Dragonfire Agility     

Teaching Schedule Class Descriptions Holbrook Facility Brags My Dogs News & Events Long Island Agility LIRR Flyball Our Photos Other Links
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. 

 

 News at Dragonfire Agility   
The LIA page now has the 2008 premium on it!!!

  Click here for that page

Raven's first Flyball race!!!!!!!!!  Click here for the link to her page and the videos


New session at Holbrook will start in September 8th 2008

Click here for daytime and evening class forms


Teri and Carmen are now a MACH team.  Click on this link to see some photos from her day, her party and the get together we had at Doggie U for her.


Click here for a video of Kane doing Flyball in 2007


 

 

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!     

Click here for the Holbrook Facility page.  See some photos of the room, folks at class and information on the facility and the other classes they offer!

 

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.

 

USDAA October premium is on this page, now!

Go to the LIA page

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

 

 

 

 

I I also teach classes at Doggie U on Tuesday and Thursday nights.  If  you wish any information on those classes, see the Doggie U website for more information on the facility and all the classes they have available to you.  Agility, Rally, Obedience, Flyball, Breed.........

 

Carmen and her owner Teri Nolan....... the saga continues......

An even bigger News Flash for 2007

Carmen is now a MACH dog!  Teri did a fantastic job handling her to that last double Q in Jumpers at the Staten Island AKC show in November 2007.  I am so proud of the two of them, way to go girls......

 Carmen and Teri were awesome at the AKC National Agility Competition in 2007.  They ran in five runs and were clean in four of them!  A great showing for a great handler and a 10 year old super dog. We had fun on our trip, I was pleased to be a part of the experience.  Happy Birthday Carmen, April 15th you are 10 years old!******

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 7th 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!!!!

 

New Papillon CGC Titleholders

At the AKC Canine Experience day July 27 2008 at Doggie U, Carmen at the tender age of 11 and  half got her CGC (Canine Good Citizen) title.  She did a great job.  And her much younger brother Keegan also got his CGC on that same day.  Smart, well-behaved dogs........  Congrats to Teri, Carmen and Keegan

 

 

There are a few pages on this website dedicated to Carmen

Click to get to them

Carmen's MACH Page

Carmen's Personal Page

Teri Nolan's Page

 

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.

                                                         

Dragonfire Agility
Glendale NY 11385
516-220-3727
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Site updated on 08/26/2008