American Ringsport Federation
Announcements
ARF Clubs!
9/8/2012

If you want to start an ARF club or join as individual member please email Danielle Kannan at rhinomax3@yahoo.com. We are looking forward to seeing you on the trial field in 2012. ....

Medhi Bechker and Rick Rutt French Ring Seminar
4/6/2012

Medhi Bechker is a French Ring Level 2 decoy and has trained multiple dogs to the Cup of Champions! He is an excellent training decoy, able to read the dog and improve their technique. Very good at spotting weak areas in a tr....

New ARF Clubs
5/16/2011

We are pleased to announce the addition of 3 new clubs! Southern Ohio Protection Sports in Cincinnati, OH. Delta K9 in Phoenix, AZ. and Crawford Mountain Ring Club in Chapel Hill ,NC. Details and contact information will be p....

New ARF Website is up!
4/18/2011

If you are an ARF member or competitor, please Register yourself by clicking the link in the bottom right corner. Also, please be sure to fully complete both pages of the registration. If you have any questions or experienc....
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Frank Cowen

FRANKIE COWEN is the Owner and Head Trainer for Precision K-9 Inc. Training director And founder of West palm dog sports club Former Vice president of North American Ring Sport and co founder of ARF.

Frank Credentials

Decoy Achievements

• 2000-2004 Trainer for professional dog training facility, and VP/ assistant training director for mass ring club

• 2000 A.S.R. Decoy Certification

• 2001 NARA level 1 Decoy Certification

• 2001-2003 Decoy for the N.H. Police working dog foundation

• 2002 NARA level 2 National Decoy certification, NARA decoy of the year runner up

• 2003 NARA Decoy of the year, and Decoy for the EASTERN ZONE CHAMPIONSHIP, and THE NARA NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS

• 2004 President/ Training director for Primo Ring Club

• 2004 - currently president/ training director WEST PALM DOG SPORTS CLUB

• 2004 PSA Decoy certification

• 2004 Decoy for CUPS OF AMERICA an International Event

• 2005 Decoy for NAWBA WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS, and NARA NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS

• 2006 Decoy for NAWBA INVINTATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS

Handler Achievements

BANDIT & FRANKIE have achieved

• 2001 NARA Brevet

• 2004 Narcotics trained

• 2004 PSA level 1 (High in trial, High in protection and owner trained dog)

ROCCO & FRANKIE have achieved:

• 2002 NARA Ring 1 Cup Champion

• 2002 NARA Ring 1 Champion

• 2003 NARA Eastern Zone Ring 2 Vice Champion

• 2003 NARA Ring 2 Vice Champion

• 2003 NARA CUP Ring 2 3rd place

• 2005 NARA RING 3 GRAND CHAMPION

• 2005 NARA RING 3 DOMESTIC GRAND CHAMPION

• 2006 CUPS OF AMERICA RING 3 AMERICAN CHAMPION

• 2006 COUPE OF FRANCE INVITED TEAM TO REPRESENT USA

• 2008 PSA LEVEL 1 (HIGH IN TRIAL , HIGH IN OBEDIENCE, HIGH IN PROTECTION) Rocco has over 36 ring trials

KANJER & FRANKIE have achieved:

• 2005 ASR ENTRY LEVEL

• 2005 ASR Level 1

• Narcotics trained

KAHN & FRANKIE have achieved:

• RING 3 Titled

• 2008 Ring III 3rd place @championship

UBER & FRANKIE (current handler of Uber ) have achieved:

• 2008 NARA CHAMPION

• 2008 CUP CHAMPION

• 2008 DOMESTIC CHAMPION (UBER IS THE ONLY DOG IN NARA HISTORY TO WIN ALL 3 TITLES IN THE SAME SEASON )

Frank Credentials/ Handler Achievements Frank has also been directly involved in his clients being able to put titles on their Dogs. At this time he has helped over 30 of his client’s title their dogs in multiple dog sports, including a few French ring champions. In 2007 he was the team captain for the USA team that competed in the coupe intercontinental.