Walkys Dog Training Academy (WDTA) · Wollongong
Drop your dog. We do the work with you.
One day a week with our trainers, plus the entire online Academy.
You pick the day, and you keep it every week.
Wollongong, Monday to Friday. $148 a week or $562.40 every four weeks.
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Why owners call us
You have tried. It is not working. That is not a character flaw.
Most people who end up at the academy have already read the articles, watched the videos and tried three different things. Training a dog while holding down a job and a family is genuinely hard, and doing it alone is harder.
The academy takes the heavy lifting off you. One day a week your dog does the work with our trainers, and you get shown exactly how to hold it together for the other six.
Sound familiar?
Walks stopped being walks a long time ago
Barking and lunging at every dog you pass
Jumping on visitors, kids and anyone at the door
Ignoring you completely the moment something better appears
Panicking the second you leave the house
A dog you love and cannot relax around
None of this means you have a bad dog. It means nobody has shown either of you what to do.
How it runs
One day with us. Six days with you.
The academy day is where the work happens. Everything else exists so that work survives the week at home, and all of it comes with your membership.
The academy day
A full day of structured training with our trainers. A real training day, not a play session with training bolted on.
A report card
What we worked on, how your dog went, and exactly what to practise before next week.
Video of your own dog
Your dog training, not a stock clip. You can see what we are asking for and copy it at home.
Coaching in person
At drop-off and pick-up, with the trainer who had your dog that day.
The whole online Academy
Everything online members pay $89 a week for is included. Your own pack and head trainer, four live sessions every week on Microsoft Teams, both group chats and the full community feed.
All five levels
Scout, Tracker, Ranger, Guardian, Lead Dog, with the video lessons for every level. Your dog is assessed in person by our trainers at the facility.
Your day, every week
Wollongong, Monday to Friday. You pick your day and keep it, so your dog settles into the rhythm.
Whatever comes up at home between academy days, someone is there.
What you are actually buying
The academy day, and the entire online Academy with it.
Plenty of places will mind your dog for a day. The academy day is a training day, and your membership also includes everything our online members get: the video lessons, four live sessions a week, both group chats, the community and all five levels. The online Academy is $89 a week on its own, so at $148 the academy day works out at $59.
1 day
a week at the academy
6 days
of support in between
5
levels, Scout to Lead Dog
What changes
What owners tell us first
Every dog arrives from a different place and moves at its own pace. These are the changes owners mention earliest, not a promise of a finished dog by a set date.
A dog that can settle — the pacing, the whining and the inability to switch off start to give way.
Walks you would choose to take — loose lead work built in a real environment, not a quiet hall.
Manners at the door — visitors, the doorbell and the kids stop being a trigger.
Focus when it counts — attention you can get back when there is something more interesting around.
Confidence in new places — new surfaces, sounds and dogs, introduced on purpose rather than by accident.
A handler who knows what to do — the part nobody talks about, and the part that lasts.
The honest version: the dog does the easy half. You do the half that matters.
Everything we do on an academy day is built to be handed back to you, because the week at home is where a dog is actually made.
On the mat
What we work on
Engagement
getting your dog's attention back and keeping it when it counts.
Loose lead walking
no more dragging, no more dreading the footpath.
Place and settle
a dog that can switch off while life carries on around them.
Impulse control
doors, greetings, food, other dogs. Patience taught properly.
Recall
coming back because they want to, not because they are cornered.
Socialisation done right
structured exposure, not a free-for-all in a play yard.
Start
Two ways to start.
Same academy day, same trainers, same support in between, and the full online Academy either way. The only thing that changes is how often you pay. You choose your day of the week as you check out.
Most popularWeekly membership
$148
a week
The simplest way to be in. Pick your day at checkout and start this week.
✓One academy day every week✓The entire online Academy included, $89 a week on its own✓A report card and video of your own dog each week✓Coaching in person at drop-off and pick-up✓Cancel any time with 30 days' notice
Start weekly
Billed securely through Stripe. You pick your day of the week at checkout.
4-weekly membership
$562.40$592
every four weeks, save $29.60
The same academy days, paid four weeks at a time, at five per cent off.
✓Four academy days every cycle✓The entire online Academy included, $89 a week on its own✓Save $29.60 every four weeks✓Billed every four weeks, not calendar monthly✓Cancel any time with 30 days' notice
Start 4-weekly
Billed securely through Stripe. You pick your day of the week at checkout.
Prices in Australian dollars and include GST where it applies. Both plans are memberships, billed automatically through Stripe. Cancel either at any time with 30 days' notice, and your final 30 days are paid as normal.
Not happy with how your dog is going?
Take a free one-on-one session with a head trainer at the academy, valued at $209. We would rather spend an hour working out what is not landing than have you quietly give up on it.
Book
Pick your day.
Pick your day when you check out, then it is yours every week. Spots are held per day, so the popular ones go first. If the day you want is full we will call you and sort it out before anything starts.
Wollongong, Monday to Friday
Choose your day at checkout and keep it every week
The entire online Academy included from day one
Cancel any time with 30 days' notice, no lock-in contract
Not happy with how it is going? A free one-on-one at the academy, valued at $209
Wollongong: 5 Waverley Drive, Unanderra NSW 2526.
Is the academy the right fit?
Yes, if
You can get your dog to Wollongong one day a week.
You want the training done with you, not just to you.
You have tried on your own and it has not held.
You can give the homework fifteen minutes a day, most days.
You would rather have a team around you than a booklet and good luck.
Not this one, if
You are not within reach of Wollongong. The online Academy is built for exactly that, and it is included here anyway.
Your puppy is under 16 weeks. Puppy School is built for that stage.
You want a quick fix in a fortnight. This is a weekly rhythm, not a repair job.
You cannot commit to the same day each week.
Your dog has a bite history that needs a private behaviour plan first. Call us instead.
The week does not wait. Start this one.
Every week you put it off is another week of habits settling in. One day a week is all it takes to turn that around.
Start here
Book a free call. Fifteen minutes.
Tell us what is happening at home and what you have already tried. We will walk you through the academy day, the online Academy that comes with it, and tell you honestly what we would do first.
No cost. No obligation.
- It is not a sales call. Some people join the academy, some do not. Both are fine.
- You do not have to decide anything on the call.
- You will speak to a real Walkys trainer, not a call centre.
- Tell us what your dog is doing at home and we will tell you honestly what we would do first.
Times shown in your local time zone. If nothing suits, call the academy on 0405 707 561.