Nancy Schilling, CPDT-KA
NANCY SCHILLING has been a dog training instructor since 2007 teaching all levels of Basic manners and Advanced training skills before concentrating on Agility instruction. She has been teaching Agility classes since 2014. Nancy’s dogs, past and present, have trained, competed, and titled in Rally-O, Treibball, Nosework, Barn Hunt, Tricks, and Agility. She currently has two Border Collies, 8 yr old Border Collie, Fae, has earned her AKC MACH (close to getting her MACH 2); UKI IAC 7, IWAC 6, CSS 2, CWSS; USDAA ADCH. 3 year old Border Collie, Fringe, is currently competing at Masters Level and working on her MACH; UKI she has earned IAC and IWAC titles working to complete her CSS and CWSS titles. Both dogs compete in ISC (International Sweepstakes Classes)
From 2013-2015 Nancy successfully completed all 5 of Bob Bailey’s 40-hour Operant Conditioning Workshops which had a huge impact on her understanding of dog behavior and training.
Between 2017-2020 Nancy became One Mind Dog certified instructor and completed certifications for all handling levels and more in 2 You can see all of Nancy’s completed One Mind Dogs certifications at (https://app.oneminddogs.com/coaches/Nancy-Schilling)
Agility is always evolving, and Nancy is committed to staying on top of current training and handling practices to improve her skills and pass them along to her students. Throughout the years, Nancy has attended and continues to attend many training seminars/workshops for her continued learning working with both national international elite competitors and trainers.
Nancy loves being an agility instructor and is passionate about sharing her own learnings with her students. Nancy works with each team individually to address the needs of both the handler and the dog working to help each team be the best they can be. She enjoys teaching all levels of agility from Foundations to Master classes. She particularly enjoys teaching handling techniques used within any course and coursework.
Nancy shares, “The best moments of teaching are when a student has a moment where it all comes together, and they realize what they thought they couldn't do is possible.”
