Deva, our lead instructor and training coordinator, has been involved in dog sports her entire life. She began competing in agility in 2005 as a Junior handler and by age 12 she was already competing at a national level. Deva has been teaching agility full-time for 9 years using only the most up to date, scientifically based techniques. In addition to agility Deva is incredibly passionate about behavior modification. She loves helping sensitive, fearful, reactive, and aggressive dogs live a happier life with their owners. Deva also started our Junior Handlers programs here at Dog Gone Fun bringing lots of education & joy to children wanting to train their dogs. Deva says “Mentoring the future of our sport & nurturing a child’s love of dogs is the greatest privilege and really honors those who taught me when I was younger.”
Some competition highlights:
Detour:
- PDCH Sliver
- 2010 – 2012 Cynosports attendee
Tommy:
- 2013 -2015 AKC JAC 12” Champion
- 2014-2015 AKC National Agility Championship reserve champion
- 2014-2015 AKC Top PACH dog of the year
- 2016 South Central Regional silver PGP medalist
- 2016 South Central Regional bronze PSJ medalist
- 16 AKC Agility Championships
Tally:
- AKC Agility Grand Champion
- 16 AKC Agility Championships
- 2016 & 2017 AKC National Championship attendee
- 2017 AKC TOP PACH dog of the year
Ruby:
- AKC Agility Champion
Panda:
- USDAA lifetime achievement award Bronze & ADCH Bronze
- 2 UKI International Agility Championships
- 2021 AKC National Championship attendee
Thumper & Guppy:
Deva has two young dogs. Thumper is a 4-year-old GSP competing at the master level and Guppy is a 1-year-old border collie. We are super excited to see what all these teams accomplish!