The VERSA Team

 Kristin, the owner and lead trainer, has qualified and competed in multiple national agility AND herding competitions. She is one of Utah's top competitors. 

Kristin's strengths lie on the agility and sheepherding fields, where she competes with border collies Solo and Pele, and her Greater Swiss Mountain Dog Nimbus. Her border collies are renown in both agility and sheepdog worlds. Kristin's team wows spectators with their speed, efficiency, and running contacts at competitions and at demonstrations such as the Soldier Hollow Classic Sheepdog Championship.

Kristin is living her dream as the owner/operator of her own dog training facility -   Versa Dog Sports.                                                             

Kyler started training dogs when she got her first service dog in 2016, a bully named Slayer. Maximus came into the picture shortly after, training as Slayers successor. She worked in a facility where she dipped her toes into the sport world, and worked with many challenging dogs.

During covid Kyler moved to Utah and picked up a Border Collie puppy, Ollie, with sports in mind, specifically agility. From there she has been obsessed with the dog sport world. She loves training foundations and watching dogs and humans growing as a team.

Kyler is now a Certified AKC instructor and teaches obedience and beginning agility classes. 

Marietta has known and worked with Kristin Sittner for over a decade. She has trained and competed in agility with multiple dogs over the years. This training includes working with behaviorally challenged dogs. 

Marietta works tirelessly to help all her students move from basic agility fundamentals to advanced training techniques and maneuvers. Marietta teaches several Agility classes and offers private lessons. 

 Kati Barker started a dog training internship with Kristin Sittner and has been hooked ever since. She grew up with Labrador Retrievers but now has 2 Border Collies. She currently competes in agility and has also dabbled in sheep-herding, trick work, and a little bit of scent work.

Kati received her Bachelors of Science in Animal, Dairy, and Veterinary Science. After receiving her Bachelors', she become a Certified Canine Massage Therapist and trained in Trigger Point Therapy with Ken Bain. Kati teaches Beginning Agility classes, manages Versa Dog Sport’s social media, and offers canine massages.

  Michelle has worked with, and on behalf of, a variety of animals for a number of years. Her extensive and varied background includes working as an Animal Care Manager at a Humane Society, a Canine Intervention Specialist training dogs to adapt to the specific needs of terminally ill children, a Zoo Keeper at TGR Exotics Wildlife Park, and as a Trainer and Performer for  Joel Slaven’s Professional Animals, Inc. She has trained exotic and domestic animals including dogs, cats, parrots, pigeons, rats, ducks, pigs, emus, a Crowned Crane, an African Crested Porcupine and birds of prey. 

  As a professional trainer, Michelle has cared for animals’ physical and emotional needs, created training plans for show behaviors, and participated in special shows, training new behaviors around the country. She was chosen to start up a new type of show at the Jacksonville, Florida Zoo where she was responsible for selecting and training animals in a new setting.

Alyssa has trained and showed dogs for years. She is a certified trainer and an AKC evaluator. She specializes in obedience and also trains and completes in confirmation, agility and rally. Currently, Alyssa teaches our AKC S.T.A.R. puppy, Basic Obedience, Obedience for Competition for beginner novice (BN) and novice (CD) AKC obedience competitions, Confirmation Show Dog, and Canine Good Citizen (CGC) classes. She also administers CGC evaluations by appointment. 

Mary grew up with dogs and a variety of animals including horses, rabbits, snakes, pigeons, and cats. She trained her first obedience dog while in High School and started Agility training with her dog Kiah in 2013. Mary started training with Kristin Sittner in 2018 and became a part of the Versa team shortly thereafter. 

Mary works behind the scenes as the admin, registrar, and communications manager. She is very busy keeping up with Versa's growing business as well as training and competing with her 

Border/Kelpi Kip and Border Collie Kody. 

Over the years Mary and dogs qualified for AKC Nationals 3 times and her dog Kiah earned her AKC MACH and competed in CPE Nationals in  2018.