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Come join us at Beaumont Road,
South Parklands.
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P.O. Box 7049 Hutt Street Adelaide 5000
phone 8223 6626
If you cannot find the information you are looking on the web page or in
the FAQ link.
Then please
send us a email
For URGENT inquiries only.
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 10.45 a.m. on Tuesday mornings, or 7.45
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.
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