Gladstone Dog Agility

Gladstone Dog Agility * Dog agility * canine conditioning * basic obedience * online, private and group lessons

Ziggy’s pet portrait finished! What a lovely journey this was. ❤️
12/07/2025

Ziggy’s pet portrait finished! What a lovely journey this was. ❤️

02/07/2025

Chippie learning the foundations of his running dog walk. For non-agility (weird) people, the dog has to touch a section at the bottom of the dog walk or they get course faults. They aren’t just running randomly. (Hopefully 😆)

First I had to teach him to drive ahead of me over the jump, then we added in the contact zone and now I’m moving to half way up the dog walk.

He’s also had to learn proprioception (where his legs are!) to turn on a plank. So he’s done lots of exercises to teach him awareness of his back end. This keeps him safe on the equipment when it gets high.

My position behind the dog really tempts him to come off the end sideways and not touch the contact zone, as dogs tend to want to turn towards you. Here he’s learning to stay straight and touch the contact zone and keep driving over the jump.

The biggest challenge in learning this is him learning to run ahead while I stay still, or am in the wheelchair. This is good learning for all of his distance training. For a lot of dogs this is a centimetre by centimetre journey while we work on their confidence to drive ahead! This is a great method by Hayley Laches.

Does your dog need mental and physical exercise? Our next online lesson is now available! 🎉 This month we’ll be teaching...
24/02/2025

Does your dog need mental and physical exercise? Our next online lesson is now available! 🎉

This month we’ll be teaching our dogs how to WALK BACKWARDS!

Walking backwards is one of our foundation gym lessons that teaches your dog how to use their bodies correctly. It’s suitable for pups from 12 weeks old, right up to our senior dogs!

For puppies it’s all about body awareness and setting them up to use their bodies correctly for life. For adult dogs it’s a fantastic exercise to strengthen their core and front end but really focuses on the rear end muscles - especially those that support the knees. No prior training skills are needed and no equipment is needed.

This method will teach you correct, even steps with no strain on the dog’s neck or spine.

HOW OUR ONLINE LESSONS WORK:
🐶 online lessons are just $25
🐶 join in any lesson at any time!
🐶 your theory notes and video instructions will be emailed to you and you’ll be invited to join our private fb group where you can post videos of your training and get unlimited feedback!

*Last month’s HAND TARGETING lesson is also available to join in at any time. A fantastic focus exercise for all dogs*

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Calliope, QLD
4680

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Monday 7am - 8:30pm
Tuesday 7am - 8:30pm
Wednesday 7am - 8:30pm
Thursday 7am - 8:30pm
Friday 7am - 8:30pm
Saturday 7am - 8:30pm
Sunday 7am - 8:30pm

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