About
ABOUT MEAGAN SKELTON,
Owner of No Bad Dogs!
Meagan Skelton is a second-generation dog trainer. Meagan showed her first dog at the age of six in conformation. Meagan has been actively competing in agility for 10+ years and is currently competing at the top levels of AKC and USDAA competition with her border collies. In addition to agility Meagan participates in competitive obedience and is very active in herding. Meagan has a positive, motivational, and common sense approach to dog training and has worked with many different breeds of dogs. She believes the training style depends on the dog. She thinks the method to choose is the one that works best with that particular dogs personality and behavior, as well as the ability and desires of the dogs owner. Methods used may include correction and praise or all positive motivation.
In addition to agility Meagan has worked with dog to dog aggression, dog to people aggression, food, toy, territory possession issues, basic obedience and behavior modification.
In addition to her dog pursuits, which take up most of her time, Meagan enjoys traveling, reading and spending time on her sheep farm with her husband.
What Meagan’s students have to say…
I have been taking agility lessons with Meagan ever since she moved to
Salisbury. She is a gifted instructor who tailors lessons and suggestions to
each individual dog and handler, not a “one size fits all” approach. She is
just as generous with her time and knowledge with teams that other
instructors would have given up on as she is with people who aspire to
National Championships. She is very supportive of her students both on and
off the field and never hesitates to help us figure out the best way to run
courses at trials. She has helped me, an overweight, disabled, non-athletic
handler, get the best out of my dogs – to the point where I have earned an
agility championship on one dog and am one qualifying score from an agility
championship on the other dog. I am proud to consider her not just our
instructor but our friend.
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Laurie Graichen
Sky High Belgian Shepherd Dogs, Catawba, SC USA
skyhighbel@comporium.net http://web.comporium.net/~skyhighbel/
Meagan is an astute trainer. I have never presented her with an issue that she did not have at least one solution for. She does not shy away from helping nontraditional breeds. Her guidance helped make Bubba the 8th ranked agility PBGV in the country in 2008 and Sissile the 5th ranked in 2006.
Cass Corliss
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Thank you for making my agility training fun, safe and appropriate for me, a 2-1/2 year old Shih Tzu. I may never be the fastest or even have a bunch of added initials beside my name, and am definitely not considered the usual agility dog breed (“working” dog), but I am having a good and fun life — NOT BORING. My owner and I are closer as a result and during agility I obey — forgetting that I am the pack leader at home. Hey, sometimes I even forget my royal status and obey at home, too.
Meagan, thank you from me (Kobe) and my owner (Jeanne)!!!!
