Greyhound 101 - Greater Wellington Region

Welcome and congratulations on adopting your family member!

Like any relationship, you and your Greyhound have a lot to learn about each other. What energises them, their unique nuances, behaviour's, the best way to train and integrate them into life with you. Taking on and adopting a dog brings with it a lot of excitement as well as responsibilities. 

For the Greater Wellington Region, we offer a 4 hour workshop on foundational learning and practical training for Greyhound owners.  

You may be contemplating adoption, have recently adopted or have had your hound for a while and want to further enhance your training or want some advice or guidance.

The course will cover a multitude of topics. Course content such as Q&A sessions to go over aspects ranging from transitioning from kennel life to home life, training on reading body language & purpose oriented games that will help introduce your Greyhound to different experiences in a safe manner.

We are pleased and proud that our course is recommended by Nightrave Greyhounds NZ, May Hounds Charitable Trust and GAP NZ.

Investment for the 4 hour workshop is $240 (includes Group follow-up notes sent post-workshop).

The course venue is located at Needlenose Hound Services, 101 Valley Rd, Paraparaumu . 

(This course is not suitable for aggressive dogs. We can assist with individual cases if you would like to know more)

To register your interest for this course, please click  on the link below and complete our form.

*Please note that in order to run the Greater Wellington Region based workshop, we require a minimum number of 8 Greyhounds to attend. The maximum number is 12 Greyhounds.  Should we exceed the maximum number, unconfirmed parties that have expressed interest will be placed on a wait list and advised of the next available workshop date.

Upcoming workshop dates for Wellington:

• To register your interest, please complete our online enquiry form