What We Do

Oakley Canine Athletics is a functional fitness company focused on the overall health & conditioning of canine athletes.

We are dedicated to teaching ALL levels of dog agility; in conjunction with personalized canine fitness training, to help properly develop canine athletes to reach untapped levels of potential through both fitness & sport.

Our mission: to transform dog agility teams by optimizing the strength, proprioception, balance, & cardiovascular health of each individual canine athlete.

We are locally based out of Saint Matthews, South Carolina; in-person agility coaching takes place outdoors, on our 150’ x 85’ all-weather artificial turf field. Our field is filled with over 40 tons of pure silica sand for the best surface traction & safety of our canine athletes.

Virtually, we currently work with students all across the globe through mobile and online platforms; providing one-to-one agility & canine fitness coaching, virtual seminars, & online self-study courses as well.

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Meet Your Trainer
Laurren Bastian, CCAS CSCC

Certified Canine Athlete SpecialisT

certified Canine Strength & Conditioning coach

Most widely known for being a multi-time dog agility national finalist and champion across multiple organizations of the sport, she is also certified as a canine fitness trainer through two university programs.

Laurren currently shares her life with five amazing dogs: Dublin, Savage, Denali, Maestro & Bantr!

She is a ‘Handling 360’ graduated handler and alumni that has contributed globally recognized material to both the ‘Handling 360’ and ‘Agility Nation’ online handling programs ran by Susan Garrett. Most of her current training philosophy has a strong verbal cue base due to this, but she has also worked with multiple European-based agility coaches in her learning experience; which gives her a firm understanding of body positioning and motion cues as well.
She only uses positive reinforcement for training all of her dogs, as she feels it is especially critical during agility training.

Accomplishments

Since starting to compete, Laurren & her incredible canine athletes have accomplished multiple organizational championship titles in UKI, USDAA, & AKC.
She has placed top 10 in countless divisional regional and National Championships in USDAA and UKI; most notably winning Reserve National Champion at the UKI Canadian Open Championships in 2023!

Major & Recent Accomplishments include:

• 2017 26’’ Triple Crown Winner - Canadian USDAA Regional Championships

• 2018 UKI US Open Speedstakes National Champion

• 2018 UKI US Open Winner-Takes-All Champion

• 2018 UKI US Open Masters Series Reserve Champion

• 2018 UKI US Open Biathlon Reserve Champion

• 2019 UKI US Open Masters Series Reserve Champion

• 2022 UKI NE Classic: Speedstakes Challenge & Speedstakes Finals Champion, Pentathlon Overall Reserve Champion

• 2022 UKI SW Classic: Pentathlon Overall & Masters Series Overall Champion, Biathlon Overall Reserve Champion

• 2022 UKI SE Classic: Biathlon Overall Champion, Masters Series Overall Champion & Pentathlon Overall & Finals Reserve Champion

• 2022 UKI US Open 20’’ Masters Series Reserve II Champion

• 2023 UKI SE Cup 20’’ Biathlon Overall Champion

• 2023 UKI Mountain Madness Festival:

  • 20’’ Masters Series Champion/ 16s” Masters Series Champion

  • 20’’ Biathlon Overall Champion & Reserve Champion

  • 20’’ Overall Festival Champion & Reserve Champion/ 16s” Overall Festival Champion

• 2023 UKI Canadian Open 20’’ Reserve National Champion

• 2023 UKI Canadian Open 16s” Reserve Masters Series Champion

• 2023 UKI Canadian Open 20’’ Reserve II Masters Series Champion

• 2023 UKI West Coast Open 20’’ Steeplechase Finals Reserve Champion

• 2024 UKI Southeast Cup:

  • Blue Ribbon Finals Champion & 16s’’ Reserve Cup Champion

  • 20’’ & 22’’ Overall Cup Champions!!