SAODC offers

• Puppy fun classes.
• Discount fees available.
• Latest teaching methods.
• Reward not rebuke.
• Pleasant parklands location.
• Day and evening training times.

We will teach you to train your dog to:

• Come when called.
• Not pull on the lead.
• Sit quietly by your side.

·     Socialize with other dogs.

·    Lay down (drop) when told.

• Stand so that you can groom it.

Come join us at Beaumont Road, South Parklands.
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P.O. Box 7049 Hutt Street Adelaide 5000
General inquiries pH:(08) 8223 6626
or
e-mail the club

For URGENT inquiries.
President on 0437 420 099
Chief  instructor 82601710

Our Club is situated in Adelaide's southern parklands, off Beaumont Road.  Approached from South Terrace, our clubrooms are right in the parklands, just to the west of Beaumont Road, opposite the southern end of Victoria Park Racecourse.
The roadway here provides adequate parking as long as members park with consideration for others, as we often have 200 cars attending on Tuesday evenings.
We train under lights at night, and are visible from some distance.
 You need to bring your dog, and its vaccination certificate.
Either cash or cheque is acceptable for payment of fees.
The club does not extend to credit-card facilities.
There's no need to book in advance, as new members join each week,
but do try to ensure you arrive by 10.15 a.m. on Tuesday mornings, or 7.15 p.m. on Tuesday evenings, as there is some paperwork to attend to. 
Our club conducts Basic Obedience training from Puppy fun classes (for pups aged from approximately 14 weeks, or as soon as their second vaccinations
have taken effect, until 6 months of age), through five class levels, to the achievement of a Basic Obedience Certificate on graduation from Grade 5.
   A group assessment is conducted at the last training session of each month, at which time those who have achieved the required standard of work graduate into the next class for the following month, while those not quite ready, will return for another month at that same class level, usually to graduate a few weeks later.  
   Classes are allocated at the first training session of each month, but    members who miss that session for whatever reason, will be slotted into an appropriate class the following week, or whenever they next attend.  
After Grade 5, there are higher-level classes for those who wish to continue their training in either Advanced Obedience or Agility (and Jumping) , either just for fun, or towards competition standard.  

Since its inception, S.A.O.D.C. Has had consistently good results in the trial ring, with some exceptional dogs and handlers among our ranks in all disciplines.  
Many of these experienced handlers have given their time back to the Club as Instructors or Committee, and some have been awarded Life Membership status for their contribution.

The South Australian Obedience Dog Club was founded in 1955 by the late Harold Camm, a longtime instructor with the German Shepherd Dog League, who was concerned that training was not available anywhere at that time for non-pedigreed dogs, and crossbreeds, the ordinary family pet.  
     S.A.O.D.C. Was established as the first all-breeds dog training club to serve the Adelaide and surrounding community, which it has done continuously and successfully ever since, an achievement and history of which we are very proud.
In those early years, the late Nelson Gare gained South Australia's first Australian Obedience Championship in 1964 with his Boxer, Boxendale Bold Beau, the first of many such honours since achieved by S.A.O.D.C. Members, several of whom have shared their experience and skills with us as Instructors.
S.A.O.D.C. Is affiliated with the South Australian Canine Association, and enjoys a good working relationship with our governing body, and with other Dog Obedience clubs operating under their 'umbrella', as well as with the Adelaide City Council in whose parklands our Clubrooms and grounds are situated.

  During training sessions on Tuesday mornings and evenings, , the club Treasurer attends for membership transactions, and a Sales Counter operates, selling training equipment and other requirements.