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Posted
Saturday 31st December 2011, New Years Eve, I
hope that you are suitably refreshed so far after a lovely Christmas
and looking forward to the New Year. In the pipeline is a new obedience
class, aimed at the companion dog...this will include good manners,
walking on a loose lead, retreive and recall and much more and so watch
this space! Sue will be very interested to hear from you if this is
something you would like to do with your dog. sue@sitdogtraining.co.uk
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3rd
November 2011
Urgent!
Dog has died from poisoning in Rossington
If
you walk your dog or know of anyone that does, on the recreation area
commonly known as the duck pond, near Brodsworth Way, please avoid for
the time being. Or keep your dog on a lead.
This
has been reported to the Police.
Google
Map of location
Keep
Safe
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Posted
Wed 27th July 2011, Sad
news! We had to have our dog Cleo PTS while on holiday in Cornwall.
She was twelve. We discovered that she was riddled with cancer after
suddenly becoming very sick, she hid this from us very well and was
chasing rabbits, doing agilty and pleasing us with her tricks right
up tp the last week. She was huge help demonstrating her skills at class
and will be sorely missed by all. Thank you for all that you have taught
me, my wonderful girl. Sweet dreams xxxxx
I
lost a treasured friend today
The little dog who used to lay
Her gentle head upon my knee
And share her silent thoughts with me.
She'll come no longer to my call,
...Retrieve no more her favorite ball
A voice far greater than my own
Has called her to His golden throne.
And though my eyes are filled with tears,
I thank Him for the happy years
He let her spend down here with me,
And for her love and loyalty
xxxx
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Hi
Everyone,
The
end of August is already upon us and most will have had their holidays
and the children will be preparing for their return to school.
For
Sit Dog training, it has been a very busy but exciting year. My Fun
Agility classes are well on their way and everyone is thoroughly enjoying
them, and we do have fun. We have been extremely lucky with good weather
sice starting the classes in April, until the last couple of weeks when
we have had to don our rainwear.
Plans
in the pipeline; I hope to start Pre-agility Puppy and Adolescent classes
on Saturday 18th September 2010, Please pass this information on to
anyone you know who may be planning a new addition to their family or
wish to bring there young doggies along for some formal and fun training
and socialisation. More information to be found on my agility pages;
http://www.sitdogtraining.co.uk/Agility.htm
Lots
have shown an interest in learning Flyball and so I will be investing
in some Flyball equipment in the near future.
In
July I am extremely proud to announce that I was accepted as A Master
Trainer with the Guild of Dog Trainers
I love their motto…Lead by example. Teach that you may learn.
Sometimes
I am asked to help a client re-home their dog. Earlier this year I successfully
helped Lucy to find a forever loving home and now we need your help
to find a home for Badger.
http://www.sitdogtraining.co.uk/news.htm Please forward this email to
anyone you think may be able to offer Badger a forever loving home.
Don’t
forget that I am always happy to give advice and really enjoy hearing
from clients old and new.
I could do with some more recent testimonials for my website. ?
A
huge thank you to every one for your support and encouragement and for
the many organizations, vets, friends, family and clients who have promoted
my services, word of mouth is a wonderful compliment.
Take
care and happy training.
Kindest
Regards
Sue
Fryer 30th August 2010
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Please
help to re-home Badger

Badger
is 6yrs old and we got him from a litter on a farm near Sheffield. He
is fit and healthy, up to date with boosters and has had no medical
problems.
The
trouble is that we have moved house in the last year and we now live
in a farmhouse that has no back door and the entrance door is open and
shut all day long. Badger feels that it is his responsibility to guard
the courtyard outside. If anyone comes to the gate, he dashes out to
bark them away and has recently 'nipped' the back of the legs of two
seperate people who have entered the yard. We have since learnt that
this is a Collie trait and is what they do with sheep, but we are on
edge all the time worried about relatives, friends and tradespeople
visiting us, particularly as the gate is also a shared access.
On
top of this my wife has recently changed to work full time and so has
less time to excercise, play with and watch Badger and we are told Collies
are very intellegent and need a lot of stimulation.
In
hindsight I think we have probably let Badger down by not being sufficiently
in command of him and he would have benefitted from more socialising
with other people and dogs at an early stage.
He
does also tend to bark at and lunge towards other dogs that he is scared
of. This does not happen very often when I walk him, but when my wife
and children walk him I think he feels he has to protect them against
other dogs by barking first.
I
hope I haven't panted too harsh a picture of what is a very loving,
beautiful dog, but if possible we want him to be taken on by the right
people or person who knows how to handle him correctly.
I
would be grateful if you could circulate this information on our behalf
in the hope that someone will want to come and see him.
