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About Ann Braue

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Ann made her agility debut in April 2002 after 10 years in the competition obedience ring.  She rose quickly to compete at the National and World level.  Ann has competed internationally six times; four for the AKC World Team at the FCI Agility World Championships and twice as the USA Crufts representative.   This October, she and Scream will be competing in Germany at the 2010 FCI Agility World Championships.  In 2007, she along with her teammates Linda Mecklenburg and Carrie Jones won the silver medal at the FCI World Championships in Hamar, Norway.   Ann has competed in the finals of many national events.  She is a five time USDAA National Champion winning the $10,000 Steeplechase three times, the Dog Agility Masters Team Tournament and the Grand Prix of Dog Agility.   

 Ann is highly sought after as a private instructor and seminar presenter.  Her gift of teaching is combined with passion, creativity and motivation  provides a fun and rewarding environment for both the dog and the handler.  Ann’s training philosophy focuses on positive reinforcement and building a strong relationship with the dog while at all times maintaining consistency.

Ann currently owns five border collies and several cats.  She resides in Eau Claire, Wisconsin with her husband Mark.


Dogs and Accomplishments:

Bluefire Synergy  “Synner”, Border Collie  -Baby in training

  

MACH4 ADCH Bluefire Causin’ Commotion “Scream”, Border Collie

2010 USA World Team Member - Germany

 

2010 Crufts Representative

2010 AKC Nationals

  • Finals  - 3rd Place

  • Challengers - Win

  • Round 3 Hybrid - 2nd Place

  • Round 2 JWW - 3rd Place

2009 USDAA Cynosport World Championships

  • Finalist - Grand Prix of Dog Agility

  • 2nd Place - Steeplechase Finals

 2009 AKC Nationals

  • Nationals Round 1 - 3rd Place

  • Nationals Round 3 - 2nd Place

  • Challengers Round - 2nd Place

2008 USDAA Cynosport World Championships

  • 1st Place - Grand Prix of Dog Agility

  • 1st Place - Grand Prix Semi-Finals

  • 1st Place - Overall Top Individual Dog in Team Competition

  • 4nd Place - Team Championship

  • 1st Place - Team Jumpers

  • 2nd Place - Team Gamblers

  • 4th Place - Team Standard

  • 5th Place - Team Relay

  • 7th Place - Team Snooker

2008 AKC World Team Tryouts

  • Round 1 - 7th Place

  • Round 2 - 6th Place

  • Round 3 - 7th Place

  • Rounds 1-3 Cumulative based on time - 3rd Place

  • Round 4 - 4th Place

  • Round 5 - 3rd Place

  • 2nd Place overall after 5 rounds

 2008 AKC Nationals

  • ISC Round 1 - 2nd Place

  • ISC Round 2 - 5th Place

  • ISC Overall - 3rd Place

  • Nationals Round 1 - 2nd Place

  • Nationals Round 2 - 1st Place

  • Nationals Round 3 - 1st Place

  • Nationals Finals - 2nd Place

2007 USDAA Cynosport World Championships

  • 2nd Place - Team Championship

  • 4th Place - Team Jumpers

  • 5th Place - Team Gamblers

  • 5th Place - Team Relay

2007 AKC World Team Tryouts

  • Round 3 - 5th Place

  • Round 4 - 1st Place

  • 7th Place overall after 5 rounds

 2007 AKC Nationals

  • Round 3 - 2nd Place

  

MACH4 ADCH Speedoggie On A Crazy Spree “Spree”, Border Collie

  

2009 AKC Nationals

  • Nationals - Round 2 - 6th Place

2008 USDAA Cynosport World Championships

  • 1st Place - $10,000 Steeplechase

  • 5th Place - Steeplechase Semi-Finals

  • 3rd Place - Team Championships

  • 2nd Place - Team Relay

  • 6th Place - Team Jumpers

  • 7th Place - Team Standard

  • 9th Place - Team Gamblers

  • 5th Place - Grand Prix Semi-Finals

  • Grand Prix Finalist

2008 AKC World Team Tryouts

·         Round 1 - 8th Place

·         Round 2 - 7th Place

·         Round 3 - 10th Place

·         Round 4 - 10th Place

·         Round 5 - 11th Place 

  2007 USDAA Cynosport World Championships

·         1st Place - $10,000 Steeplechase

·         3rd Place - Grand Prix

·         1st Place - Team Championships

·         1st Place - Team Jumpers

·         2nd Place - Team Standard

·         3rd Place - Grand Prix Classic 

2007 AKC World Team Member - Norway

·         Silver Medal in the Team Competition with Linda Mecklenburg & Stellar and Carrie Jones & Jive

·         14th Place in the Individual Competition

2007 AKC World Team Tryouts

  • Round 1 - 5th Place

  • Round 2 - 4th Place

  • Round 3 - 13th Place

  • Round 4 - 4th Place

  • Round 5 - 5th Place

  • 1st Place overall after 5 rounds


2006 AKC World Team Member - Switzerland

2006 AKC World Team Tryouts

  • Round 1 - 1st Place

  • Round 2 - 4th Place

  • Round 3 - 4th Place

  • Round 4 - 1st Place

  • Round 5 - 6th Place

  • 1st Place overall after 5 rounds


 2006 Crufts - England - 5th place overall

2005 USDAA 26” Steeplechase Finals – 2nd place

2005 USDAA 26” World Champion Cynosport Grand Prix – 6th place

2005 USDAA Team Relay Finalist

 2005 World Team Member - Spain

2005 USA Large Dog Team - 7th place World Agility Championship

2005 AKC World Team Tryouts

  • Round 1 - 3rd place

  • Round 2 - 1st place

  • Round 3 - 1st place

  • Round 4 - 2nd place 2005 ISC Tournament 26” division • 2nd Place

2005 24” AKC Nationals • 6th Place

2004 USDAA 26” Steeplechase Champion

2004 USDAA 26” World Champion Cynosport Grand Prix Finalist

2003 and 2004 Clean Run Camp Ultimate Weave Pole Challenge Winner

 

MACH3  Comebye Miss Demeanor MAD “Demi”, Border Collie

2004 USDAA 22” World Champion Cynosport Grand Prix Semifinalist

2003 #2 Border Collie (#3 All Breed) in the Country (points and DQ’s)

2003 16” AKC Nationals • 5th Place

2003 16” All Star Performance Dog Tournament • 2nd Place

2002 16” All Star Performance Dog Tournament • 8th Place