Rachel Sanders

Rachel has been involved in a variety of dog training activities including competitive obedience, general pet training, hearing dog training and agility training. In more recent years, her focus is solely on agility or agility related training. Her agility center Fast Forward Dog Sports is located in Atascadero, California.

Rachel currently competes with her 2 Border Collies Fable & Stuie and her Jack Russell Terrier, Better.

Since becoming involved in agility in 1994, her successes include: 

"1st place 1999 USDAA National Champion-26" division (Whist) 

"1st place 2000 USDAA National Steeplechase Champion-12" division (Trump) 

"3rd place 2001 USDAA National Championships-22" division (Whist) 

"1st place 2002 USDAA National/World Champion-12" division (Trump) 

"1st place 2003 USDAA Veterans World Champion-16" division (Whist) 

"3rd place 2003 AKC Nationals-20" division (Whist) 

"Finalist 2004 USDAA Performance-16" division (Whist) 

"Finalist 2005/2006 AKC Nationals-24" division (Fable) 

"3rd place 2006 USDAA Steeplechase Championships-26" division (Fable) 

"4th place 2006 USDAA World Championships-26" division (Fable) 

"1st place 2007 Northwest Regional-26" division (Fable) 

"4th place 2007 USDAA Steeplechase Championships-26" division (Fable) 

"Finalist 2007 USDAA Grand Prix World Championships-26" division (Fable) 

"2008 USDAA World Team Member IFCS (Fable) 

"Several USDAA Top 10 awards including all 4 categories in 2000 with Whist & Trump 

"USDAA Gold Lifetime Achievement award with Whist 

"USDAA Bronze Lifetime Achievement award with Trump 

"AKC Finalist in 1999, 2000, 2002, 2003 and 2006 with Whist, Trump & Fable 

She has put ADCH titles on 4 dogs- Spinner, Whist, Trump & Fable and MACH titles on Whist (MACH 3), Trump (MACH 2) & Fable (MACH).

Rachel can be contacted at www.fastforwarddogsports.com