Spalding & District Dog Training Club

17/03/2025

50 years ago this month Spalding & District Dog Training Club was formed. Two people in this photo are still active members, can you spot who........?

13/03/2025

Alan & Costa had a fabulous day at Crufts.

06/03/2025

Crufts is free to watch on YouTube Do not give your bank details if asked THIS IS THE OFFICIAL CRUFTS LINK. For your own safety only use this link

https://www.youtube.com/live/ZyQJZ5Njunc?si=emn2FcihFK1lG2Mo

25/02/2025

Congratulations to Alison and Millie on winning the Club Competition Trophy - for gaining the most points throughout the 2024 season.

12/02/2025

If anyone wants an application form, drop a message.

07/02/2025

🧬 Please help our colleagues at Cambridge by sharing this post with your English Springer Spaniel owning friends, to help unravel the genetic causes of epilepsy in the breed!

🐾 Many Border Collies who took part in RVC epilepsy studies over the past few years have already contributed their genetic swabs to the Cambridge (formerly AHT) team who are generating promising results in this breed too.

05/02/2025

Hello

It takes a village to raise a child….

On Saturday 29th March, between 10am and 1pm, in our Kings Lynn practice we will once again be staging an event for young people considering a career in the Veterinary profession. We will be inviting in a maximum of 20 children aged between 8 and 16 who will need to be accompanied by a parent or carer for the duration.

The session is designed to inspire. Grasping carefully the small flicker of a dream that has already been kindled and gently allowing the flame to grow by giving the youngster a chance to meet real life grown up nurses and vets. We will discuss the importance of education and exams - the fact of life route to qualification. We will look at a day in the life of each skill set. We will discuss the good, the bad and the ugly of our job. The kids will get a chance to see our equipment and where appropriate and safe we will let them handle and use some of the kit.

As a business we have always invested in young talent. We employ around 70 people with an average age across our business of 28. Tarn, one of our Vets, first started here as a 15 year old on work experience. Megan was a 14 year old Duke of Edinburgh, once a week visitor and now holds a senior nurse position under our roof. Amy was 16 when she first came through our door, is now a qualified Nurse and mum of two children. Katie was 17 and is now Finance Director, Breeze was 18 and is now HR Director. Jack who attended the last session of this nature that we ran, is now studying to be a Vet down in Bristol. Ciona, assistant Nurse Manager came to us as a 16 year old….

We all have a responsibility to ensure our kids have the best chance - and again, it takes a village to raise a child, we need to pull together.

The event will be booked on a first come basis. Please email me direct - [email protected]. I will confirm your place within 24 hours.

This event features as part of our ‘community’ plan for 2025. Each month we are staging a free event out of our Kings Lynn premises on a Saturday morning. It’s our way of giving back.

We are Vets 1.

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05/02/2025

Don't forget Crufts is FREE to watch on YouTube. If you're asked for money to view on a FB page or website - it's a scam!

ECV Remind everyone-: It is to watch CRUFTS®️ on UTUBE pay if asked.

CRUFTS INTERNATIONAL ENTRY AT ALL TIME HIGH

As entries of the show remain buoyant

Crufts 2025 is set to welcome over 24,000 dogs at the NEC Birmingham from 6-9 March showcasing a wide variety of competitions and displays. The entry this year is over 18,500 dogs participating in breed, agility and obedience championship competitions over the four days of the event.

Over 200 pedigree breeds will compete for the prestigious Best in Show title, which will be awarded live on Channel 4 on the evening of Sunday 9 March in the BP Pulse LIVE arena. This year there will be more TV coverage than ever before, with 19 hours of Crufts action broadcast across Channel 4 and More4.

Crufts continues to maintain its international flavour and this year has attracted more overseas entries than ever before – 3,952 dogs – with ▪️France leading the way with 475 dogs, just ahead of ▪️Germany (407), ▪️Netherlands (376) and ▪️Italy (360). Other countries to attract entries of 150 dogs or more are: ▪️Ireland (327), ▪️Poland (259), ▪️Belgium (213), ▪️Spain (174), ▪️Czech Republic (218) and ▪️Sweden (168).

For the first time, the Polish Hunting Dog will feature in the Discover Dogs area of the show as a newly recognised Kennel Club breed. The Golden Retriever has the largest entry for an individual breed with 509 dogs making 619 entries, an increase of over 80 from last year. The Labrador Retriever follows closely with 485 dogs making 586 entries.

