It costs over 35,000 and takes 14 months to complete the training required for one accredited Assistance Dog. As it stands, the demand is highly outweighing our capacity to meet the needs of all those seeking our help. With our waiting lists at full capacity, our clients currently wait up to two years to receive a SmartPup. It is our goal to reduce the waiting time to 6 months.
That’s where the Smart Pups Centre comes in. The centre is located on the Sunshine Coast Qld. The Centre’s design has drawn on international expertise; Giving us a world-class facility, which includes:
Airconditioned kennel block filled with the latest creature comforts
Huge state of the art indoor training facility, fully air conditioned
Recreation areas where dogs can run free and socialise
An Administration building
A grooming room to pamper our Smart Pups
A caretakers residence
Room to grow and have our own veterinary clinic and state-of-the-art breeding facility
Approval is for 40 kenneled dogs. We are allowed more for assistance dogs in training, and personal dogs.
We are not limited to any particular number of staff on site.
There is a full kennel kitchen, whelping room with basin, groomingroom, wet room for washing machine and chemicals, store room, 2further large offices (could be a veterinary room) and massive indoortraining room, measuring 205m2. The kennel building in total is justunder 500m2.
2 x toilets, 1 x handicapped toilet and shower room, kennel building toilet in wet room.
The caretakers residence is a 4 bedroom, 2 bathroom, 2 carport and is very nice.
Carpark is total 25 spaces with 1 additional handicapped space.
A bore water on site.
4 x 22 000 litre water tanks with UV water filters attached.
9 x exercise yards measuring 5.5m x 12m each. Large fenced grass yard.
Brand new back up generator, wired and ready for plug and use.
Massive shed with mezzanine, compressor and much more.
Vermin free dog food storage.
Solar system.
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