Our Classes 
Basic obedience skills are something every dog should have. Not only does it make your life easier but it helps your dog to understand what you want from him or her, reducing stress for both of you.  Obedience is about learning to communicate with your dog to help prevent those undesirable problem behaviours from forming.

Over an 8 week term you will learn how to teach your dog to walk on lead and introduce your dog to the commands come, heel, sit, down and stay to name but a few.  Your dog will also have the opportunity to socialise with other dogs and people in a controlled, safe and interesting environment.
 Our Club provides the following classes (please click for details of each class):

Term Details

Our training is held on Monday and Tuesday nights.
​Directions to both our training venues can be found on our Contact page.

Term One
TBCOC Clubgrounds, Ngatitoa Domain
​Information and demo night 13th January, 6pm
Online enrolment 13th-27th January
​Classes start Monday 10 February
Graduation 30 and 31 March

Term Two
Dogs NZ Training Centre, Prosser Street
Information and demo night - date tbc
Online enrolment - dates tbc
​Classes start Monday 4 May
Graduation 29 and 30 June

Term Three
Dogs NZ Training Centre, Prosser Street
Information and demo night - date tbc
Online enrolment - dates tbc
​Classes start Monday 27 July
Graduation 14 and 15 September

Term Four
TBCOC Clubgrounds, Ngatitoa Domain
Information and demo night - date tbc
​Online enrolment - dates tbc
​Classes start Monday 12 October
Graduation 7 and 8 December

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Fees

Training fees
$60 per term for seven weeks training
(plus graduation night on week eight for domestic classes)

Club Membership
Compulsory for training class members.
$40 per year (Jan - Dec annually)

TBCOC account number for online payments:
BNZ 02-0548-0202062-000

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Enrolment

 Our enrolments are now ALL online.
Our next online-enrolments will be open 13th-27th January 2020.
Click here to enrol online for classes.

Once you have enrolled online you will receive a confirmation email that will let you know how to pay for your classes and membership. ​Click here to see how to pay your fees online.

Not sure what to enrol in?
The answers to these questions should help, but if you're still not sure, please come to one of our information nights, or send us an email at titahibayobedience@gmail.com.
  • Is your dog between 3-6 months old? - enrol in Puppy Class.
  • Is your dog over 6 months old and you are new to training? - enrol in ​Domestic 1.
  • Are you returning to training and have passed your last Domestic grade? - enrol in the next Domestic level.  Or, you can choose to move to the beginners level in Competition Obedience, Rally-Obedience or Canine Good Citizen (see below for requirements).
  • Do you want to do ​Competition Obedience and haven't competed in it before? - enrol in Intro to Competition Obedience.
  • Do you want to do Rally-Obedience and have a good level of basic obedience (especially good loose-lead walking)?  - enrol in Rally-O Beginners.
  • Do you want to do Canine Good Citizen and have passed Domestic 2 or higher - enrol in CGC Foundation.

​We will be running a pre-enrolment information night at our Clubhouse at Ngatitoa Domain where you can find out all about our classes before each term commences and watch demonstrations of Obedience, Rally-O and CGC.
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Our next information night will be: Monday 13th January, 6pm
​​Please do not bring your dog onto the grounds unless asked to – its hard to focus on questions and pat adorable dogs at the same time.


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What to bring to class

  • Lots of small, yummy treats for your dog (such as cheese or skinless sausage) that can be eaten quickly without the dog choking on them - excited dogs often forget to chew! Possyum is a great choice and is available with the dog roll at your supermarket. Aim for small pieces - treat quantity is more important to your dog than treat size.
  • We recommend you do not give your dog a full dinner before class. They will work harder for their treats and they will not have to do exercise on a full stomach which can cause medical problems.
  • Suitable attire for training - clothing you don't mind getting dirty and closed shoes.
  • A tug type toy for the dog (NOT squeaky please as this distracts other peoples' dogs).
  • A suitable leash and collar- NO Choker chains or retractable leads.
  • Toilet bags for cleaning up after your dog.
If you are unsure about something, or need further information, please contact us.

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