Playful Paws: Training & Wellness

Playful Paws: Training & Wellness 🐾 Helping dogs & humans understand each other
💚 Building confidence. Strengthening connection.
📍6 Macleod St, Bairnsdale More Places. More Often.

Megs Hopman, founder, has a work history in both the disability sector and human behaviour, as well as a complete understanding of dogs. She is university qualified to manage and deliver an exceptional service. This business is unique in that it focuses on dog training as well as empowering and educating dog parents. The business understands that everyone has an individual journey with their dog a

nd adapts their services accordingly. Playful Paws is the ‘go to’ for dog training and behaviour in East Gippsland, with people proud to say their dogs have been trained with them. The business has continued to adapt and evolve through consultation with the community which has contributed to rapid growth of the business. The bright green paw is forefront of everyone’s mind when they think of training with their dog. We offer a personalised services and our vision is to see More Dogs.

📚✨ BOOK WEEK AT PLAYFUL PAWS! ✨🦈 Honey — Shark🎖️ Snow & Eve — G.I. Jane👻 Jessie J — Peeves the Poltergeist🎀 Molly — Ange...
07/09/2026

📚✨ BOOK WEEK AT PLAYFUL PAWS! ✨

🦈 Honey — Shark
🎖️ Snow & Eve — G.I. Jane
👻 Jessie J — Peeves the Poltergeist
🎀 Molly — Angelina Ballerina
🔴 Archie — Where’s Wally?
🌺 Willow & Carrie — Lilo & Stitch
🤠 Angus — Cowboy
🍯 Nova — Winnie the Pooh

🏆 OUR BOOK WEEK WINNERS!

🥇 1st Place: Snow — G.I. Jane
🥈 2nd Place: Molly — Angelina Ballerina
🥉 3rd Place: Nova — Winnie the Pooh

A huge thank you to everyone who dressed up and joined in the Book Week fun! We loved seeing everyone’s creativity. 💚📚🐶

🐾 Look at Butch go! 🐾Butch’s dad noticed a big difference after just his first day at Puppy Kinder! 🥹💚Butch is already f...
05/09/2026

🐾 Look at Butch go! 🐾

Butch’s dad noticed a big difference after just his first day at Puppy Kinder! 🥹💚

Butch is already feeling much more confident when seeing other dogs while out on walks — such a fantastic start! 🐶✨

📍 6 Macleod St
⏱️ Monday–Friday | 7:30am–5:30pm
(Half days available)

Ready to help your puppy build confidence? 🐾

Book now ⬇️
https://www.playfulpaws.com.au/puppy-kinder/

✨ THROWBACK — 5 SEPTEMBER 2018 ✨One month before we moved into our current location, Playful Paws looked VERY different!...
05/09/2026

✨ THROWBACK — 5 SEPTEMBER 2018 ✨

One month before we moved into our current location, Playful Paws looked VERY different!

Back then, I was training out the back of a pet shop, taking a maximum of just 6 dogs for half-day Puppy Kinder, Tuesday–Thursday.

We ran group classes Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday & Saturday, with Mondays dedicated to private sessions.

And it was just me! Emily helped out with around 2 hours of admin a week. 😂

It’s pretty incredible looking back at where we started and seeing how far Playful Paws has come. 🐾❤️

Here’s to the early days!

To the amazing person who stole our dog p*e post last night…Congratulations on your new acquisition! 🎉Not only do we now...
03/09/2026

To the amazing person who stole our dog p*e post last night…

Congratulations on your new acquisition! 🎉

Not only do we now have the fun job of finding a replacement post for the dogs to p*e on before they head into training, but you’ve also scored yourself something truly special…

A box that has been lovingly p*ed on by 100+ dogs every single week. 🐕💦

We’re not sure what your plans are for it - garden feature? Coffee table? Statement piece? - but we sincerely hope you enjoy your new, very well-seasoned post.

May the smell forever remind you of your excellent life choices. 😂

Love,
The dogs who would quite like their toilet back 🐾

🐾 WE’RE HIRING! 🐾PUPPY KINDER ATTENDANT – JOIN THE PLAYFUL PAWS TEAM! 💚We’re looking for a reliable, enthusiastic dog lo...
03/09/2026

🐾 WE’RE HIRING! 🐾

PUPPY KINDER ATTENDANT – JOIN THE PLAYFUL PAWS TEAM! 💚

We’re looking for a reliable, enthusiastic dog lover to join our growing team!

Located at our training centre - 6 Macleod Street, Bairnsdale

🐾💚 A little something for a great cause!We’ve put together a doggy hamper full of goodies 🐶🎁 for the local Lions Club ra...
31/08/2026

🐾💚 A little something for a great cause!

We’ve put together a doggy hamper full of goodies 🐶🎁 for the local Lions Club raffle, helping raise funds for our local hospital. 🏥

We’re so happy to support this fantastic community fundraiser and hope our hamper brings a little extra excitement to the raffle! 🍀🐾

30/08/2026

A little look back at our Car Boot Sale from last weekend! 🐾💚

A huge thank you to everyone who came along, supported local, and helped make it such a lovely morning. We loved seeing everyone there! 🥰

Missed out? Don’t worry… we’ve got something exciting coming in just a few weeks! 👀✨

Keep your eyes p*eled! 🐶💚

Wish meeting cousin Kobi for the first time 🐶💚
28/08/2026

Wish meeting cousin Kobi for the first time 🐶💚

🐾 HAPPY INTERNATIONAL DOG DAY! 🐾Happy International Dog Day from all the Playful Paws dogs! 💚🐶Today is all about celebra...
26/08/2026

🐾 HAPPY INTERNATIONAL DOG DAY! 🐾

Happy International Dog Day from all the Playful Paws dogs! 💚🐶

Today is all about celebrating the unconditional love, joy and friendship our dogs bring into our lives. We’re pretty lucky to spend our days with these beautiful faces! 🥰🐾



Cody

Boots

Hadley

Kitty

Boots & Flint

Cody & Flint

Flint

Indie

Winston & Oscar

Wish

Doug

Willow

Megs

Sarge & Quinny

Walter

Tik

Reggie

Address

6 Macleod Street
Bairnsdale, VIC
3875

Opening Hours

Monday 7:30am - 5:30pm
Tuesday 7:30am - 5:30pm
Wednesday 7:30am - 5:30pm
Thursday 7:30am - 5:30pm
Friday 7:30am - 5:30pm

Telephone

+61421641138

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