Owner/Founder, Kate Moureaux:
Kate Moureaux has been a nationally known competitor and trainer since the mid 1990's. She began teaching for Contact Point Agility Center in 1999; however in 2004 Kate made the big leap and opened DrivenDogs Agility. Additionally, in 2008 Kate also became approved as a USDAA Judge.
Kate Moureaux is currently located in Camarillo, California. She began competing in dog agility in 1992, at the age of six years old. Kate's first agility dog was her grandmother's Springer Spaniel, "Alex". They competed with both the American Kennel Club and United States Dog Agility Association until Alex was eleven years old and had to retire due to old age. Kate currently has a twelve year old Shetland Sheepdog, Heisey (retired), a eight year old Border Collie, Quick, a four year old Border Collie, Driven, and a baby Border Collie, Power.
Heisey and Kate have blazed the path for many Junior Handler teams in the agility world. They are the first ever Junior Handler MACh and MACh2 agility team, placed 5th at the 1999 AKC National Agility Championships, and have qualified and/or attended the USA/AKC World Team Invitational Selections in 2000, 2001, 2002, and 2003. In addition, Heisey and Kate have competed at the 2002 ESPN Great Outdoor Games and in 2002 won the ESPN Sporting Dog Challenge.
Quick and Kate have also made a lasting mark on the agility scene. Quick is a 2004/05/06/07 USDAA 22" Grand Prix of Dog Agility and Dog Agility Masters Team Tournament Finalist. Other career highlights include, Quick becoming the 2001/02/06 USDAA World Champion in 22" Team Gamblers and placing 4th in the 2003 ESPN Great Outdoor Games Large Agility Combined. Quick has also qualified for and attended the 2003 and 2005 USA/AKC World Team Invitational Selections, as well as placed 2nd in the 2003 USDAA 22" Steeplechase World Championship Finals. In January 2006, Kate and Quick won the 2006 AKC 20" National Agility Championships in Tampa, FL. In May 2006, Kate and Quick were selected as members of the 2006 IFCS/USDAA United States Dog Agility World Team, to compete at the World Championships in Oosterhout, Netherlands. At the World Championships, Kate and Quick earned 2 Gold and 3 Silver Medals!
Driven and Kate have also earned national recognition. In July 2005, Driven won the USDAA 22" NorthWest Regional Grand Prix Finals. Then in November 2005, Driven competed at the 2005 USDAA World Championships where she became a 22" Grand Prix of Dog Agility and Dog Agility Masters Team Tournament Finalist (at 2 years, 10 months old). Driven also won the Jumpers class at the USDAA World Championships becoming the 2005 USDAA 22" Jumpers World Champion. On July 4th of 2006, Driven and Kate finished their Agility Dog Championship. Driven is now Kate's third ADCh Titled dog. In March 2007, Driven won the 16" Hybrid class at the 2007 AKC Nationals Agility Championships! Most recently, Driven and Kate won the 2008 AKC 16" National Agility Championships in Tulsa, OK. This makes Kate the youngest handler in history to win TWO National Championships!
The newest addition to the DrivenDogs' clan is puppy Power. Power is already showing a ton of talent for Agility and Herding. Power's Herding debut was in January 2008, and Agility debut will be in spring/summer 2008. Nothing but fun to come with P-Wow.
Along with her own dogs, Kate has shown a number of dogs for clients. These dogs help to illustrate Kate's breed diversity, as a trainer and handler.
Besides Kate's passion for dog agility and teaching, Kate is a full time Business student at California State University in Northridge. |