The highest number of dogs in a single breed set to compete in each group are:

▪️Terrier: Staffordshire Bull Terrier – 338
▪️Hound: Whippet – 376
▪️Utility: Dalmatian – 260
▪️Toy: Cavalier King Charles Spaniel – 290
▪️Gundog: Golden Retriever – 509
▪️Working: Bernese Mountain Dog – 159
▪️Pastoral: Border Collie – 300

Additionally, the following breeds have dogs exceeding 250; Cocker Spaniel (418), Flat Coated Retriever (309), Irish Setter (266) and Shetland Sheepdog (257).

Celebrating 75 years of being televised, Channel 4 and More 4 will broadcast over 19 hours* of the event across the show’s four days; the details of times and channels are as follows:

THURSDAY 6 MARCH:

1500-1600 – Channel 4

1830-1930 – More4

1930-2100 – Channel 4

FRIDAY 7 MARCH:

1500-1600 – Channel 4

1830-1930 - More4

1930-2100 – Channel 4

SATURDAY 8 MARCH:

1400-1800 – Channel 4

1830-2100 – Channel 4

SUNDAY 9 MARCH:

1400-1800 – Channel 4

1900-2100 - Channel 4 Crufts 2025: Best in Show live.

(*Please note, times subject to change)


In addition to breed class judging, visitors can enjoy watching some of the world’s finest dogs and handlers in action across a range of disciplines including agility, obedience, heelwork to music, flyball and the popular hoopers display, returning for its second year.

The Obedience Championships for bi***es will be held on Saturday, with dogs competing on Sunday. In Agility, the Intermediate and Large Championships take place on Thursday while the Small and Medium Championships are on the Sunday.

Other highlights in the BP Pulse LIVE arena include The Kennel Club Hero Dog Award, celebrating dogs that provide lifetime service, support, love and devotion, and the final of the nation’s favourite crossbreed competition, Scruffts.

Tom Mather, Crufts Chairman, said: “We are delighted that the show continues to draw a large overseas entry, proving its worldwide appeal.

“Crufts would not be Crufts without our exhibitors. We thank everybody who has entered the show and look forward to welcoming all dogs and their owners who make Crufts such a wonderful event, whether it is those who have been loyally returning year after year, or those who are experiencing the show for the first time.

“Crufts offers something for everyone and the show is set to be a wonderful showcase of our much loved dogs, exciting canine activities and our fantastic and committed community.”

Click here to view a full list of entries in each breed.

For daily and Best in Show tickets, visit the Crufts website.

For details of TV coverage and live streaming from the show visit the how to watch Crufts page.

04/02/2025

Please think before routinely treating for fleas and worms.

The standard practice in the UK is to advise a preventative approach, treating pets every couple of months even if they don’t have fleas.

But flea treatments include powerful insecticides that have been found to leach off pet fur – and the hands of their owners – into waterways. A recent study also found that songbirds are inadvertently killing their young by making nests out of contaminated pet fur.

There is growing concern about the impact these treatments are having on biodiversity. Imidacloprid and fipronil, for example, are powerful insecticides: one monthly flea treatment for a large dog contains enough imidacloprid to kill 25 million bees.

https://www.theguardian.com/science/2025/jan/29/vets-urged-to-cut-back-on-flea-treatments-amid-uk-biodiversity-fears

29/12/2024

26/12/2024

Fabulously dog friendly holiday cottages, with forest walks from the door 🌲

Merry Christmas 🎅🏻
A Christmas offer on full weeks only mid January-end of March.
15% off a full week stay
Ie:- Wolfelee £550 normally
£467.50 offer price
1st come 1st served subject to availability.

04/12/2024

End of term photos 🌲

01/12/2024

Spalding & District Dog Training Club would like to congratulate Alison with Costa & Debbie with Alan on being selected for the Northern Team in the Crufts Inter-regional Obedience competition.

The team consists of 8 dogs from across the "Northern" region. This year 98 dog and handlers took part in the try-outs and the selectors had the unenviable task of whittling them down to the final few. The team then competes against the other regions from the UK.

It's a great achievement for Costa and Alan, as both of the boys are young and in their first season of competing.

14/11/2024

🐾 New dog control measures for South Holland 🐾

Starting early 2025, South Holland District Council will enforce a new Public Spaces Protection Order (PSPO) to address dog fouling and irresponsible dog ownership. This means action can be taken against those who don’t clean up after their dogs or lack the means to do so. 🐶

Key highlights:
🚫 No dogs allowed in enclosed children’s play areas
📍 Notices will be displayed in fouling hotspots
💸 £100 fines for non-compliance

Visit our website for full details on these new measures aimed at creating a cleaner, safer community! 🌐 https://bit.ly/3Z4FenR