Wagtails Obedience Training

Wagtails offers a range of training to suit just about everyone, Class training, Home training, Behaviour Consulting & Holiday Training.  All breeds and all ages of dogs are welcome from puppy training to adult education to behaviour problem solving.

Class Training held at:-          

Mitchelton    -     Sumner Park   -    Rochedale

Allows dog owners to attend classes to aid them in teaching obedience exercises around the distraction of other dogs and people, achieve socialized dogs, and to help them with their behaviour problems as well as meet fellow dog enthusiasts. Classes are held indoors and outdoors.

Classes available - Puppy & Beyond Puppy, Basic level 1 and level 2, Advance, Agility, Anger Management, & Dancing with dogs. (Scroll down to view class information)

Puppy Class

Next course:-   Sumner Park:-   Monday 11th October 2010 - 6.30pm

                                                         Saturday 11th September 2010 - 8.00am

                            Mitchelton  :-     Saturday 16th October  2010 - 8.00am

This class is designed for puppies from 8 to 16 weeks of age. It covers areas of socialization through play.  Obedience exercises using positive reinforcement to enhance learning and behaviour, where you the owner become educated in understanding canine body language and behaviour to help deal with areas of puppyhood like biting of hands, toilet training, crate training and prevention of unwanted behaviours.  We also give lots of ideas on environmental stimulation to prevent your puppy from becoming bored. 

Puppy classes are designed to socialize your puppy in an environment which is safe and our staff are qualified to understand canine body language and behaviour to ensure your puppy receives the optimum socialisation and training. We also play games, teach tricks and get them ready for basic obedience.

This course runs one hour per week for six weeks.

• $130.00 Per Puppy - Training manual, Equipment & Puppy Pack.
• $125.00 per puppy if more than one puppy per family.  Training Manual, equipment & pack.

Our puppy class graduates enter our obedience level 1 on the third week due to our extensive puppy course.

Level 1 - Basic Obedience 

Basic Obedience Course -  Next Class commences:-  Sumner Park - Sunday 19th Sep - 8am

Sumner Park:- Monday 20th Sept - 6.30pm    Mitchelton:-  Saturday 18th Sept - 8am

This class is for the older puppy or dog aged 5 months & over. If your dog has completed a puppy pre-school, or if you have already started training at home, then this is the class for you.

Obedience training not only teaches your dog to sit, down, stand, come, stay and walk on a loose lead, it also promotes the communication between owner and dog so there is a greater understanding from both ends of the lead.  These commands are learned with the distractions of other dogs and people to enhance control.  We teach hand signals and verbal commands and work towards the dog responding without the use of rewards. 

The course also teaches exercises, which are practical to your everyday activities with your dog like street walks, and good manners around the home. A full aptitude test is completed by you which gives us vital information on your dog's true and learned behaviors, this enhances our strategies to help you problem solve your dog's behaviour. Don't forget our "fun attitude" we have here at Wagtails, we also teach tricks, play games and do agility in this course.

In a group of up to 12 people (outdoors) 10 people (indoors) each lesson runs for 1 hour per week for a period of 8 weeks.

• $185.00 per dog - Including a Free training manual, training equipment and sample bag.
• $175.00 per dog - If more than one dog per family- free training manual, training equipment & sample bag.

To register for this class simply complete our client registration located below or on the front page of the website.  You can also contact our office (07) 3279 6199.

Level 2 - Intermediate Obedience course

Next Course -  All Centres:-  Weekend of 30th October  2010 

Wanting more out of your dog? Perhaps more off lead control and a higher standard of obedience!

• $145.00 per dog
• $140.00 per dog if more than one dog per family. 

Anger management

Where owners learn how to manage their dog's aggression...... 

Next Course commencing:  9th November 2010 - 6.30pm

Owning an aggressive dog can be a lot of hard work.  A simple walk down the street becomes an exhaustive, non-enjoyable time that you would rather put off or only walk your dog at 3.00am in the morning when no-one else is around.

If you would like more confidence in handling this type of dog, or would like to manage your dog's aggression to the point where the aggression is virtually gone - then this is the course for you.

This 6-week course is for dog owners to learn techniques to stop or manage their dogs aggression levels. Emphasis is placed on behaviour managment, training techniques and learning body language.  Small classes sizes of 4 dogs per class with two instructors working with you virtually one-on-one.

• This class runs for 45min for 6 lessons. Cost of course is $280.00.

Agility Training

Next course - 11th October 2010 - 7.30pm

Our Agility course is designed to introduce your dog to equipment used in ANKC or similar agility competitions. The course also helps you the owner control your dog around a course using hand signals, body language to ensure you get the fastest, most accurate response from your dog.  This is an off-lead course so level 1 & 2 are recommended.

Agility courses run for 6 weeks - 45 minutes each week  -     $145.00 Per dog .

Home Training 

Allows dog owners the privacy of training within their own home. A trainer comes to you and helps you train your dog in areas of obedience exercises and behaviour management.

Types of home training include -

Private tuition - 1 hour lesson for owners to lean how to train their dogs. A minimum of 4 lessons is required to achieve optimum results.  This can be obtained on a weekly/fortnightly basis.

Private Tuition - 4 Lessons  -   $500.00

Home Consulting                                                                                    

Behaviour problems like barking, seperation anxiety, compulsive disorders and the like, require a behaviour consultation.  This is where we come to you and discuss and work with you and your dog to find the cause and solution both short term and long term.  Our consultants come to your home for as long as needed to discuss this in full and work with your dog, it also gives us a chance to watch your dog in its home environment.  A full written program is then sent to you outlining a corrective program guaranteed to help your dog.

Behaviour consultation - $295.00                                                       

Courses & Times

Training Centres

All classes start an finish on time, so give you and your dog time to adjust by arriving 15 minuites prior to start time.