Nancy Gagliardi Little (she/her) has been training dogs since the early 1980s, when she put an OTCH on her Novice A dog, a Labrador retriever.
Since then, she has achieved many advanced obedience accomplishments, including 4 AKC OTCH titles and one CKC OTCH), 6 UD titles, 3 UDX titles, a 2009 AKC National Obedience Invitational invite (by winning a regional tournament), and multiple placements in National obedience tournaments.
In agility, Nancy’s dogs have had numerous advanced agility accomplishments, including 5 AKC MACHs, 4 AKC PACHs, 2 USDAA ADCHs, 3 USDAA MADs, qualifying and competing in Cynosports, 10 AKC National Agility Competitions with 5 different dogs – including many individual top 10 placements and running in the AKC Finals.
In herding, Nancy has 3 Herding Championships on her dogs as well as 2 HXBs (advanced B course sheep) titles, 2 HXBd (advanced B course ducks) titles, 3 HXAs (advanced A course sheep) titles, and 3 HXAd (advanced A course ducks) titles.
Nancy is a retired obedience judge, having judged all obedience classes from 1986-2008. She enjoyed judging around the country and had the honor of judging 3 National obedience tournaments in Florida, Kentucky, and North Carolina. She retired from judging to spend more time training her dogs and competing in obedience, herding, and agility.
Nancy’s current dogs are two Border Collies, Lever and his daughter, Pose. She rescued a 9-pound Chihuahua/Poodle mix puppy in 2020. Differ competes in agility and is being trained in obedience. She has taught Nancy a lot about training small dogs and dogs that shut down quickly.
Nancy draws from her experience training and competing in multiple sports, giving her insight into innovative and creative ways of training and handling dogs. She finds that most trainers have no issues training the “big picture,” but they tend to lose sight of some of the little details that cause confusion within the process. She loves working with different challenges to help trainers improve their communication and the relationship with their dogs.
Nancy also teaches online classes, workshops, and webinars with Fenzi Dog Sports Academy.
Nancy’s website is https://nancygagliardilittle.com/, and her blog is https://nancygagliardilittle.com/blog/