Agility Classes, Lessons, Seminars & More

Agile DogSports offers a variety of dog agility services:

• agility classes
• private agility lessons
• agility seminars
• agility workshops

Learn more about our champion agility dogs, or contact us for more information.

Karen Lau, Principal Instructor

Karen Lau started training dogs when she was 14 years of age but really got started by training pet chickens at an even younger age of 7!

Originally from Singapore in South East Asia, Karen obtained most of her early dog training background by working with German Shepherds & a variety of other working and purebred dogs. This includes her top breed of choice, which is the Staffordshire bull terrier. She also showed, trained and professionally handled German Shepherds while running a professional pet grooming business in Singapore.

With over 30 years of dog training experience, Karen has traveled, trained and competed in obedience, Flyball, Schutzhund and now the remarkable dog sport of Agility, which has gained tremendous world wide popularity over the last 10 years. Karen has trained with many of the top competitors / trainers of the various dog sports she has been involved in and understands what it takes to be a highly successful dog trainer and first class handler.

Dog Training Philosophy

Karen’s motivational dog training philosophy is simply to train consistently, have a lot of fun and to be fair to your dog always. Teaching others to be successful with their agility dog team mates is another accomplishment that Karen takes tremendous pride in.

Awards & Achievements

Karen’s achievements in dog agility include:

• winning the 12 inch class November 2007 USDAA Performance National Standard qualifier in Vancouver, WA USA with Idgie
• placing consistently in the Top 4 in 2008 USDAA Performance National Standard & Performance Speed Jumping tournament events
• winning the 2007 BC Yukon AAC Regional Agility Championship Specials 10 inch class with Idgie
• winning the 16 inch Regular class of the local 2006 USDAA Grand Prix qualifier in Graham, WA USA with her dog Idgie
• Karen and Idgie were members of the 2006 Canadian Agility Small Team again and the Mini Team placed 16th out of 24 countries competing in Basel, Switzerland; Idgie was the only SBT to run clean at this prestigious event

Karen and Idgie represented Canada in the Small Team division and the Canadian team placed 6th out of 23 countries in the 2005 World FCI Mini Team championships that were held in Spain. Karen and Idgie also won the 16 inch Regular class at the 2005 BC / Yukon Regional Championships and the USDAA Sno-King 2005 Masters Versa-Agility award over all dog breeds entered.