Millennium Agility Dogs

Millennium Agility Dogs ('MAD') is a small, independent agility club of established, enthusiastic agility handlers and instructors with extensive experience in competitive agility. We are based on the West Berkshire / Hampshire border. All our instructors compete regularly and have qualified and competed successfully in a variety of national finals, both KC and A4A (formerly UKA).

At MAD the emphasis is on a relaxed atmosphere and high quality training. Members and their dogs benefit from the experience, ideas and techniques from the forefront of the agility show world and the informality of limited-sized groups with focused, positive, individual attention. Members of the club share a mutual philosophy in their attitude toward agility: fun, friendship and achievement.
We're all just a little bit... MAD.

Classes

All our classes are held indoors at Plantation Farm, Wolverton, Tadley, RG26 5RP
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• BEGINNERS:
  This class teaches absolute beginner handlers and dogs the basic obstacles and offers a 'taster' of the fun and partnership that can be achieved through agility.
• Wednesday 7:00-8:00pm
• IMPROVERS:
  For those partnerships who wish to progress onto competition, the Improvers group offers handlers the opportunity to improve their ring skills, confidence and handling techniques whilst encouraging them to develop their own handling style and to broaden their working partnership with their dog.
  To enter this class, dogs must be confident on all standard obstacles and working competently over training sequences and simple courses.
  Improvers are invited into the Competition group when space is available.
• Wednesday 7:00-8:00pm
• COMPETITION:
  This group contains dogs and handlers who are actively competing and consolidating their ring experience. The training emphasises sequencing, positioning, timing and partnership co-ordination.
  Established members are encouraged through mentorship to appreciate show etiquette, understand ring-party duties, and to gain instructing and judging qualifications where appropriate.
• Wednesday 8:00-9:30pm

Our Trainers

At MAD we pride ourselves on limited group sizes and top quality training from our qualified, experienced instructors. Our instructors bring a wealth and breadth of training skills to the club from such diverse backgrounds as obedience, ring-craft, working trials, working to the gun, plus equine show jumping and dressage.
Our training is reward-based and achieved through a positive system of 'Praise and Play'. We welcome the use of clickers and encourage the use of tuggy-toys and treats in early training. Our club is fully insured.

Janette Weatherley ACAI

Janette joined MAD in 2002 and has run the club since 2010. She is an experienced Grade 7 Handler with a special understanding of Gundog breeds, having run a Weimaraner, a Springer Spaniel, two Vizslas, a German Shorthaired Pointer and two Braque Francais Pyrenees. She has qualified for various finals including the DIN final, the Agility Club Starters Challenge final and the DARL final, winning the 2013 DARL Medium G1-3 Final. Janette's two Vizslas competed in the breed-show ring, both qualifying for Crufts.
Janette is a versatile trainer at all levels of the club. She has a tremendous empathy for new handlers and a vast repertoire of training techniques for lesser-motivated dogs.

Laura Carter ACAI

Laura joined MAD in 2006. She is an experienced handler having qualified two of her three Spaniels multiple times for various finals: Harvey in the DIN final, the Agility Club Medium Starters Challenge Final and winning the DIN final in 2012, also winning Best Gundog. Spaniel Freddie won two consecutive FAB final steeplechases and participated in the investigation of change to include an Intermediate ('4th') height at KC shows. She currently runs two Miniature American Shepherd dogs, with MAS Mia also qualifying last year for the FAB final steeplechase. Away from agility Laura enjoys Mantrailing with her dogs.

Chris Paice ACAI

Chris joined MAD in 2009. She is an experienced Grade 6 handler who has trained and worked Border Collies collies and Working Cocker Spaniels.
Chris has qualified her dogs for the Brillo Bounce and FAB finals.
She currently competes with a Spaniel and a Collie in agility. In their spare time they also enjoy Scentwork and Mantrailing, and have recently expanded their nosework interests to include truffle hunting.

Contact Us

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