Bob Foley has been doing agility for approximately 4 years with his oversized toy poodle Asa. He has a solid foundation in operant conditioning as applied to animal training. Among other things, he has successfully completed two intensive workshops, sometimes referred to as "Chicken Camp 1 and 2", taught by Bob Bailey, who is considered one of the world's most knowledgeable and experienced animal trainers.

Asa appeared on The David Letterman show, in the July 2003 issue of Vanity Fair, and has a role in Tim Burton's movie "Big Fish," which will be released at the end of 2003.

Asa has numerous agility titles and accomplishments. She won the eastern regional and finished third in the finals of the 2002 Purina Incredible Dog Challenge. In the spring of 2003, Asa competed at AKC's invitational tryouts for one of the four small dog spots on the world team, which represented the U.S. in the world championships in France; Asa came in eighth place overall. In the Fall of 2003 at the Cynosport World Games, Asa was one of the few dogs that made it to the finals of both the $10,000 Steeplechase and the Grand Prix World Championship, and took sixth place in the Grand Prix World Championships. Asa also made it to the finals and took eleventh place in the AKC nationals in agility.