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Marvelous Agility Training, Dade City, FL (2025)

02/09/2025

We are home from another fun day of teaching in Jacksonville. 🥹
First Jacksonville day of 2025 did not disappoint. As always, handlers were eager to learn and engage in some stellar dog training. Looking forward to watching these teams grow in 2025. 💪🏻
Cute picture of Pan in our field at home because he’s the cutest. 😂

01/03/2025

🤩 Happy 2025 Training! 🤩

New Year with new training opportunities!

There is room in the Wednesday Advanced Sequencing class held in Dade City. Classes will be held every Wednesday in January (1/8, 1/15, 1/22, and 1/29) starting at 6:45 pm.

Comfortability and knowledge of all obstacles and sequencing required. Skills and sequences will be broken down as needed.

Please private message for more information.

01/01/2025

Happy New Year to everyone!

I wanted to take a moment and thank everyone for all the support this year. Marvelous Agility took some huge steps in 2024 and this journey would not have been possible without all of the company along the way. 🥹

Here’s to 2025 and all that it holds.

12/09/2024

The beginning of December has been rather busy as Mr. Pan pup and I spent a lot of solo time together traveling to teach.....

Everything started on December 1 going back up to Jacksonville to teach. It has been such a pleasure this year watching a group of handlers really progress and learn some cool new things! So proud of everyone and all of their accomplishments. Due to scheduling conflicts, we have not traveled north in a couple of months and it was so fun to be back and see everyone....even though it was rather chilly in the morning. 🥶

This past weekend was spent in West Palm Beach and man what a great weekend! The weather was perfect and the dogs and handlers were equally as fantastic! Two full days of students who were all open to learning, willing to trust the process and step up to challenges, and had such genuine love for their dogs and this game we play.😍

Thank you to all of my hosts for inviting and providing top tier accommodations! Thank you to all of the handlers that attended and I look forward to very bright futures for everyone!🤩

10/07/2024

‼️ ALL LESSONS CANCELED THIS WEEK‼️

Everyone please stay safe as Hurricane Milton is expected this week.

10/02/2024

A little late but wanted to send a huge shout out to Gaining Wellness for coming over! Between the dynamic duo that is Dr. Gainer and Dr. Pesner, all canines and humans spent some much needed time putting wellness first. Cannot recommend Gaining Wellness enough. 💛🖤

09/29/2024

Pan wasn’t the only one that grew this summer in Jacksonville. 🤩😉
Monthly trips to Jacksonville since June was a true highlight this summer. It was a pleasure to really watch some fantastic teams come together. The rain tried to get in the way of our fun today but we won in the end. 🙃 Really looking forward to going back this winter.

09/27/2024

Happy Friday! Wishing everyone safety and fast recovery from Hurricane Helene. While any clean up and recovery from the storm is top priority, I want to also announce October classes. 🎃

There is still room in the following classes-

💜Tuesday Novice Dog (10/1, 10/8, 10/15, 10/22, 10/29) 6:45 pm💜

❤️Wednesday Advanced Dog (10/2, 10/9, 10/16, 10/23, 10/30) 6:45 pm❤️

Please private message for details.

09/26/2024

Black Panther is officially 9 months old today. 💜🖤Gaining confidence with training more and more as each day goes by. Some clips taken from our most recent training sessions. 🥹

09/05/2024

✨Classes begin the week of September 9!✨

There is still room in the following classes-

💜Tuesday Novice Dog (9/10, 9/17, 9/24) 7:00 pm💜

❤️Wednesday Advanced Dog (9/11, 9/18, 9/25) 7:00 pm❤️

Please private message for details.

08/21/2024

🔥🧊 Captain America: 24” Overall ICE Winner🧊🔥

08/11/2024

Pan and Captain’s favorite part of going to Jacksonville? The swimming of course.
My favorite part? Witnessing lightbulb moments and continuing growth from such a fun, supportive bunch of teams! It has been a real pleasure working consistently once a month with a group of eager to learn students. The bonus part? They like their homework, do it, and it shows! 🙃

08/03/2024

Time takes time and breaks are ok.

took a bit of a pause with Pan. Does it mean we weren’t training? Well yes and no. I wanted to post an update on our training adventure as I think it’s an important reminder about the practice of checking in on goal achievement. While goals tend to be more set in stone, the process of achievement can be very fluid. This summer we took a break from training agility to focus on some bigger picture goals. The perfect storm hit where I was not the handler or trainer Pan needed and he needed some time to grow.

This summer was filled with grief, loss, and overwhelming emotions for me. This summer also held a lot of growth, healing, and resiliency. Pan struggled with normal puppy emotional growth and a small fear period. Pan is a very sensitive guy and wants to be right. When training if he did something incorrect, he would disengage. This was a common experience with agility training only and I narrowed it down to struggling with confidence when faced with new skills. All of this meant neither of us were on our A-game. Our perfect storm.

