About Us
Peninsula Positive Paws Dog Club Inc.
Building a stronger relationship between you and your dog.
Wondering how to build a respectful and fulfilling relationship with your dog? Are you wanting your dog to be well behaved in social situations? We’re here to help!
With decades of experience between us, we offer positive reinforcement training for dog lovers of the Mornington Peninsula. Our classes and workshops are positive and fun, allowing you to learn new skills and enjoy spending quality time with your dog.
Join us to start your positive, reward based, dog training journey today.
“Our focus is on building good relationships between dogs and their handlers, leading to strong teamwork, community acceptance, friendly behaviours and responsible dog ownership”
Established in 2021, we are the Mornington Peninsula’s newest dog club.
The club was founded by locals that saw the need for a positive training methods on the Southern Mornington Peninsula. Fed up with the old “yank and crank” methods, they were determined to offer dog training methods that were positive and rewarding experience for both people and dogs.
Our experienced volunteer instructions are supported by qualified animal behaviourists. We are dedicated to teaching the most up-to-date, science-based methods for dog training in a fun environment for both handlers and their dogs.
And it is clear that the local community agree! For such a young club, it is growing incredibly fast as dog lovers of the Mornington Peninsula take up the opportunity to learn to gently shape the behaviour of their dogs.
All our volunteers, both the committee to our skilled instructors, are passionate about supporting Mornington Peninsula dog owners to build positive relationships their dogs, creating happy homes and good dog citizens in the community.
Meet The Club’s Volunteers
Committee of Management
President: Vacant
Vice President: Jocelyn Lucas
Junior Vice President: Jessah Browne
Secretary: Karen Nicholls
Assistant Secretary: Cynthia Morris
Treasurer: Dawn Cartwright
Committee: Ken Thomas, Vivien Millane, Gordan Visal, Sharon Hay, Zoe de Pettri
Our Instructors
Ken Thomas
Ingrid Thompson
Janet Warren
Tracey Ward
Karen Nicholls
Dawn Cartwright
Zoe De Pettri
Tom Heeren
Jodie Spencer
Virginia Silva
Verity Roberts
Start your positive reinforcement dog training journey, become a member today.
We train all levels every Sunday at Rosebud and offer weekly social group walks during the week.