Chesvale Dog Training Club

29/11/2023

As you know, Chesvale is a not for profit club, so we are able to donate to charity from any surplus that we make. We have supported a number of dog rescues over the years and this year we decided to make a Christmas donation of £5,000 to Hope Rescue who are facing a tough Christmas with increased running costs, the crisis of the number of dogs needing rescue spaces, and the fall out from imminent the XL Bully ban. They have chosen to use the funds as a 'match pot' to raise another £5,000 so our donation will end up providing Hope Rescue with £10,000 of much needed funds😃We are always happy to hear from our members about charities they would like the club to support so do let the Committee know.

TODAY IS GIVING TUESDAY

is the global day of giving.

It also sees the start of our Cosy Christmas appeal which aims to give all our rescue dogs a wonderful time this Christmas. 🥰

With your help, we can make the festive period as special as possible for the dogs in our care because every dog deserves Christmas.

Your donations will help to keep our kennels warm and cosy, and help to provide delicious treats and scrummy dinners.

You will also help to keep the dogs healthy and happy whilst they wait for the ultimate gift, their forever home.

Thanks to our wonderful friends at Chesvale Dog Training Club, your donations will be doubled up to the first £5,000 in match funding.

You can make your festive donations in the following ways:

Make a regular or one off donation on our website
👉 www.hoperescue.org.uk/cosy-christmas

Tap the donate button here on Facebook

Call to donate 01443 226659 (9am -5pm)

Text GIVEHOPE to 70490 to donate £10*

OR you can send a cheque, payable to Hope Rescue, to Hope Rescue, Cynllan Lodge, Llanharan, CF72 9NH

*Texts will cost the donation amount plus one standard network rate message, and you’ll be opting into hearing more from us. If you would like to donate but don't wish to hear more from us, please text HOPERESCUENOINFO instead

Thank you ❤

27/11/2023

Last Thursday we 'surprised' everyone in the 7.15pm class onwards with an unexpected Progress Test evening 😁 All dogs and handlers were brilliant and hopefully everyone had fun. Thank you to Judge Laura Wiley, Steward Clare Williams and organiser Gail Nokes. Photo below of the winner and the line up - well done everyone!

02/11/2023

As we have no club this week (2nd November) here's some advice to keep your dogs safe over the firework season. For those whose puppies are experiencing fireworks for the first time, it's best to stay home with them in the evenings, if you can, so you can observe how they react. Chesvale's Advice Sheet is in the comments.

01/11/2023

Just a reminder there are no classes this Thursday (2nd November) as the hall is being used for a production by the Ley Hill Luvvies. Classes are all back to normal on the 9th November.

30/10/2023

As we approach Halloween, just a reminder that it can be an unsettling time for our dogs. If you are expecting Trick or Treaters, perhaps put your dog in another room with plenty of things to keep them occupied so they don't get overexcited by the constant ringing of the doorbell and opening of the door. It also avoids the risk of them running out or jumping up at visitors. Also remember that they can get spooked by people dressed up in strange costumes, strange noises and odd decorations in the house. Finally keep all the sweet treats away from your dogs and eat them yourselves! Happy and Safe Halloween 🎃🎃🎃
(Lovely photo below of three of our club members. Thank you Julia for sending it in)

08/10/2023

Thank you for the lovely flowers Chesvale, certainly cheered me up. Hope to be back soon 🤣🥰

29/09/2023

MACMILLAN COFFEE MORNING IN THE EVENING.
Thank you to everyone who came last night to drink a cuppa and eat cake. We took a fantastic £260.00! Thank you to all who made the wonderful cakes with such a huge selection. I am never surprised by how much cake the Chesvale members can eat! BRILLIANT!

28/09/2023

25/09/2023

Hi Chesvale members and friends.

MACMILLAN COFFEE MORNING IN THE EVENING!

We would like to invite you to a coffee morning in the evening this Thursday 28th September,

Venue: Ley Hill Memorial Hall
Time: 5.00 pm - 9.30 pm
Please come along before or after your class and support this fantastic organisation.
You can bring a cake along or bring a donation to buy a cake to eat or take one home or just drink coffee/tea.
Please bring cash with you if you wish to donate.
You can drop cakes off any time after 4.30 pm.
Looking forward to seeing you and thank you for your support.

Carol xx

21/09/2023

Time for a catch up on member successes.

