Headington Dog Training School

Headington Dog Training School

Your obedience trainers are:

Mrs. Joyce Allen, APTD 00170 , who takes the intermediate and advanced classes  

Jennie Fairweather, APDTB, ACABI , who takes the puppy Socialisation and basic obedience classes

Pet dog obedience classes every Monday evening from 6:45 pm at

Headington Parish Hall, Dunstan Road, Headington, Oxford .

Training for the Kennel Club Good Citizen Scheme: Puppy Foundation Assessment , Bronze, Silver and Gold Awards as well as more advanced obedience.

         Puppy Socialisation for dogs aged less than 6 months. Jennie Fairweather, is a member

             of The Academy of Pet Dog Training & Behaviour and an Agility Club Approved Basic Instructor

         Basic Obedience (Bronze Award for dogs older than 5 months). Jennie Fairweather, ADTB, ACABI

         Intermediate and Advanced Obedience. Joyce Allen ADPT 00170. Joyce is a member of the Association of Pet Dog Trainers as well as a Kennel Club Accredited Dog Trainer.             

This Club is Kennel Club Listed

For further information or to book a place on one of the 10 week courses, please telephone 

Jennie on 01869 322996  or email: ockcairns@yahoo.com or Joyce Allen 01865 763511

Headington Dog Training School was started 25 years ago by Tom Smith, Olga Booth and Joyce Allen. Tom retired some years ago and more recently it was felt by Olga and Joyce that after 25 years they both deserved a rest so we now have Jennie to help out with the training. She has taken over some of the obedience classes from both Olga and Joyce. 

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

Headington Dog Training School leaflet

• 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 Puppy Foundation Assessment 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
Jennie will also do one-to-one sessions in your own home. You can either have a single one off session or 5 sessions usually one per week. Each training session lasts for approximately one hour.