Dima's blog

You all know that over the past 8 days we have been living a nightmare. Two of our dogs were stolen with the work signed Van on Monday last week and the last one of those dogs returned on Tuesday evening also for a huge sum of money. Police were dormant to put it mildly, and we are happy to have the dogs back even though  no prosecution will follow. This means PLEASE be more vigilant, careful and particular with the way where and how you walk your dogs and drive them back and forth. The lure is too sweet and they will be back. Hope it doesn’t happen to any of you, but there has been 26 dog thefts in London this month alone. 

As our commitment, any missing or stolen dogs are always welcome to be included in our mailing, so if you’re the one in trouble we are here to help. 6,000 addresses will be hearing from you.

Our website is www.goodboydogschool.co.uk

email: dimadogs@hotmail.com 

Attention! Good Boys are going Camping – and you all are invited!

The dates for this year’s residential training course are – 25th July to 31 July 2010.

Sorry for delay in letting you all know about the trip, but we wanted to make sure that all the preparation and bookings are done in time, and we still have plenty of time to get ready! So look into Handfeeding basics if you are a first-timer, and if you are one of our regulars – you know how it works – after all, we have been organising these Camps for 10 years in the UK! So it is a kind of a jubilee for us – I will make sure we have a celebration package prepared for you at the Camp!

So – booking – as before, forms are available from us, via email or in person, Prices – unfortunately we had to slightly adapt to the site rentals, and they are offering less and charging more. So this year’s trip will cost you still a very reasonable figure - £280 for the whole week, including your breakfast, hot and cold drinks, 2 BBQs and all the trips, tuition and support, or £55 if you decide to come for a few days – you will love it however big Camping enthusiast you are! We’ll brief you on what to bring / not to bring to help you have the best time you can imagine, and learn a lot! You know that I discovered a different dog in my ex-rescue hound George when on a Camping trip – we came back best friends! And he’s such a fantastic pet these days – he’s going to be one of our trainers this year!

OK, practicalities – we are camping in Capstone Farm Park, Nr. Gillingham, Kent, ME7 3JG

Your accommodation options are: bring your caravan / motor home / camper free of charge, cars are allowed on site, tents – your choice, but we have a few that you can hire, and finally – local B&B is just across the road (well, after a couple of miles of walk through the woods), but this one does not take dogs. We can look after them on-site for you, but I promise that you won’t want to miss out on all the activities at night at the Camp – so search around for comfort, or start packing your tent!

Food – All arranged 3 times a day – mornings – on-site, lunches – next to the activity planned, evening – BBQ on-site, or in local place of interest. Please note that all our partners are dog loving people, and all places we visit are dog-friendly!

Facilities – the site has hot and cold water showers and toilets within easy reach, big bon-fire space, café on-site and restaurant nearby that we’ll visit, dry Skiing slop (just in case you don’t have enough to do training your dog!?), secluded and very quite field, with tables for your use, marquee to keep us all dry and chilled in case of un-easy weather, gas cooker and Stove for you to use if you want your coffee in anti-social hours (we advise to bring a thermos) and everything else you need to spend a week without any worry. Supermarkets are just about 20 mins drive away, but this is for a tender souls – for the rest – how hard it could be sleeping on a double inflatable bed in a tent big enough to park a car or two with electrics and music whenever you want it, and eat at regular intervals without having to cook or move… Doesn’t sound tough enough, does it? 

And now – the programme. We’ll update you here as we receive further confirmations, but we are going to Horse-ride, Clay pigeon shoot, Swim in a sea, Walk though beautiful countryside, Treasure hunt, Take part in Obedience, Nose work, Heelwork-to-Music, Agility and fly-ball events and competitions, brush up our brains in dog training challenges and quizzes, do sport, and many more, watch this space!

Please register your interest, or consider booking – as every time, for all early bookings there’s a pleasant gift to make your stay with us even more luxurious!

Contact Dima via dimadogs@hotmail.com, or 07957228269. Fax 02089318207

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Doggy boot camp has been booked and is in planning to be even better than last year, with the bookings coming in already! We have five trainers joining in the project with the heelwork-to-music still to be confirmed. The dates are Sunday 25th July – Saturday 31st July. Come for a day or two, or stay the whole week, you will love every second of it! For the party animals, you are welcome to join us from the 24th July as this will be our pre-camp warming up! So far we can confirm that Good Citizen Dog Scheme testing will be going ahead on Wednesday 28th July, obedience by UK top trainer Dorothy Cullum on Thursday 29th July, as well as agility sessions throughout the camp for the whole week, sea side walk and swim, clay pigeon shooting and horse riding, to mention a few! Hand feeding is going to be our main attraction as it has always been but you will see it at an angle that you have never seen before! Many old faces, quite a few new bookings and we are all very excited what the week will hold!

Prices are held low at £280 for the whole week, including your breakfast, hot and cold drinks, 2 BBQs and all the trips, tuition and support, or £55 per day if you decide to come on a daily basis.

Bonfire nightlife will add to the enjoyment of the week and comes completely free of charge!! Dima has promised not to include any exploding garbage as last year!!

