cinderella Posted February 3, 2011 Share Posted February 3, 2011 Hi everyone, I have a four month old border collie cross puppy. We finished puppy preschool a little while ago and I would like to continue her training. I have been looking at obedience clubs because I think she would eventually enjoy / be good at agility. Can anyone recommend / give any feedback on these clubs? Redlands Obedience Club (Capalaba) Southside Obedience Club (Runcorn) Obedience Club of Brisbane (Oxley) Metropolitan Obedience Club (Chermside) We live at Hawthorne, so none of these are overly close, but they should all be under half an hour away which is fine. If anyone has another place they can recommend, please let me know =). Thanks, Karlee PS. As you can see, I'm new to this forum, so I'm sorry if this information is already available somewhere else! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Agility Dogs Posted February 3, 2011 Share Posted February 3, 2011 Hi everyone, I have a four month old border collie cross puppy. We finished puppy preschool a little while ago and I would like to continue her training. I have been looking at obedience clubs because I think she would eventually enjoy / be good at agility. Can anyone recommend / give any feedback on these clubs? Redlands Obedience Club (Capalaba) Southside Obedience Club (Runcorn) Obedience Club of Brisbane (Oxley) Metropolitan Obedience Club (Chermside) We live at Hawthorne, so none of these are overly close, but they should all be under half an hour away which is fine. If anyone has another place they can recommend, please let me know =). Thanks, Karlee PS. As you can see, I'm new to this forum, so I'm sorry if this information is already available somewhere else! Hi Cinderella, Out of the clubs you have mentioned Brisbane (Oxley) would have the best agility club to go with obedience, followed by Redlands who are pretty good, but have run a bit hot and cold with Agility. The other option is ADCQ (Agility Dog Club of Queensland) on a Sunday afternoon, but that is at Tivoli (Ipswich) and would be about 45 mins from you. (I train there and live at 7 hills). We do skills for younger puppies (age appropriate to look after them as they grow). My little girl (now 9 months) has been there since she was 3 months old and loves it. It will give you the opportunity to build on the obedience skills you already have, but with a focus on moving into agility. With the other clubs you will more than likely be doing a lot more 'proper' obedience than you need if you aren't focussed on competing in CCD etc. (I also train there with my older 2 who compete.) We are also considering classes for younger dogs at the Brisbane Agility Dog Club (at Carina) on a Tuesday night later in the year, but that is a little way off just yet. For the moment the dogs have to be 12 months before we take them on. All of the clubs you have mentioned though are pretty good for obedience (I have trained at Southside and go to Redlands for Doggy Dancing.) Hope that helps. Tony Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cinderella Posted February 7, 2011 Author Share Posted February 7, 2011 Hi Tony, Thanks so much for your advice. The club at Oxley has a new class starting on 20th February, so I am thinking I will go along then. The ADCQ looks really good, maybe we will do the basic course at Oxley and see if we want to stay there or go to Tivoli. And maybe eventually we will go to Carina =) Thanks again, Karlee Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrsD Posted February 9, 2011 Share Posted February 9, 2011 Hi everyone, I have a four month old border collie cross puppy. We finished puppy preschool a little while ago and I would like to continue her training. I have been looking at obedience clubs because I think she would eventually enjoy / be good at agility. Can anyone recommend / give any feedback on these clubs? Redlands Obedience Club (Capalaba) Southside Obedience Club (Runcorn) Obedience Club of Brisbane (Oxley) Metropolitan Obedience Club (Chermside) We live at Hawthorne, so none of these are overly close, but they should all be under half an hour away which is fine. If anyone has another place they can recommend, please let me know =). Thanks, Karlee PS. As you can see, I'm new to this forum, so I'm sorry if this information is already available somewhere else! Hi Cinderella, Out of the clubs you have mentioned Brisbane (Oxley) would have the best agility club to go with obedience, followed by Redlands who are pretty good, but have run a bit hot and cold with Agility. The other option is ADCQ (Agility Dog Club of Queensland) on a Sunday afternoon, but that is at Tivoli (Ipswich) and would be about 45 mins from you. (I train there and live at 7 hills). We do skills for younger puppies (age appropriate to look after them as they grow). My little girl (now 9 months) has been there since she was 3 months old and loves it. It will give you the opportunity to build on the obedience skills you already have, but with a focus on moving into agility. With the other clubs you will more than likely be doing a lot more 'proper' obedience than you need if you aren't focussed on competing in CCD etc. (I also train there with my older 2 who compete.) We are also considering classes for younger dogs at the Brisbane Agility Dog Club (at Carina) on a Tuesday night later in the year, but that is a little way off just yet. For the moment the dogs have to be 12 months before we take them on. All of the clubs you have mentioned though are pretty good for obedience (I have trained at Southside and go to Redlands for Doggy Dancing.) Hope that helps. Tony Hey Tony, so Sharon did manage to get the DWD classes at Redlands up & running? Cool, looking forward to seeing you at our next DWD comp Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Agility Dogs Posted February 9, 2011 Share Posted February 9, 2011 Hey Tony, so Sharon did manage to get the DWD classes at Redlands up & running? Cool, looking forward to seeing you at our next DWD comp ;) ;) LOL. Yep - having fun there too. (I didn't get to as many as I would have liked.) Not sure about the next competition, but we will get there! T Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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