Adolescent classes are held at Griffith Hall.
Meet your trainer
Professional Guide Dog trainer, with over 10+ years experience.
CHRISTINE BALODIS
IGDF Guide Dog Trainer
IAABC GDBART/BCL
Cert IV Companion Animal Services
Christine's extensive experience working with animals spans far and wide. Christine has spent time working with animals in shelters, canine hydrotherapy centres, boarding facilities and charities across Sydney. Christine became an accredited Guide Dog Trainer where she was responsible for assessing and training Guide Dogs over the past seven years.
Christine lives in Canberra with her husband and two rescue dogs: Sally, the 12 years old Kelpie and Harper the 5 year old Koolie crossbreed.
Outside of work, you'll find Christine exploring Canberra with her dogs, volunteering at the National Zoo & Aquarium and transforming her garden into a native habitat to attract local wildlife!
About the course
1
WEEK ONE
A Polite Dog
Body Language
Positive Reinforcement
Earn to Learn
2
WEEK TWO
Meeting A Dog's Needs
Enrichment
Understanding Cues
The Three D's
3
WEEK THREE
Staying Focussed
Loose Lead Walking
All About Recall
Place Training
4
WEEK FOUR
Body Handling
Decompression
Water Safety
Graduation Photos!
In each class you and your dog will learn how to perform several behaviours and commands.
It is a requirement that your dog is up to date with their vaccinations and parasite prevention to participate in this course. Please feel free to confirm or discuss further with your veterinarian.
Our goal is to encourage safe supervision of socialisation between healthy dogs in a supportive engaging environment tailored to new dog owners.
We understand that getting a new puppy is a family decision. We encourage children to learn about the needs of your new puppy and want to provide an educational environment in which to facilitate learning. Children are welcome in our classes. Please consider limiting to two people per puppy per class.
"We had such a great time at puppy school with Jess. We learnt so much about behavior, routines and caring for our puppy. The photos Jess took of our puppy at the final class were such an added bonus."
-The Heaton Family
