Contributors

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Aleks Woodroffe

Aleks Woodroffe, of Release Canine LLC, is a scent work trainer, competitor, and AKC Judge in Phoenix, Arizona.  She focuses on building the scent work community within AZ helping promote both AKC and NACSW. She wears many hats, including AKC trial secretary, AKC Judge,  ASCA Judge, NACSW Trial host, VC and more.

Aleks competes with her flat coated retrievers, Tana and Georges currently competing with Tana at NACSW Summit, AKC Detective x 2 and SWME2 with HIT in all levels. She currently competes with Georges at NACSW NW3 and AKC Excellent. 
Aleks offers both in-person classes and privates, online classes and video review as well as offering seminars throughout the Western states..

Aleks is a certified Canine Massage Practitioner (CCMT, ACMT) and Canine Fitness Trainer (CPCFT), past agility competitor and coach, also working with other dog sport teams on fitness plans and massage including IGP tracking. 

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Jill Kovacevich

Jill is the owner and operator of Mountain Dogs LLC in McCoy, Colorado training, coaching, hosting, officiating and supporting the dog sport of nose work in multiple ways. She has trained in K9 Nose Work for over 13 years actively competing in NACSW trials reaching Elite CH and Summit with Digger, Elite 1 with Izzy and with Zeke currently at NW3. Jill is also the Medical Administrator in Avon, CO working with her husband Guy, a primary care provider. Jill is a CNWI, ORT CO and Judge, SR Lead, Trial CO and Judge and host of multiple trial events annually with NACSW. 

Jill has also been a professional ski instructor and scuba diving instructor utilizing progressive positive sports training  for human sports.  She now trains K9 handlers and their canines, enhancing and enriching the human-canine bond with every K9 Nose Work handler-dog team,  with classes in Eagle, Kremmling, Gunnison and Grand Junction, Colorado.