Thank
you very much,
Anthony
If you can
give Badger the home and attention that he needs please contact Sue
in the first instance and she will forward your details to Anthony. posted
30th August 2010 |
Sue
is extremely proud to announce that she has been accepted as a
member of the Guild of Dog Trainers as Master Dog Trainer.
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Message
from one of my clients on March 29th 2010.
Another poisoning case!
Client: Reason i am emailing is a dog, a 6 month old
springer puppy, has died. he was regularly walked on the footpath along
the river Don from Balby/Hexthorpe towards Sprotbrough and his owner suspects
he has come into contact with something around the horseshoe tunnel and
bridge leading up to the transpenine trail walk. (not sure if you are
familiar with area)
It has been confirmed it was poisoning, not from a plant or anything that
would be normally be found along the path. The transpenine trail walk
is very popular,as it goes through balby,warmsworth, cusworth and sprotbrough
etc. His owners are absolutely devasted and know of 3 other dogs who are
walked up there who have been ill, but are now ok.
my reply: Did you speak to the owner of this dog first
hand? Who have they reported this too? I can put this information on my
website, but need to make sure the info is correct.
Client: yes i have spoken to the owner, the land is the
river authority, not dmbc he said he was reporting it but i don't know
if he did as i have not seen him since, it happened around the 19th March
If anyone is at all worried then please contact your
vet or the River Authority. |
Cross
posted 8th April 2010 WARNING
FOR ALL DOG OWNERS - RE CHILDRENS TOYS FOR DOGS
Last night at agility class, a vet, who is a fellow
agility student was telling us about a case she had this week. The dog
ate a child's teddy bear and was very sick. When she opened the dog up
to remove what she thought was an intesti...nal obstruction she found
a huge gelatin type mess inside and the dogs intestines were black and
the tissue dead. The dog will die no surgery can fix him up there was
no living intestine left from stomach to colon.
This was not an obstruction .... so she called the manufacturer
of the Teddy Bear on a quest to find out what the gel was and what killed
the dog. Turns out the stuffing in children's toys contains ingredients
for flame retardants and mite control! It is designed to be come a gel.
It is highly toxic. Now you would think a child's toy would be safe because
it is for children, but they don't expect a child to eat the stuffing
of the toys... huummmm that seems a bit scary too. But we all know dogs
demolish stuffed toys.
So do not give or buy your dog any children's stuffed
animals... some people get them at goodwill etc. The vet will be posting
a warning and story and I will send any other facts as needed and as I
learn more. Maybe some children's toys do not have this ingredient, but
better to be safe then sorry. So meanwhile, make sure all your dog toys
are for dogs.
Please pass this on... it is a horrible death she described
and one that can be avoided. |
Open
Day Sunday March 21st 2010, Photo Gallery

Sue would like to express a huge thank
you to everyone that attended. The sun shone down on us which was a
blessing as the heavy rain the day before made the ground a little muddy.
Thank goodness Billy's 'A' team were there to tow vehicles out of the
mud. I lost count of how many lovely people and their dogs were there,
a rough count about 40+, I should have made a list. A big thank you
to the support of Adrian & Jane Wilkinson from Trophy
Pet Foods. Also the Scunthorpe Gazette for advertising the Open
Day, although they didn't turn up on the day as promised to do a feature,
and I was wearing my makeup especially too. Thank you to Billy &
Dawn for allowing me to use their wonderful venue at Clampit
Creek. Last but not least for the support and hard labour that my
Hubby John has put in over the weeks, helping me to put up stock fencing
etc. just waiting for the gate now John! My dogs Malic & Cleo who
are both new to Agility were exhausted and slept well, as did we. Posted
22nd March 2010
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10th March
2010 email from client
Lost Dog, Woodlands, Doncaster, South
Yorkshire
My aunty has lost her dog in Woodlands
he escaped from the garden on Sunday 7th March, she rescued him from
hampole kennels only a couple of weeks ago, they called him Oscar but
don't know what he was called prior to this, he is a cross and looks
like a big border terrier but black with a white chest he is about 6
months old.
she has put posters up etc, and rang the dog warden and kennels but
hasn't had any luck
just wondered if you could help or knew of a dog walker in the area
that she could contact?
Please email Sue if found.
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Mr Spittlehouse the vet at Bessacarr
has asked to spread the warning that there is an unidentified infection
going around at the moment which has apparently already claimed the
lives of a couple of dogs, the common denominator is that these dogs
are walked in Sandall Beat Woods and Cantley Park in Doncaster.
