Yes that’s right – you’ve all made us so jealous of your summer holidays that we’ve finally booked our own! Don’t worry, it’s only for a few days (and let’s be honest, it will probably rain anyway)! Just to remind you – there will be no classes from Tuesday 13th August to Saturday 17th August (Ferals we WILL be back for training on the 18th).

We’ve got some big announcements this month, but before we get to that, we really need to say a big thank you to all of you for being so patient while the weather ruins our fun!! We’re pretty sure we’ve rearranged, refunded or given out coupon codes as needed, but if you’re not sure, please email us!! 

We’ve also seen some amazing work from all of you – with our Feral Flyers Flyball Team absolutely smashing it at their second competition at the beginning of the month and taking home SECOND PLACE! We had a brilliant day in the lanes with you all (and in the gazebo, hiding from the rain) and could not be prouder! We’re really looking forward to our next outing on Bank Holiday Monday! 

Our lovely Hoopers clients wowed us with their progress, with a lot of you smashing your Level awards! We’ve given out so many rosettes this month and nothing makes us happier! You’ve all worked so hard and it really shows! 

Monday night agility has been the most affected by the weather but you guys have been awesome and every single one of you is starting to get the hang of your contacts. 

Helen’s Tuesday trick class has been one of the highlights of our week and is definitely Squidge’s favourite class (do a thing, get some food – what’s not to like!) You’ve all done brilliantly and we can tell you’ve definitely been practicing! 

Before we move on to September, here’s a little reminder of what’s still to come in August. We’re running our Summer pay as you go sessions all month, so there’s still plenty of time to book as well as another taster day on the 24th – come and try Hoopers, Flyball or Agility before commiting to a 6 week course!

Pay as you go Summer Sessions:

Tuesdays 6pm – 7pm Trick Training with Helen
https://HKMDogSports.as.me/TricksSS24

Thursdays 6:30pm – 7:300pm Hoopers
https://HKMDogSports.as.me/HoopersThurSummer24

Fridays 6:30pm – 7:15pm Beginners/Improvers Flyball
https://HKMDogSports.as.me/FlyballBSummer24

Fridays 7:15pm – 8:00pm – Intermediate Flyball
https://HKMDogSports.as.me/FlyballISummer24

Saturdays 9:30 – 10:30 Hoopers
https://HKMDogSports.as.me/HoopersSatSummer24

Other classes:

Taster Day – Saturday 24th August:
Hoopers 10:30am – 11:30am
https://HKMDogSports.as.me/HTasterAug24

Agility 11:45am – 12:45pm
https://HKMDogSports.as.me/ATasterAug24

Flyball 1:30pm – 2:30pm
https://HKMDogSports.as.me/FTasterAug24

Hoopers Fun Clear Round Competition
Wednesday 28th August 7:00pm – 8:00pm
https://HKMDogSports.as.me/HoopersCR2

Summer Wellness Workshops with Carrie-Anne Selwyn
Saturday 31st August 11:00am – 1:00pm
https://HKMDogSports.as.me/SummerFun4

So, September…. we’re so excited to be adding more classes – Holly is back with an Agility for Improvers group class and her 121s are now available to book online and will be held at The Shed! 

We’re also starting a Puppy Life Skills and Sports Foundation group class – this will focus on nurturing a happy, confident, optimistic puppy and over the 6 weeks we’ll be looking at crate training, body handling, co-operative care skills, body awareness, calmness and focus and the beginnings of recall, play and all the other skills they’ll need when they’re old enough to join our sports classes! We’re so excited about this and we can’t wait to meet our future superstars! As with all our classes, please email us for more information at HKMDogsports@gmail.com.

