bio felix sunga

Felix Sunga

Trainer; San Francisco Bay Area, Sacramento

San Francisco SPCA Hearing Dog Trainer – 1998 - 2008

Bay Area Ring Club- Training Director – 1999- present

Bay Area Ring Club - Senior Training decoy

North American Ring Association- Member in good standing

North American Ring Association- Decoy of the year -2002

Before Felix ever acquired a dog, his fascination for animals began with his acute observation of all creatures and there behavior. No one knew that this early observation of animals and people would set the tone for his future. At the age of 16, Felix was granted permission from his parents to acquire a dog. But, before acquiring his dog, Felix did extensive research on the breed which interested him the most, the rottwieler.

With the purchase of many books and magazines pertaining to the breed. He familiarized himself with all the titles following many of the imported European dogs. Namely, the schutzhund titles. Once Felix had enough money to acquire his dog, he purchased a dog imported from Germany, a puppy named Kato. Once his puppy arrived the passion for training began.

Over a period of 2 years Felix trained his dog and attained his Schutzhund 1 title. During these times Felix also learned how to read dogs and develop aggression in protection dogs. With these skills, he began to acquire more repetitions from some of the best dog handler teams in America, many of which went on to compete on an international level.

In 1998, Felix interviewed for a job at the San Francisco SPCA Hearing Dog Program.

When he began, his abilities to train dogs to a high level came to the forefront and were evidenced by his ability train his demo dog very quickly. Within 2 months of his employment his demo dog “Whimsy” became a Star in the world of Hearing Dogs. At this time, Felix completely re-vamped a hearing dog training system that once took 6 months to complete was now 2 months from completion to end. He also, improved the rescue dog to serviceable hearing dog ratio from 35% to an all time high of 77%.

Currently Felix is busy developing new trainers and handlers thru his club which was founded in 1999. Throughout these few years Felix has taken not only himself to the Championships but also, many of his club mates often finishing on the podium with there dogs. In 2009 Felix took his dog “River” to the Regional Championships finishing 1st over all Ring 2 competitors. That same year Felix took River to the National Championships finally placing 2nd overall. 

Felix has also provided his dog training expertise to help rescue organizations around the San Francisco Bay Area develop sound training and kennel practices.

Some of the many events and demos performed:

~ Competition Decoy – 9/02 NARA French Ring Trial , hosted by WWRT. Yelm WA.

~ Mondio Ring Selection 9/02

~ Competition Decoy-  1/04 NARA French ring trial, hosted by NAWBA, Fontana, Ca.

~ Competition Decoy- 4/04 NARA French ring trial, hosted by Stars, El Dorado,Ca

~ Competition Decoy- 5/04 NARA French ring trial, Hosted by WCRC, Bourbonnais, Ill.

~ Competition Decoy- 8/04 NARA French Ring trial, hosted by Rose City dogs of defense. Portland, Or.

~ Competition Decoy- 8/14/04 NARA French Ring trial, hosted by, Apache Ring Club Loxahatchee, Fl.

~ International selection- 9/04 Canadian Ring Association Abbottsford, BC

~ Competition Decoy- 5/05 NARA French Ring Trial hosted by So Cal Mal Banning, Ca.

~ National Championship Competition Decoy-  9/06 Hosted by Canadian Ring Association, Abbotsford, BC

~ Competition Decoy- NARA French Ring trial- 3/07 Hosted by SCABR Riverside, Ca

~ Competition Decoy- NARA French Ring trial- 6/08 Hosted By Langley Ringsport Langley, BC

~ International Sportsmen Expo protection Demo 1/09

~ French Ring workshop- Edmonton Working Dog Group 11/09

~ French Ring workshop- Edmonton Working Dog Group 2/10

~ French Ring Workshop-Edmonton Working Dog Group 11/10

~ Western States Police Association Training Day 9/05

~ Multitude of San Francisco SPCA Hearing Dog Program public demonstrations 1999- 2008

~ Hosted 2002 NARA Championships

~ Attended seminar with international level 2 decoy, Peter Cointe, BARC sponsored event

~ Attended NARA decoy camp w/ David Puigrenier 7/04

~ Attended seminar with international decoy Herve Muvanga  Sponsored by BARC 8/08

~ Trained the aggressive dog in the movie “Bee Season”

NorthWest Suitmen French Ring trial September, 2008.

A word from Felix Sunga:

I am very excited to be teamed up with some of the best dog trainers in the world. It is one thing to be a great dog trainer, it is another thing to understand the dog training business. A good dog trainer must not only know how to train dogs, but also how to put that training expertise into the mind and body of the dog owner. We must not only posses the skill of working with the dog, we must also be able to work with the client. Often times, the owner is confusing or stressing out their dog, resulting in confusion and conflict. I know that K-9 Behavior Services not only works hard at perfecting their dog training skills, but also at making sure their clients have all the tools they need to be successful. I look forward to meeting you and to working with you and your canine friend.

Felix Sunga with 'River', FR3, HOT.

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