We took a break from agility training. We focused on resiliency skills and continued to grow in our relationship. This is where it’s important to remember to prioritize the long term goals and train the dog you have. We could have pushed through and “made it work” but what does that mean for the long term agility career I hope to have with Pan?

So what is the plan now? Knowing more about Pan’s reward system, way of learning, and sensitivity, we started agility training again this past week after Pan turned 7 months old. Loaded with a new set of training tools and knowledge, timing feels right and we are better prepared to handle the challenges that go along with training.

Does this mean we will never face similar struggles again? Who knows. It is just important to remember that no matter where any handler and dog team is in their training process, stepping away for a break is ok. Taking time to learn is ok. Every handler and dog team grows at their own pace, which is not always at the same time, and that’s ok too.

07/31/2024

We are sending all of the luck to our fellow EO members this week! You guys will totally kill it!
We will be cheering so loud you will hear us here in the States. 😬
🇺🇸❤️🤍💙

07/26/2024

August is just around the corner and a new set of group classes will be starting soon!

Up and Comers! (Novice/Open teams)
This group class is perfect for any Novice dog and/or handler team! Class will focus on skill building, shorter sequences, and building a strong team between dog and handler. Dogs should be able to perform all equipment obstacles, with slight variations made for dogs that have not mastered specific obstacles.
Classes will run for 3 weeks in August on Tuesday evenings from 7:00 pm- 8:15 pm. (8/13, 8/20, 8/27)
Cost: $90 per dog for 3 week class
Location: Dade City, FL
*Group limit of 4 dogs

Advanced Education (Excellent/Master teams)
This group class will help to fine tune some of the more advanced skills. Sequences will be designed for more Master level AKC/USDAA/UKI level. Dogs should be able to perform all equipment obstacles.
Classes will run for 5 weeks in August on Thursday evenings from 7:00 pm- 8:15 pm. (8/1, 8/8, 8/15, 8/22, 8/29)
Cost: $150 per dog for 5 week class
Location: Dade City, FL
*Group limit of 4 dogs

USO or Bust!
This group class will focus on the skills that are predicted to be seen at the 2024 US Open. Each week, skills that are commonly seen in courses from the US Open judges will be taught, practiced, discussed, and put to the test. Sequences will be based on courses from a different US Open judge weekly. Class will focus on the skills needed and sequencing rather than full course work. Dogs should be able to perform all equipment obstacles and the focus is preparing for handlers planning to attend the 2024 UKI US Open.
Classes will run for 4 weeks in August on Wednesday evenings from 7:00 pm-8:15 pm (8/7, 8/14, 8/21, 8/28)
Cost: $120 per dog for 4 week class
Location: Dade City, FL
*Group limit of 4 dogs

Private Lessons
Private lessons are available on an individual basis based on availability. Please contact Marvelous Agility for scheduling and costs.

07/20/2024

We made our way to Jacksonville for some fun teaching. Morning was early to beat the heat but man was it worth it! Every team did a fantastic job and dogs used their big brains all morning! Always love my time here and love working with such a great group of eager, ready to learn students. It also helps that we laugh….a lot. 😄 The dogs were very happy to spend some time playing in the pool. Pan has officially decided he’s a fish. 🐟

06/25/2024

July is practically here and new classes are starting the first week!

The following classes will continue in July 2024:

Up and Comers! (Novice/Open teams)
This group class is perfect for any Novice dog and/or handler team! Class will focus on skill building, shorter sequences, and building a strong team between dog and handler. Dogs should be able to perform all equipment obstacles, with slight variations made for dogs that have not mastered specific obstacles.
Classes will run for 5 weeks in July on Tuesday evenings from 7:00 pm- 8:00 pm. (7/2, 7/9, 7/16, 7/23, and 7/30)
Cost: $150 per dog for 4 week class
Location: Dade City, FL
*Group limit of 4 dogs

Advanced Education (Excellent/Master teams)
This group class will help to fine tune some of the more advanced skills. Sequences will be designed for more Master level AKC/USDAA/UKI level. Dogs should be able to perform all equipment obstacles.
Classes will run for 3 weeks in July on Thursday evenings from 7:00 pm- 8:00 pm. (7/11, 7/18, and 7/25)
Cost: $90 per dog for 3 week class
Location: Dade City, FL
*Group limit of 4 dogs

Private Lessons
Private lessons are available on an individual basis based on availability. Please contact Marvelous Agility for scheduling and costs.

*To sign up for any group classes, please contact Marvelous Agility for enrollment, all policies/rules, and any further questions.*

06/15/2024

Really, the big win for this week is that retrieve. 🥹 That had been a very difficult skill for the Pan pup to grasp. 🤪 Other fun includes more wing wrap skills, starting to teach “go”, and then a sneak peak at some of our RDW foundation. 💜🖤

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