TOP DOG TRAINING CENTER
OUR TEAM
Morgan Hanson
Morgan Hanson has been involved in dog training and dog sports for nearly two decades. She recently relocated from Columbus, OH to the San Antonio area. Morgan grew up participating in the sport of agility after leaving the equestrian world. Morgan has had a great deal of success at the national level of competition in the United States, being a 16-time national finalist in multiple different agility venues. She has also won and placed at many regional championships and has been extremely successful at the local level as well accumulating over a hundred titles on multiple dogs and multiple championship titles. In addition to agility, Morgan has dabbled in dock diving and herding with her dogs as well. Morgan thoroughly enjoys helping people have fun with their dogs, build their relationship with them, and reach their goals. Morgan has trained with some of the most accomplished agility names in the world over the years and has taken away a variety of different handling and training methods when it comes to agility. At Top Dog, Morgan primarily teaches the Agility classes!
Morgan Hanson National Agility Accomplishment List:
2011 Cynosport World Games Qualifier – Multiple Dogs
2011 Cynosport World Games 5th Place Snooker
2012 North Central Regional PVP Champion
2012 Cynosport World Games Qualifier (with byes - did not attend)
2013 Cynosport World Games Qualifier – Multiple Dogs
2013 Steeplechase Semi-Finalist
2013 UKI US Open Qualifier (with byes - did not attend) – Multiple Dogs
2015 Cynosport World Games Qualifier
2015 Cynosport World Games DAM Team Finalist (3rd Place going into Finals)
2015 Cynosport World Games Steeplechase Semi-Finalist
2015 Cynosport World Games Grand Prix Semi-Finalist
2016 AKC National Agility Championship Qualifier
2016 AKC National Round 2 9th Place out of 393 dogs
Starters Gamblers Dog of The Year (Silver - Title Mania 2016)
5th Place UKI US Open National Jumping 2016
4th Place UKI US Open Challenge Round 2016
2016 US Open Last Chance Masters Heat Jumping 1st Place
2016 US Open Last Chance Masters Heat Agility 1st Place
2016 US Open Last Chance Masters Heat Overall Champion
2016 US Open Masters Heat Final 4th Place
2016 US Open Games Challenge Gamblers 6th Place
2016 US Open Challenge Round 2nd Place
2017 North Central Regional PVP 2nd Place
2017 North Central Regional Biathlon Champion
2017 North Central Regional PGP 3rd Place
2017 North Central Regional PSJ 2nd Place
2017 Cynosport World Games Qualifier
2017 Cynosport World Games 4th Place Gamblers
2017 Cynosport World Games 2nd Place Snooker
2017 Cynosport World Games 6th Place Jumpers
2017 Cynosport World Games Performance Speed Jumping Semi-Finals 2nd Place
2017 Cynosport World Games Performance Grand Prix Semi-Finals 2nd Place
2017 Cynosport World Games Performance Grand Prix Finals 3rd Place
2017 Cynosport World Games Performance Speed Jumping Finals 4th Place
2017 Top Ten Biathlon Standard Dog in USDAA
2018 UKI US Open Speedstakes Finalist
2018 UKI US Open National Championship Rd1 7th Place (24")
2018 UKI US Open Games Finalist (6th overall cumulatively)
2018 UKI US Open Biathlon Finalist
2018 UKI US Open Master Heat Finalist – Multiple Dogs
2018 UKI US Open National Champion Finalist – Multiple Dogs
2018 UKI US Open Speedstakes Semi-Finals 7th Place
2018 UKI US Open Snooker 8th Place
2018 UKI US Open Biathlon Jumping 2nd Place
2018 AKC EOTT Qualifier (at 24") – Attended
2019 AKC National Championship Qualifier
2019 AKC National Championship Premier Sweepstakes 2nd Place
2019 AKC National Championship Standard Round 2nd Place
2019 AKC National Championship Jumpers Round 10th Place
2019 AKC National Championship Hybrid Round 8th Place
2019 AKC National Championship Finalist (Pro was the 2nd seed going into finals & a knocked bar away from winning the National Agility Championship)
2019 UKI Canadian Eastern Spring Cup Overall Speedstakes Winner (Fastest combined ALL heights)
2019 UKI Canadian Eastern Spring Cup Masters Heat Jumpers Winner (Fastest time ALL heights)
2019 UKI Canadian Spring Cup East 2nd Place Masters Heat
2019 Canadian Open Qualifier (with Masters Heat Bye)
2019 Cynosport World Games Steeplechase Semi Finalist – Multiple Dogs
2019 Cynosport World Games Snooker 7th Place
2019 Cynosport World Games Team Finalist (7th Place Overall)
2019 North Central Regional PGP 3rd Place
2019 North Central Regional PSJ 4th Place
2019 Cynosport World Games PSJ Semi Finalist (11th Place)
2019 Cynosport World Games PGP Semi Finalist (9th Place)
2019 Cynosport World Games PSJ Finals Bronze Medalist
2019 Cynosport World Games Grand Prix Finalist
Through 2016 until 2019 my dogs were featured numerous times in Bad Dog Agility’s Power 60 standings, which means they are among the fastest dogs (and most consistent) in the country in their respective jump heights.
Titles earned:
Winning - SG, SSA, AD, NA, IND, NAJ, OA, OAJ, AX, AXJ, MX, SM, ASA, SSN, TM
Pro - NA, NAJ, NF, OA, OAJ, OF, AX, AXJ, XF, MX, MXJ, MJB, MXB, MJS, ASA, SSA, SAM, PD, SPS, AD, AAD, MAD, SPG, TM, TM-Bronze, GM, SAM, SM, RM, JM, ADCh, GCh, MACh, MXP, MJP, MXP2
Bailey - NA, NAJ, NF, OA, OAJ, AX, AXJ, MX, MXJ, MJB, MJS, PD, SPS, SPJ, SPG, TM, TM, TN-N, TN-O, NAC, OAC, EAC, NJC, OJC, NV, OV, NGC, OGC, WV-N, WV-O, TG-N, TG-O
Exact, Shorty, & Zing – NA, NAJ, SG, SJ, TN-N, NJC
Continued Dog Training Related Education:
Trained under Jennifer Crank at IncrediPaws for 10+ years.
Participated in One Mind Dogs camps with notable trainers from Finland.
Online classes with Justine Davenport, Jessica Patterson, and Silvia Trkman.
Have pursued seminars/lessons with numerous other world team members and notable names.
For more information on our Agility classes, see our Agility page HERE
If you are interested in taking any Agility classes or lessons with Morgan, please fill out the form below!