Training is held on Thursday evenings. In the summer, sessions are outdoors at Amberslade K9 Dog Sprots, Swallowfield Farm, Blackhill Road, Bramshaw, Lyndhurst, Hants SO43 7JJ. During the winter this switches to Crosfield Hall, Broadwater Road, Romsey, SO51 8GL.
For more information, contact details are on the Committee page.
Our Trainers
Sue Gunson
Sue has been competing in obedience and agility for many years. Her aim when training is to create an enjoyable experience for both dog and owner.
Her first obedience dog was a Collie x Newzealand Huntaway called “Widget “ who took Sue on her journey from pre – beginners to C.
Then along came Sue’s dog of a lifetime, a Staffordshire Bull terrier x Standard Poodle “Strudel”. An enormous character who had Sue thinking and living out side the box with her training right through to C.
Next came a Collie x Bearded Collie “ Nettle” a sweet girl who took Sue to the dizzy heights of Ticket.
Her lovely Standard Poodle x Golden Retriever then came on the scene “Tula” looking very like a Poodle this blonde lady progressed to C before sustaining a leg injury which has kept her out of competition since.
Last but not least is Standard Poodle “Kimi” a joy to own, who is a lock down pup so just starting her career in Novice.
David Moxon
David has been involved with dog sports from a youngster. Initially this was in the show ring with a number of breeds which included, Golden Retrievers, Beagles, Flat Coated Retrievers, Minatare Long Haired Dachshunds and Shih Tzu’s.
He has competed at Agility, Heelwork to Music (“HTM”), Rally and Obedience with a Flat Coated Retriever, three Border Collies, a Working Sheepdog and an Australian Shepherd. David has competed at Crufts in the Regional Rally team both with Yogi, his Australian Shepherd, and twice with Boo Boo, his Border Collie, who won Level 6 in 2023 and was part of the winning SE &EA Regional team in that year. Boo Boo also has successfully achieved a Kennel Club Rally Warrant. With Disney, Working Sheepdog, he achieved Agility Warrant and Obedience Warrant as well competing at Championship C class at Obedience. With Disney, he also competed in the main arena at Crufts, on more than one occasions, at HTM and Freestyle HTM.
A great believer that training has to be fun for both handler and the dog. Enjoys the challenges that training can bring.
Sue Garner
Soon after getting married in 1978, Sue and husband Peter purchased their first ever dog Jessie, a Working Sheepdog. Sue took her to training classes run by her breeders, Joy and Eddie Pratt. This was the best possible start for Sue and Jessie, as not only did they understand the breed but were active Obedience judges and had competed for many years. So after attending Bournemouth Open Obedience Show in 1980 to scoreboard the Beginner dog class, Sue was hooked. She started to compete with Jessie in 1981. Since then she had competed regularly up and including Championship C, so far with six working sheepdogs. Sue also judges all levels of obedience, including at Crufts in 2013.
Sue has also been an active Kennel Club representative, 20 years for obedience and now for Rally. The Kennel club adopted Rally in 2013 when the first licensed events were held. Sue competes in and judges Rally. She has successfully competed to level 6 with her working sheepdog Abby, gaining her Level 6 Excellent award. Sue started instructing in 1986, assisting more experienced trainers at Winchester City DTC, and has since run classes for pet, competition obedience and rally. She was delighted to introduce Rally to Winchester City Dog Training Club members.
Lyn Collins
Lyn has always had dogs, and as a youngster volunteered at the Birmingham dogs home, meeting all sorts of dogs that no one wanted which was quite sad at times but very rewarding.
Lyn got the competitive obedience bug when she re-homed a 7 month old black Labrador, Bruno. Since then she has had 6 collies, Jet, Django, Genie, Jagger, Quirky and more recently Flukey. Three of these qualified for Championship C and Genie won a Challenge Certificate in 2014 and consequently competed at Crufts in 2015, where they were 7th. This was Genies second time at Crufts as prior to this was also in the South East & East Anglia team, when she was 2nd in Class A and part of the winning team. Currently works two collies, Quirky and Flukey. Quirky works in Open C and Championship C and has had many wins, including two reserve Challenge Certificates. Flukey has progressed to Open C. Lyn is a qualified obedience judge.
Lyn finds all dogs and handlers are different but enjoys finding ways to train dogs, and get amazing results, knowing a well-trained dog is not only a pleasure to own but also opens the door to many dog sports.
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