Nadezhda Karpushina lives in Perm. She has been involved in Agility for three years. Nadezhda also teaches dog training at children's club Antei. She is able to stand up to hard competition owing to her calmness and self-confidence.

2001 was a year of Nadya's rapid progress: she became Champion of Perm and Vice-Champion of Russia in Agility Standard in Vyksa (see the photo). She achieved these results with two four-legged partners: in Perm she won with a young Golden Retriever Victoria, and in Vyksa - with her second and more experienced dog, an American Staffordshire Terrier (!!!) Lion Ask.

Nadezhda was a member of Michael Rudashevsky's club. Since August 2001, she works by herself.