Meet your trainer
It's all about bringing out the best in your dog!
Dorice Stancher, MBA, CPDT-KA, CTDI, AACE is a Master Trainer with more than 25 years of experience. Her methods are force-free and relationship based. Her dogs have titled in a wide variety of dog performance sports including obedience, rally obedience, conformation, nose work, sheepherding, barn hunt, dock diving and Fast CAT. Beyond training she has written for the "AKC Family Dog", "AKC Gazette", Web Vet, Soft Coated Wheaten Terrier Club of America (SCWTCA) Benchmarks", Soft Coated Wheaten Terrier Association of Canada (SCWTAC) Wags and the training section for the book "Caring for a Soft Coated Wheaten Terrier" published in 2023. She has also appeared on FOX Good Day NY and was a regular featured guest on News 12 "The Pet Stop" with Dr. Brian Voynick.
Shown with Krista (Canadian Champion Holweit's Red Grenadine, CGC,CGCA,CGCU,RN,THDA,HT,BN,TDP,DN,DJX,
BOW 2010 SCWTAC National Specialty 2015,
Master Versatility Award (SCWTCA), Canadian Wheaten Ambassador,
Krista is the only Wheaten Terrier to have titled in the top 10 twice at the AKC North American Diving Dogs (NADD) National Championship.
Erin (Ballybae Keleigh's W' Wilomena Erin FCAT9, CGC, TKP, VSWI) Best of Breed AKC Fast CAT Invitational 2023
Awards and Media Appearances
- AKC CGC Award, Dog Writer's Association of America (DWAA)
- Morristown Hospital Pet Therapy Conference "Is Your Dog Ready for Pet Therapy?"
- Good Day NY (Fox)
- News 12 "The Pet Stop" with Dr. Brian Voynick
- News 12 with Carissa Lawson
- North Jersey News
Fundraising and Community Service
- Ramapo Bergen Animal Refuge (RBARI)
- National Foundation for Animal Rescue (NFFAR)
- SCWTCA National Rescue
- Wheatens in Need (WIN)
- The Bright and Beautiful Therapy Dogs
- The American Cancer Society
- Sponsor of the Wheaten Ambassador Award for community service SCWTCA