Nancy Gagliardi Little

Dog Trainer, Agility Coach & Obedience Instructor

Local Classes

Nancy teaches at On The Run Canine in Ham Lake, MN.

w

Agility Seminars

Nancy does 6-8 seminars a year in MN and the surrounding area.

Online Classes

Nancy offers online classes through FDSA.

Private Lessons

Nancy teaches at On the Run Canine in Ham Lake, MN.

Latest Blog posts

Differences Training Competition Heeling for Small Dogs

  This topic came up in a question from Amy Cook's small dog webinar at the end of August. Unfortunately, I could not attend the webinar, but I was asked about my opinions later, giving me an excellent opportunity to think about it more. The question was about...

The Challenge of Changing our Emotions

I don't care if you are a "dog trainer" with strong opinions or if you are religious about another topic. Strong feelings that back you into a corner where you can only see one road out will give you countless hours, days, weeks, months, and years of struggle. You are...

The Less Known Agility Start Line Issues

If you've been doing agility long enough, you know how fragile the start line is for many dogs. If you've never had an issue with your dog's start line, consider yourself lucky. In this post, I want to discuss the less-known start line issues - your dog wants to...

What differentiates Nancy as an instructor is her ability to problem solve and tailor her knowledge and instruction to the individual dog.  Regardless of size or personality, she is able to observe the dog (and handler) and set an individualized path to success for each team.  Drawing from her experiences and training, she has helped my dogs make vast improvements in agility, obedience and their general behavior.”

— Jen Grebinoski, Russian Toys and Chihuahuas

Nancy has a great eye for detail while keeping the big picture in mind and it is obvious that she brings a wealth of experience to her teaching. She helped me figure out specific steps to improve my training sessions and the results were obvious. She helped me prioritize what I needed to focus on as I prepare my dog for Open emphasizing building a strong working relationship and joyful attitude. I would gladly take this class over again for the opportunity to work with Nancy.