The idea of ACAC started in 1990 when two North Shore Dog Training Club members, Lesley and Ian Gray, became aware of a gap in the agility scene in the Auckland City area.  The nearest clubs active in agility at that time were Manukau in Papakura and Akarana in Mount Albert.

With the blessing of their own club, the Grays sought approval from Manukau and Akarana clubs and once granted started looking for suitable premises.

Negotiations with Auckland City Council resulted in an arrangement to use a side area of Victoria Park in Freemans Bay.  An article, with a photograph of two dogs from the North Shore leaping hurdles was published in a local paper in January 1991 and notices sent to all Auckland NZKC clubs and local vets.  The first training session was Sunday February 13th 1991.

The Grays had their own set of agility gear on a trailer and this was brought to Victoria Park each week, behind a camper van, which was the nearest the group got to having a club room.  In due course this gear became the foundation gear for ACAC.

At the first session there were eleven handlers.  Their enthusiasm was infectious and over the following weeks the numbers grew to around twenty.  After training Lesley provided refreshments from the campervan. After a few months the group decided the next step was to form an official club.  So ACAC came into existence with Steve Manga as its first president, Murry Ruffell as Vice President, Christine Manga as Secretary and Cheryl Meha as Treasurer.  The other members of the committee were Jan Shanks, Steve Meha and Andrew Walker.  The Grays were honorary committee members.

Auckland City Councils plan for Victoria Park development meant the end of agility at that venue, so the club moved to Crossfield park in Glendowie in the autumn on 1991.  Here there was space to store gear, a small room to use as a club room and floodlighting. 

The Grays continued on as the two trainers, and as numbers increased, the little clubroom soon became hopeless for meetings, but useful for cups of tea and coffee. Steve Meha built some excellently constructed obstacles as well as an impressive trailer, more than adequate to take a full set of gear. Winter at Crodd fields presented some real problems because the floodlit area was also used for rugby training and became hopelessly boggy and quite unsuitable for agility.

With ACAC;s continued growth and the necessity for better grounds, the club was on the move again.  After much searching, the club moved to its current home at Waikaraka Park in 1993.