What do we do?

Our club is focussed on promoting responsible dog ownership through education and training, and the instruction you will receive here will help you train your dog, using all positive methods, to be a great companion, a well behaved pet, and an enjoyable addition to your household.

We train you to train your dog and conduct pet dog manners and obedience training on Tuesday nights and agility training on Thursday nights from February through to October.

In recent years our club has progressed to adopt the all-positive reward based training methods, and this is advocated in all our classes, from beginners right through to competition level. What this means is that we are focussed on teaching and rewarding a dog for correct or desirable behaviours and ignoring the wrong or undesirable behaviour. By focusing on what your dog is doing right and helping him to know what that is, you get your dog's cooperation and teach him to want to please you. We have found that this approach builds trust and a much stronger bond than correction based methods.

The tools required for positive training are a plain flat collar or harness, regular flat webbing lead, lots of treats, lots of praise, lots of enthusiasm and a sense of humour!

We are affiliated with the North Australian Canine Association Inc (Dogs NT), which is the Local Controlling Body member of the Australian National Kennel Council (ANKC). What this means, in a nutshell, is that our Club is able to hold sanctioned events, such as obedience trials and agility & jumping trials, where competitors can gain qualifications towards ANKC recognised titles for your dog. The instruction you receive at our Club will help you on your way to successfully compete at these events, so if this is what you'd like to do, talk to your instructor about what you need to do to register yourself and your dog with the Dogs NT. Freds Pass hosts several obedience and agility trials throughout the year, see our Schedules page for a full listing of dates and results.

For your information - here is a a copy of our Constitution.