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Croydon & District Obedience Dog Club Inc. is a not-for-profit, 100% volunteer-run organisation promoting responsible dog ownership using positive reinforcement methods. We are located at Silcock Reserve in Croydon, Victoria.

Please note that our club is experiencing extremely high demand and with limited exceptions is unable to offer places to new members with dogs over 12 weeks of age. Please refer to the bottom of this page for more information regarding availability for specific levels and disciplines.

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PUPPY PRE SCHOOL
Dogs aged 8-12 weeks
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PUPPY CLASS
Dogs aged 12 weeks to 5 months

Currently fully booked.

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BASIC OBEDIENCE CLASSES
Dogs 5 months and older

Currently fully booked.

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For dogs born on or before ________

Next class begins Sunday 15 September 2024 for dogs born between 15 April 2024 and 23 June 2024.

STATUS OF CURRENT CLASSES

The remainder of this page applies when Club is open.

 

Puppy Pre-School (8-12 weeks)
Enrolments are open subject to availability. Please email preschool@croydondogclub.com.au to enquire.
 
Puppy School (12 weeks to 5 months)
Enrolments for new members are currently closed due to demand. Places may be made available from time to time – please monitor our home page for more information.
 
Basic Obedience (5 months and older)
Enrolments for new members are currently closed due to demand. Places may be made available from time to time – please monitor our home page for more information.

 

Please see below for an ongoing update on each of our class levels.
 
Puppy pre-school
Wednesday evenings at 6.30 pm and 7.30 pm. Please visit our Puppy Pre-School page for information regarding enrolment.
 
Puppy, Basic One and Basic Two classes
Sunday mornings at 9.30 am and 11.00 am. Please refer to your instructor’s correspondence regarding location and time. Enrolment opportunities for the Puppy and Basic One levels are only available from time to time, due to current (overwhelming) demand.
 
Advanced obedience
Sunday mornings at 9.30 am. Please refer to your instructor’s correspondence regarding location and time.
 
Obedience trialling
Sunday mornings from 9.00 am.
 
Rally
Sunday mornings from 9.30 am.
 
Agility
Sunday mornings from 8.30 am. 
 
Flyball
Sunday mornings from 9.30 am.
 
Social
Sunday mornings at 9.30 am.

 

 
Office hours
Our office is currently manned from 8.30 am to 9.30 am. 
 
In-person payment

Administration asks that all payments to the office and the shop please be made using Eftpos. We can still only accept small change for the barbeque, and tea and coffee.

 
Please be kind
Unfortunately we are only infrequently able to accept new members at this time. Please continue to monitor our website and Facebook for updates. Please remember that we are a club run by volunteers and the number of classes run is based on how many volunteers we have available and the number of people who are attempting to join the club to train their dogs.
About Our Club

Croydon & District Obedience Dog Club Inc. is a not-for-profit, 100% volunteer-run organisation dedicated to promoting positive reinforcement training methods and responsible dog ownership while helping our members to enjoy life with their dogs.

In addition to teaching puppy and basic obedience classes, we train for, participate in and run a variety of canine sporting events as an affiliate of Dogs Victoria (Victorian Canine Association).

For the benefit of our members, our class numbers are limited to ensure handlers and dogs are given adequate levels of assistance.  Depending on the number of instructors we have available, this can mean there will be a long waiting period for class availability.

Please monitor this page and/or our Facebook for specific details of enrolment dates. Any free places will be filled quickly!

For further details about our training principles and enrolment, please visit our Training and Membership pages.

Location:
Silcock Reserve, William Road, Croydon, Victoria, Australia

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WHY ARE SO FEW PLACES AVAILABLE?

Our membership is consistently at capacity because:

  1. High demand.
    Not meaning to brag, but there is extreme demand for training with us. Every time we open up a class, it sells out almost instantly, for which we are immensely grateful to our wonderful community.

  2. Our courses are comprehensive.
    New puppy classes run for two months and new basic obedience classes run for three months. This means there are long periods of time before our instructors free up to take on a new class.

  3. Priority for current members.
    Our current members are in it for the long run. We’ve seen fewer members cease training after completion of the basic levels, which means fewer places available to non-members. Once you’re a member with our club, you can continue on through our various levels and disciplines as long as you please.

  4. Most members start in pre-school.
    We have never stopped accepting new memberships at the pre-school level, and all our pre-school classes are completely full. These puppies then continue on into our puppy level, and then our basic obedience levels, and so forth. This too means limited availability to open up to non-members at these levels. With limited exceptions, we are unable to offer places to new members with dogs over 12 weeks of age.