I am the secretary of an all breeds open show society and for the last couple of years we have put on "Evenings With"-we have had speakers on dog showing/judging/canine reprodution.

It raises money for our club-we need as we can now only have one open show a year- and keeps us afloat as a society.

We have a good attendance for these evenings and the feedback is always possitive.

The question I now want to ask is has anyone got ideas for talks plus a person that can give the talk. Does not have to be showing any subject on dogs and their activities.

Any feedback greatly received.

Thanks

What about Mary Ray on Heelwork to Music ?
http://www.maryray.co.uk/ She does An Evening with Mary Ray where she does routines and shows how she goes about her training

^ Wot she said :-D

An evening with Mary Ray is fabulous, really entertaining and interesting.

You could always ask JH .....she's pretty passionate about things !

You could always ask JH .....she's pretty passionate about things eek !

Margot that was quick :-D :-D   

Just a bit of fun but can you hire the below?:

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Our training club had a fascinating talk and demonstration from a member of the Urban Search and Rescue Unit who brought his two Springer Spaniels with him. The talk was very interesting and was followed by a demonstration by each dog, one very experienced dog and the other was a youngster in training. Google will help you find a local unit - they are a part of the Fire Service.

We have also had talks from a police dog handler, drug sniffer dog handler and  a veterinary  nurse which were memorable :-)