Sue and Fuddle won their first Ticket at Birmingham show on Saturday and then won their second on Sunday! This means Sue has qualified two dogs to work in the Obedience Championships at Crufts which is a fantastic achievement. The club is very proud to have them as members.

John and Rudi qualified for Intermediate and then won the class in UK Dog Sport.

Laura and Usva won the Intermediate class in Heelwork to Music and now move up to the Advanced class.

Earlier in the month:

Ann and Dart had another win at Agility.

At Great Baddow show, Carol and Goose were 6th in one part of Novice and Clare and Cauli were 6th in another part.

Well done everyone - so great to be sharing so many successes!

07/09/2023

CHESVALE DTC – OPEN SHOW 27TH AUGUST 2023
SHOW MANAGER’S REPORT
70th ANNIVERSARY

Twice every year I sit down to write a report about the show and to be honest they all seem to be the same. Therefore, I am changing the format as follows:

Thank you - Team Chesvale for all your hard work, raking rings, putting up ropes, erecting tents, manning the car park, producing the magnificent lunch and afternoon tea and then clearing everything away after two long days.
Thank you - Judges and stewards for giving up your time to support us.
Thank you - Competitors, entering the show and leaving the venue clean.
Thank you - Yumove for the fantastic prizes.
Thank you - Laura Wiley and Sheila Rodger for manning the training ring.
Extra Special
Thank you - Clare Williams, show secretary. Couldn’t do it without you!

Job done!

Carol Spencer

29/08/2023

Chesvale members have been busy collecting rosettes again:

Sally and Douglas were 5th and Best Member in Novice at Chesvale's show

John and Rudy were 4th in Beginners at Cheltenham and 5th and Best Member in Beginners at Chesvale's show. They were also Best Member in their part of Novice.

Sharon and Ziggi were 5th and Best Member in Pre-Beginners at Chesvale's show.

And because everyone worked so hard to make the show such a success, you all deserve a mention and congratulations. The photo is of some of the amazing Team Chesvale but not everyone.

Well done everyone 🤩🤩🤩

24/08/2023

We really need your help with prizes.. Anything from a bag of dog treats to a scented candle, all are gratefully received. Thankyou in advance.

22/08/2023

More club success at the weekend.

Sue and Giddy won their 6th Ticket of the season at Ditton. A fantastic achievement!

Sue and Fuddle were 5th in their Ticket

Ann and Dart qualified for the UK Agility Finals by winning their Performance Challenge heat.

Congratulations to all of you 👏👏👏

18/08/2023

KC Bronze Good Citizen Test. Thank you Lesley Lee for giving up your time to judge for us
5 entrants and all 5 passed. Congratulations 🎊 👏

18/08/2023

Congratulations 🎊
Nicola and Buddy pass their GOLD Kennel Club Good Citizens Test tonight.

15/08/2023

Catching up on the last couple of weeks' successes:

Sue and Giddy were 3rd in Ticket at Paignton, won the Ticket at Hatchford Brook and won Open C at Solihull.

Sue and Fuddle were 5th in Ticket at Paignton and won Reserve Ticket at Solihull.

Julie and Pippa came 5th in A at Woburn, a class they have only just started competing in.

Ciaran and Murphy passed their Silver Good Citizens Test at Young Kennel Club (YKC) camp.

Well done everyone - great results!

14/08/2023

We are sorry to say that agility has been cancelled for tonight.

02/08/2023

More rosettes to celebrate with our members at Obedience shows over the last two weekends:

Lynne and Skye were 6th in A at North West Kent

Sue and Giddy won C at Witham and were 6th in Ticket at Halstead
Sue and Fuddle won C at Halstead

Laura and Usva were 4th in B at Witham and 3rd in B at Halstead

Carol and Goose were 5th in Novice at Witham and 6th in Novice at Halstead

Clare and Cauli were 3rd in Novice at Halstead

Jane and Summer were 6th in Novice at Witham

Well done everyone! 🤩🤩🤩

31/07/2023

Due to the weather we have decided to cancel agility tonight. Hopefully weather permitting, we’ll see you again next week.

21/07/2023

Just a quick update on recent member successes:

Sue and Giddy won another Ticket at Culverstone Show and Fuddle who has just qualified for Ticket came 6th in the Dog Ticket.

Carol and Goose gained a 4th place in Novice at Coventry Show - Goose's first rosette!

Sue and Brax had a win in Agility putting him now into Grade 2.