If you regularly walk your dogs in these areas then please try to
avoid them for the time being. If you suspect that your dog is unwell
then please check with your vet. If you have any information relating
to this then please email sue@sitdogtraining.co.uk
posted 25th February 2010
One of my clients
has checked with Mr Spittlehouse and the infection takes the form
of Gastro Enteritis, sickness and Diarrhoea and as long as your dog
is up to date with injections, should not be at risk.
posted 26th
February 2010
At the moment we believe the source of it
is coming from contaminated water where some building work has taken
place over it in the last two months..........The ditch that separates
the beat and cantley golf course which leads down pass crowther wood
is quite possibly the main culprit.
Environmental health and the Council does
know about it and my advice is to keep your dogs and other animals
well away from the area until we find out what's causing it and until
we know that the area is safe.
Cross Posted this information from dog owner on facebook
28th February 2010
I had a call from a very nice Man at Environmental
Health today, in response to my call on the 25th February. The investigation
is still on going, and it is a thorough one too, the water has been
tested and nothing has been found up to press. He has also contacted
all the local vets and there have been no more cases reported and
he confirmed that it was just one dog that had died. So please just
continue to be vigilant and take care.
posted 2nd March 2010 |
Welcome Malic.
Aug 2009
I
have just become the proud owner of Malic. He is a three year old Spanish
Catalan Sheepdog. He is a very gentle character who needs to build his
confidence with people but is like a rock with dogs and so he will play
a very important roll as teaching dog along with Cleo.
Paddy d'Espinavessa (Malic)
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LOST
LUCY
Border
Terrier Bitch, Black & Tan
Black
body, tan legs and face. Wearing soft black collar.
Disappeared
chasing a rabbit between Skelbrooke, Robin Hood’s Well and Five
Lane Ends beside the A1 north of Doncaster approx. 9 pm Tuesday evening
10th March 2009
She’s
neutered and chipped
URGENT:
She has epilepsy and needs her pills to control her fits
£250
REWARD FOR SAFE RETURN
Tel:
01302 337084: 07941 413822: 07760 110577 |
Is
your Dog Tagged & Chipped?
An
Incident I had on Monday 9th June 2008, while spending time with my
girls and clients two Jack Russell pups in their back garden after returning
from our social walk, a stray dog turned up at the gate, a huge english
Bull Mastiff.....Duke 1 1/2 yrs.
He was a huge slobbering teddy bear.

Duke's
tale had a happy ending!
After a couple of hours we found his owner..
The important moral to this story, Duke didn't have a disc on his collar,
he was micro-chipped.
But a couple of hours was spent on a hot day by alot of helpful people
including the dog warden.
I also was approached later in the week while walking my dogs, someone
who had lost their beautiful pedigree dog, this time no collar, tag or
chipped!
The Control of Dogs Order 1992 requires that any dog in a public place
must wear a collar tag with the name and address of the owner written
on it. Your telephone number is optional. Even if the dog is micro chipped!
which is also a wise thing to have done.
Had Duke been wearing a tag, we would have been able to contact his owner
immediatley.
Engraved tags are the best, these can be bought at most cobblers, pet
shops and the internet. for just a few pounds.
Don't forget to have one made when away on holiday too.
Not only is there a risk of dogs straying, escaping and just getting disorientated
and lost, dog theft is also big business.
http://www.doglost.co.uk/page.aspx?pg=72
Please Tag & Chip, keep your dog safe!
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Goodbye Lady
Sadly
we lost our Lady, on Easter Monday 2008, she died unexpectedly and suddenly
while we were away in our caravan. She was just beginning her twelfth
year.
She was very special to us and many people, having appeared on stage
in 2005 as Sandy in Annie and has enjoyed competing in Flyball and generally
looking after everyone, she was often mistaken for Pippin the famous
TV dog, and she new it!
I
had just started to teach her heelwork to music and she was loving it.
Could jump back, weave in and out of my legs, roll over, high five,
low five, wave and run along with her front paws on my bottom.
She hadn't been really ill, but was a little under the weather, we put
this down to her age and she was slowing up. I had planned to take her
to the vets that week to get her checked over, but sadly it was too
late. We miss her terribly, she was always close by and if she could
have been in my pocket she would have.
Who
is going to fetch my slippers now, bring the post, after barking at
the postman, who will tell us there is someone at the door?
It
is some comfort to know that we were with her at the end and she didn't
suffer for long. Lady deserved that.
Goodbye
our Lady, we miss you.
Sue,
John, Milly & Cleo
28th March 2008
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Sue
talking to Trax fm presenter Nick Hancock about his dog weeing on his
new carpet.
10th
March 2008
Please
click to pause or play
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When a sudden change in your dogs behaviour occurs, especially when
it is concerning aggressive behaviour, it is advisable to seek the advice
of a qualified veterinary surgeon to rule out any medical problems before
embarking on a behavioural programme.
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