Handlers

In mind-set coaching, I coach you in any areas that involves mental preparation and fortitude to navigate the dog show world.   Although there is a lot of information teaching the mechanics of how to show a dog, there is very little available to kids teaching them how to navigate the mental and emotional requirements of being a successful dog show handler. Dog showing is a highly competitive industry. When we don’t help kids prepare mentally, it’s like sending a lamb into the lion’s den. I coach junior handlers through many of the typical struggles and challenges such as: peer pressure, setting healthy boundaries with parents, peers and others, navigating wins and losses, eliminating destructive self-talk, establishes healthy goals, and/or creating healthy support systems.

With me by your junior handler’s side, you have a strong wise guide that understands the territory and the challenges your child is facing. I also know how much this means to your child. For those of us that love dog showing it is our whole world… and the rest of the world doesn’t get that. I do!

Schedule your mindset coaching session today!

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Junior Handlers  – Meet the Professionals

Meet the Professionals

Meet the Professionals is a monthly webinar series facilitated by Kelly Marquis and features interviews with the fancy’s top professional dog handlers. Kelly created the program to help bridge the gap between top professional dog handlers and junior handlers nationwide.  The program provides an opportunity for junior handlers to get to know top professional handlers on a more personal level, learn unique training tips and methods and create an open forum for junior handlers to access the expertise of top professional handlers.  Meet the Professionals runs on the first Tuesday of every month 7:00 – 8:00 p.m. EST. Although the main purpose of this program is to bridge the gap between professional handlers and junior handlers nation-wide, anyone interested in the dog show world is welcome to attend.

Visit the Events Calendar for more details and to purchase a ticket to an upcoming Meet the Professional webinar.

Junior Handlers  – New Webinars & Workshops

New Workshops

I am in the process of creating workshops that address the mental and emotional aspects of dog shows.

Current topics in development include but are not limited to:

  • Establishing Healthy Boundaries
  • Highly Effective Communication
  • Ethics Morals and Values
  • Energy Management
  • Navigating Emotions with Dogs & People
  • Understanding and Applying Instincts and Intuition
  • Business Management Basics for Handlers.

Visit the Events Calendar for more details and to purchase a ticket to an upcoming Meet the Professionals webinar.

About Your Facilitator

 

One of the top ranking professional dog handlers in the country, Kelly Lyn Marquis offers training, coaching and educational programming for passionate junior handlers.

Kelly has a long history of success in professional dog show handling. In 2004 she earned the ranking of #1 Working Dog Handler in the country for having shown the infamous Ch. Blue Chip’s Purple Reign, AKA, “Raisin” to number one Doberman, Number one working dog, Number five amongst all breeds. The team goes down in history for having won Best in Show at the 2004 Kennel Club of Philadelphia dog show, which was the first nationally televised dog show featured on NBC following the Thanksgiving day parade. Over the years, Kelly has handled more than twenty Top 20 contenders, qualifying at least one to two Dobermans in the Top 20 since 1997. ~ READ MORE