Pretoria Shepherd Dog Club Newsletter
Pondering the year that for all intents and purposes seemed to simply fly by, I cannot believe all that has come and gone since the first quarter when I last managed to carve out time to write a club newsletter. I do apologize for the failing on my side to keep up with the newsletters. […]
FIRST QUARTER NEWSLETTER 2022 The first quarter of 2022 was jam packed with light-hearted celebrations along the way because sometimes its just worth it to be playfully whimsical and take every opportunity presented to have some fun. So, we celebrated Valentine’s Day with cupcakes and doggie treats and set the training fields alight all […]
NEWSLETTER – NOVEMBER & DECEMBER 2021 It’s been one of the rainiest summers that I can remember in a long time and one of our November classes fell prey to heavy rains and so did our Jumping Competition scheduled for 27 November! The long-anticipated event was moved to 04 December 2021 instead with everyone holding […]
NEWSLETTER – SEPTEMBER & OCTOBER 2021 The first spring rains have been glorious and once again things are looking lush and full of life. We have had to dust the cobwebs off our summer shells to fill them with cooling water for all the dogs once again. Some of the rains have also already caused […]
NEWSLETTER – AUGUST 2021 As the sun tantalizes us with its warmer rays and we enter the beginnings of a fresh season, its wonderful to look back and see all that has happened in August after a month was lost in July due to enforced harder lockdowns. August opened with a bang, bursting at the […]
NEWSLETTER – MAY AND JUNE 2021 As everyone knows, the club has closed for the month of July due to the high Covid-19 rate. We know how you and your doggies are going to miss your weekly outdoor session but continue training daily and surprise us in August with well-trained dogs!!! Interesting training lessons […]
NEWSLETTER – APRIL 2021 A warm welcome to all our members! We hope you will enjoy the training sessions and programs offered by our trainers. IF If I greeted everyone happily Instead of eyeing with distrust If I didn’t pass judgement But accepted all If I listened intently With understanding in my […]
“And the people stayed home. And read books and listened, and rested, and exercised, and made art, and played games, and learned new ways of being, and were still. And listened more deeply. Some meditated, some prayed, some danced. Some met their shadows. And the people began to think differently. And the people healed. And, […]
Welcome to our new members who joined us in November. We hope you will enjoy the training sessions and programs offered by our trainers! Our club opens for training on Saturday, 9th January 2021, at 2pm. Gates open at 1.30 pm. CLUB ACTIVITY November seemed like a whirlwind month – so much happened: […]
Welcome to our new members who joined us in October! We hope you will enjoy the training sessions and programs offered by our trainers! CLUB ACTIVITY Since 2013 the club has ended its season off with a dog jumping competition. This year, mainly due to COVID-19, the trainers have decided not to hold the competition, […]
Welcome to our new members who joined us in September! We hope you will enjoy your training with us! CLUB ACTIVITY The original red-brick braai area was built in the 80’s and was forgotten about when a more modern braai was built near the clubhouse. All our prize-giving events were held under the trees close […]
Welcome to our new members who joined us in August! We hope you will enjoy your training with us! CLUB ACTIVITY Our club has been a hive of activity! The trainers have given up their time to make training an enjoyable experience, but I must say, the Puppy Club has been explosive!!! Juan’Ri and Sam […]
Welcome to our new members who joined us on Saturday! We hope you will enjoy your training with us! CLUB ACTIVITY To our absolute delight during Level 3 we were still able to remain open for training. Social distancing was maintained, naturally, because an average distance between each handler and dog is about 2 meters. […]
Welcome to our new members who joined us on Saturday! We hope you will enjoy your training with us! CLUB ACTIVITY Our world came crashing down on 26th March 2020 when we were ordered into a 3-week lockdown due to the Covid-19 coronavirus pandemic. We anxiously awaited permission to put our noses outside our yards, […]
NEWSLETTER – FEBRUARY 2020 Welcome to our new members who joined us on Saturday! We hope you will enjoy your training with us! CLUB ACTIVITY Due to the amount of welcome rain, some of our classes were cancelled. We have taken a decision to withhold club fees for January’s training. Our 56th AGM will be […]
By this time, I guess many of our members are making tracks for their annual holiday. This is such an exciting time of the year, filled with great expectations, joy and family time. For some of us our family embraces spouses, children and Grandchildren, and for others our family consists only of our precious animals. […]
Summer’s here and if it weren’t for our beautiful trees and red shell pools, we’d be melting during our training. It has hit us hard and fast and bullied spring into next year! Welcome to all our new members and happy training to all club members. You have taken the first step from becoming a […]
