Obedience training

The Minister for Agriculture has approved the following obedience training organisations:

• Australian Association of Professional Dog Trainers
• The Gentle Dog Trainers Association
• Dogs Victoria
• Four Paws K9 Training

As an approved obedience training organisation, they have a program that assesses a dog on the following skills:

• heeling or walking with handler
• sociability with other dogs
• staying on command (known as the stay test)
• coming to handler on command (known as a recall test)
• absence of aggression.

These organisations have qualified obedience trainers who run approved assessment programs and can provide an obedience assessment certificate.