Our other new offering will be our Monthly Coffee Mornings. These will be once a month on the third Thursday from 10:30am and there will also be CAKE! This is literally for EVERYONE – and we really do mean EVERYONE. Each month we’ll have different activities to try with your dog, from sniffy trails, to body awareness, to Hoopers and much more, as well as a weight check, talks on different topics and a good old chat about whatever you like! Karen is unbelievably excited about finally getting this up and running and will be on hand to help with any training and behaviour questions. We also want this to be an opportunity for everyone to meet other local dog lovers and create a supportive, friendly community space. If these initial sessions are popular, we will be adding a specific Senior Dog session, which will concentrate on helping older dogs who may have some mobility issues get out and about and just enjoy themselves! The initial sessions are available to book now but if the Senior Dog Coffee Mornings are of interest, please do email us at HKMDoglife@gmail.com and we can look to introduce them asap! Book our first coffee morning on the 19th of September below:
https://HKMDogSports.as.me/coffeemornings

Our Hoopers, Agility for Beginners, Flyball and Trick Training classes are all back too – with some slight changes to days and times. Our monthly Hoopers Fun Clear Round Competition will be moving to Sundays as of the 22nd of September to make room for a regular weekly class (or two!) and is available to book now (https://HKMDogSports.as.me/HoopersCR2)

From the 9th of September, our regular weekly timetable will be:

Mondays
1:00pm – 2:00pm Hoopers with Carrie-Anne Selwyn 
https://HKMDogSports.as.me/CarrieHSep24

2:00pm – 3:30pm Hoopers 121s with Carrie-Anne Selwyn
https://HKMDogSports.as.me/hoopersCP

6:30pm – 7:30pm Agility for Beginners
https://HKMDogSports.as.me/AgilityMonSep24

Tuesdays:
6:00pm – 7:00pm Puppy Life Skills and Sports Foundations – starts 17th September
https://HKMDogSports.as.me/PuppyLifeSkillsSep24

Wednesdays:
3:00pm – 5:30pm Agility 121s with Holly
https://HKMDogSports.as.me/Agility30 – 30mins
https://HKMDogSports.as.me/Agility – 45mins

5:45pm – 6:45pm Agility Intermediates
https://HKMDogSports.as.me/AgilityWedSep24

7:00pm – 8:00pm Trick Training with Helen
https://HKMDogSports.as.me/TricksSep24

Thursdays:
6:30pm – 7:30pm Hoopers
https://HKMDogSports.as.me/HoopersThursSep24

Fridays:
1:00pm – 4:00pm Hoopers 121 with Karen
https://HKMDogSports.as.me/hoopers12130

6:15pm – 7:00pm Flyball Beginners/Improvers
https://HKMDogSports.as.me/FlyballBSep24

7:00pm – 7:45pm Flyball Intermediates
https://HKMDogSports.as.me/FlyballISep24

Saturdays:
9:30 – 10:30am Hoopers
https://HKMDogSports.as.me/?appointmentType=66730692

Sundays:
Alternate Sundays – Pup Pup Playground! Book this directly through Rik at the Paw Wash (WhatsApp +44 7903 405779) – we’ll definitely be grabbing a space for our dogs after the pop event was a massive success! If you missed out, get in touch with Rik for more information – trust us, your dog will thank you! 

Our Toy and Puzzle Library will have extended opening hours from the 9th of September! Pop down and make your dog’s day with new ways to provide mental enrichment! Details can be found on the HKM Dog Life page or please email us at HKMDoglife@gmail.com for more information. 

Opening hours:
Monday 1pm – 7:30pm
Tuesday 5:45pm – 7:15pm
Wednesday 5:15pm – 8:00pm
Thursday 10:00am – 12:30pm + 6:15pm – 7:45pm
Fridays 1:00pm – 4:00pm + 6:00pm – 7:45pm
Saturdays 9:15am – 10:45am (extending to 12:0pm from October)
Sundays – alternate weeks starting 1st September 10:45am – 1:30pm

Finally, thank you to everyone who filled in our survey and gave us a Google review! The survey is still live and we’d love to hear from you – follow the link below to give us your feedback and if anyone would like to give us a Google review, that would be amazing!

https://forms.gle/yLFfvf7tkymnPUxw6

That’s it for another month – next month we’ll be talking about our upcoming open day (we’re very excited about this), expanding our HKM Dog Training and HKM Dog Life classes, a brand new monthly Scent Workshop and a fun Hoopers course running class, which will start on the 5th of October!

Take care
Holly, Karen and Miche x