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MEET NANCY CURTIS

The first voice on the phone when you call DSK, the first hand extended in welcome when you walk through the door, often belongs to Nancy Curtis. While Kim is in the ring, guiding and instructing, Nancy welcomes new arrivals and
immediately sets both dog and owner
at ease.

Nancy serves as Kim’s right-hand person
at DSK, and effortlessly – or so it seems –
keeps treats and training tools and
supplies in stock, helps run the agility
classes, teaches an introductory
obedience/rally class on her own,
answers questions and returns
telephone calls by the bushel load,
and handles all the administrative
work. In short, Nancy juggles a
thousand tasks to keep DSK
running smoothly.

Nancy got her first dog when she was only four, and she quickly learned that there was nothing more fun in the whole wide world than teaching her dog to do tricks. The enjoyment she found then in helping dogs perform has grown over the years.

Nancy has had dogs her whole life. She currently has three – two Shelties, Luke and Cruiser, and a black Labrador Retriever, Ace, who belongs to her husband.






Nancy met Kim soon after Kim opened the current DSK facility. Kim was looking for someone to help her keep things moving smoothly, and Nancy was looking for a top-notch training facility. It was a perfect match, and Nancy’s had a ringside seat at DSK ever since, watching Kim work her magic with dogs from one end of the spectrum to the other.


"Kim has an uncanny ability to
read dogs like no other trainer
I’ve seen,” Nancy says. “Her
training methods are so diverse
that she’s able to help any dog
and handler achieve their
highest goals, whether it’s walking nicely on a leash or chasing that elusive UDX or OTCH.”

Nancy shows her own dogs in agility, obedience, and rally, and from time to time handles one of Kim’s dogs in the ring. In fact, Nancy’s first foray into UDX territory came when she showed Kim’s poodle Bruno to a High Combined win at the Mound City Obedience Training Club’s fall 2008 trial – an auspicious debut by any measure.



It’s common to see Nancy at an agility trial, huddled with several of Kim’s students as she helps them plan strategy or walk the course. Many a novice handler has been saved from ignominy by Nancy’s generosity in taking the time to point out – gently, as is her way – a better way to run the course. Of course, Kim herself may be talking with another group of students, doing exactly the same thing. Kim and Nancy genuinely enjoy helping DSK students, and it shows.


“Watching Kim work, and watching her show her own dogs, has been a thrilling experience,” Nancy says. “Her dogs truly love her, and it shows in their performances. I’m grateful to have been given the opportunity to be a part of Dog Sports at Kim’s."