Jenny Harknett, KCAI (Cd.Ob)
Jenny Harknett, KCAI (Cd.Ob) is one of the club instructors. She is a Kennel Club Accredited Instructor in Dog Training and Canine Behaviour. Jenny teaches the Improvers Class on Wednesday evenings at St Mary's Church Hall in Green Street Green, which is open to dogs of all breeds, ages and sizes. This class is for ongoing training after the puppy course, and is also suitable for rehomed/rescue young dogs who need to learn some basic exercises and some new tricks. Jenny has been teaching dog training classes for many years, both for pet obedience and for competitive obedience. Jenny currently owns three dogs, and has been competing successfully in Competitive Obedience for over thirty years, including qualifying for Crufts in 2013 with her collie, Flint, as part of the Southern Team in the Inter-Regional Obedience Event.
Alison Shaw is another of our instructors. Alison teaches on both Tuesday evenings (Competitive Obedience class) and on Wednesday evenings (Puppy Course). Alison also has many years experience in instructing classes and owns a border collie herself, Kali, who she competes successfully with in the higher categories at obedience shows.
Our other regular instructor, and Chairman of our club, is Judy Weight who co-instructs both the Puppy Course and the Improvers Class, and also assists with instructing competitive obedience. Judy has many years experience of teaching dog classes, and has a rescue collie who is in training for general socialisation and for obedience classes. Previous to this, Judy's former collie dogs, Jaz and Bailey, both competed at the top level of obedience.
