Welcome to Southern River Agility & Obedience Dog Club.

Here you will find information on the club’s activities.

Please download the Club registration form from here

Obedience

Our obedience classes are on Monday evenings. We have a number of different levels of obedience from beginner through to all of the competition levels. Our classes are run as per the school terms. In our beginners classes, you and your dog will be taught the basics – teaching your dog to sit, drop, stay, walk on leash and to recall. You will also learn many aspects of behaviour which will help you to live happily with your dog. We hope to provide you with some basic understanding of how a dog thinks. We use positive reinforcement and you will need a flat collar and a nice soft long lead. You will need to bring along tasty treats such as polony or dried liver. There are poo bags available on the ground which we suggest you pop in your pocket to use immediately your dog has an accident. If your dog requires the use of a different collar your trainer will assist you. The beginner’s class is suitable for all dogs of all ages (they are never too young or too old to attend) and runs for 10 weeks. You have the option of continuing on with your training at the end of the 10 weeks. Your membership covers both agility and obedience training. In the more advanced classes, you will learn how to heel your dog and all of the manoeuvres required for competition. There is a small fee each week for lights and amenities.

Agility

Our beginners agility classes are held on Monday evenings. We require that your dog has a basic level of obedience before attending the agility classes and we recommend that you do the 10 week beginner course before attempting agility!

The reason for this is that agility is done off lead and there will be many other dogs also off lead at the same time and in order for you to get the most out of your agility training, we recommend that you dog has some obedience training first. Agility is a lot of fun, but can be very frustrating if your dog doesn’t want to listen to you and has no interest in the obstacles. Our agility classes will take you through the basics of agility and all the way to competition level. Seniors agility is held on Thursday evenings at 7pm

Trials and competitions

Our club hosts 2 obedience and 2 agility trials per year. If you think you might be interested in competition you can come along to one of the scheduled competitions and take a look. There is also plenty of opportunities for you to help out at the competition and this is a great way to find out how trialling works.

Membership

Single annual membership - $40
Family annual membership - $50
Single renewal - $35
Family renewal - $45
Training fee (this applies to all classes) - $3 (payable on attendance)

Your membership covers you for 12 months for both obedience and agility. You can also attend our AGM which is held in August and our Christmas party which is held in December. You do not have to be a member of the Canine Association of Western Australia to join our club

Club grounds

We are situated at the Canine Centre on the corner of Ranford Road and Warton Road in Southern River. Our obedience training is located on the top arena and our agility training and seniors obedience are located on the bottom arena of the Canine Centre.