Puppy And Dog School (P.A.D.S.) is run by Annette Marshall and Sue Brown.
Puppy And Dog School started in January 1998, initially from Claines Church Hall on Cornmeadow Lane,Worcester, and finally at Littleworth & Norton Parish Hall in Norton. The dog school closed in 2006 after many happy years.
Annette and Sue were two of the trainers at the dog school and had been asked by numerous people, after the school was closed, where they could go for training in the Worcester area and if they would start the school again.
They decided in late 2008 that they would restart the Dog School and they started to search for a suitable venue for the dog school, the school reopened on the 2nd April 2009, with the support of friends, family and the Worcester Sea Cadet Corps at the Worcester Sea Cadets Corps on Diglis Basin. On the 7th August 2009 they moved to bigger premises at St Mark in the Cherry Orchard Church Hall, off Bath Road, Worcester.
The school has had a phenomenal start and the support in all classes has been fantastic with old and new members. Some of their old members have been coming to the school for over 10 years and bring their new and old dogs to class!
They encourage owners to bring their puppies as soon as they have had their last injections and are cleared by their vet, as it is important to start the puppy's socialisation at their early informative age.
By having four classes, the two Puppy and the Adolescent & Assessment Class they can move dogs up to the third class Moving On to widen their training and keep the puppies/dogs interested. If any of the classes get too big they will always add another class to cater.
Annette and Sue have trained their own dogs and many others and would like to say that the school is run in a friendly environment where the emphasis is on both the owner and the puppy/dog enjoying their training. They are always open to new ideas that can keep the dogs and owners interested.