American Rettungshunde Sport Association

My name is Alla Osypenko. I started my dog training career 25 years ago when I joined a local Search-and-Rescue team in Ukraine with my English Bullterrier. I have still been doing SaR, both as a trainer and handler. I have had great opportunities to visit workshops and seminars in Europe and US, learn from the best teachers, join great teams, and participate in championships. My dogs and I have been deployed in multiple SAR missions as wilderness search and rubble search K-9 teams.

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I have also done agility, obedience, canine therapy, and trick dog training.

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10 years ago I moved to USA and continued to be actively involved in dog training. I earned CPDT-KA (Certified Professional Dog Trainer – Knowledge Assessed), became a “Do More With Your Dog” certified trick dog trainer and evaluator, and an AKC CGC evaluator. I am also an active member of ChesCo Search Dogs team in Chester County, PA, I am SARTECH 2 certified.

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Currently I am actively training my two dogs, Australian Cattle Dog and English Bullterrier in Obedience and SAR.