Fair Weather Dog Training Club

Obedience, Agility, Heel Work To Music, Nose/Scent Work, Hoopers

And now a new course: UK Scent Sport

Training and Sport classes for all Pet Dogs in Oxfordshire at

The Fair Weather Dog Training Club

NEW to the Fair Weather DTC:

#Heel Work To Music on Saturday 5th April from 10 - 12pm at Arncott village hall, Arncott

#UK Scent Sport courses once a fortnight on Thursday evenings at Arncott village hall, Arncott

#Mantrialing and Tracking courses based at Westfield Stable in Steeple Aston.

Mantrialing is where the dog looks for a specific missing person (a Misper), (they are not really missing, just hiding from the dog). The dog is given a scent article of the person missing and using it's nose will follow the trail laid down by the Misper. Dogs will be taught to ignore decoy people amongst other things. Once the dog has found the Misper they are rewarded with either a toy, treat or play a game so the dogs learns this sport is a whole lot of fun.

Tracking is where a specific person lays down a track usually in green spaces e.g. fields. The trail layer may drop some articles along the track which the dog learns to indicate on and for the handler to pick up. There is not a person to find at the end of the track, just a reward at the end of the track by the handler.

Please contact Jennie for further information or to book a place: ockcairns@yahoo.com , our FB page: Fair Weather Dog Training Club or phone 01869 322996 to reserve you and your dog a place on any of these courses. Places must be prebooked.

#UK Scent Sport courses.

New to Fair Weather DTC is the UK Scent Sport. This new dog sport has several components: Catnip Retrieve, Kang Search, Trail ID and Scent Match. Each of these components have 5 levels of assessments: Novice, Intermediate, Advanced, Expert and Master.

You can do all four elements or just one, you chose!! https://www.ukscentsport.co.uk/

Jennie is a Level accredited UK Scent Sport Instructor.

Please contact Jennie for further information or to book a place: ockcairns@yahoo.com , our FB page: Fair Weather Dog Training Club or phone 01869 322996 to reserve you and your dog a place on any of these courses. Places must be prebooked.

Agility and Hooper classes are held at Westfield Stables, Steeple Aston every Saturday afternoon. Agility starts at 12pm and Hoopers is at 1:30pm

If you have a reactive dog and would like to try Agility or Hoopers you can, as each dog is worked separately and this venue is totally secure.

Please contact Jennie for further information or to book a place: ockcairns@yahoo.com , our FB page: Fair Weather Dog Training Club or phone 01869 322996 to reserve you and your dog a place on any of these courses. Places must be prebooked.

Jennie, our Instructor is an Approved Agility Club Instructor and Judge, Level 1 UK Agility Instructor and an Approved Level 2 Hooperholics Instructor

The Fair Weather Dog Training Club is open for Obedience every

Thursday evening at Arncott village hall, Arncott for The Royal Kennel Club Good Citizen Dog Scheme: Basic Obedience.

Rally Obedience and Scentwork are run once a fortnight.

* Basic Obedience: start the Royal Kennel Club Good Citizen Dog Scheme, Bronze Award at 6:45pm.
* 7:30pm Rally and Scent work for anyone interested in training their dog in Obedience or Scentwork. These sessions are once a fortnight.

This club has been training dogs for over 20 years and our Instructor is fully qualified to do all the training! Her qualifications are:

Approved Agility Club Instructor and Judge,

Level 1 UK Agility Instructor and Judge

Approved Level 2 Hooperholics Instructor and Judge

Full Member of the Academy Of Dog Training & Behaviour.

UK Scent Sport Instructor.

Please contact Jennie for further information or to book a place: ockcairns@yahoo.com , our FB page: Fair Weather Dog Training Club or phone 01869 322996 to reserve you and your dog a place on any of these courses. Places must be prebooked.

Agility is every Saturday from 12pm at Steeple Aston, Oxon. The 5 week Introduction to Agility course costs £90. You can start when ever you want too but places must be prebooked. Experienced dogs and their handlers are very welcome as are complete beginners.
Hoopers is also every Saturday afternoon 1:30pm at Steeple Aston. The 5 week course costs £90. Complete beginners as well as more experienced handlers and their dogs are very welcome to join us but places must be prebooked.
Scent/Nosework. This is every fortnight at Arncott village hall, Arncott, Bicester, Oxon. From 7:30pm. New and experienced dogs are welcome to join us. We train for UK Scent Sport i.e. Catnip retrieve, Kong scent, Match Scent and Trail ID
Rally Obedience starts at 7:30pm at Arncott village hall.
Heel Work To Music workshops are also held in Arncott village hall. Arncott usually on a weekend. The next one is on Saturday 5th April from 10 - 12pm. Contact Jennie : ockcairns@yahoo.com for the further information.

I am able to help you to train your dog using online Zoom sessions for Obedience and Scent Work using Zoom so there is no need to wait for the next course to start. Zoom means you are able to have one to one training sessions with me, tailored to suit you and your dogs needs. You don't need to wait until your puppy is fully inoculated and can socialise with other dogs as you train at home. You can start their training when ever you want too! So, those of you who have a new puppy, dogs who are beginning to develop bad habits or dogs who are unable to socialise with other dogs for one reason or another, you can start their training NOW in the comfort of your own home!

