Welcome to Dragonfire Agility and Dragonfire Dogs.  These pages will introduce you to me, Louise Wetzel, I live in Queens NY.  I am currently teaching agility classes and private lessons on Long Island, NY. I also have students in Westchester County. Let me introduce you to My Dogs, past and present, who have taught me so much about agility and how to get this information to my Students and their own dogs.  Click here for my teaching Schedule, updated weekly. Click here for descriptions of the agility classes I am teaching at the various facilities.

I am a current member of Long Island Agility and Doggie U K9 Academy, LIRR Flyball Team and a past member of Contact Agility Club.  I have been the Show Chairman for Long Island Agility's spring NADAC trial for the past number of years.

Devin and I, pictured along with judge, Jean Mackenzie, who gave us that elusive Masters Jumpers leg at the CATS October 2003 USDAA trial. This was our MAD title, Master Agility Dog, something we worked long and hard for.  Thank you Jean and everyone else along the way who helped us achieve the title, all the judges and the five Masters Pairs Relay partners:  Ella DuPree and Mick, Judy Reilly and Brodie, Brian McGunigle and Edna, Nancy Obara and Majel, Sandy Costello and Maui.

Kane pictured here with his ribbons from 2007.  He has his USDAA AD title, he is well on his way to his Advanced Agility Dog title.  He is an awesome dog to run in agility.  2008 will be a fun year for us in agility I am sure.

One large area of interest besides my dogs and agility, are wolves and all things wolf.  I have an extensive collection of all types of wolf collectibles, dog statues and horse figurines. Dragons are my second passion, hence the name Dragonfire and all my dogs have Dragonfire in their "fancy" names. I also read quite a bit science fiction, fantasy and mystery books fill the book shelves. 

Monday Holbrook Daytime Agility  New schedule of late afternoon and evening classes.

New session length, 7 weeks long and new prices!!!!!!

Click here for the form!     

Long Island Agility has a page on my website. 

 Click here  to get to the page, our USDAA 2008 premium is now available

My dog Devin jumping one of LIA's very colorful and unique jumps.

Doggie U K9 Academy information

I am also teaching in Bay Shore, LI, NY at Doggie "U" K-9 Academy, new state of the art indoor facility which opened the week of  June 20th, 2005.  I am teaching agility classes on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday evenings for Doggie U, contact Doggie U for info on these classes. Doggie U's telephone number 631-968-7972.  My schedule page has info on these classes.

Click here for descriptions of all the agility classes I teach.

 The Wednesday evening agility classes are all Competition classes, using the full floor at Doggie U.  The size of the ring is 100 x 75.  Great for training on full sized courses before the trial season.

     6:00pm   Competition

     7:15pm   Not Yet Ready For Competition ***

     8:30pm   Competition

*** Ring setup for the Not Yet Ready for Competition class with the gates separating the rings.  One side is a jumpers course, the other side has contact equipment.  There are two instructors for the 7:15 class, Teri Nolan and myself.  The dogs get plenty of time on the courses and you can work on whatever skills you need to.  A great class for young dogs, inexperienced dogs, dogs who need to work with distractions.  If you need help with this, then this class is for you!

These Wednesday classes have drop in's available.  Contact me the morning of the class day to find out if there is a space for you that night.  Come on down and join us......

      New Wednesday session began on July 23

 Contact Doggie U for info on these classes. Doggie U's telephone number 631-968-7972

2006 has been an exciting year for Carmen.  A move to the country where in addition to agility her new hobbies include chasing birds and digging for China. 

The season started off strong with 2 QQ at the Pine Barrens Cluster.  As a new team, we were still adjusting to each other.  We were earning qualifying rounds towards our MX and picking up MACH points and extra jumpers legs.  In May we took a break to do NADAC and earned her EAC-V and WV-N titles.  In August Carmen participated at the All Star tournament in York PA.  She was awesome coming in second out of 24 dogs in the 8” class.  We settled down in the Fall and at the Springfield cluster in November Carmen completed her MX title.  In addition, we found out the Carmen is now qualified to go to the AKC Nationals in March.  At the Non-Sporting trial in December Carmen finished off the 2006 agility season with her 7^th double ending the year with 445 points.  She is well on her way to her MACH.  Carmen picked up two more double Q's at the Agility for a Cause cluster in Springfield, she is now over the half-way mark for the MACH!!!!

The dogs of Dragonfire

  The current Dragonfire dogs:

  Devin, Border Collie -

  Carmen, Papillon (who now lives with Teri Nolan) -

  Riki, Papillon -

  Kane, Australian Working Kelpie -

  Raven, Australian Working Kelpie

     click on their name to go to their personal pages!

    Riki's summer 2008 haircut

          Check the Our Photos page for more photos of the dogs.