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Promote and encourage responsible dog ownership by educating all members in the training, care and welfare of their animals.
Pursue a positive community image by the promotion of all facets of the function and activities of the club.

A RallyO Workshop will be held at the Dog house on
25 April at 6pm with visiting Judge Debbie Lamprecht.
Club members interested in attending, please put your name down at the canteen.

OBEDIENCE TRAINING - NEW MEMBERS and MEMBERS RETURNING FROM PREVIOUS YEAR commence on first Tuesday of  February.

 

AGILITY TRAINING - MEMBERS RETURNING FROM LAST YEAR commence on date to be advised due to the recent wet weather.

The Mackay and District Obedience Club (MADOC) is a non-profit organisation dedicated to promoting responsible dog ownership.

If you have a puppy or dog you wish to train, then come and join us on Tuesday evenings at our grounds at the Magpies Sporting Club, Glenella Road, Glenella. (click here for contact details and map)

Your membership with the club includes a social membership at Magpies Sporting Complex and a regular magazine to keep you up with what is happening in the club.  Our instructors all work on a voluntary basis and have trained dogs to at least the advanced class. Individual problems can be discussed with your instructor or one of our senior instructors before or after classes. Your instructor may not have all of the answers, but collectively, the instructor team has many of the answers.

We teach YOU to train YOUR dog. Your instructor will show you how to train your dog.  It is not their role to teach your dog, as you would not then have the skills to handle or control your pet away from your instructor. It is important to remember that first, your dog learns to learn from you, and the respect and rapport develops as your training expertise improves. Then you can truly say that you have ‘mastered’ your dog!

This is when dog training gets exciting because you can then teach your dog almost anything.  It is our wish for you to be a happy and proud dog owner made possible with obedience training. Because your dog is a pack animal, we ask you to train kindly but firmly and consistently as you assume the role of ‘pack leader’ to your dog. 

Members learn how to achieve an obedient dog which will heel beside them, come when called and stay when told. Training activities are available to suit all dogs of all ages and include OBEDIENCE AGILITY, JUMPERS, TRACKING, and FLYBALL. 

The Mackay and District Obedience Club is an affiliated club of Dogs Queensland (CCCQ). For more information on Dogs Queensland, you can visit their website on www.cccq.org.au. A full listing of Obedience Clubs affiliated with Dogs Queensland is also available from their website.

As an affiliate of the Dogs Queensland, the club conducts official competitions in Obedience, Jumpers & Agility, Tracking and Endurance.

MADOC is also one of 10 affiliated clubs of the Magpies Sporting Club in Mackay and you can visit their site at: www.magpiesmackay.com.au.

Our club is also involved in obedience demonstrations, promotion of responsible dog ownership and we are also actively involved in the AVA Pet Pep Program. This program teaches children responsible pet ownership, safety around animals and keeping pets healthy. The AVA PetPEP website is for everyone - whether you are a student, teacher or an animal care professional.

We can visit you in your workplace, school, function or anywhere else so just give our Secretary, Carol a call to find out more.