Fair Weather Dog Training Club

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

Training classes for all Pet Dogs in Oxfordshire at

The Fair Weather Dog Training Club

**We have relocated our training venue for both Agility and Hoopers to Grendon Underwood every Saturday. Hoopers starts at 12pm, Agility at 1pm. This venue is totally secure and undercover so no more wet dogs**

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 every

Thursday evenings at Arncott village hall, Arncott for Puppy Socialisation at 6:45pm, Basic Obedience at 7:30pm and Rally Obedience at 8:15pm.

All courses are at Arncott village hall, Arncott.

* Puppy: for those full inoculated and less than 5 months old starts at 6:45pm
* Basic Obedience: for dogs aged 6 month and older starts the Kennel Club Good Citizen Dog Scheme, Bronze Award starting at 7:30pm.
* 8:15pm Rally O for anyone interested in training their dog in obedience

Please contact Jennie ockcairns@yahoo.com or phone 01869 322996 to reserve you and your dog a place on any of these courses. Places must be prebooked.

We are still running 10 week Puppy Socialisation course for all puppies from as soon as they can socialise with other dogs to less than 6 months old. All training is based on the Kennel Club Good Citizen Dog Scheme. as this club is listed with the Kennel Club and all training uses positive and kind methods using Clicker training.

The next 10 week course will be starting on TBA at Arncott village hall, Arncott, near Bicester at 7:30pm. The cost is £80 per dog for the whole 10 week course. All dogs over 6 months of age and any breed whether they are a pedigree, cross breed or a 'doodle' are welcome to join us with their owners. Puppies can start as soon as they have finished all their innoculations and can socialise with other dogs.

If you would like further information or to book you and your dog a place on this course then please contact Jennie 01869 322996, by email ockcairns@yahoo.com or through Facebook

All training is based on The Kennel Club Good Citizen Dog Scheme and only uses kind positive methods of training.

If you are getting annoyed by your dog pulling you when you are on a walk, ignoring you when you call them to come back to you, then help is on it's way. The Club will be starting a new 10 week Basic Obedience course where we can help you to teach your dog not to pull on the lead and to come back to you immediately you call them as well as the 'usual' commands you need to have an obedient dog who you will be so proud to take out whether it's on a walk or on a family outing!! This 10 week Basic Obedience course will be starting on TBA at Arncott village hall, Arncott, near Bicester at 7:30pm. The cost is £80 per dog for the whole 10 week course. All dogs over 6 months of age and any breed whether they are a pedigree, cross breed or a 'doodle' are welcome to join us with their owners.

This Club is listed with the Kennel Club Good Citizen Dog Scheme and as such all training is based on this scheme. At the end of the 10 weeks you can take a test if you want too and provided you pass, you and your dog will go home with a Kennel Club certificate as well as a lovely rosette!

Agility is every Saturday from 1pm at Grendon Underwood. The 5 week Introduction to Agility course costs £80. You can start when ever you want too but places must be prebooked. Experienced dogs and their handlers are welcome as are complete beginners!
Hoopers is also every Saturday afternoon 12pm at Grendon Underwood. The 5 week course costs £80. 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 monthly at Arncott village hall. Contact Jennie : ockcairns@yahoo.com for the next 2 hour workshop. at Arncott village hall, Arncott.
Heel Work To Music workshops are also held in Arncott village hall. Arncott, Contact Jennie : ockcairns@yahoo.com for the next 2 hour workshop at Arncott village hall, Arncott.

I am able to help you to train your dog using online Zoom sessions for Obedience and Scent Work. With Zoom there is no need to wait for the next courses 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. We can start their training when ever we 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
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

Agility and Hoopers:

Agility training classes are held every Saturday afternoon for fun and or competition at Grendon Underwood, nr Bicester. We start at 1:00pm on Saturday's. 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 infoprmation.

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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