We are a club offering Ringcraft Training to anyone interested in showing dogs and have been established over 70 years. We meet every Wednesday evening at Kingsdon Village Hall from 8pm.

We aim to provide help and advice on all aspects of dog showing in a friendly and sociable environment where you can relax and chat to other doggie folk. Our experienced trainers will advise you on how to make the most of the your dog at a show and for those with youngsters, provide an opportunity for them to socialise with other dogs.

The Club is run by a volunteer committee and we always welcome interest from members who would like to become more involved.

We hold two shows a year. Our annual Open Show in December attracts over 900 dog entries. The show is hold at the Bath & West Showground, Shepton Mallet. Details can be found on this website and advertisements are put annually in the dog papers. Our Limit Show for members is held every June at Keinton Mandeville village hall. This show is much smaller and many of our members come to catch up with friends, bring out new dogs and enjoy themselves.

We hope anyone attending our training or our shows has a positive experience and we are always interested to hear from you with your thoughts on ways we can improve.

Our next Limit Show will take place on Saturday June 23rd 2012 at Keinton Mandeville Village Hall

Schedules are now available by phoning Secretary Jacky Ash on 01460 281528 or go to the SHOW SCHEDULES page and download a copy to your computer.

Our judges for the show are:

Sporting – Patricia Patch

Non-Sporting – Nick Chubb

•  rosettes in all classes
• prize money – Stakes Classes 1st – Reserve place
• Raffle
• Refreshments including home made cakes

Trade stand enquires welcome

Entries close 28th May 2012 so please ring for your schedule soon

We are pleased to announce that our next Open Show will be held on:

DECEMBER 30th 2012 at The Showering Pavilion, Bath & West Showground, Shepton Mallet

The change of date has come about because we lost our slot in January at the venue.  We are very grateful to the Kennel Club for granting us an additional licene for 2012 in order that we could hold our show.

We are now working hard on the Classification and Judges to ensure that we have another successful show.

Schedules will be printed in August and will be sent to all last year’s exhibitors but if you wish to have a schedule, please email our Secretary – Jacky Ash -  hillcloudwesties@btinternet.com

STEWARDS…………Would you like to steward at the show?  If so please contact Jacky

Thank you to everyone who has emailed and completed the questionnaire regarding the training trial.

The comments coming back are very mixed but the general view is that most people prefer a split in training with the table dogs and large dogs being trained separately but there have been plenty of you who would like the times swopped about so that everyone gets a chance of the earlier session.

You have also commented that you would like the dogs to mix a bit too so that all size dogs get the chance to interact.

The Committee have decided that a decision cannot be taken quickly without full discussion so we have called a meeting on 31st May to discuss this fully.

We will continue the trial for the rest of May as originally planned and then let you know, on the website and through email (to those addresses we have) of the plan for June.

If you would like to comment further please email Jacky our Secretary as it is very important to us that we make decisions based on your wishes.

Thanks again for your continued input

Good Citizen Training is starting again – Bronze Award lessons begin Friday 11th May 2.15pm at Kingsdon Village Hall.

Phone Zoe on 01458 252325 or e-mail her at zax@aspencot.co.uk for more details.

A huge thank you to all our judges, stewards and exhibitors who helped make this a lovely day!  More photos to follow, but to be going on with:

Best in Show the Long-haired Dachshund Marshwick Cloudy Morning at Danward owned by B Pankhurst and D Edwards
Reserve Best in Show the Chow Chow Towsushet Phantom of Freway ShCM owned by Mr and Mrs Wine

Best Puppy in Show was the Tibetan Spaniel Chenrezi Solitaire owned by Mr & Mrs G Quest
Reserve Best Puppy in Show the Yorkshire Terrier Cherlem Krakkajak owned by Mr and Mrs B Shirle

Best Veteran in Show the 7 year old American Cocker Spaniel Isadora Amondi (Imp Est) ShCM owned by Mr and Miss Walker