Our Instructors
Debby Barnes
Debby has been competing in dog agility since 2000. She currently competes with a miniature American shepherd and a Shetland sheepdog. Both dogs have earned multiple NATCH, Versatility NATCH, and Platinum NATCH titles in NADAC (North American Dog Agility Council). Both dogs have qualified for and competed in NADAC's Championships. Her MAS earned 3rd place in the 2023 Championships in her division. Debby has been a TAG trainer since 2019. She currently teaches Intermediate and Advanced Intermediate classes on Wednesday evenings, and she teaches the Beginner 3 segment of TAG's
Agility Foundations program.
Debby has been competing in dog agility since 2000. She currently competes with a miniature American shepherd and a Shetland sheepdog. Both dogs have earned multiple NATCH, Versatility NATCH, and Platinum NATCH titles in NADAC (North American Dog Agility Council). Both dogs have qualified for and competed in NADAC's Championships. Her MAS earned 3rd place in the 2023 Championships in her division. Debby has been a TAG trainer since 2019. She currently teaches Intermediate and Advanced Intermediate classes on Wednesday evenings, and she teaches the Beginner 3 segment of TAG's
Agility Foundations program.
Naomi Boyer
Naomi has been teaching beginning agility with Robert Stewart for the past 15 years. She has a retired elite agility dog, Maggie (Australian Shepherd), who at 16 still does agility.She also has an agility drop-out, Django (Aussie/Border), who prefers barn hunt and nosework.
She can generally get one good agility run out of him. Naomi also teaches nosework and volunteers at the Dog Alliance working with the service dogs in training. Her main focus is for people to have fun with their dog(s) whether it be competition or just bonding while learning something new like agility. Naomi currently teaches the Introduction to Agility segment of TAG's Agility Foundations program.
Naomi has been teaching beginning agility with Robert Stewart for the past 15 years. She has a retired elite agility dog, Maggie (Australian Shepherd), who at 16 still does agility.She also has an agility drop-out, Django (Aussie/Border), who prefers barn hunt and nosework.
She can generally get one good agility run out of him. Naomi also teaches nosework and volunteers at the Dog Alliance working with the service dogs in training. Her main focus is for people to have fun with their dog(s) whether it be competition or just bonding while learning something new like agility. Naomi currently teaches the Introduction to Agility segment of TAG's Agility Foundations program.
Brenda Kouri
Brenda started competing in agility with her dog, Scout, in 2003 and has been hooked
ever since. She has competed with four dogs, putting championship titles on all four of them,
and she's taught beginning agility classes with the former training facility Waggin' Tails for many years. She is currently competing with her border collie, Happy, in NADAC and USDAA and is
working to get her newest dog, Anabel, ready for the ring. Brenda currently teaches the
Beginner 1 segment of TAG's Foundations program.
Brenda started competing in agility with her dog, Scout, in 2003 and has been hooked
ever since. She has competed with four dogs, putting championship titles on all four of them,
and she's taught beginning agility classes with the former training facility Waggin' Tails for many years. She is currently competing with her border collie, Happy, in NADAC and USDAA and is
working to get her newest dog, Anabel, ready for the ring. Brenda currently teaches the
Beginner 1 segment of TAG's Foundations program.
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Randy Pratt
Randy Pratt is an accomplished agility competitor and seasoned NADAC judge. He and his wife Desiree have run several dogs of varying heights in agility for many years and are involved with multiple dog sports including agility. Randy teaches a NADAC (North American Dog Agility Council) specific course on Tuesday evenings. |
Robert Stewart
Robert Stewart is a veteran agility competitor and teacher and has been involved with TAG for almost 25 years. Robert and his dogs have seen a great deal of success over the
years, earning titles at the highest levels of USDAA, NADAC, and AKC. He is currently owned and loved by his sheltie, Aonghus. Robert teaches Advanced Agility and
Masters Agility on Monday evenings. He also teaches the Beginner 2 segment of TAG's
Agility Foundations program.
Robert Stewart is a veteran agility competitor and teacher and has been involved with TAG for almost 25 years. Robert and his dogs have seen a great deal of success over the
years, earning titles at the highest levels of USDAA, NADAC, and AKC. He is currently owned and loved by his sheltie, Aonghus. Robert teaches Advanced Agility and
Masters Agility on Monday evenings. He also teaches the Beginner 2 segment of TAG's
Agility Foundations program.