Bognor Regis & District 
DOG TRAINING CLUB

TRAINING & INSTRUCTORS

 
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COURSE DATES & FEES

Dates for 2023 :

WINTER/SPRING TERM = 4 JANUARY TO 23 MARCH 23

SUMMER TERM - 20 APRIL TO  6 JULY 23.
 

 

Class Fees & Membership:

Main Classes: £48-00 per Term (12 weeks)

Puppy Class: £25 per  term

 

Club Membership (mandatory) £5-00 single or Junior (under 15yrs) £2.00 per year
All fees payable in advance by cash or cheque

                    
The  Bronze class on Thursdays, starting at 7 pm lasting 45 minutes
Silver will start at 7-45 pm to 8-30 and Gold will start at 8-30pm to 9-30.
There will be one Advanced Obedience class on Fridays starting at 9-00pm for anyone that has reached Novice standard. Please contact Dave Vivash  for details
 
 

 

 

Training Instructors

 



Hilary Sykes - The present Club Secretary , a role she has held since 2002, Hilary qualified as a trainer in 2007 and currently has  a Jack Russell x called Daisy and Eli a Border Collie x
  Maureen Fitzgibbons - Maureen has been club Treasurer for over thirty years, and has been the regular Puppy Class trainer  since 1998 she has  attended specialist courses with the Academy of Modern Dog Training. Maureen with her dogs have been involved in both obedience competition and breed showing. With Husband Fred, they currently own a Standard Poodle and one miniature.



  Pam Thompson - Pam has been involved with the club for many years, as a Trainer, committee member from 2000 and Chairman from 2003 until 2012.
  Sue Weller - Sue has been a club member for 38 years and a trainer for almost 30 years. She has  attended specialist courses with the Academy of Modern Dog Training and is also  a  Kennel Club accredited Trainer.  She owns a Bearded collie cross.
  Jacky Saunders - Another of the clubs long standing members, Jacky has an immense amount of experience in Dog training and has attended specialist courses with the Academy of Modern Dog Training. She is also one of the areas most successful Obedience competitors gaining numerous local and national  awards with her Golden Retrievers .

 
 
Pauline Burtenshaw
- Pauline is the Club Chairman and has been with the Club since 1983 and has been a trainer since 1987. She has trained two of her Flat coated Retrievers  from Pre-beginners through to A Class standard. She is also Club Chairman.

 







 

Helen Sargent - Helen has been with the club for many years,  becoming a Committee member in March 2012. She is well known as the Good Citizens co-ordinator.
She started as a trainer as an assistant in 2015, and taking her own class in 2020. Helen has a cross breed called Felix.






David Vivash
- David is a well known Dog Trainer, having been training dogs for over 30 years. He became  a qualified trainer in 1994 as a BAGSD qualified trainer. David has also Judged at Obedience shows through all classes to advanced level and has also trained the same classes. He owns German Shepherds, two of which he has taken to B level and  advanced at exemption shows.

 

 

TRAINING COURSES (Three per Year)

Thursday

Puppy Foundation Class (6-30 pm)   
Bronze (7-00pm)

Silver   (7-45 pm)

Gold   (8-30 pm)
 

Friday (Advance only)

 

 

 

 

Puppy Foundation:    (6.30pm Thursday   evening)
Up to 6 months of age. 

·         Looking after your new puppy
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Socialisation
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Basic Obedience 

Bronze:   (7.00pm  Thursday  evenings)
Teaching dogs walk to heel on lead.    Recalls.    Teaching dogs to sit and down stay in one position.

 Silver:   ( 7-45pm Thursday evenings)
Teaching Heel on Lead.    Heel Free.    Recalls.   Retrieving and staying in a sit and down position for a longer time.

 Gold:  (8-30pm Thursday evenings)
The same lessons as Beginners, but to a higher standard.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 



 

 

 

 
 
 

 
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