Dr. Laurie Coger, Staff Veterinarian
Dr. Coger is an integrative and functional medicine veterinarian, dog owner, trainer, and breeder. Her mission is to guide owners down the natural dog care path, helping them to become educated and empowered advocates for their best friend’s health. She is an honors graduate of Cornell University’s College of Agriculture & Life Sciences, majoring in [...]
Dr. Laura Fiore, Staff Veterinarian
Dr. Laura Fiore was born and raised on Long Island and earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Biology from Stony Brook University and her Doctorate of Veterinary Medicine in 2007 from St. George's University, Grenada. After completing a year-long internship in small animal medicine and surgery, she practiced small animal & exotics medicine [...]
Dr. Mary Travers-Smith, PhD, Training & Behavior
Dr. Mary Travers began her apprenticeship in dog training in 2002 after completing her second Masters Degree in Psychology. After completing an 18-month apprenticeship, she began working as a dog trainer at Best Friends Dog Training, providing both one-one-one private training sessions and and group classes, including a special class geared specifically for small [...]
Dr. Lynn Kiaer, Lure Coursing
Canine Camp Getaway’s “lure master” Lynn Kiaer is a lifelong dog lover and owner, having owned (or been owned by) a German Shepherd, a Shetland Sheepdog, an Irish Setter, a Lakeland Terrier, German Shorthaired Pointers, a Cocker Spaniel, a field bred English Setter and assorted (mostly terrier) mutts. She met her first Scottish Deerhound [...]
Marcia Boxenbaum, Agility, Rally Obedience, Tricks & CGC Testing
Canine Camp Getaway's head agility instructor Marcia Boxenbaum has been working with dogs for more than two decades. An avid dog sport enthusiast, she frequently competed in agility and rally obedience with her two (now retired) English cocker spaniels: Vegas, her performance dog (also a certified Therapy Dog), and Snickers, her Grand Champion show [...]
Laura Simonelli, Advanced Agility, Agility Handling
Laura Simonelli has been active in the sport of agility since 1998, initially competing with her 16” sheltie, Murray. Today, Laura competes with a papillon and a border collie mix. She has earned 16 MACHs, 2 PACHs and 3 C-ATCHs, and her Papillon, Astro, is the #10 MACH Papillon in the history of AKC. She [...]
Jessica Stier, Flyball, Frisbee, Agility
Jessica Stier is co-founder and co-captain of Long Island Road Rage Flyball team. She has spent the last 15 years teaching and competing in flyball, and has taught flyball in a variety of venues, including Doggie U K9 Academy in Bayshore, NY. She has been competing in agility since 2004. Long Island Road Rage [...]
Valerie Stier, Flyball, Frisbee, Agility
Valerie Stier has spent the past 15 years teaching and competing in flyball. One of the “original” CCG staff, she has been competing in agility since 2004. Valerie is co-founder and co-captain of Long Island’s first successful flyball team: Long Island Road Rage. The team currently has three dogs in the top 10 for [...]