Welcome to Kennedy Performance Dogs!

Kennedy Performance Dogs is owned and operated by Bridget Kennedy and offers agility, obedience, rally classes, CGC and AKC Trick Dog classes and evaluations.

Bridget has been training and competing in dog sports since 2010 with large and small dogs. Her Chihuahua Rory finished in the top 5 for his breed in AKC 2015, 2016, 2017 and 2018. He has numerous top finishes at AKC Nationals, 7th Place 2017 AKC Agility Invitationals and 4th Place in Finals at 2018 Westminster. 2014 Rory was the 4" National Agility Champion in TDAA at 2 years old.

Bridget has had great success with her Labrador Retriever Grady in multiple dog sports. Grady was 5th place in the Dock Dogs World Championships speed retrieve and was 2nd in the Ultimate Air Games Junior Air Jump. He has been successful in both CPE and AKC agility. Grady had several HIT at CPE Nationals. In 2018, Grady finished in the AKC Top 25 for his breed and qualified for Nationals 2020.

Desmond, another long haired Chihuahua has achieved titles in Agility, Fast CAT, AKC Rally and Obedience with a High in Trial award. He finished 2021, 2022 & 2023 as the #1 Chihuahua in AKC agility! 2022 Desmond came in 4th Place in Finals at AKC Agility Invitationals, and was the first Chihuahua invited to the prestigious AKC Premier Cup in 2023.

The most recent addition to Kennedy Performance Dogs is Nolan, a Labrador Retriever. Nolan earned his Senior Distance Air Dock Diving title, NADD Dock Jumping Senior Title & Senior Air Retrieve Title, and his AKC Excellent Agility titles at 20 months old! He earned his Masters Agility Championship at 2 1/2! He also has an AKC Obedience and Hunt titles as well. 2023 has been an amazing year for Nolan at 3 years old he was #1 Labrador Retriever in AKC Agility, 4th place Westminster finals 24: class, 3rd place AKC Agility Invitationals finals 24" class!!

We have a great outdoor facility in Ocala, FL where we teach obedience, rally, and agility.

About Bridget

I have been involved with dogs and horses my entire life. I find that the cross over of training is quite similar. When I was involved with riding I trained and competed in hunters, jumpers, dressage and eventing. I currently enjoy competing my dogs in Obedience, Rally, Agility, Dock Diving, and Fast Cat. 

I love the process of teaching the dogs and watching them figure things out and putting it together. I teach solid foundations and independence of obstacles with drive. I also teach distance that comes with having such solid foundations. 

I am an AKC Canine Good Citizen (CGC) evaluator, Agility Course Test (ACT) Evaluator, Trick Dog Evaluator, and have an AKC FIT DOG club.

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"Bridget Kennedy is an amazing dog handler, trainer and teacher.  She is an expert in many different dog sports, but my interest in working with her had been mostly agility and some obedience.  Both my dog, Louie, and I have learned much more from Bridget than I ever thought possible.  Her intense interest in animals and her extensive experience training dogs are evident in the way that she is able to problem solve and to provide the exact training experience a dog needs to develop a specific skill.  Bridget is gentle and playful with a dog when she needs to be but demanding when that is what is necessary to bring out the best in dog and handler. I am so grateful that I met Bridget.  With her patient and skillful instruction, Louie and I have learned to work together and to develop agility and obedience skills that bring a great deal of joy into both of our lives."
​- Linda Cook