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Ray Wheeler & Nancy Obara, Agility

Ray Wheeler and Nancy Obara have been involved in the agility scene on many levels since being introduced to agility in 1992. Ray is a competitor, as well as an instructor, mentor, organizer, and agility judge. With a home base in Springfield, Massachusetts, and a day job with Mass. Mutual Life Insurance Co., Ray is also President of ACE Agility Club in central Massachusetts, and an agility instructor for ACE in Palmer, MA, and for Paws’n’Effect training center in Hamden, CT. Nancy is also an instructor for the ACE club. Ray and Nancy currently have three dogs: two Nova Scotia Duck Tolling Retrievers, Majel (ADCH, NATCH, MACH, CATCH ), and Imzadi (CATCH) and a young border collie, Natira (NA, OAJ, CL2). Ray is recognized as a fun and fair Judge for three venues: NADAC, CPE, and TDAA. He is well known for his generosity in sharing his considerable experience in course design, course analysis, and course handling with competitors and numerous clubs he’s already presented training workshops with. Ray and Nancy believe in positive training methods and making agility fun for all dogs.