Point Cook Dog Training & Day Care

Point Cook Dog Training & Day Care We offer a friendly dog day care service, puppy classes, adult dog classes, private lessons and we t
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We provide dogs with a bright and spacious indoor centre that caters to both dog day care as well as training. During weekdays our venue is set up for dog day care so your dogs can come to play and socialise with their dog friends. All dogs are assessed before joining our centre to ensure they are sociable and friendly with both people and dogs. During weeknights our venue becomes a training centr

e and we offer a range of courses from puppy classes to teens and adult classes to more advanced training. During weekdays, we offer private consultations for dogs with behavioural problems, behaviour modification programs, private lessons for reactive dogs as well as private training lessons in your own home. All training and handling is carried out by qualified force free trainers and we pride ourselves on being gentle and nurturing with the dogs, as well as practical. You will learn what to train, when to train and how to train using modern best practice methods. Bookings are essential for day care, group classes and private lessons or consults. For information on dog day care email us at [email protected]

For information on classes or private lessons, email us at [email protected]

Congratulations to the Friday night group of Canine Beginners who completed their course. Well done everyone!
22/03/2025

Congratulations to the Friday night group of Canine Beginners who completed their course. Well done everyone!

Congratulations to the 8pm group of Canine Beginners. We had a lot of busy dogs in this group as well as newly adopted a...
17/03/2025

Congratulations to the 8pm group of Canine Beginners. We had a lot of busy dogs in this group as well as newly adopted and each did well!

Congratulations to the 7pm group of Canine Beginners. Quite a diverse range of young dogs through to middle aged dogs an...
17/03/2025

Congratulations to the 7pm group of Canine Beginners. Quite a diverse range of young dogs through to middle aged dogs and each improved over the duration of the course.

Congratulations to the dogs that completed their Canine Beginners course tonight. Lovely to see each dog improve over th...
17/03/2025

Congratulations to the dogs that completed their Canine Beginners course tonight. Lovely to see each dog improve over the weeks! Here is the 6pm group.

Congratulations to our Tuesday Graduates! All great puppies, seeing them settle each week and fine tune their skills. We...
11/03/2025

Congratulations to our Tuesday Graduates!

All great puppies, seeing them settle each week and fine tune their skills.

Well done Everyone 🎓🐾

Congratulations to the first Canine Class Beginners graduates who completed their course tonight. Amazing dogs, amazing ...
27/02/2025

Congratulations to the first Canine Class Beginners graduates who completed their course tonight. Amazing dogs, amazing improvements!!

Congratulations to my first Canine Level 1 group for 2025! What an outstanding group, setting the bar for the year!
27/02/2025

Congratulations to my first Canine Level 1 group for 2025! What an outstanding group, setting the bar for the year!

Here are the 8pm graduates from the first puppy class of 2025. Such big clever babies with big personality!!
26/02/2025

Here are the 8pm graduates from the first puppy class of 2025. Such big clever babies with big personality!!

First group of pups to graduate from Puppy Classes for 2025 and weare off to a great start with amazing pups and handler...
26/02/2025

First group of pups to graduate from Puppy Classes for 2025 and weare off to a great start with amazing pups and handlers!!! Here is the 7pm group.

In classes, we always teach stay and wait as two separate exercises. With stay, we always return to the dog and one area...
25/01/2025

In classes, we always teach stay and wait as two separate exercises. With stay, we always return to the dog and one area where this is applicable is when you open your front door and you do not want the dogs to follow.
Here, you can see Bean and Turnip, not walking out the front door while it is wide open. If they do not have their leashes on, they have learned they are not to exit. If you have a dog that continues to escape the front door, start working on stay or shout out for some help!

We have partnered up with Lyka as this product is fantastic. Bean and Turnip love it and we highly recommend it. If you...
22/01/2025

We have partnered up with Lyka as this product is fantastic. Bean and Turnip love it and we highly recommend it.
If you are keen to give it a try, click on the link and you will get 50% off your first order.

On behalf of everyone at Point Cook Dog Training, we would like to wish everyone a very Merry Christmas and wonderful Ne...
23/12/2024

On behalf of everyone at Point Cook Dog Training, we would like to wish everyone a very Merry Christmas and wonderful New Year. Thank you to all our amazing clients and their dogs, all our peers, Veterinary Behaviourists and Behaviour Specialists, colleagues, associates and partnering companies, students, volunteers and mindDog teams and staff.
An enormous thank you also goes out to my incredible employee, Martine, who keeps the fort running day in and day out, always making me think, grow and laugh. And I have not forgotten you Tracey! We look forward to having you back at work next year!
What we do is a joint venture with the best intentions at heart; to help the dogs using our fear free principles, and it is a privilege working with this huge family.
See you all in 2025!

