IABTC Life Skills Dog Training

Saturday Half Days & Some Full Days with Karen Holmes KPA

Drop-in Session 10-12.30 £20.00.

Open to All – new beginners, as well as seasoned regulars or experienced trainers – sessions will be organised to suit the group on the day.

Not Long Enough? - Occasionally, Saturday sessions are extended to full-day sessions – you can still do the half-day or stay for the full day – check with the instructor for details. £20-£40

Too Long? – You can just do the first hour – ideal for those with younger dogs or those just wanting basic life skills. £10 per hour.

NB Although these are drop-in sessions please check with Facebook or Karen if you have not been for a while to make sure it is still on! Book directly with the instructor holmes.karen1@gmail.com or book online here. 

Contact Karen to book your place.  karen.iabtc@gmail.com

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IABTC Master Dog Trainer Awards (MDT)

MDT TUESDAYS – full day 10-4 pm £45.00

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NEW MEMBERS WELCOME FOR 2026​

2026 - January 27, February 24, March 24, April 28, May 26, June 23, July 28, August 25, September 22, October 27, November 24.

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Book directly with Karen - holmes.karen1@gmail.com or Angela White iabtcmobile@gmail.com

Monthly training sessions and extras!! IABTC MDT Awards offer you more choices and a variety of interesting and useful challenges to achieve with your dog. Building on your relationship with the dog and with an emphasis on getting to know and read your dog better. Taking you through basic - advanced control. Lots of imaginative and non-competitive challenges to choose from including life skills and Activities including – Obedience, Rally, Nose-work, Retrieve, Agility, Flyball, Hoopers, Carting, Treibball, HTM, Tricks, Handy hound, and much more.

Ideal for those wanting to make progressive steps to produce a well-trained dog that you can be proud of and is a pleasure to own. 

Sessions are relaxed & friendly. All levels are welcome.

Your Instructors for Life Skills, MDT and Activities: Approved IABTC Advanced & C&T Instructors: Karen Holmes KPA, Di Rhodes and occasionally Angela White

Contact Karen to book your place.  karen.iabtc@gmail.com

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EXTRAS - For regular attendees, additional away-day training sessions are organised. We have had great training days at Cleethorpes, Normanby Hall, Belton Picnic Area and Clumber Park. We also source suitable animals for training your dog to behave well around. 

 

For 2026, we are exploring additional venues to add to our away-day activities.

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Canine Activity Evenings

Tricks, Clicks, Pre-agility, Parkour, and so much more.

Once a week after Easter

Contact Karen to join in the fun.  karen.iabtc@gmail.com

 

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The Return of our 'Canine Activities Camp'

October 24th - 30th 2026.

£300 including camping on site.

Tents, caravans, motorhomes, etc., all welcome.

Easy installations can be arranged.

Plus, local accommodation is available for non-campers.

Tea/coffee will be supplied; bring your own food.

We will organise a few eat-together sessions with takeaways, maybe a barbaque weather permitting.

 

Your Instructors will be Angela White, Karen Holmes, and maybe a few invited guests.

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Arrive to meet up on Saturday afternoon - share an evening of dog chat, communal food/takeaway. 

Camp and walk on our 18-acre grounds, with woodland, a fenced exercise field, and additional walks within easy reach. 

 

Training starts Sunday 25th and runs through to 3 pm Friday 30th.

Over the week, we will cover as many activities as possible - if you have enough energy, you can have a go at everything or pick and choose and take time out. In the evenings, you can relax, join a quiz, enjoy conversation with like-minded people, or just sleep!

 

All activities will start at an introductory level, so no experience is necessary, and we will progress you and your dog based on your levels, ability and wishes. You can have a dabble and see what comes from it - youmay find a new interest, or just have a great few days.

At the beginning of the week, we will develop a timetable based on the group's preferences.

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Activities available include:

• Nosework - choose from tracking, area search, detection, discrimination, and woodland rescue.

• Parkour - using the environment to create interactive walks.

• Hoopers - low-impact control around hoops and barrels

• Agility - starter course with gentle progression 

• Dog Dancing (heelwork to music) - some moves for fun and demo.

• Tricks and Clicks - learn more about Clicker training through teaching tricks

• Media training - use your training to control your dog on a film set.

• Gundog Training (with any breed) - Learn the basics of control and retrieve.

• Rally Obedience - learn to handle your dog while thinking about which way to go!

• Carting - teach your dog to pull a cart (large or small).

• Tribball, Flyball, Long reigning

• Problem Solving - throughout the sessions, as well as extra Q&A sessions.

• Plus, we are open to suggestions... (Let's hope we don't regret saying that!)

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