Novice Handling Class (4 week session) New session starts August 6th at 6pm!! Novice Handling is a four-week course that teaches the basic skills you need to show your dog successfully. The class covers ring procedures, gaiting patterns, recommended leads and collars, stacking, and baiting. To ensure that each handler/dog team gets individual attention, the class is limited to six teams. Cost: $100. Email kunabug@comcast.net if interested. New Classes Starting Soon  Canine Good Citizen - September 17th at 6PM (time may change) -Note: class is limited to 8 dogs; no makeups allowed) Puppy Kindergarten - Thursday, September 16th at 6PM, Saturday, Sept.18th at 9AM, and Tuesday, Oct 5th at 7PM. Puppy 2 - Monday, Sept 27th at 7:10PM Basic Manners - Thursday, September 16th at 7PM Begnner Agility (Level 1) - Thursday Sept.16th at 7:10pm  Intermediate Manners - Saturday, Sept.18th at 11:30AM Come When Called - Thursday, Sept.23rd at 5PM New Workshop with Our Newest instructor, Nadine Perry Jumps and Tunnels   September 12th - 9AM to Noon For  Intermediate handler teams. $75, Limited to 8 working teams. This is a workshop exploring the common configurations of a Jumpers course. Sequences including pinwheels,serpentines, threadles and obstacle discrimination will be part of the class. Students will be able to improve their skills with front and back crosses (which includes using flips). Some of the exercises will be jump circles, learning and using consistent cues, send-aways and communicating the path to the dogs.  Handouts will be included. This workshop is for intermediate teams and is limited to 8 working teams. Cost $75 Auditors: $55  E-mail Karen to sign up for either workshop at kunabug@comcast.net.                              Puppy Kindergarten Grad? Puppy 2 Is For You! Sept. 27th at 7:10PM Puppy 2 is a class just for puppies who have graduated Puppy Kindergarten. The class continues to focus on the basic commands that every puppy needs, while adding the distractions that will ensure that your pup is reliable in real-life situations. Some of the skills you and your puppy will work on are: walking on a loose leash, polite greetings, and coming when called…all eventually without using food as a lure. Puppy 2 is designed to help you and your pup through the next phase in your pup’s development, a time when the pup’s instinct to follow is replaced by the need to investigate more. This phase is marked by the puppy’s starting to ignore you and testing to see what it can get away with.  We call it the teenage phase and you can be sure you do not want to leave your pup to its own devices at this critical time in its development! (indoors at 108 Newburyport Turnpike) Games will be Back soon! Games are scheduled for ......TBA. We will offer a variety of CPE, USDAA, and AKC games. If you have never tried games before, ask your instructor whether you and your dog are ready.Come 15 minutes early if you are new to games and would like an overview of the rules or the walk the course with an experience handler. Games are held at our indoor agility ring at 103 Haverhill Street (Rte 133), Rowley. Look for the yellow agility sign.  Check back often for new dates and times. Fit-N-Trim students:  $15.00 (1 dog); $10 each dog for more than one dog; guests: $20.00 (1 dog). Chiropractic Appointments with Dr. Sue Ferguson at Fit-N-Trim Dr. Sue is currently scheduling appointments. First timers should plan on 60 minutes; follow-on visits are 30 minutes. Please contact Karen at kunabug@comcast.com if you would like an appointment. AKC Canine Good Citizen Test The Canine Good Citizen Test is offered periodically. Check back for the next date. To sign up, get more information or arrange a specific time, email Madelyn Cirinna at: scottfree_madelyn@msn.com.   Private Lessons Fit-N-Trim offers private lessons by appointment. Agility session with Karen are $35 a half hour lesson and $65 an hour. We also offer Obedience/Behavior training for $65 per hour and Breed Handling for $55 an hour. Private lessons offer an opportunity to work on specific skills with your dog. Contact Karen at kunabug@comcast.net or 978-948-2745 to talk about your needs.  Small dog Romps Saturday 1pm Minis Romps is just for dogs 25 pounds or less.  Sept.11th,18th,25th,Oct.2nd,9th,16th,23rd.   Canine Massage by April Capen, CMT, ESMT Fit-N-Trim is happy to offer canine massage by April. Once a month, April will be at Fit-N-Trim's Rte.1 location. Sport Massage is important to maintaining the entire dog's body in better physical condition and aids in preventing injuries and loss of mobility. It also helps boost circulation and, as a result, promotes more rapid healing of injuries. Keeping your dog in good physical condition can also help boost athletic performance. Email kunabug@comcast.net to schedule an appointment. Ring Rentals Need some extra time to work on something special or want some extra practice before a trial? Rent the agility ring! Half hour:  Fit-N-Trim students $15; Others $20 Hour: $35 (1 or 2 people); $15 each (3 or more people) Call or email Karen to schedule. Other Class Starts Fit-N-Trim has new class sessions beginning every month. In addition to our ongoing classes, Puppy Kindergarten, Good Manners, Agility, and Rally-O, we offer Canine Good Citizenship/Therapy Dog Prep, Heel and Stay Drop-in Sessions, Breed Handling (for the conformation ring), and Fly-ball. Click on the Class Schedule tab for descriptions and start dates all classes we offer. To sign up, please contact Karen Gorman at 978.948.2745 or by email at kunabug@comcast.net. Puppy Kindergarten Classes Basic Manners Classes Intermediate Manners Classes Agility Classes Obility Class ( 1/2 obedience and 1/2 Agility) Give a Fit-N-Trim Gift Certificate! Have a friend with a new puppy? Know someone special who would enjoy a seminar or a class? Contact Karen at 978-948-2745 or at kunabug@comcast.net to purchase a gift certificate.

Here is a picture of Karen, Paige, Debbie and Jennifer at the Clean Run instructors conference held in August. The gals were free to choose what topics they wanted and a wide variety of subjects were covered. "There was a tremendous amount of information available and we soaked it up". "Now, we can all share the knowledge". "What a great experience!"