Anne and her dogs have had some fantastic success in Hoopers with a number of wins culminating in Dart becoming the 2023 Novice Champion at the UK Hoopers Finals and Ollie finishing 9th overall.

Congratulations to all of you 🤩🥳🤩

04/07/2023

Thank you Chesvale for the lovely flowers, they certainly cheered ne up. Feeling much better now 😁

26/06/2023

Our members have been enjoying some success at shows over the last few weeks:
At Lichfield Sue and clever Giddy won another Ticket and Sue and Fuddle were 2nd in C

At Caterham, Chipstead and Coulsdon Julie and Pippa worked their first Novice after winning out of Beginners and came 4th after a 3 way run off for 2nd place.

At Cheshire Sue and Fuddle worked their first Championship C (Ticket) and came 3rd.

At Billingshurst Laura and Usva were 3rd in B and the next day at South Eastern they won the B class.

Congratulations to all of you 👏👏👏🎖🏆🏅

05/06/2023

Congratulations to this weekend's show superstars:

In Obedience at Petersfield, Sue and Giddy won class C and were third in Ticket.

In Hoopers, Ann and Dart won two classes and Ollie got a fourth place.

Well done 🤩

30/05/2023

More show success from this weekend:

Sue and Fuddle 2nd in C at Exeter
Lynne and Skye 5th in A at Woodman's
John and Rudy 5th in Beginners at Woodman's

Congratulations to you all 👏👏👏

22/05/2023

More news from the shows:

Sue and Fuddle won C on both days at Wirral show the weekend before last, qualifying Fuddle to work in Championship C. Fuddle was also 4th in C on Saturday at Loughborough and won C on the Sunday. Giddy won C on the Saturday. Congratulations to Sue who now has two dogs in Ticket - an amazing achievement.

At Warlingham on Saturday:

Judith and Merlin came 4th in Novice
Laura and Usva were 3rd in the ABC class (Anything But Collie) and
Clare and Cauli were 4th in the same class.

Elsewhere Ann and Dart won 2 Hoopers classes.

Well done everyone!

10/05/2023

Chesvale members were out in force at our Obedience show this weekend. Congratulations go to:

Ann and Dart - Best Member in Pre-Beginners and Judge's Special in Beginners
John and Rudi - 2nd and Best Member in Beginners
Alicia and Toddy - 2nd in KC GCDS Special Pre-Beginners
Janet and Kasper - 4th in KC GCDS Special Pre-Beginners
Laura and Usva - 5th in B Pt 2 (as well as running the training ring all day!)
Judith and Merlin - 6th in Novice Pt 2 and Best Member
Kerry and Jasper - Best Member Novice Pt 3
Jo and Ben - Best Member Novice Pt 4

Also congratulations to Sue and 'Queen' Giddy who won their second Ticket of the season at Rugby Championship Show.

09/05/2023

CHESVALE DOG TRAINING CLUB
OPEN SHOW SUNDAY 7th MAY 2023

The Chesvale Committee were adamant in making this show special as it is the Clubs 70th Anniversary. Therefore, everyone on arrival were presented with a pen and our judges and stewards were given gifts to mark how special this year is for the club. It was interesting that a few of the competitors were still using their pens from our 60th anniversary!

The Team arrived on Saturday afternoon in pouring rain, armed with grass blowers and mowers to ensure all the rings were clear of any lose grass clippings, setting up the rings and club house. They all turned up early on Sunday morning to assist with ‘tent erection’ and generally working like little beavers all day to make such a wonderful day for everyone. Not only our members but also husbands mucked in with whatever needed doing and then staying to clear away at the end of the day. How lucky we were with the weather on show day, slightly misty in the morning but beautiful sunshine appeared later.

With twelve rings we were fortunate that we only had to find 2 stewards and I would like to thank Maggie Moran and Chris Skelly for giving up the opportunity to work their dogs to fill these positions. I had to find 6 people who could do sums and colouring in for the scoreboards and Chesvale members and friends of the club stepped in to cover these jobs, even though some had never done it before and then doing decoy steward duties!

We were incredibly lucky to have two sponsors for the show this year. JR Pet Product generously supplied prizes for 1st, 2nd, and 3rd places in each class. YuMove sponsored our beautiful rosettes, prize cards for all twelve classes and donated product subscription for the first three places in each class. So, an enormous thank you to JR Pet Products and YuMove for their support and generous donation, this makes an enormous difference to the show.

