“Thoroughly Enjoying Your Teaching Style”

“I must say, we are thoroughly enjoying the Introduction class, your teaching style and your techniques. Keelah and I can hardly wait for Tuesdays! Thank you!”

- Christine Corfe & Keelah

“Has Helped Me to Challenge & Raise Competitiveness”

“I have been training with Karen for about 8 months now. I travel 25 miles one way and cross the border from the US to train with her. For the 4 previous years I trained with my club in the US in a horse facility that has become less maintained and much more distracting over time to my beagle. She was being held back in the beginning classes by the instructors there, as they were only able to focus on her failures and seemingly missed the fact that she did have some brilliant moments and was actually more skilled than many of the dogs in the advanced classes.

Karen took me straight into her advanced class and has helped me to challenge her and raise her level of competitiveness and focus. Duchess is now turning into quite the little agility star! We have more Q’s this year than in our previous 3 years of trialing put together and hope to be in AKC Excellent level Jumpers and Standard by year end and likely get our first MACH points. I also hope to be in Advanced level in all the AAC classes by that time, as we trial less in AAC than we do in AKC at this point.”

- Charity Marlin & Borthwich Duchess Red RE Can/Am TD NAJ

“Someone Who Has a Lot of Experience to Share”

“I just wanted to thank you for class last night. I especially appreciate your clear techniques for teaching both dogs and handlers how to move. I got a lot out of watching the more advanced students work on the cross-in-front excercise. When I started in agility 10 years ago in the Okanagan we were all new to the sport, instructors and students alike. I’m really looking forward to learning all over again with someone who has a lot of experience to share.”

- Christine McPhee & Duffy

“I Look Forward to Every Session”

“Karen has a unique ability to instill a very high technical standard while maintaining a supportive and friendly relationship among her students. Though working in a group environment she takes the necessary time to assess and address the individual needs of each team. This individual attention brings an additional quality to the already enjoyable environment.

As someone new to this sport this balance has made me strive to a level I didn’t think possible in such a short amount of time. Karen truly cares about her students and their dogs. Thanks to Karen this sport has become a major part of my life and I look forward to every upcoming session.”

- Trina & Kenya (a very speedy Chocolate Labrador)

“I Highly Recommend Karen”

“I first approached Karen Lau as a complete beginner in agility about 3 years ago. She worked with me in the training of my first agility dog Rookie, with the result that he qualified and placed 12th for the BC / Yukon Regionals 2007 at under 2 years of age. Since that time, he has gone on to gain many agility titles.

My second agility dog Blaze, has also been training with Karen, and her innovative techniques for teaching handling skills for distance work have resulted in a 15-month-old puppy who already performs at a masters level when gambling or working at a distance. Further, after only a couple months of working with Karen on weave poles, my young dog is extremely fast and reliable, and is consistently and independently able to seek out find even very difficult weave entries on his own.

I highly recommend Karen to all agility enthusiasts; whether you are training as a hobby or planning to compete nationally and internationally, Karen has the dog handling and teaching skills to help you achieve your goals.”

- Eric Coath & Blaze (a very speedy Border Collie)

“Holds Students to a Very High Standard”

“Over the course of my agility training, I have taken classes with many different agility instructors. However, I have found that since training with Karen Lau, my and my dog’s technical skills have improved dramatically.

Karen is a technical instructor, and holds her students to a very high standard. She also seems to have a plan for each training session, with a ‘big picture’ plan to develop our skills in each set of classes to the next level. I would not hesitate to recommend Karen as an agility instructor.”

Elke Starr & Rookie – 7th place BC / Yukon Regionals 26 inch Regular Division