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For last year's Doggy Boot Camp including Directions, Map, etc. see: http://goodboydogschool.com/dog-training-boot-camp-2009

 We take a great pride in being invited to the South Mimms RSPCA Annual Dog Show for the 9th time running! Address: RSPCA Southridge Animal Centre at the Packhorse Lane, Ridge

POTTERS BAR
Hertfordshire
EN6 3LZ

This year she show is going to be bigger and even more interesting than ever before (if this is only possible) – come and see it for yourself. The date for it is Sunday 4th July 2010. Do not miss it! Our team is entertaining the crowds once again - many newly rehabilitated ex-rescue and ex-troublesome dogs will be performing for the owners of rescue dogs! Be there! This is the Good Cause event, and charity of our choice!

Eva has raised a few comments in various websites regarding her attitude to work, but I can comfortably say that she has remained strong and supportive, as well as professional, throughout the whole recent ordeal and I will definitely keep her as our permanent employee.

Thank you to all our regular supporters for their encouraging comments and advice. This will ensure we are even better prepared to deal with emergencies and we will be taking many extra precautions to prevent any recurrence of crime involving dog theft. Look out for the forthcoming interviews in many nationwide newspapers and websites. Please feel free to come and see us in action, but please do leave your feedback as we are keen to match the high standard of any dog professionals, even though most of the time we are the ones to set it.

The indoor training school on Thursday evenings is coming to an end for the summer (last class is this Thursday 1st July starting at 7pm). Weather permitting we hope to have an outdoor session ending in an extended walk in Brook Farm Open Space, please come along and join us if you can!

Our new Dog Training Book has now reached Amazon.com
Read more on Dima's website.

DOG DAY AFTERNOON – No inappropriate sniffing please!

SATURDAY 24 April 11am-5pm

GOOD BOY DOG SCHOOL'S Demonstration Times
12 midday and 2pm – Competitions 2.30pm onwards

Free Admission

CABBAGES & FROCKS MARKET
St Marylebone Parish church grounds
(opp. Conran Shop)
Marylebone High Street W1U 5BA

Every Saturday 11-5pm - 0207 794 1636

www.cabbagesandfrocks.co.uk - info@cabbagesandfrocks.co.uk

Back by public demand Cabbages and Frocks lifestyle market in Marylebone village is putting on another special  DOG DAY AFTERNOON.

NEW FOR 2010! GET YOUR DOG IN SHAPE ON THIS SPECIAL DAY AS WE WILL BE KICKING OFF WITH A DOGGY AEROBICS CLASS at 12 midday!  Followed by Demonstrations and audience participation for your pet - Times 12.15 and 2pm

On this special Saturday eagerly awaited for by Marylebone dogs and their friends, lots of things will be on offer.  Competitions begin with Waggy Tail 2.45pm, “A bit of Ruff” for mixed breeds 3pm,lookalike competition  3.15pm, there will also be the best toy boy or girl competition for the miniatures and toy breeds 3.30! And “ain’t misbehaving” new game 3.45, followed by Best in Show 4pm,Fashionista pet of the Day! 4.15 The Good Boy Dog School will be back putting on a display headed by Dima including synchronised obedience and trick sequences which look amazing. See website for times.

For Spring 2010 Holly & Lil will be showing their brand new bespoke Union Jack collars together with their Rainbow Design collars being launched at Cabbages & Frocks. Travel water rovers which are cleverly designed bowls for travelling with your dog will be available from Doggy Things.

Costume jewellery will be on offer for you and your pet. Miss Priss Bone Bakery will be selling dog snacks including “Italian Stallion” a mixture of carob and peanut and a gluten free tuna and vegetable mix! New from Lily’s Kitchen, organic cheese and apple bites. 

Agents will be scouting for TV dog models. 

A fab day for all dog owners and friends to meet, shop and chat while well behaved pooches enjoy a fun filled day. At the very least they will go home with a prize or sporting a new Spring outfit or racy lead! It must be stressed that this is for dogs who have pooped and been scooped in advance! Prizes include: Organic Hamper and Eau de Pooch and of course rosettes. 

Masters and mistresses will be tempted by Argentinian Steak Sandwiches and other food delicacies and some tasteful fashion stalls.

Cabbages & Frocks
www.cabbagesandfrocks.co.uk

Dima Yeremenko’s
Good Boy Dog School
Indoor Thursday Evenings Update:
We are on the move!
New Address:

1st Barnet Scout Hut,
Priory Grove, off Westcombe Drive,
Barnet, Herts.
EN5 2BE

New 6-weeks course starts 15 April

A trained dog is a pleasure to own. Learn how to train your dog so that he wants to work with you. Build a partnership being a gentle leader not a dictator.

Puppy / Starter Dogs Classes - 7:00pm to 8:00pm
Only £45.00 for 6 weeks course!
Improvers (covering KC’s Good Citizen Test)
8:00pm to 9:00pm £45.00 per 6 weeks,
then - £5.00 pay as you go

With warmer weather upon us we’ll practice partly outside the hall as it is situated on the edge of a huge open space with gorgeous walks right at the back of the Barnet Underhill Football Club and has massive car parking right outside.

All classes are designed to be informative & fun and are based on the Kennel Club’s Good Citizen Dog Scheme and cover many individual issues.

All ages, all breeds and types even problem dogs can be accommodated.

Call Dima Yeremenko
020 8931 8207 / 0795 722 8269
Or email: dimadogs@hotmail.com
Website: www.goodboydogschool.com

Please notice that we are not training on the 1st April, and on the 8th we are having a big Dog Games Evening as a farewell party at Grove Road Christian Centre, Grove Road, New Southgate, N11 1LX