And so we wrap up another year, with the last of my Canine Class graduates completing their course tonight. This group h...
20/12/2024

And so we wrap up another year, with the last of my Canine Class graduates completing their course tonight. This group had its challenges, newly adopted, excitable, anxious dogs, but we got there in the end! The young one's also did so well, having moved from Puppy Classes to Beginners, and seeing them mature is beautiful.
Congratulations everyone and thank you for finishing off my year with a bang!

Congratulations to the 8pm group of small pups who improved enormously by the end of their course. And a huge well done ...
19/12/2024

Congratulations to the 8pm group of small pups who improved enormously by the end of their course. And a huge well done to Riley, a mature boy, who sat in on the course to help build confidence and overcome some of his noise sensitivity. Well done to everyone!

Congratulations to my very last two groups of puppies graduating from Puppy Classes tonight. I could not be prouder of ...
19/12/2024

Congratulations to my very last two groups of puppies graduating from Puppy Classes tonight. I could not be prouder of this bunch of happy puppies with very proud parents. Here is the 7pm group of larger pups!

10/12/2024

We are very excited to partner up with Lyka, who have created a top product, delicious, nutritious, vet board certified and most importantly, great for dogs!
If you have a fussy eater, a dog that is just struggling to thrive or just want to try something different, click on the link below.

www.lyka.com.au

Congratulations to this lovely small group of dogs who graduated from Canine Classes tonight. Each dog found their groov...
06/12/2024

Congratulations to this lovely small group of dogs who graduated from Canine Classes tonight. Each dog found their groove and improved in each lesson. Well done everyone!

Congratulations to the 8pm group of puppies that graduated from Puppy Classes tonight! Well done everyone!
04/12/2024

Congratulations to the 8pm group of puppies that graduated from Puppy Classes tonight! Well done everyone!

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Thursday 10am - 9pm
Friday 7am - 9pm

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Here is another instalment of Bean demonstrating cooperative handling, where he is in total control over me, placing eye drops in his eye. Bean does not have any eye conditions, but in this video, you can see how easily I can prep him, and you will see the drop go in. We are focusing on stationing on the side with duration. We are then progressing to stillness whilst the drops appear, eventually making contact with his face. Notice how he tells me when he needs a moment and then resumes being calm and still. Preparing dogs for these kind of procedures is far better than trying to deal with it when they are agitated or in pain. So with that, get your mats and your little bucket of treats and start conditioning to cooperative handling.

I often talk about cooperative handling, teaching pups they can have control over how they are handled and examined. Here is a short video of Bean working on some stationing, chin rests with duration and having his ears and eyes briefly checked. Bean is willingly choosing to participate which makes this procedure less stressful. We highly recommend all puppy owners work on this to build confidence around vet checks and grooming.

Recall is one of the hardest skills to master, but patience, practice and setting up the stage can make a world of difference. Working out what motivates your dog, what reinforcer it prefers is also very important. Bean prefers toys over treats so for his 'wait' and 'come' exercise, he gets a ball as his reinforcer. Note that at the end I did say the word sit but still tossed the ball even when he remained standing. I wasn't after a perfect arrival, I was stoked he came to me so try not to ask too much, keep it simple and reinforce each milestone. And yes, he has a long line attached to be safe as his recall will need to be 95% reliable before I can trust he no longer needs it. Set your dogs up to succeed!

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We provide dogs with a bright and spacious indoor centre that caters to both dog day care as well as training. During weekdays our venue is set up for dog day care so your dogs can come to play and socialise with their dog friends. All dogs are assessed before joining our centre to ensure they are sociable and friendly with both people and dogs. During weeknights our venue becomes a training centre and we offer a range of courses from puppy classes to teens and adult classes to more advanced training. During weekdays, we offer private consultations for dogs with behavioural problems, behaviour modification programs, private lessons for reactive dogs as well as private training lessons in your own home. All training and handling is carried out by qualified force free trainers and we pride ourselves on being gentle and nurturing with the dogs, as well as practical. You will learn what to train, when to train and how to train using modern best practise methods. Bookings are essential for day care, group classes and private lessons or consults. For information on classes or private lessons, email us at [email protected].