Atlanta Dog Agility Training:

Canine Agility Training gives dogs a tremendous amount of confidence, helps release extra energy, stress and is a great form of exercise for working breeds.  It is a great way to mentally stimulate your dog as well as the physical stimulation they will receive from running the course.   The Atlanta Dog Agility training course is located in Alpharetta.  There is an adult dog agility course and as well as puppy agility training.

Our Agility Trainer

Sonja Thiels is our amazing agility trainer and started agility training 10 + years ago. Sonja holds a master level agility title with her dog Neige. Sonja competed and placed in the quarter finals USDAA world championship with Neige. She has been teaching agility classes from novice through competition level.  Sonja teaches private lessons in agility as well. She often will go with her clients to agility trials to help be supportive and give her guidance and knowledge.

Basic Canine Agility Training for adult & puppy agility training:
6 Classes & 12 Practice Sessions for $190.

Atlanta Dog Agility Training Location:

Alpharetta 12900 Freemanville Rd 30004. Rustic looking house with a red tin roof. Both the puppy agility training and the dog agility training courses are located in Alpharetta on acres of beautiful farm land.  The course is designed to stimulate your dog’s mental capabilities as well as releasing there energy with physical stimulation.  In the canine agility training class, your dog will learn how to go over all the obstacles and start obstacle sequences.  Most dogs will be running the full dog agility course by the end of the 6 week course .   In the puppy agility training we will graduate to a very thin parachute line by the end of the 6 week course. There is a puppy  agility training course as well as an adult canine agility training course.  Some puppies will graduate during the class to higher obstacles located in the adult course.  Each dog and owner will go at their own speed to ensure a safe and fun environment for all. There is no obedience training necessary to start basic adult or puppy agility training. The agility instructor will show you a few obedience exercises to work on in between classes.  If your dog can sit, this is all which will be expected for a basic dog agility training level class.  Come join in a canine agility training class and explore what abilities your dog has.

For demos of what you and your dog will learn in basic agility, see a video clip of Misty or video clip of Zoey learning basic dog agility training. Opens in Windows Media Player.

Private Canine Agility Training:

One on one training, 6 private dog agility  classes and 12 practice agility sessions for $390 Single Dog Agility Training Lessons $70

Intermediate Atlanta Dog Agility Training:

6 Group classes & 12 practice sessions for  $190

The intermediate Atlanta dog agility training class will help teach your dog how to listen to you when your dog is in high drive.  When your dog is excited and running, you must have command and control over him/her.  They will learn this skill in intermediate level dog agility training.  You also learn tighter obedience training; your dog will be running the full course off leash with more speed, accuracy and fury. Also, the Atlanta dog agility training course layout will change and dogs will have to do the crisscross course, enabling the dogs to use their problem solving skills.  By the time the dog is in intermediate agility they will know all the obstacles by name and sight. Dogs will learn to do the course in reverse. We will start the dogs on hand signals and teaching them "push" towards the next obstacle.  The weave poles are also introduced in intermediate level.

Advanced  Atlanta Dog Agility Training: $190 6 cloasses and 12 practice sessions

Advanced  Atlanta Dog Agility Training:

The advanced canine dog agility training course is the beginning of training for competition.  The course will have more obstacles, we will add more jumps, tight turns and weave poles.  The obstacles will change in direction and location so your dog will learn to follow your leads.  You and your dog will learn how to run the course with speed and accuracy.  Come join in the canine agility training courses offered by Atlanta Dog trainer. 

Our Dog Agility Training Course is located in Alpharetta, GA.

If you have any additional questions on our dog agility training please feel free to call Susie at 770-754-9178.

Agility Training Tips:

Training the contact zones with your dog.  The teeter, A-frame and dog walk are what is referred to in the agility world as the contact obstacles, they have a yellow painted area on both sides that the dogs have touch when taking this obstacle. To train your dog to always get into this "zone", take an ordinary butter tub lid (or a small plastic plate), place a treat on it and show it to your dog.  Place the lid with the treat at the bottom of the A-frame, teeter, or dog walk.  Go to the other side of the obstacle give your dog the obstacle command. Tell your dog easy or whatever word you would like to use to remind him/her to go all the way into yellow contact zone and let your dog have the treat when he/she completes the obstacle correctly. When practicing agility at home there are some very simple household objects you can use to simulate the obstacles on the Atlanta dog agility course. One of the obstacles you can make simple is the jump. Get two chairs and put a broom across it and make your dog jump over it.  

Agility Training Tip:

When practicing agility at home there are some very simple household objects you can use to simulate the obstacles on the Atlanta dog agility training course.  One of the obstacles you can make simply is the jump.  Get two chairs and put a broom across it and make your dog jump over it.