We had two training rings, one manned by Laura Wiley and the second a self-help or ‘bring a friend’ ring. Sheila Rodger was in control of the list of people waiting to have a go as well as the money. They worked so hard all-day helping people practice and raised £135.40. Laura also managed to get a 5th place in B in between helping everyone! I know everyone appreciates the opportunity to train in a show environment under an experienced handler, so many thanks go to the team for their time and support. The tombola was run by our Vice-President, Maggie Petit and made a fantastic £135.00. This means that £271.00 will be going to the British Heart Foundation.

Chesvale catering is well known for being fantastic, but Gail Nokes, Pauline Finn, Lynne Weston, Julie Green and Stephanie Mayne went to a new level with super decorations in the club colours of blue, gold and white balloons which were weighted with silver covered dumbbells! The food did not disappoint, and the desserts were superb. Jo Dyas and Sally Partridge took over for the afternoon tea and beautiful home-made cakes with a centrepiece special 70th Anniversary celebration cake made by Julie Green. Many of the judges also took away cake for their journey home! Our new competitor caterers (Debs) were great, it was their first dog show and will be back again next year, great food at reasonable prices.

I cannot thank all our members individually in this post as there were over 30 of them! However, I must mention Clare Williams, our Show Secretary, without whom the show could not operate. The rest of our members know how grateful I am for their help and support.

Finally, to all the competitors who attended - we hope you had an enjoyable day and thank you for all the lovely comments and expressions of thanks for putting on a show. A little thanks goes a long way.

Our next show is on Sunday 27th August, pre-beginner, beginner and novice only, so look out for the schedule which will be available shortly. Also put next year’s May show date in your diary, Sunday 5th May 2024.

CAROL SPENCER
Show Manager

08/05/2023

Chesvale DTC photos of all the line ups and winners .. enjoy.

08/05/2023

Chesvale DTC are celebrating their 70th anniversary this year. The Chesvale ladies certainly put in extra effort with the lunch, afternoon cakes and decorations for the judges, stewards and helpers at our open obedience show yeaterday. What a fantastic Team and such a great asset to the club. Thank you all 🥰

06/05/2023

CHESVALE SHOW
We're all set up (in the pouring rain) and looking forward to seeing you tomorrow, we've got some amazing prizes from JR Products and Yumove!
We have a fantastic new competitor caterer so please make good use of them! We have our usual tombola and of course a training ring. All proceeds from the tombola and training ring will be going to British Heart Foundation. We have a trade stand selling lovely doggie treats too. If you want to come just to use the training ring, remember to bring a NFC form to the secretary or register when you arrive. Weather looks good for tomorrow - hooray!!!

02/05/2023

Superstars Sue and Giddy won their first Championship C class of the season at Leicester show on Monday, securing their ticket to compete at Crufts in 2024. A fantastic achievement.

Not to be outdone, Fuddle won his C class with Sue on Saturday at Diss and Harlesden show.

Quite a weekend! Congratulations 🥳🥳🥳

24/04/2023

Oxhey BAGSD on Saturday was the first show of the season for most members. Congratulations go to:
* Julie and Pippa for winning Beginners which means they have now won out of that class.
* Sharon and Ziggy who were second in Beginners and 3rd in Pre-Beginners.
* John and Rudy who were 4th in the Special GSD Class.
* Jane and Summer who were 6th in Novice.

Also Sue and Brax won Grade 1 Agility on Sunday.

Well done everyone!

16/04/2023

Gold Good Citizens Test day! Thank you to Lesley Lee for giving up her day to judge for us. 14 took the test and 14 passed with flying colours! Congratulations and I'm so proud of you all. 👏🥰🎊🎉✨️

03/04/2023

**WARNING images of injuries**
One of the things we advise handlers is not to wrap their lead around their hands or wrists. Here's a story that evidences why we say this, but be careful scrolling down if you can't look at photos of injuries.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-48382570?fbclid=IwAR38i_kLCvCLueNTs9WY8parovmh-woUSZAZWlNjl_ODbPJ56a2M4W1lJZw

A Cornwall dog owner had the skin torn off her middle finger by a lead wound tightly round her hand.

29/03/2023

So sad to have lost Paul O'Grady, a much loved presenter, comedian and all round animal welfare advocate. He had a genuine love of dogs and was an ambassador for Battersea Dogs and Cats Home and StreetVet. He never missed an opportunity to support and promote rescue dogs and also took a few home!

Chesvale sends their condolences to his family and close friends, both two and four legged.