TRAINERS

Dee Hutton-Agility Trainer, D-Dog Agility
The Central Coast's best kept secret. Dee does a great job teaching. She has a field in Watsonville, and a very low key style. Awesome help with starters!

Jim Basic-Agility Trainer, Power Paws
Jim is an amazing teacher. I take private lessons with him whenever I can. He's in San Jose, also his wife is Nancy Gyes who is legendary, but I only do classes with Jim. I wish I could do more but the drive to San Jose is hard to fit in except for my my monthly (in good weather!) lesson. Thanks to Jim, Ruby gets Master's Gamblers Q's now!

Rob Michalski-Agility Trainer, Monterey Bay Dog Training Club Agility Classes
There was an article in Clean Run about Rob that called him Mr. Nice Guy. Rob is quiet-but he has lots of information and is an amazing trainer. He even lets me run with his dog! He also teaches at his house in Salinas, but he teaches in Watsonville on Wednesday nights, along with Dee. I also teach here on Wednesday nights, then run my dogs in Rob's class.

CLUBS

Bayteam Agility Club,
The Bay Area force to be reckoned with. The most organized club, puts on huge trials perfectly. I am a member but not very active. I help at trials to give my support. Agility as we know it around here would not exist without the Bay Team.

SMART-Salinas Monterey Agility Racing Team
Central Coast's version of the Bay Team. A lot smaller, but still manages to put on some great USDAA trials locally. I help out as much as I can wtih graphic design for them.

WAG-Western Agility Group-www.k9wag.com
This is where a lot of CPE trials are in Elkgrove. If I drive fast, it's just over 2 hours from my house in Santa Cruz, and has a covered arena. Perfect place to go to CPE trials in the winter!

RESOURCES

USDAA
USDAA is the serious agility. I wish I was a USDAA star but I need to practice a lot more. These are some serious competitors. We are lucky to have some great USDAA trials within 2 hours of driving distance from Santa Cruz (sort of my boundary since I usually can only make the Sunday of a trial and have to drive there and back in one day)

CPE
An easier venue which is a little more low key and relaxed than USDAA. We also have quite a few of these trials within my 2 hour range. It's very easy to Q in CPE and perfect for starting dogs out-Level 1 doesn't have a teeter or weave poles. Lots of games where you just run around and get points. But at the higher level, the courses can be similiar to USDAA runs, depending on the judge.

Agility Calendar for California
What would we do without this! Everything is on it. Plan your schedule for the next 6 months.

ASCA
We are new to this, but there are going to be a lot of these trials in Hollister at Workin' Paws, so we are going to do them. I just like to do agility. These ones are good trials to practice at, because I don't feel any pressure to get titles in this venue. I don't know lots about ASCA, except that it's not just for Aussies anymore.

AGILITY WEBSITES

Fuzzy Destruction blog
Taj Mutthall blog
Silvia Trkman
Do you have a good agility blog? Email me to add it.

THINGS YOU'LL WANT

Clean Run Magazine and Stuff to Buy
Sit Stay Dog Supplies

Laura's Businesses

Ridgemark Farm - Hunters, Jumper & Equitation Lessons and Training
Plastic Disaster Productions - Design and Illustration
HelloTimmy - Timmy's apparel line

Important Facts

Friends of Lighthouse Field