In Search Of A Good Brisbane Obedience Club And Professional Trainer

[Req]

Hi everyone :)

I am in search of an obedience club in Brisbane. I am located in the Springfield area (15-20 mins from Durack), closer the better but willing to travel up to 45 minutes if the obedience club is heavily recommended/good.

I am getting a pup in the next few weeks, and so would love when immunised to start. I'm looking for a club that also caters for advanced classes. I would love any recommendations, and especially positives and negatives for each suggestion. I would prefer a club with a positive approach to training, but one that does not over socialise the dogs together nor focus on playing with other dogs.

If you can also recommend a good puppy school for puppies between 8 and 12-16 weeks I would love any suggestions.

Any ideas or feedback would be thoroughly appreciated.

I am also looking for a one-on-one trainer for my older dog - preferably one with experience in behavioural problems as well as in advanced obedience. My boy is pretty highly trained in obedience but I have a few issues and minor corrections in his obedience/heel work that I would love to sort out.

We moved up from Sydney last year so no clue where to look up here!

Thanks all! :)

Edited March 4, 2015 by Req

[Agility Dogs]

Not obedience, but Maria at Red Dog Agility (you can find her on facebook) runs excellent puppy classes, they do have an agility focus though, not obedience.

The obedience dog club of Brisbane at Oxley gets some pretty good reviews, but I haven't trained there personally. I do know a number of their instructors and like how they work with their dogs.

I'd ask a lot of in depth questions of the private kennel based providors out your way, unless they have changed their tune in the last couple of years. ;)

[Req]

Not obedience, but Maria at Red Dog Agility (you can find her on facebook) runs excellent puppy classes, they do have an agility focus though, not obedience.

The obedience dog club of Brisbane at Oxley gets some pretty good reviews, but I haven't trained there personally. I do know a number of their instructors and like how they work with their dogs.

I'd ask a lot of in depth questions of the private kennel based providors out your way, unless they have changed their tune in the last couple of years. ;)

Thanks so much!

I do plan on getting involved in agility but being a slow maturing breed I'd prefer to wait till 12 months to do more than a few basics (Tunnels etc) Do they do anything overly strenuous on the joints in the puppy class? (training jumps, weaves, running etc)

I have also heard good things about both Oxley and the Pine Rivers Dog Obedience Club up near Strathpine, and they both seem to use methods I prefer in dog training.

I heard that too about the private trainers. I was spoilt for choice in Sydney. I took my boy for hydrotherapy at one up here and was quite disappointed with how they wanted me to handle him. Thankfully after the second lesson I was able to take him on my own without supervision and we went at our own pace (Was building his muscle mass up as it had gone to a poor condition before I got him)

[Agility Dogs]

The foundations class is VERY mindful of the young dogs. I've got my young BC (VERY leggy and we are being incredibly careful with him) in it. The focus is really on core strength, relationship building and strong foundations. He is almost 6 months and hasn't seen a jump with a bar on it yet, hasn't been on a contact and has done a very limited amount of tight twisting and turning at anything other than a walk.

Hope you see you out there some day!!

[Req]

The foundations class is VERY mindful of the young dogs. I've got my young BC (VERY leggy and we are being incredibly careful with him) in it. The focus is really on core strength, relationship building and strong foundations. He is almost 6 months and hasn't seen a jump with a bar on it yet, hasn't been on a contact and has done a very limited amount of tight twisting and turning at anything other than a walk.

Hope you see you out there some day!!

That is fantastic to hear! I have sent her a message so maybe within the next few weeks :)

[Guest donatella]

I don't want to start my own thread so will ask in here, agility dogs where are the good agility schools in Brisbane? I have been working with a behaviourist with mine and she has recommended agility for 1 and I agree that she would thrive.

I emailed BAD but apparently there's a wait list

Is there anywhere else?

[melinda10786]

I train at PADS which is at Eatons Hill. Our next intake won't be til June/July unfortunately.

[mita]

The foundations class is VERY mindful of the young dogs. I've got my young BC (VERY leggy and we are being incredibly careful with him) in it. The focus is really on core strength, relationship building and strong foundations. He is almost 6 months and hasn't seen a jump with a bar on it yet, hasn't been on a contact and has done a very limited amount of tight twisting and turning at anything other than a walk.

O/T, but isn't it great to see such well-informed training.

[Guest donatella]

Thanks Melinda I'll look into PADS