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About the trainer
Ashley Allison
Ashley teaches with positive reinforcement techniques and emphasizes that learning is cultivated when you give thought and consideration in each exercise. She believes in investing in the dog to develop a language with them and taking the time to let them problem solve.
Dog Training Experience
Ashley Allison has been training dogs for 24 years. At 11 years old she got her start by joining the 4h dog club training her lab mix named Tucker. Here she began learning obedience, agility and basic grooming/care skills. Since her early start she has trained with many dog training professionals from around the world and has stayed active in the sport of agility. She has personally trained from the ground up multiple breeds of dogs for agility (including her lab mix, an australian shepherd, shelties, and border collies).
She has titled multiple dogs in Agility (across 6 organizations) as well as Canine Good Citizen (Currie). She is nationally aclaimed in the sport of agility, placing top 5 at UKI Nationals ten times with 3 different dogs.
She is a member of APDT (Association of Pet Dog Trainers).
Ashley attended the 2022 Karen Pryor Online Clicker Expo.
Ashley uses positive reinforcement and science based techniques for her own dogs as well as her students dogs. She continues to broaden her knowledge on how to help reactive/ stressed/ over aroused dogs learn to work, train and have fun in different environments (with the main focus being the agility ring).
Ashley has been teaching and coaching teams in agility for 12 plus years. Ashley currently works full time as a veterinary assistant as well.
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Competition Experience
Ashley has been in the agility competition ring for 20 years with multiple dogs across 6 organizations.
Ashley and her dogs have been a UKI US Open Finalist 14 times and have finished in the top 5, ten times on the National stage. In addition, they also have accomplished numerous top ten individual and overall placements.
Her Border Collie Currie (The Spotted Wonder) is a bronze medalist from the 2019 UKI National Championship final. More recently, Ashley's 6 year old sheltie, Strider earned 1st overall in the Last Chance Masters Series event at the 2024 UKI US Open.
At the 2023 UKI National Championship Ashley and Strider placied 4th in the Biathlon Agility Final and Master Series Jumping final.
Over the last 6 years, Ashley and her dogs are medalists in multiple UKI Classic, ICE and Festival events.
Ashley's border collie Currie has completed 6 Championship titles across two organizations (USDAA and UKI) and Strider has finished the International Agility Champion #2 (IAC2) titles and the International Win Agility Champion (IWAC) title.
In recent years, (2021-2024) Currie and Strider have won individual AKC ISC classes and overall top placements in cup events.
In spring/summer of 2024, Ashley and her 6 year old shetland sheepdog Strider became the Overall Champion at the 2024 Mountain Madness UKI Festival. They also earned a silver medal for Masters Series at the inaugrual SE "Wish Upon a Star" UKI Classic. They topped off summer 2024 by earning the overall silver medal at the inaugural Full Speed Ahead "Fire and Ice " UKI ICE tournament.