Fair Weather Dog Training Club

Welcome to obedience training classes in Oxfordshire

Fair Weather Dog Training Club

Turn your dog from a disobedient, out of control dog in to a happy, balanced and obedient one.

Would you like to have a dog that is a pleasure to live with? Is your dog out of control? We are here to help. We can teach you how to walk your dog on a loose lead, come back when called, etc. using kind, positive reinforcement methods only.

* New obedience courses to start 2nd March at North Oxford Pavilion, Cuttleslow Park, Oxford *

There are 3 training venues: Fair Weather Dog Obedience Club, Arncott village hall, Arncott, Bicester and North Oxford Community Pavilion, Cuttleslow Park, Cuttleslow, Oxon. Headington Dog Training School, Headington Parish Hall, Dunstan Road, Headington, Oxford.

Every Tuesday evening from 7 pm to 9 pm in North Oxford Community Pavilion, Cuttleslow Park, Cuttleslow, Oxford. Classes for Puppies once they are able to socialise with other dogs after their final innoculation and basic obedience 10 week courses for dogs aged greater than 5 months. Please contact Jennie on 01869 322996 to reserve a place on any of the courses as numbers are limited to 10 dogs and handlers per course.

Every Thursday evening from 6:45 pm to 9 pm in Arncott Village Hall, Arncott, near Bicester, Oxfordshire. For Puppies once they are able to socialise with other dogs after their final innoculation and basic obedience for dogs aged greater than 5 months. Please contact Jennie on 01869 322996 to reserve a place on any of the 2 courses as numbers are limited to 10 dogs and handlers per course.

Every Monday evening from 6:45 pm to 9:30 pm in Headington Parish Hall, Dunstan Road, Headington, Oxford, OX3 9BY. This is The Headington Dog Training School. Jennie has taking over some of the obedience training from Olga Booth and Joyce Allen as they feel they need a rest after 25 years! For Puppies once they are able to socialise with other dogs after their final innoculation and basic obedience for dogs aged greater than 5 months. Intermediate obedience for dogs who have passed their Kennel Club Good Citizen Bronze Award. Please contact Jennie on 01869 322996 to reserve a place on any of the courses as numbers are limited to 10 dogs and handlers per course.

Please click on the links below to download a leaflet for further information on the courses.

Arncott and Cuttleslow Park Obedience leaflet. For Headington: Obedience leaflet for Headington

Training consists of socialising your dog with people and dogs, walking on a loose lead, coming to you when called, to be able to sit, lie down and stand when told to, to stay put in the sit, down and stand positions. We teach you Clicker Training which is a very powerful, motivating and kind way to train your dog. We also desensitise the dogs to thunder and fireworks. As the dogs progress we introduce other new things e.g. heel work to music, scent discrimination, send away, retrieve an article, etc. and generally have fun. All courses run for 10 weeks. There are three different classes:

The Puppy Foundation Assessment class. This is for puppies from as soon as they can socialise with other dogs to those aged less than 5 months. We help you to teach your puppy to come when called, socialise with other dogs and people, sit, stand and down positions, walk on a loose lead and basic stay command. There are no tests in this course and at the end of the course and provided the Trainer is sure that your dog has reached the appropriate standard laid down by the Kennel Club, your dog will get a Kennel Club Good Citizen certificate and a rosette.
The Bronze class is for dogs over 5 months of age. In this class we teach basic obedience, how to sit, stand, go down, stay, walk on a loose lead, etc. At the end of the course, dogs are tested by an approved Kennel Club Judge for the Kennel Club Good Citizen Bronze Award.
The Intermediate class for those dogs who have all ready passed the KC Bronze Award. In this class we build up on that learnt in the Bronze class. They learn to walk off the lead, do a 2 minute down stay with 30 seconds out of sight of the handler, how to retrieve, distance control, send away, etc. At the end of the course, dogs are tested for either the Silver or Gold Kennel Club Good Citizen Award.

Home visits
I also do one-to-one sessions in your own home. This consists of 5 sessions usually one per week. Each training session lasts for approximately one hour. The price does include my travel costs within a 5 mile radius of Bicester. Either e-mail me or download the leaflet for further information.

If you need more information about any of the courses please use this link to the Kennel Club, The Kennel Club Good Citizen Award Scheme , download one of the club leaflets from this site, send me an email: e-mail Jennie or phone me on 01869 322996

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