Lisa Schmit

Lisa is the owner of In The Zone, LLC. She gives agility, conditioning, and massage seminars across the continent as well as putting on about 12 agility trials a year. 

Lisa is an agility expert, but she is also very knowledgeable in canine and equine fitness and bodywork. She is a Certified Canine Fitness Trainer, Certified Pet Massage Practitioner, Certified Canine Myo-Manipulative Functional Practitioner, Certified Animal Cold Laser Practitioner, Certified Canine & Equine Craniosacral Practitioner, and a Certified Canine and Equine Kinesiology Tape Practitioner. 

Lisa is one of the most accomplished handlers in NADAC. Her consistent, clear positive approach to dog training is evidenced by her continued success with multiple dogs, as well as the success of her students. Lisa has come home from the NADAC Championships with 10 trophies with 5 different dogs. She has finished in Overall Top 3 at NADAC Champs 22 times with 9 different dogs including her Brittany and Aussie. She has earned very rare and extremely hard-to-achieve distance awards with multiple dogs, showing consistency with distance and speed. Tandem, JP7, and Revolution earned Purple MODSQUAD — Master of Distance and Speed. Only 20 dogs in the world have this award. JP has earned Purple Distance Cup and Purple Versatility Cup. He also has earned two Silver Distance Cups. Tandem has earned Silver Distance Cup and Silver Versatility Cup. Revolution has earned Silver Distance Cup. Inspire is only a few bonuses away from Silver Distance Cup. 

Lisa currently has five Border Collies and a small mix breed rescue dog. She is also training her sister's Beagle, plus she trains with her 10-year-old nephew Luke with his dog Zoomy. She has owned, trained, and competed with 15 dogs which have ranged from soft to hard and slow to fast and novice to multiple championships. She has been teaching agility seminars for over 15 years giving her years of experience with many different breeds, skills, and issues. This allows Lisa to bring real-life experiences into her training that includes good foundation training, skill training, motivation, and consistent, clear handling all in a fun positive way.

While she primarily competes in NADAC, her training and handling philosophy translates to all types of agility. Path work is paramount—being able to draw efficient lines, train speedy independent obstacles, and provide clear and consistent cues help teams compete successfully in all agility organizations.

Lisa grew up in the horse world training and showing Quarter Horses as well as dabbling on the racetrack. She also played volleyball and softball. The skills learned from training and competing in other sports have transferred to dog training. In the past few years, Lisa returned to the horse world, competing in cow sorting with her horse Kismet. Coming back to the horse world and learning a whole new sport is making her a better dog trainer and teacher. 

To view more about Lisa, visit https://inthzonedogtraining.homesteadcloud.com/about.