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Trent Steele- Co-Founder/President advisor/ with Alex and Cam

Trent is the Co-Founder to SMDD. He helped start if back in 2009 with Tiffany Flach.  He presently has two dogs, Alex and Cam. Alex is the one that helped start the club as well. They have traveled all over the country going to DockDogs events. We sadly lost his buddy Buck in 2020.

Vice President Jen Belle with Buckeye, Sloopy, Urban, and new member Rogue starting in 2021

Lisa Hudgens - / Secretary/Past President with 

Lacie, Mojo, and Kix.  We  sadly lost SMDD Hall of Famer Susie in 2019.

The Born to Be Wild crew is always ready for action.  They may not be the biggest jumping SMDD dog but they always have fun on the dock.

Board Member, Michael McGrew and Jaxx with wife Kimberly and Belle, and daughter Brittany and Zegen

Michael and Jaxx with his wife and daughter have been with us several years now donating time, energy, and and support to our Club.  They are an awesome dock dog family on their own.  They also participate in search and rescue with their companions.

Theresa and Matthew Cooper with Indy, Toews, Grae, and Nado

Matt and Theresa have been competing since the fall of 2012., when Theresa wandered into a dog festival with indy and saw a dockdogs set up. they only jumped once, but that was all it took. they immediately signed up to become club members as well as dockdogs worldwide members. several years later finds us members of several affiliate clubs and competing now with 4 of our 6 dogs. we believe there is nothing better to do on a hot summer day, than to be outside, hit the dock and play with your best friend.

Tom Adkins with Baker

Tom and Baker have been jumping with us for a year. Baker is a total loves the water and tries to bite at it while jumping in. Both are adventure seekers and best buds.

Mike Short with Lani & Max

​Lani is our 19 month old Chocolate Lab. Her name, Noelani, is Hawaiian meaning "girl from Heaven." Lani lives up to her name as she is the sweetest and most loving dog. She is a bundle of energy and loves to play in the water. It didn't take her long to figure out how much fun it is to run down our dock and dive into the water. So naturally, when she took her first dock diving session, she was hooked! This will be her first year in competition and she is eager to start the season.

Darrah Rorrer and Maddie

​Mattie and I joined the club long time ago! (In Mattie Year's).
She loves lakes, rivers, creeks, mud puddles, and DockDog Pools. We've been to World's twice! We had a blast!!! Mattie and I love our SMDD friends and doggies. Looking forward to seeing all of our friends and meeting new ones! 

Leslie Cochran-Timm with Wrigley
​Sadly on May 19, 20 we lost Wrigley but she will remain here and in our hearts.

​Wrigley is not a big jumper, but she is the happiest. She loves the water and would swim all day. Wrigley has been to World's twice. Once as a junior title and the other as a novice jumper.
​I have been a member for a couple years now - just still hoping to free my schedule up to finally compete with Drachen. He loves dock diving! Keep joining so the option is there for us!
​I have been dock diving for six years and this is my second year with SMDD.

Julie Poole with Minnie and Chroma

Julie Poole and the Whippet brigade always invades Yappy Hour! They have been members for several years and compete on several occasions. Look out for them on the dock soon!

John Kelly with Nigel and Jed

​We have been members for 3 years. The boys truly love it! Nigel loves running down the dock and splashing in the water and Jed loves every activity that includes his favorite ball!

Matthew Bohn and Kratos. Sorry to say
​we sadly lost Flyer in this past year.

Matthew and his pups have been members for awhile. He always helps out with setup and tear down. His pups are pretty awesome. They have been to many World Championships.

Jan Barker with Patrick

​Patrick would not jump at the competition last year, but he loves the pool at the K9 center. His mother (Kahleesi Hagman) and other relatives are competitors!

Jamie Dukovac and Zoltar

Jocelyn Nikole Taylor and Naomi

Kaye Noble - President with Team Tank

 I have four dogs at home, Megan 14, Molly 10, Boomer 8 and then there's Tank 4.  Molly and Boomer also did dockdiving and still do during practice but Tank has taken the spotlight.  He has been a great addition to the crew and keeps us on our toes.  I started out in the club as a member, thanks to Trent, on to a board member, then to secretary, Vice President and now proudly President. It has been an exciting journey and can't wait to see what 2021 brings!

Treasurer - Hannah Wolf with Skye, Moose, and River

 Board Member, Jane Griess and Pippa

Jane and Pippa have been active members in SMDD. Pippa of course loves the water and long strolls on the beach. Jane loves that dockdiving wears Pippa out!
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Board Member, Lisa Williams with King

​King loves the pool so much it can be a funny show of getting him out. As a Novice jumper this team hopes to get better with this season. King’s primary sport is Schutzhund (IPO/IGP) and Dock Diving is just for fun, why not- it’s a blast with SMDD! 


​Kim Dunn and Katie Dunn with Edgar, Ronny Graham, Riot, Riley, and Jameson

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Kim Dunn is owner of Smoky Mountain K9 Sports. She has many animals, but loves the pointy ears. Edgar, Ronny. and Drama are her dock divers. Edgar started it off by jumping off the dock starting at 1-2 feet. Now they have a pool in their yard. Katie is an awesome handler too, She jumps all three dogs. 
Kim is also famous for bringing amazing doughnuts. She has been to every well known doughnut shop on the east coast. 
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Brooke Shannon with Sophie, Drake, and Dallas

Sophie is the heart and soul of our team. She is the dog that got me into this sport 5 years ago. We have been with SMDD for 5 years, and this is our 6th. 

Drake is the comic relief of the team. He has been invited to the world championship twice. He has been doing this for 4 years, making this his 5th season. 

Dallas just learned how to play last year. This is his second full season. He is entertaining and a constant reminder that prescience pays off. He learned to swim when he was 5 years old, and competed in is first DockDog event later that year. ​

Kurt and June Hagman with Curly and Cersei

​June’s Dock Dog Curly is in training to be a dock diver - he just learned to swim last fall and he loves to jump. His biggest problem, he he’s cold a lot since he has no fur! 
Kurt plans on working with Cersei. She is daughter of dock diving mama, Khaleesi. And she began her career at 6 months. She loves it so much that she jumps over barrier gates and fences to get in the water.

Leah Smith with Bailey, Indy, and Zoey

Bailey is our newest addition and hopefully will be on the dock this summer with her. Indy and Zoey love to swim. 
​Fezzik is new to the actual jumping in part of dock diving! Finally got the nerve to jump in. We're working on getting at least a little distance. He's having a blast eventho it may be short jumps. 

Coale has been jumping a few years and enjoys it! We're hoping to get to the top of the Junior division consistantly! He's a sweet boy and has lots of drive.

Felicia Houston with Abby, Marley, and Helix

​I have been with SMDD since 2014 and my girl Abby got us started in the sport, she is my go get um girl up for any and everything dock diving being one of her favorite sport, Marley is just Marley he goes at his pace and has decided dock diving is pretty fun so he gets to join in on the fun as another sport outside of tracking and nosework then we have Helix his full time job is hunting from pests to retrieving game but when its too hot in the summer months to hunt he gets to compete in some fun sports 
Rebecca Jones with Freddy and Nyx

Betsy Knight and Trooper

Debra Mittelsteadt with Charm and Jennifer Alcozer with Snap

Kevin Johnson and Cassie Hancock

Karen Harrison and Finn

Michael Anthony with Maggie and JT