Community Training Centre

01/01/2025

03/12/2024

Final tally is in for the WK9 Winter Festival!

Because of everyone who attended, had Santa photos taken and purchased tickets for the raffle table the Windham County Humane Society and the Franklin County Regional Dog Shelter will EACH be receiving $1,025.00! You raised a total of $2050.00 to help the shelters help our communities! What a bunch of rockstars - Thank You!

Huge thanks to all the individuals, local businesses and vendors who contributed to the raffle. To our WK9 team for all they did from start to finish and in between! To Santa, Mrs Claus and the Grinch who donated their time to this event and to Julia Shaw Training and Morgan Ann Photography for their talent and teamwork in taking the photos.

Wishing you all an amazing holiday season!

01/12/2024

Tomorrow is the big day - please stop by and check out the local crafters and their items for sale, take a chance on some amazing raffle items, so many that we ran out of time to feature them all, have a photo with Santa and support the local animal shelters!
Sunday 12/1 from 10am to 2pm at the Training Centre!

28/11/2024

Happy Thanksgiving 🍂

27/11/2024

Could your best friend 🐶 use a little help with manners or behaviors? Gift certificates for two excellent certified trainers will be up for grabs on the raffle table this Sunday at WK9S's Winter Festival!

27/11/2024

This dog lovers basket, donated by Veronica Wheelock, for Sundays raffle benefitting the area animal shelters is amazing! Placemats, towels, a cookie jar and cookies, an ornament, magnet, tote bag and so much more!
Tickets available at this Sundays raffle 10am to 2pm at the Community Training Centre!

26/11/2024

Gift Cards Galore!

Need treats/toys/food? Multiple cards from One Stop Pet Supply, Tractor Supply and Greenfield Farmers Exchange!

Veterinary Care? A very generous GC from Dr. Browns Office - always a highly desired item!

Date Night? The West End Pub has you covered!

All available on the raffle table benefitting the area animsl shelters on Sunday December 1st from 10am to 2pm. Tickets sold on site $1/ticket or 25 tickets for $20.

25/11/2024

Thank you Beth and Jim Cadran for donating this beautiful Kringle Candle ("Figi" smells amazing! ) and gift card to Greenfield Farmers Cooperative Exchange in Greenfield to the raffle table on Sunday benefitting the animal shelters.
So many great items to win as well as wonderful vendors selling their crafted items!

25/11/2024

A great holiday idea for the bird watchers on your list! This suet feeder is made to last and comes with a variety pack of suit to fill it! Thank you Diane Poirier for this donation to the raffle table for Sundays benefit for the areas animsl shelters!

24/11/2024

Check out these macrame items available on the raffle table next Sunday by local crafter Kim Mauthe of Mauthe's Macrame! If you don't win them don't worry, she will have many amazing items available for sale as well!

23/11/2024

Kyla's Kreations, one of the talented vendors who will be at the WK9 Holiday Festival, has donated these crafty creations to the raffle table benefitting the local animal shelters. Make sure to check out her table for anyone young or young at heart who is on your holiday list!

22/11/2024

If you are a current agility student of Breeze Thru Agility or have been thinking of exploring agility classes as a fun way to connect with your dog you will want to put some tickets in for this gift certificate donated by Elise Paffrath of Breeze Thru Agility. This along with many other prizes will be available to win!

Working K9's Winter Festival and Craft Fair to benefit our area animal shelters. 10am to 2pm raffle tickets will be sold on site.

21/11/2024

Is there a jewelry lover on your holiday list?! Lily's Luxuries has a wide variety of beautiful beadwork! This pair is a raffle item to benefit the animal shelters but she is an on site vendor with plenty of designs available for purchase on December first.

20/11/2024

Not one but TWO beautiful blankets created by the talented Judith Nuno will be on the raffle table Sunday December 1st at WK9's Holiday Festival. One of last years most popular raffle item, you don't want to miss these. Stop by the Community Training Centre from 10am to 2pm to enter to win one of these or one of the many other fantastic items donated by the local community. All proceeds benefit our area animal shelters. There will be multiple local vendors on site as well selling fantastic items that would make great holiday gifts!

19/11/2024

Great event recently hosted at the CTC by Breeze Thru Agility!

19/11/2024

Who is feeling stressed about now - it would probably be a shorter list of who isn't! This gift certificate from local massage therapist Kathryn Einig could certainly help with that and is being raffled off at WK9's winter festival benefitting our local animal shelters on Sunday December 1st! Stop by and see all the great things that you can win while supporting the shelters!

18/11/2024

This fantastic basket of dog toys and chew treats was donated by One Stop Pet Supply in Brattleboro! If you don't have a dog of your own it's a great holiday gift for someone in your life who does! Raffle tickets available at the door on Sunday December 1st!

There will be a donation bin at the winter festival for anyone wishing to donate food, treats, or gift cards to Next Stop Forever a local rescue. All raffle and Santa photo earnings are equally divided between Windham County Humane Society and the Franklin County Regional Dog Shelter🐶

18/11/2024

In two weeks WK9's Winter Festival takes place, including the raffle benefitting the areas animal shelters. Raffle items are donated by participating vendors and the local community. Each day leading up to the festival we will post a raffle item - we hope you see something that you like and we see you on December first 🐶. This beautiful blanket was crafted by the talented Michelle Dwyer!

For photos with Santa and Mrs Claus make sure to text WK9 (413-824-9904) and schedule a time between 10am and 1:45. 🎅🏻🤶🏻