Belconnen Dog Obedience Club Inc.


2012 Session 2 Beginners Classes has started on 12 & 15 April

Now Accepting Enrolment Application for Session 3.

Info pack for 2012 Session 3 (starting June 2012) is available from here.

New form available from here for those who are already a member wishing to add new dog or activity.

Check here for upcoming session dates and hours.

Notice Board

  • Morisset Road will be partially closed from 30 April. Our Club entrance will not be closed off but access from Old Well Station Road will become unavailable. Click here for further details.
  • The April 2012 issue of our Newsletter is now available for downloading from here. Our previous 70 newsletters, from Feb 84 to Sep 07, are also available on demand. Please bring a blank writable disc (CD is sufficient) or USB drive if you wish to obtain copies.
  • Some new activities are now being offered at BDOC! Dances With Dogs (DWD for short) class is starting on Saturdays from 2:30pm and Rally-O class is on a test-run on Sunday afternoon (currently scheduled at 3:00pm). For more info, please contact dwdbelconnen@yahoo.com for DWD and Jenny for Rally-O.
  • We are currently deseperately in need of more people volunteering to run the Club. Please have a look here and register your interest!
  • In order to cover the costs for our turf and other facility upgrades, we've introduced a new fee schedule, which is applicable from Session 3 enrolment application and onward. We appreciate your understanding.
  • Our postal address has changed! It is now PO Box 879, Mitchell ACT 2911. Please make sure to update before redirection service ends in July 2012.
  • Want to see what Flyball is like? Click here to see the canine athletes on our Flyball team, Belconnen Bullets!
  • Three sets of Amigo T5R5 system to assist handlers with hearing problems are now available for hire during the training (funded by ACT Govt). Please contact the office if you wish to take advantage of this nifty Assistive Listening Device (ALD). It's free of charge!

The Belconnen Dog Obedience Club (BDOC) was formed in 1975 to provide dog training instruction and facilities for people living in North Canberra. BDOC moved to its current location in Mitchell (or future Kenny) in May 1997.

The Club's main activity is obedience training but many other activities are also provided such as flyball and agility.

BDOC Committee

The club is administered by a committee of volunteers elected at the Annual General Meeting held in August each year.

The committee comprises of eleven members, the President, Vice President, Secretary, Treasurer, Assistant Secretary/Treasurer plus six ordinary committee members.

Committee responsibilities include, among other things, training instructors, organising assessment days and trials and liaison with other clubs.

President - Barbara Brown, Vice President - Jenny Thistleton, Secretary - Kate Slater, Treasurer - Maki Koyama, Committee members - Dean Gardiner, Michelle Gilbey, Jule Manolas, Pam McDougall, Pauline Murphy, Ray Leckie, Caroline Pappas.

Our sincere thanks to Elaine Temby, Carolyn Shrives, Anne Lewis for their service on the Committee.

BDOC is supported with much appreciated financial assistance from Sport and Recreation Services and Department of Education and Training ACT.