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| Barnaby's friends in the Up N Over Puppy Class. |
I guess I had better be honest and admit that it was probably Barnaby's physical size that finally prompted his tutors to allow him to leave the Puppy Class, despite not having mastered some of the basic behavioural patterns expected of him. Over the past few weeks he has watched his puppy friends moving on to the next class one by one to take their Kennel Club Good Citizen Awards - Bronze, Silver and Gold. He is now growing at such a rate that he has become far too large to play with some of the little ones, much as he would like to. So despite his exuberance it seems he is now on his way to obtaining some Kennel Club certificates.
The classes take place every Sunday morning on a disused airfield at the lovely little Oxfordshire village of Upper Heyford. The Up N Over Club was founded in 2000 and has been going from strength to strength ever since.
As well as running basic classes there's also a fun agility course at the end of the day that all the dogs are allowed to take part in once they are old enough. (Barnaby will have to wait until September 29 the date of his first birthday). When he does begin agility just watch this space because not only is he going to love it, he is going to be a real champion - of that I am sure!
Up N Over is a non profit making club, with any surplus funds going to Dog Rescue. It's the club where my beloved Pythius-Peacocke trained. He loved it, just as Barnaby loves it now.
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