Our Instructors
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.
Meghan Lew
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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. |
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Portia Purfey
Portia has been training dogs since 2018 when she began raising and training guide dog puppies. She now competes in Disc, Agility, Dock Diving, and Tricks, and has trained in many other dog sports. Her dogs have been national qualifiers and won awards for their divisions in American Kennel Club trick competitions. Her current competing Elite dog, Chaka, has placed on several NADAC top ten lists for his breed, all around division and junior handler division. She also enjoys competing with her younger Rat Terrier as he gains more experience. Portia teaches the two ongoing classes on Monday 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 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 the Beginner 2 segment of TAG's
Agility Foundations program.