Welcome to our many new members!We hope you will enjoy the training sessions and programs offered by our trainers. CLUB ACTIVITY September was a relatively quiet month, after having the Canine Good Citizen’s Test, potjie competition and obedience show.This does not give our wonderful trainers time off, as they are now preparing you for our […]
Welcome to our many new members! We hope you will enjoy the training sessions and programs offered by our trainers. CLUB ACTIVITY We had a whopping 32 dogs enter our Canine Good Citizen test. Congratulations to our members who entered! Many thanks to our trainers to prepared you for the event. We look forward […]
Welcome to our many new members! We hope you will enjoy the training sessions and programs offered by our trainers. CLUB ACTIVITY Our club has been very busy celebrating birthdays in June and July. Happy birthday to Samantha, Louiza, Annatjie and Stefan! Thank you so much for sharing your special day with us! We […]
Welcome to our new members who joined us on Saturday! We hope you will enjoy the training sessions and programs offered by our trainers. Our dog show is on 13th July 2019. We would love to see you enter! CLUB ACTIVITY Our 56th AGM was a great success. Our President, Mr Walter Binder, was […]
February has been an extremely hot month with very little rain. Our members have braved the heat, but thanks to the abundance of trees and two paddling pools, training has been bearable. CLUB ACTIVITY Preparation is already heating up to organize events for the new year, but our most important event will be our […]
Christmas and New Year have come and gone. The kids have now donned new school uniforms, while Mom and Dad laboured to work – the annual rat race has started! Welcome 2019! But now it’s time for your fur kids! It’s exciting to see so many new members who have joined the club, as well […]
By this time, I guess many of our members are making tracks for their annual holiday. This is such an exciting time of the year, filled with great expectations, joy and family time. For some of us our family embraces spouses, children and Grandchildren, and for others our family consists only of our precious […]
Welcome our new members and especially all the new puppies. We wish you years of happy training at the Pretoria Shepherd Dog Club, one of the oldest dog training clubs in Pretoria! CLUB ACTIVITY Everyone is buzzing around getting ready for our year-end dog jumping competition. The club will hand out trophies to […]
Welcome, welcome, welcome, to our new members who have joined and as usual, our “golden oldies”. CLUB ACTIVITY The club was wowed with an extremely interesting presentation by Heidi Pfeifer on snake identification, their beauty and dangers. The presentation was contained to snakes in the Tshwane area. Heidi brought a few snakes with, […]
A warm welcome to all our new members who joined us a week ago! We believe your training will bring hours of joy to you and your canine family member. We have so many cute puppies at this stage! Welcome to you all! CLUB ACTIVITY August was a relatively quiet month, but fortunately we […]
It feels as if winter has hit us hard and fast, with temperatures into the minus’s!Brrrr, roll on summer, but in the meantime stay warm with hot chocolate and pancakes! Welcome to you all! CLUB ACTIVITY “Stompies”, plastic and glass. If you see any, please pick them up.We are very proud of […]
It feels as if winter has hit us hard and fast, with temperatures into the minus’s!Brrrr, roll on summer, but in the meantime stay warm with hot chocolate and pancakes! Welcome to you all! CLUB ACTIVITY Our obedience dog show is on Saturday, 21st July.We see you all training seriously, wanting to do […]
A warm welcome to all our new members who joined us a week ago!We believe your training will bring hours of joy to you and your canine family member.We have so many cute puppies at this stage!Welcome to you all! CLUB ACTIVITY Our walk on the Magaliesberg mountain proved to be more tiring than […]
A warm welcome to all our new members who joined us a week ago!We believe your training will bring hours of joy to you and your canine family member. Training on a Saturday afternoon is still rather warm, with some signs of winter on its way.The autumn leaves are falling, and our grass is no […]
A warm welcome to all our members!The leaves are falling, and a chill is in the air!Thankfully the seasons are now changing, with autumn on its way.This has to be the most inspirational time of the year! CLUB ACTIVITY We are arranging a walk on the Magaliesberg mountain on 13th May.It will be on […]
February has been an extremely hot month with very little rain. Our members have braved the heat, but thanks to the abundance of trees and two paddling pools, training has been bearable CLUB ACTIVITY Preparation is already heating up to organize events for the new year, but our most important event will be our […]
Christmas and New Year have come and gone.The kids have now donned new school uniforms, while Mom and Dad labored to work – the annual rat race has started!Welcome 2018!Now it’s time for your fur kids! It’s exciting to see so many new members who have joined the club, as well as our […]