Barbara Bray

Barbara Bray is a retired School Counselor and Director of Student Support Services from the New Hanover County Schools. After retirement, she taught General Studies with emphasis on Psychology part-time at Miller-Motte College. She holds an Associate Arts Degree from UNC-W, a Bachelor’s Degree in Psychology, a Masters Degree in Counseling and an Educational Specialist Degree in Supervision and Administration from East Carolina University.

Barbara coordinated the implementation of the Dog Agility Program at Azalea Dog Training Club where she served as the Agility Coordinator from 1993 – August 2020. She is now joining the staff of Carolina Dog Sports.

Barbara has trained four Shelties and three Papillons in Obedience, Agility and Rally and has actively competed in AKC and UKC Obedience and Agility as well as in NADAC, ASCA, UKI and USDAA Agility. Her passion is Dog Agility.

Her major accomplishments with her dogs include having the first UKC Agility Champion in North Carolina, earning a UKC Grand Championship on one of her Shelties and winning the highest level of agility at the UKC Agility Premier. Her winning Sheltie was featured on Outdoor Life Network. Barbara has won both High in Trials and High Combined in UKC Agility multiple times. She also put Excellent level titles on three dogs in NADAC. In addition, she put an AKC CD and CDX on two Shelties in Obedience and qualified for the Eastern Regionals in Obedience with her first Sheltie, Sandy. She also put Rally Excellent Titles on two Shelties and a Rally Advanced Title on one Papillon.

In AKC, she is most proud of putting a MACH, AKC Master Agility Championship Title, on her Papillon, Niki, and being selected to participate in and attending the AKC Nationals with her Sheltie, Bobby. Barbara has put over 80 AKC Agility and Obedience Titles on dogs and three of her dogs are also AKC Breed Champions. In addition, she regularly attends Agility Seminars with recent examples being Seminars presented by Becca Thrift, Tracy Hirsch Riley, Eva Lacnakova, Tomas Traj, Kristy Netzer and others. She also trains regularly at Bon-Clyde Learning Center in Sanford.