Gold Coast Dog Obedience Training Club Inc

16/11/2024

13/11/2024

All Classes are cancelled this evening Wednesday the 13th of November, due to the storms coming through. This includes all Canine Companion Classes and Beyond Basics Classes.

05/11/2024

Canine Companion Classes, Juvenile, and Maddie's Beyond Basics Classes are cancelled this evening, the 5th of November, due to the storms rolling in.

28/10/2024

Plan now to protect your dog(s) if they will be worried or go mental if Trick or Treaters come to your house. Here is a sign you could put at the foot of your driveway to discourage them.

21/10/2024

20/10/2024

Congratulations to our agility triallers competing at Brisbane Training Clubs double agility trial Saturday evening. Lots of qualifiers and placings :)

16/10/2024

We are cancelling all classes tonight, the 16th of October. Due to soggy grounds and more rain forecast for this evening.

15/10/2024

All classes are cancelled this evening for Tuesday the 15th of October. This includes juvenile classes, beyond basics with Maddie, and Canine Companion Classes due to storms

09/10/2024

All classes are cancelled this evening, Wednesday, October 9th. Due to weather.This includes tricks, rally, beyond basic, and all Canine Companion Classes.

08/10/2024

Canine Companion Classes and Juvenile class are cancelled this evening, Tuesday the 8th of October, due to the storm warnings

08/10/2024

Madi's Beyond Basics class is cancelled tonight Oct 8 due to the stormy forecast.

08/10/2024

Madi's Beyond Basics class is cancelled tonight Oct 8 due to stormy forecast.

02/10/2024

Congratulations to my Canine Companion Class graduates, all of whom are going on to advanced classes and showing huge promise. Well done!
Cyn D.

01/10/2024

We are now taking bookings for the final Puppy Kindy classes of the year. Book Online at: www.goldcoastdogobedience.com.au

28/09/2024

Gold Coast's rally and obedience trials today are cancelled due to rain and high winds.

25/09/2024

DISTRACTED DOG WALKERS

The distracted dog walker is commonly seen chatting on their cell phone, wearing headphones or socializing with other people while oblivious to what their dog is doing, how their dog is feeling or what is going on in the environment.

This may not sound like a problem to some, but it is something that many people have a problem with, even more so if you have a reactive dog.

I compare walking a dog to driving a car. It’s not so much about our driving skills, but having to constantly be aware of the driving skills of others – trying to predict what they will do, which rules of the road they will ignore and how distracted they are. This is especially true in the country I live in, where driving can be a stressful experience.

I understand that we often need to multi task – there simply doesn’t seem to be enough time in our day to accomplish everything we need to, but walking our dogs should not be one of these times.

Some people might say – “but my dog is really friendly, well socialized, gets on well with everyone, is well trained, knows this environment well etc. and I hear that.

But another dog might not be – maybe they need space, are reactive, are not sociable, are recovering from an illness, might be terrified of another dog racing straight towards them chasing a ball thrown from a ball launcher etc.

If distracted dog walkers have no regard for other dogs or other people, they should at least have regard for their own dogs. Walking your dog should be a time of bonding, of relationship, of seeing the environment through the eyes of your dog, of reinforcing and teaching wanted behaviours, of keeping them safe and protected from the unknown.

Our dogs need us to be focused, to pay attention, to be aware and attentive.

Our dogs depend on us to advocate for them.