Dog Activity Spot

12/01/2025

01/01/2025

Happy New Year to all Dog Activity Spot's members, clients, friends and supporters. Looking forward to continue working with you and your fabulous dogs.
Thursday and Friday group classes will start this week.
Monday group classes and 121 sessions will restart next week.

16/12/2024

EDITED: This event is now fully reserved. Waiting-list is in place. .................................................

TRY treibball (pronounced tribe-ball). A rare opportunity to try this exciting canine activity.

What is treibball? Treibball is a dog activity originated in Germany and invented by the Dutch dog trainer Jan Nijboer for energetic "job-less" herding dogs.

Dogs push large exercise balls into a goal (back to handler), working at a distance from handler. This activity is based on the herding activity of herding-dogs and promotes team-work and distance control and is a low impact activity which provides a great way of physical and mental exercise.

This activity is suitable for dogs of all sizes, ages and breeds and is NOT just for herding breeds. As long as your dog likes to work, DO stuff and learn new things, try TREIBBALL.

What will you learn in this workshop?
- What treibball is about.
- That the ball is not a toy but the driving of the ball is the rewarding behaviour.
- The first steps how to teach an outrun (to a target),
- how to teach to drive (to push the ball),
- how to teach the orientation to handler (not just randomly pushing the ball all over the place).

18/11/2024

HOOPERS classes. Trainings-spots available as follows:

- 1 spot available in group class (max 5 teams), Friday morning 11 am, Hartley Wintney, indoor arena on sand, suitable for dogs able to work in the presence of other dogs in same space without running up to waiting dogs, previous first hoopers or agility experience essential

- 2 spots available in group class (max 4 teams), Thursday evenings 20.15 pm, Hartley Wintney, indoor arena on sand, suitable for beginner dogs, preferrable medium to large dogs from the gundog group, as we have already two younger Lab and Lab-X in that group, who get along well

6 weeks term costs £80, classes are run by Doro Lambert, an experienced hoopers instructor, successful competitor and hoopers judge

If you are interested and would like to discuss availability and suitability, please DM Dog Activity Spot or email [email protected]

06/11/2024

Hoopers trainings-spots available with instructor Doro Lambert.
Thursday evenings, 8.15-9 pm, indoor arena on sand surface, Hartley Wintney area

This is a small trainings-group of no more than 4 dogs/teams. 6 weeks term costs £80. 1 trial session (£14) necessary to assess suitability for the group.

Suitable for beginners as well as dogs with first hoopers experience. Dogs need to be able to work in the presence of unfamiliar dogs and people. This group is unfortunately not suitable for reactive or challenging dogs, due to the set up at that venue.

Group would be perfect for dogs from the gundog breed group, their mixed or dogs who identify as such ;-)

06/10/2024

Thank you so much to everybody, who came to our hoopers workshops yesterday. Huda Gay from Canine Hoopers 4 All and Dorothea Lambert from Dog Activity Spot send their Thank You for attending and super well done to all participants for their great partnerships with their dogs.
We thoroughly enjoyed the day yesterday.

Picture of Loki the BC stretching his legs before a long workshop day with his human Doro.

14/09/2024

Dog Activity Spot is at DBARC fun day tomorrow with a little
"Hoop-stay-lottery" game.
DBARC, RG10 0RR, Fun day open 11am - 4pm.

Pick a colour with a NO on it out of a hat, which gives you the colour of hoop and time in seconds you dog has to stay in that hoop
Most difficult hoop is red, as the furthers away and longest stay is 60 seconds. The easiest combination is Green and 5 seconds.

No, you are not allowed to glue your dog to the ground. ;-)

Give it a go, test your luck and your dog's stays and support a local rescue. I hope I see some of you there.

14/09/2024

As we have got a lot of interest on our previous post, we are going to run 3 workshops now. We will contact all parties whom have expressed interest and made contacted with us already, but will have a waiting-list for cancelled spots, so it is worth contacting us (via DM to Dog Activity Spot) if you like to join us.

28/08/2024

Hoopers with Doro Lambert, 121 sessions available in Badshot Lea

19/08/2024

Are you a hoopers enthusiast? Keep your diaries free. Saturday 5th October 2024. There will be another 2 HOOPERS workshops at The Priory in Frensham organised by Huda Gay. Course handling and running. One workshop aimed at beginner courses and one at advanced courses.
Workshop will be run by Huda Gay from Canine Hoopers 4 All and Dorothea Lambert from Dog Activity Spot

Details will follow shortly.

05/08/2024

121 hoopers slots available at Badshot Lea outdoor venue this week;
tomorrow Tuesday 06/08/2024, 6.15 pm - 6.45 pm
Wednesday 07/08/2024, 9.00-9.30 am or 9.30-10.00 am
Week after:
Tuesday evening, 13/08/2024, 6.15 pm - 6.45 pm
Wednesday, 14/08/2024, 9.30-10.00 am, 11.00 am - 12.00 pm

Please send a DM. £30 for 1/2 h trainings-slot, £25 for DAS members

01/08/2024

Classes cancelled tomorrow (Friday morning) as well, as do not think water had disappeared by then.

01/08/2024

Classes cancelled due to flooding