About Grace
Grace Heck aspires to help each team reach their fullest potential through a focus on solid foundational skills, understanding each dog's motivators, and an eye for precision and clarity in dog - human interactions. To accomplish this, she uses positive reinforcement based methods, and detailed explanations of the "why" behind each training scenario. Grace is currently competing at the Masters level in multiple venues with her Mixed Breed PACH Riley, Border Collie Finnick, and Sheltie Burst. Grace and Fin have also travelled the world together, competing in the Fionia cup in Denmark (2019), and were named to the 2020 Americas y Caribbe Team USA.
Recent accomplishments include:
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2020 Americas y Caribbe Team USA large team member
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2019 US Open: Top 10 Power & Speed, 4th Overall Last Chance Master's Series, 5th Biathlon Overall
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2019 NE Regionals 3rd Place Performance Grand Prix Finals
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2019 Fionia Cup (Denmark) Competitor
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2019 UKI NE Cup 2nd Place Speedstakes Overall
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2018 US Open: 3rd Place Last Chance Masters Overall, 7th Place Biathlon Overall, 7th Place Power and Speed
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2018 USDAA New England Regionals 3rd Place Triathlon
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2018 USDAA Mid-Atlantic Regional: 3rd Place Performance Masters Challenge Jumpers, 5th Place Performance Speed Jumping

Grace is the owner of Hounds of Heck! She is a full time dog trainer and agility coach! Click here to visit her website!
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