ABOUT US
Tam
Daz
Brillo
Frostie Jed
Mary Ann Nester was born in the USA
and came to Britain in 1972 as a student. In 1997 she set up Aslan Dog
Training
Club, named after her Lurcher and first agility dog. She is
a member of the Association of Pet Dog Trainers as well as a
SAQ® trainer (licence 30800) and accredited trainer in
the DAQ® method
Mary Ann's most successful agility dogs have been miniature poodles. Brillo Pad competed in the Agility Draw Challenge on “National Lottery Live!” winning Mary Ann the privilege of pushing the button that released the evening's lottery balls in front of millions of television viewers. None of her friends had a winning ticket but it was good PR for poodles. In addition, Brillo and Daz have both been finalists at Olympia and Crufts and have competed at international level. Brillo represented Great Britain at the World Agility Championships in Portugal 2001 and Daz in Germany 2002 and France 2003.
In addition to competing with her dogs, Mary Ann accepts a number of agility judging appointments throughout the season and is an official dog measurer for the Kennel Club. Keeping her finger on the pulse of agility, she has been a committee member for The Agility Club of Great Britain for the last three years
When not training her own dogs, Mary Ann writes for a number of agility magazines including "Agility Eye" and "Agility Voice". She has been the regular guest expert on BBC Radio Northampton answering listeners doggie queries and has helped many people solve their training problems by posing as the Agility Auntie at www.agilitynet.co.uk.
Mary Ann's most successful agility dogs have been miniature poodles. Brillo Pad competed in the Agility Draw Challenge on “National Lottery Live!” winning Mary Ann the privilege of pushing the button that released the evening's lottery balls in front of millions of television viewers. None of her friends had a winning ticket but it was good PR for poodles. In addition, Brillo and Daz have both been finalists at Olympia and Crufts and have competed at international level. Brillo represented Great Britain at the World Agility Championships in Portugal 2001 and Daz in Germany 2002 and France 2003.
In addition to competing with her dogs, Mary Ann accepts a number of agility judging appointments throughout the season and is an official dog measurer for the Kennel Club. Keeping her finger on the pulse of agility, she has been a committee member for The Agility Club of Great Britain for the last three years
When not training her own dogs, Mary Ann writes for a number of agility magazines including "Agility Eye" and "Agility Voice". She has been the regular guest expert on BBC Radio Northampton answering listeners doggie queries and has helped many people solve their training problems by posing as the Agility Auntie at www.agilitynet.co.uk.