About Jes - PYRWILD

Jes teaches full time at her dedicated dog sport facility & training school located in Green Bay, WI

Jes is an AKC ACT, CGC & Trick Dog evaluator.
Offering ACT 1 & 2
(pre-novice agility titling classes), CGC/CGCA & Trick dog titling testing to her students

I graduated from the University of Wisconsin Green Bay December 2016 with a double major in philosophy and humanistic studies & have since followed my dreams of being involved professionally in agility and teaching others.

I am an international competitor & full-time trainer/coach who has been actively involved in agility since 2009. Before I got my first dog of my own and found agility, I had had a lifelong passion (read: obsession) for dogs, working and playing with them. Dogs are my lifestyle and I get to live out my dreams each day. In agility, I have trained, competed with, put titles on multiple dogs, and have competed in Europe twice with two different dogs.
As a junior handler, I helped pioneer and was a member of the first USA EO Junior team (2012) and competed in Austria with then 2 year old Mayhem. My dogs are all trained very consistently to the highest level with strong multidisciplinary sport skill sets. I have titled multiple dogs under various disciplines. I also have had the coolest, craziest agility Bostons there ever were- video 🙂

Accomplishments can be seen on each dogs individual page.

Some of Jessica’s experiences are:

Competed at the EO Junior 2012 (FCI/Austria)
Accepted onto to USA EOJ Team in 2013 with two dogs (did not attend)
Won a bye to compete at the 2015 US Open
EO tryouts 2015 (3/5 clear)
Attended EO Developmental Camp two years with three different dogs
Competed at Berger Agility Somner Event 2017 (FCI/Germany)
Competed at KC International Agility Festival 2017 (UK)
Qualified for World Team Tryouts in 2019
Qualified for AKC Agility National Championship 2020
Competed at the Joriad North American Truffle Dog Championship 2020
Team USA for Americas y Caribbe in 2020 (FCI/Brazil)
Qualified for World Team Tryouts 2020
Qualified the AKC’s 2021 Rally and Agility National Championships
Invited as a top 10 qualifier to NASDA Invitationals for Lost Item Search & received a 2020 Best of Breed merit award
Several ISC Q’s & placements
Earned an ISC High in Trial award
Invited to AKC’s 2022 Obedience Classic (Open level)
highest scoring Pyrshep in master standard @ the 2023 PSCA Nationals
overall High in Trial Pyrshep in Agility @ the 2023 PSCA Nationals

I actively teach and help an array of students weekly at my arena along with online students all over the world.

As an agility trainer and coach, I enjoy applying my knowledge and insights to help each handler-dog team be the best they can be. I am successful with getting the most out of every dog- making agility a fun game. I enjoy building strong working relationships by creating engaged dogs who love to learn and play. I also believe in building a strong, multi-disciplined foundation on dogs and continuing to reinforce pieces of success along the way. I have a very analytical mind & can easily pinpoint what went wrong on course and guide teams to do their best.

As a trainer and handler, I am endlessly pushing forward to learn more and continue to better myself. I have worked with, taken online courses, attended seminars and workshops and learned from many incredible trainers across different disciplines throughout Europe and the U.S.. I don’t follow one training or handling system but incorporate everything I learn across various dog sports into my ever-growing toolbox.
What Makes PYRWILD Training Great.

I also am heavily involved in Pyrenean shepherds, or Berger des Pyrenees. I am a breed historian & archivist, a member of the French & US breed club, active as an admin in Pyrshep pedigree database, a member of the US breed clubs versatility committee & a preservation breeder producing traditional working dogs. I have met countless dogs in Europe and in the US and am a wealth of information on the breed, its history, genetics, pedigrees and health.