Hertfordshire training club urges pandemic pet parents to come to sessions

A non-profit group that helps dog owners train their pets is urging people to come to its sessions as it reopens after the pandemic.

The Willowbrook Dog Training Club, which holds classes on Monday nights at Long Marston village hall in Tring, Hertfordshire, is asking dog owners – particularly those who got their dogs during the pandemic – to get involved in its sessions.

The club meets on a Monday night from 6.15pm until 9.30pm for its puppy, improver, and graduate classes.

The classes, which cost £5 per session to cover the cost of the hall, are run by Rose Kirby, Jill Sage, and Claudine Cox who have made it their mission to provide training to dog owners who don’t have the means to access lessons.

Cox, who has been training dogs for more than 40 years, told The Bucks Herald: “There are people that have bought these dogs during the lockdown, and of course now they’re out of control because they’ve done nothing with them. So we’re happy to do all that.”