Our Instructors
Meet our qualified team of award-winning instructors!
Kris Seiter
Chris Tucci
Chris’ love of agility, dogs and teaching shows in his attention to each student and his ability to bring out his student’s best performances. With his easy-going nature, Chris teaches his students with patience and understanding and stresses the importance of great mechanics.
Chris structures his teaching with clear, straightforward instruction that enable each student to learn at his/her own pace while pushing you to work outside of your comfort zone. He will not let his students get away with mediocre handling & mechanics. Chris teaches with positive reinforcement techniques utilizing a motion based handling system. Chris is able to adapt his training to tailor to individual student needs and physical abilities, which allows everyone to progress at their own pace.
Chris took to the performance sport of dog agility with an expertise in movement. Using the dog’s natural instincts, Chris maximizes his handling skills with clear handling cues that the dog easily understands. Chris credits his wife, Kris Seiter, for his vast accomplishments in the sport as his trainer, coach, mentor and agility partner for the last 10 years.
Chris is a popular instructor and seminar presenter and gives seminars throughout the Unites States and Canada. He is a UKI & USDAA judge and frequently trains with the best agility trainers/handlers in the world.
Chris co-owns Sun Coast Agility with his wife in Naples, Florida and is a partner in Bratty Paws Dog Plex, a 13,000 sf indoor training center in Punta Gorda, Florida.For the past 18 years, Kris has worked with Keeshond and American Eskimo Rescue in some capacity. Whether it be rehabilitating dogs for their future homes, behavior training, or puppy mill rescue. Kris specialized in severely abused dogs and aggression cases. One foster lived with Kris and her husband for 3.5 years to work out his aggression with agility training before he was able to go to his new home. Most of these dogs were considered unadoptable and were pulled from the adoption programs due to their unpredictable behavior. With Kris’ behavior training, she was able give these dogs a second chance at life. Rescue work and animal welfare is a passion as well as a promise to give back to the animals that mean so much in her life.