Frequently asked

Yes, we offer home based training Monday – Friday during regular business hours.

Training sessions can be held either in your home, at one of our designated training locations or another location of your choice around the Gold Coast.

Please refer to the prices tab of our website for the cost of investment in our services.

We service the entire Gold Coast area. However, if you live in Brisbane, Tweed Heads or the Scenic Rim you’re more than welcome to purchase public area training sessions as well. We will soon be offering private and group training in Tweed Heads & Logan.

As long as your dog is over 8 weeks of age, they’re ready to start training. The old saying ‘old dogs can’t learn new tricks’ also doesn’t apply, it’s NEVER too late to teach or unteach your dog a few habits. We do ask that if your dog is in their final months that you do just let them rest, however.

This can be either be determined in our initial session together, or from reading about our packages in the Pricing section.

In Australia, our owner and head trainer, Max, is qualified through the National Dog Trainers Federation (NDTF). In addition he holds his NePoPo Silver & Gold Certification. Max is also currently working in completing his qualification with the International Association of Canine Professionals (IACP) as well as studying canine behaviour with the University of Edinburgh.

In addition, Max has completed a Bachelors Degree in Business and reinvests thousands of dollars every year into up skilling and further training/education to ensure that our organisation is up to date with the latest research, training standards and legal parameters.

Our head trainer, Max, has been training dogs for close to 10 years now, and started Down Under Dog Trainer 7 years ago. During that time, we’ve trained over 1000 dogs of all breeds, ages and temperaments. We’ve trained pet dogs, assistance dogs, therapy dogs as well as participated in the training of dogs for scent trailing and detection. In addition, Max has been involved with Guide Dogs UK and Guide Dogs QLD in a voluntary capacity. Currently, Max is working with protection dogs and raising his own Protection Rottweiler, Nelson.

We train with our DUDT system. Our training philosophy, methodology and overall balanced approach draws inspiration and influence from training systems around the world. Doing this means we don’t apply a ‘one size fits all’ training program to every dog that trains with us. We stick to our systems and find the best possible training method for your dog to ensure the best possible result.