Pet Services

Group Obedience Classes

(For dogs 5.5mths & older)

We recommend Group Obedience Classes for the majority of pet owners. The benefits of this service is that you are able to train your dog whilst in a distracting environment. This ensures that the level of control that you will have as a handler is enhanced due to a higher level of focus from your dog. By training with distraction and stimulation, you are building a more reliable relationship between yourself and your dog. It will then be likely that by setting patterns of handler focus under stimulation to your dog, you will not encounter typical problems of a lack of control whilst out in the everyday environment.

Our group classes are kept to a smaller number of participants so that each client is ensured of individual quality attention when required. We offer a five week structured class where all participants start and progress together. There are three courses available in the group class format. 10% discount is given to handlers for each additional course attended after the basic obedience course.

Basic Obedience - 2mtr lead

• Focus exercise - to teach the dog to target coming in to your left hand side
• Heel - to walk nicely on the lead without pulling
• Sit, Sit-Stay
• Stand, Stand-Stay
• Down, Down-Stay
• Come to in front - the dog runs in to the sit position in front of the handler
• Return to heel - the dog will walk around behind the handler and come to the sit position beside the handler
• Column Work
• Control Exercises for Sociability    
  

Intermediate Obedience - 5 to 10mtr lead

• Sit out of motion
• Stand out of motion
• Down out of motion
• Sit from in front
• Stand from in front
• Down from in front
• Come from a distance
• Introduction of hand signals  

Advanced Obedience - Off Lead

• All exercises to date off lead
• Use of verbal commands and or hand signals

We do not use any one particular type of method or equipment. We believe that every dog is an individual and as such should be treated accordingly. When you attend one of our courses, you will be assessed together with your dog and then advised as to which equipment and method would best suit you as a team.

Meet Your Instructor!
If you go to the "About Us" page on this website you will find information on our business and you can also associate yourself with our team of Instructors.  You will also find contact details and class locations for each Instructor on this page.  Our Instructors are not Franchisees that buy into our business, they are hand-picked to be team members due to their ethics, honesty, reliability and abilities.  Craig and Tracey personally train their team and regularly upgrade skills with maintenance training days for their Instructors.  They are continually gaining new skills.   We are positive that you will find your experience with a Craig A Murray Dog Training Instructor a professional and pleasant one.   

Obedience Class Locations and Times

These classes are held in 5 week structured courses. It is imperative that you book in with us before attending classes as we limit our numbers to ensure quality tuition. Please note classes are run when numbers are sufficient for each class. Please contact the Instructor for your area or Tracey on 0400 741 660 or email tracey@dogschool.com.au to book into a class nearest your location!  

Basic, Intermediate and Advanced classes are held at each of these venues.  An Instructor will email you with confirmation and the exact time of the class in which you enroll.  All owners are requested to wear safe footwear and to have their dogs on lead and collar. Please ensure you keep a safe distance between yourself and any other dog and owner as we often accept dogs into our classes that do need rehabilitation.  Safety is our priority so please adhere to the rules and regulations and the direction of your Instructor.  Please also bring water and a bowl for your dog and clean-up bags should your dog need to toilet.

We run classes on Saturdays in various locations and on Sundays in Helensvale. Look at the table below to find the Instructor's contact details for the class nearest your location.  We also run daytime obedience and puppy classes for Seniors or stay at home parents or shift workers.  Call us for more information. 

Class Locations:

Testimonials:

  Nicole & Milly

I first contacted Tracey and Craig when I noticed agression issues developing in my 18 month old Irish Wolfhound cross, Milly.  I was at a point where I was scared to walk her for fear that she would lunge out at other dogs agressively and because of her size, she was very hard to control.  Tracey placed me in the 5 week basic obedience course straight away and even after the first week, I was amazed at the improvement in Milly after just learning some basic skills. Milly needed to learn that I was the boss and with the routines that Craig and Tracey taught us, this was achieved almost immediately.  I cannot get over how much she has changed in such a short time and I honestly didn't believe it would be possible to have such a well behaved dog at the end of 5 weeks.  I can now walk Milly confidently amongst other dogs and she has stopped displaying the agression she had started to develop, mainly due to her assertive personality.  I would thoroughly recommend this course and say that you can honestly get results in a short time with basic, obedience skills.