The Club

Hastings & District Obedience Dog Club offers many fantastic activities for you and your dog to become involved in.

Training Times

Sunday Mornings

Download the 2011 Class Timetable (PDF)

New Members

New members are required to fill out the online membership form (under "Membership" on left hand side of screen) and make payment online (Paypal, direct debit or credit card). The annual membership fee includes a six week Foundation Course that all new members are required to participate in - no matter whether your dog is 12 weeks or 12 years old. Foundation Courses run every 3-4 weeks and class numbers are strictly limited, so if you wish to get into your first preference of start date, please complete membership as soon as possible.

After the Foundation Course, members can chose to participate in Obedience, Flyball, Agility or all three! Classes are $2 per week after the Foundation Course, regardless of how many classes they participate in.

Obedience

From the new Community Companion Dog class right to the top, we offer good quality instruction very clearly bent towards a high level of detail. Obedience competition is not just for humans to win ribbons, it's the "dressage of the dog world" and to watch a happy team float along with pin point accuracy is an absolute joy. If this appeals to you, come along and join our trialling group.

Flyball

This is a sport for the doggies. It appeals to the very core of what it means to be a dog. Running, jumping, catching a ball and super excitement too! Flyball can best be described as a relay race over four jumps whilst retrieving a ball in around 21 seconds for a four dog team! It is a sport in which any dog can participate, though some obedience is required for control in learning.

To compete in competition, dogs and handlers must be members of the Australian Flyball Association. For competition forms or a more complete description of this fun sport go to the Australian Flyball Association website.

As many of our instructors also compete in flyball trials with their own dogs, we can not offer flyball classes every week. Please check the calendar page for confirmation of whether flyball classes are available in coming weeks.

Flyball is a sport for dogs with human cheerleaders!!!

Agility

Another exciting sport where the dogs are required to complete a formal course of jumps, tunnels, weaving poles, and other obstacles within a short time frame. For dogs, this can be a great relationship builder with their handler. It's fun, exciting and no dog is too small or too big - even little fluffies can do this stuff!

Check out more information on upcoming trials and much, much more at http://www.agilitytrials.info/ or go to the Victorian Canine Association website.

As many of our instructors also compete in agility trials with their own dogs, we can not offer agility classes every week. Please check the calendar page for confirmation of whether agility classes are available in coming weeks.

Tracking

Whilst tracking doesn't form part of the weekly instruction, there are groups of members who are passionate about the sport and meet weekly during the tracking season to practice and learn. We also run a "Learn to Track" weekend once per year around April or May. Book early if you wish to participate - this seminar is unrivalled in its content and you're unlikely to find a better start to the sport anywhere else in the state.

Committee & Instructors

President
Julie Morrison

Vice President
Deb Hoffrichter

Secretary
Dianne Leitch

Treasurer
Geordie Male

Trial Secretaries
Obedience - Nicole Exon
Agility - Greg Milner
Tracking - Kim Houlden
Flyball - Jenny Millar

General Committee
Craig Kerr, Melissa Ferabend, Kate Dunkley, Greg Milner, Ilona Wagemaker, Garry Hienze, Barbara Andruch

Grounds Manager
Craig Kerr

Training Co-ordinator
Barbara Andruch

Instructors
Rosaline Twaites
Jenny Millar
Greg Milner
Barbara Andruch
Carolyn Robertson
Kate Dunkley
Karolyn De Grauuw
Deb Hoffrichter
Julie Morrison
Nicole Exon
Amanda Orbitani
Melissa Ferabend
Catherine Smallbone

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