Maryland Canine Academy

09/15/2026

We would like to congratulate all of our recent graduates! To turn your dog into a scholar just like these guys check out our website below!

https://marylandcanineacademy.com/

09/13/2026

We would like to wish a happy birthday to Miss Kylie!

09/12/2026

Letty didn’t get the memo for what division we were jumping in today, her first two jumps were in the division under hers and her second two jumps were the division above. But she finally got her ribbon she earned last season!

I can’t say I’m mad that we have the day off tomorrow since the next 4 weekends are filled with shows! She has barn hunt later this month then two rally shows the beginning of October trying to earn an invite back to rally nationals next year plus we have a booth at an event next weekend for Woofstock to support the Carroll County Humane society! Busy busy!

09/12/2026

Letty is ready to kick some butt at dock diving championships 💪🏻🤩

09/11/2026

We are pleased to announce our New STAR puppies: Vemira, Lola, Luka and their parents for putting in the work towards a well balanced canine companion.
Congratulations and we can’t wait to help you guys progress to the next level.

09/11/2026

You can watch Letty and Kirsten dock dive live at carousel diving dogs this Saturday and possibly Sunday if we make it to finals!

The secret is out!

Introducing the 2026 IDS COAST-TO-COAST CHALLENGE!

This weekend, our 10 Championship locations are teaming up by region to find out who has the LOUDEST fans!

🔵 TEAM EAST
Carousel Diving Dogs • Country Roads Canine Activities • Sliding G Ranch, LLC

🟡 TEAM CENTRAL
Duke's K9 Dash N' Splash • The Northern Border, • Youngblood's

🔴 TEAM WEST
K-9 STAC • PepperJack's Plunge • Sea Dogz • Triple Play Dog Sports at Country Road Canines,

HOW IT WORKS:

Watch the 2026 International Dog Sports Championship LIVE on YouTube and represent your team by adding one of the following hashtags in the live chat:

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Each unique viewer earns a point for their region each day, and we'll keep you updated on the standings throughout Championship weekend.

🏆 The region with the most support will be crowned our 2026 Coast-to-Coast Challenge Champions!

And LAST PLACE?

🐔 The facilities in the losing region will have to perform the CHICKEN DANCE live on Sunday's broadcast. 😂

Unless you save them...

Remember that 💯 from our last post?

If we reach 100 people watching LIVE at the same time, we'll unlock a LIVE AUDIENCE VOTE!

Hit 100 and YOU get to decide what the losing region has to do live on the broadcast instead!

Championship competitors, this is where you come in:

DON'T JUST WATCH. BRING 3.

Personally invite at least THREE friends, family members, coworkers or training buddies to watch YOU and your dog compete live this weekend.

Tell them which team they're joining, when you jump and get them into the live chat!

10 locations.
3 regions.
1 Championship.

Which region has the loudest fans?

LET THE COAST-TO-COAST CHALLENGE BEGIN!

09/09/2026

Kirsten Zabicki and Maryland Canine Academy proudly present the upcoming pairing of two well accomplished dogs

Planned breeding to take place early 2027

Goals for this litter is to produce a service prospect that will be raised and trained by Maryland Canine Academy along with sports prospects and active family pets.

For this litter we are looking to breed closer to written standard with both structure and temperament in mind.

Colors will range in shades of yellow

Letty’s Accomplishments
•2025 IDS Dock Championships- Placed 6th in her divisions at 1.5yrs old
•2026 Rally National Championships Advanced- Ending with a score of 280/300 at 2yrs of age
•2026 IDS Dock Championships invitation (September)
•2026 Obedience Classic invitation (December)

AKC Titles
Rally Excellent (RE) working on last 3 legs for Master and invite for RNC Master 2027
Companion Dog (CD) Obedience title
Dock Master (DM)
Canine Good Citizen Advanced (CGCA)
Canine Good Citizen Urban (CGCU)
Trick Performer (TKP)
AKC Temperament Test (ATT)
Farm Dog Certification (FDC)
Beginner Coursing Ability Test (BCAT)
Agility Course Test (ACT1)

IDS Title
Horizon Open Nebula-XL I (HOXLI)

Sports competing in/working towards
Rally, Obedience, Agility, Scent work, Barn Hunt, Dock Diving

Owned by Kirsten Zabicki and Maryland Canine Academy

https://marylandcanineacademy.com/

Kenny’s Accomplishments
•Winners Dog under breeder-judge Mrs. Linda McGillivray at the LRC Potomac 2026
•Best of Winners under breeder-judge Faith Hyndman at the LRC Potomac 2026
•Best of Winners and Best Bred By Exhibitor under breeder-judge Cheryl Curtis at Miami Valley Labrador Retriever Club 2026
•Best of Winners and Best of Opposite under judge Desmond Murphy at Magic Valley Kennel Club 2026
•Best of Winners and Best of Opposite under judge Jason Hoke at Magic Valley Kennel Club 2026

Owned by Fabian Negron, Mia Juhl & Patrick Coady

https://www.gallivantlabradors.com/

For more information please contact Kirsten through email at [email protected]

Image created by Lisa Yolkina

09/09/2026

We are officially entered in the Obedience classic in Orlando 🥳🤩

09/08/2026

Referee Maui on duty, she says that’s a pin! 🤣

09/05/2026

We are adding to the training family!

Maryland Canine Academy is currently looking for our newest family member. We are a facility that practices LIMA and teaches mainly positive reinforcement methods of training. MCA is family owned and operated with a small selection of employees. We pride ourselves on having only certified instructors providing training for our clients. Our facility is located in Finksburg MD.

Things we are looking for

-Has CPDT-KA cert/workings towards or willing to work towards being certified or equivalent certification in LIMA based methods among other certs such as
•CGC evaluator
•any behavior certs
•conditioning/fitness
•trick training
•judging in farm dog, fetch, ATT etc

-can work independently and think outside the box. We are looking for someone willing and able to think on their feet if one method of teaching isn’t working for a specific dog in class.

- great people skills, able to notice and celebrate improvements with clients and encourage clients to push through frustrations

-availability on Saturdays (10am-5:30/6pm) and Thursday evenings (5pm-9pm), can discuss more hours if desired and candidate can work independently.

-immediate start preferred. We’d ideally like individual to shadow for the month of September then be working independently by October. Usual day consist of working with another instructor running two classes at one time/helping another instructor with larger class size. Typical class size max is 6 clients.

-knowledge of classical conditioning, capturing, 3 step method (lure, label, test) importance of marker words, and fading food

-knowledge of trick training, basic obedience, puppy classes/socialization, confidence building, teaching CGC skills/testing preferred, but can be taught to the right individual.

If interested please react out to us with resume and contact information at

[email protected]