Agility Seminars with Meagan Johnson
BFA, BA, CPDT-KA, FDM
Meagan has been judging agility for USDAA & UKI since 2019. She currently competes with Coney Dog and Hanks! Both of her dogs successfully compete at higher levels of agility.
About Meagan!
Meagan Johnson is a Certified Professional Dog Trainer (Knowledge Assessed) through the Certification Council for Professional Dog Trainers and a Certified Family Dog Mediator (FDM) through Kim Brophey’s Applied Ethology LEGS Course. Meagan has studied under Michael Shikashio and completed the Aggression in Dogs Master Course. She also holds a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Art History and a Bachelor of Arts in Religion Studies from the University of North Texas.
Meagan has worked with families and their dogs around North Texas since 2012. She teaches classes covering Agility, Tricks, Rally, and basic obedience classes, while also working one on one with families and their dogs addressing behavioral issues like fear, frustration, anxiety, and over arousal.
Meagan’s personal journey began with her first dog Twig, training and competing in the sport of Agility. It was when her second dog, a rescue Border Collie, demonstrated a deep struggle with certain social and environmental contexts, that Meagan dove into the world of behavior modification. Meagan’s training, education, and approach is informed by scientifically supported methods with a dog-centric point of view!
In 2020 Meagan founded Reactive and Distracted Agility, an organization built around dogs that struggle with traditional competition environments due to noise sensitivity, dog reactivity, or stranger danger.
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Meagan has been judging agility for UKI since 2019, and traveling frequently for events large and small. She currently competes with Coney Dog and will soon be debuting her young pup, Hanks!
Meagan and her fiancee currently live with their four dogs Brix (9yo Border Collie), Tia (9yo Aussie), Coney Dog (4yo Chi/Shih Tzu mix), and Hanks (21mo BorderPapxStaffy) in Denton, TX.
Payment, Deposit and Refund Information
25% non-refundable deposit required to hold spot
Closing date: January 13th, 2025
Seminar topics!
MASTERS COURSEWORK
Friday, January 24th, 4:00 - 8:00 pm (30 minute dinner break)
**working spots full**
unlimited audit spots
*dinner included: pizza and salad*
Look forward to obstacle discrimination challenges, layering opportunities, and drivey lines that require independence and commitment! Learn new insights to strengthen your course analysis and be a better handler for your teammate. Be prepared to run it til’ the wheels fall off and truly analyze, refine, and reinforce top notch understanding and performance from you and your dog.
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Pre-requisites: Dogs must be training or competing at masters level
$135 per team
$45 per audit spot
Novice/Young Dog Sequencing
Saturday, January 25th, 9:00 am - 12:30 pm
**working spots full**
unlimited audit spots
*light breakfast, coffee/tea and snacks included*
This workshop aims to strengthen your young dog’s current foundation and add new skills to their tool kit. Learn how to proof and refine the basics like wing wraps, jumps, tunnel sends, and weave entries with new games and drills! We will also make sure your framework around your rewards is intact so we can use them strategically to get dogs that are hyped, but can also think!
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pre-requisites: Dogs 8 months and older. Dogs should be able to run short sequences (3-6 obstacles).
$135 per team
$45 per audit spot
Refining Jump Cues
Saturday, January 25th, 1:30 - 5:00 pm
4/6 working spots available
unlimited audit spots
*light snacks, coffee/tea and bottled water included*
Build that distance and commitment! The focus of this seminar is strengthening your dog’s understanding and commitment to some of the many jump cues they will encounter on course. We will primarily focus on verbal threadles, backside slices and wraps, and jump / tunnel discrimination. Learn how to use rewards strategically to increase understanding and also proof the cue! A great workshop for dogs that won’t let you get away from them! This is a great workshop for teams that have not taught the verbal threadle or backside cues!
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Pre-requisites: Dogs must be able to do navigate simple sequences with jumps and tunnels
$135 per team
$45 per audit spot
Layering and Forward Focus
Sunday, January 26th, 9:00 am - 12:30 pm
1/6 working spots available
unlimited audit spots
*light breakfast, coffee/tea and snacks included*
This seminar aims to challenge our dog’s understanding of driving lines, forward focus, and verbal recognition of obstacles. Develop a tool kit to teach independence that allows you to get away from your dog and get down the line! Learn how to introduce the picture of layering and get those sticky dogs unstuck! Also great for helping with rear crosses.
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Pre-requisites: Dogs 14 months and older. Dogs must be running longer sequences and be proficient at jumps, tunnels, weaves ( can be open channels if those are available), and Aframe.
$135 per team
$45 per audit spot