I will be following the Kennel Club Good Citizen Scheme for all obedience training so that you will soon be on your way for a happy, obedience dog. There are several advantages to online training:

You do not have to get in the car and drive to the venue so saving on your time and petrol.

If your dog doesn't like other dogs, there won't be any for it to worry about and there will no other dogs to distract your dog during training

if you have just got a new puppy you can start training before it is allowed to meet up with other dogs.

As I do not have any overhead costs I am able to offer these course at a reduced price.

The way Zoom works is that once you have signed up to a course and provided you have either use of a computer, smart phone or tablet that has video and a microphone, I will send you an invitation with a link and password to attend the meeting. It is very much like our usual training sessions in that you and I can see, speak, and hear each other, so I can demonstrate various techniques to you and then watch you practicing with your dog and I am able to help when there is a need. These are one to one sessions at a date and time convenient to us both. You can try one Zoom session for £10 which would be for 30 minutes or a short 3 week course lasting for 45 minutes per session for £30.

Places do have to be pre-booked so please contact Jennie email ockcairns@yahoo.com for a Booking form. Payment is due before the course starts.

This is a club where you can make new friends, have fun with your dog and get help to sort out any problems or concerns you might have. Our aim is for you to have a well behaved dog and to teach you responsible dog ownership. We take any size of dog- small, medium or large and any type be it a cross breed or a pedigree. We train for Obedience, Agility, Hoopers and Scenting. This club was set up over 17 years ago by Jennie Fairweather. Jennie has lived with, shown and bred Cairn Terriers for over 40 years and currently lives with two. Not only does she show them, she also trains them in Obedience, Agility, Hoopers, Heel Work to Music (doggy dancing) as well as Tracking (i.e. following a human scent) and to Scent (like the Customs & Excise dogs) . Jennie is a Championship show judge for Cairn Terriers and has exhibited and won at Crufts Dog Show. With her Cairns terriers, Jennie competes in Heel Work to Music, Agility, Scenting, Hoopers and Rally Obedience. She is a Member and Fully Approved Instructor of The Academy of Dog Training and Behaviour, an Agility Club Approved Basic Instructor as well as Level 1 UK Agility Instructor, an Instructor and Judge for ScentWork UK and a Level 2 Hooperholics Instructor. Jennie, with her cairn terrier, Tinker were seen on the BBC2 programme 'The Wonder of Dogs' in September 2012 giving assistance in the making of this documentary. Please go to the news page to look at the photo's.

The Club is a Kennel Club Good Citizen Dog Scheme Listed Club The Kennel Club Good Citizen Award Scheme .

We offer the following training courses for your dog:

Agility - beginners and for competition
Scent work (Scentwork UK) - beginners and up to Levels 6. We now train for The National Nose Work Association
Heel Work To Music (doggie dancing)
Hoopers -beginners and for competition
Puppy Socialisation for dogs less than 6 months old
Basic Obedience for dogs older than 5 months
Mantrialing and Tracking. This is for any dog

Agility and Hoopers:

Agility training classes are held every Saturday afternoon for fun and or competition at Grendon Underwood, nr Bicester. We start at 12pm. We teach your dog how to jump hurdles, weave through poles, jump through a tyre, jump a long jump, go up the A frame, Seasaw and Dog Walk. Please visit the Agility page for further information.

Hoopers: weekly before agility at 12pm. This is for dogs of any age (dogs must be over 5 months old) any size, pedigree or cross breed. Any dog can do this as it is low impact exercise for dogs. Dogs run through hoops, tunnels and around barrels. Please visit the Hoopers page.

Scenting workshops

This is for dogs of any age or size, pedigree or cross breed.

We teach the dogs to find a specific scent. In this case, cloves in a variety of different places.

We hold monthly weekend workshops throughout the year where we teach the dogs to find a specific scent e.g. Cloves, in a variety of different places. these can be on tables and chairs, luggage, various articles such as a watering can, a folding chair, or a scent placed on a vehicle.

For information on dates of the next workshop and cost please either email Jennie or telephone 01869 322996

Heel Work To Music workshops (Trick & Treat).

Teach your dog some basic tricks like, give paw, turn in a circle, beg, weave through your legs, etc and put them to music of your choice and to fit your dog. Dogs must be at least 10 months old to start these workshops.

The workshops are usually held on a weekend.

For further information on dates of the next workshop and cost please either email Jennie or telephone 01869 322996

Why not give a family member or a friend a gift voucher for one of the dog training courses? Please contact Jennie either by e-mail: e-mail Jennie or telephone 01869 322996 for details.

Beginners Agility, 5 week introduction to Agility course from £80 per dog

Obedience courses from £80 per dog

Hoopers courses, 5 week introduction to Hoopers from £80 per dog

Click on the links below to visit other web pages:-

The Academy of Dog Training and Behaviour (ADTB) The Kennel Club Agilitynet

The Hart Vets Scentwork UK

https://hooperholics.weebly.com/

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