Journey Agility Dog Training & Behavior has a fantastic team! Our Tucson dog trainers are instructors, mentors and coaches who will help you on your dog training journey!
Gail Todd
Gail Todd has been an agility competitor for 25 years and an instructor for almost as long. She has enjoyed competing with her herding breeds and her miniature schnauzers throughout the years. Her first agility dog was a shelter rescue that steered her into the world of canine behavior, positive reinforcement, and many seminars. Gail enjoys teaching people how to communicate with their dogs, strengthening the relationship, and building a solid foundation for the sport of agility. She works with teams from FunGility to the Master’s level. Connecting on the dog’s level and perspective is a key component of her lessons. Our animals have much to teach us if we listen.
Marie Gagnon
Katie Cohen
Katie has been passionate about dogs and has been “speaking their language,” since the age of two. She grew up between Durango, Colorado and Tucson. Both of her parents held careers in the veterinary field and are animal lovers. She grew up constantly surrounded by her many childhood pets, foster animals, and client dogs at her parents’ vet clinics. When she was fifteen, she started volunteering at ABC Pet Care Clinic as a kennel tech. She has since stayed in the vet field holding positions as a receptionist, veterinary assistant, and office manager at a few different clinics in town.
Ten years ago, Katie realized her love and talent for dog training through working with her first dog; Lucy, a reactive Great Dane/Heeler mix. Through training her to be less overstimulated and even calm in what would previously have been considered high stress environments, Katie dove into the study of canine behavior and started to switch her focus on helping dogs and their owners communicate with each other and strengthening the relationships between them.
Katie has worked as a trainer at Petco, Top Dog Boarding and Training, and Paws Without Flaws Dog Training. When she’s not training you and your dogs, Katie trains and competes in agility with her two Australian Shepherds, Floyd and Goddard. In her free time; Katie also enjoys hiking, practicing yoga, traveling, and learning new things.