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Team Coach

Justine Davenport

Justine Davenport is one of the most talented agility competitors in Canada today and a strong contender on the world agility stage . Justine ’ s commitment to consistency in training , handling , and competition has been instrumental in her success . Actively competing at a National level at a young age , Justine won the 2003 Canadian National Championships and the 2003 NADAC Championships with Bounder , and placed 3rd at 2003 Nationals with Chase . For the next 4 years Justine and Bounder dominated their division ultimately winning Nationals 5 years in a row ! Justine , who lives in Edmonton , has been on Canada ’ s World Team for the past 5 years representing Canada at the FCI World Championships with both Bounder and Chase . In 2004 they represented Canada in Italy , Spain ; in 2005 , Bounder placed 6th in Small Team and in 2006 while competing in Switzerland Chase won the individual Standard Round for Medium dogs and placed 4th in Medium Team . And again this year Justine and her youngest dog Preston made it onto the FCI world team for Oct 2010 . All five of Justine ’ s dogs have made it to the World Team … an impressive accomplishment . Competing at international level gives Justine an eye for training and handling far beyond the average seminar presenter .