The Gold Coast

Gold Coast Animal

Gold Coast’s animal community offers plenty of ways to enjoy responsible care, whether you are teaching a dog new skills, choosing equipment for an aquarium, arranging help for a cat at home or developing your riding. Local shops cater for fish, birds, reptiles and smaller pets as well as dogs and cats, while clubs and instructors create opportunities to learn with others. Horse riders can choose from lessons, horsemanship, agistment and retraining services, and wildlife organisations provide clear pathways for urgent rescue or hands-on conservation volunteering.

🩺 Veterinary care

Gold Coast Vet Surgery

Gold Coast Vet Surgery in Surfers Paradise operates by appointment and indicates same-day appointments for critically ill animals. Surgical and dental cases can be scheduled from Monday to Friday, giving pet owners a local clinic for routine planning as well as more involved treatment arrangements.

2800 Gold Coast Hwy, Surfers Paradise QLD 4217
☎ (07) 5538 5909 — clinic and urgent matters

Bay Vets Runaway Bay

Bay Vets Runaway Bay provides routine consultations, vaccinations, desexing and microchipping, with same-day appointments indicated. Its clinical services also include dental work, soft-tissue, orthopaedic and obstetric surgery. The clinic directs after-hours emergencies to SASH, so the two contact pathways serve different purposes.

1-2 / 455 Oxley Drive, Runaway Bay QLD 4216
☎ (07) 5662 1234 — clinic
☎ (07) 5584 7300 — after-hours emergency via SASH

🛍️ Pet shops, aquariums and animal supplies

Gold Coast Pet Centre

Gold Coast Pet Centre in West Burleigh carries supplies for dogs, cats, fish, birds, reptiles and small animals. Practical services include dog nail clipping, bird wing clipping, bird DNA sexing, dog washing, snake probing and water testing. The shop also lists local delivery from Ormeau to Tugun for qualifying orders.

Shop 4 / 110 Kortum Drive, West Burleigh QLD 4220
☎ 07 5576 8766 — store

Pet Deli - Pet & Aquarium Warehouse

Pet Deli - Pet & Aquarium Warehouse in Highland Park combines pet-care products and accessories with an aviary, reptiles, freshwater fish and marine life. It also invites enquiries about pet care and dog grooming, making the shop relevant to both everyday pet needs and aquarium or specialist-animal interests.

2/4 Page Court, Highland Park QLD 4228
☎ 07 55 004 617 — store

Pets Wonderland

Pets Wonderland brings together a pet boutique, dog grooming, doggy daycare and a dog-training academy. Its product range covers dogs, cats, rabbits and guinea pigs, birds, reptiles, fish and horses, including aquarium equipment and equine supplements. It is a useful single destination for households with more than one kind of animal.

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Goldcoast Stockfeed

Goldcoast Stockfeed is a Carrara stockfeed outlet listed by Multicube Hay & Cube. Its position in the local animal-supply network makes it relevant to keepers sourcing feed and husbandry supplies, particularly those managing animals beyond the usual household pet range.

Unit 2, 94 Spencer Road, Carrara QLD 4211
☎ 0403 386 053 — store

🐕 Grooming, sitting and everyday dog care

Whaggy Whiskers

Whaggy Whiskers in Southport offers dog grooming, doggy daycare, pet and house sitting, drop-in visits and dog walking. Its home-visit arrangements also include care for cats, so the service can suit owners seeking help with daily routines, short absences or in-home attention rather than a single grooming appointment.

130 Minnie Street, Southport QLD 4215
☎ 0415 358 159 — bookings and enquiries

🐾 Dog training and club activities

Beacon Dog Training

Beacon Dog Training offers private lessons and group classes across the north and south Gold Coast. Private training can take place at home or in practical community settings such as neighbourhoods, parks, beaches, cafés, veterinary clinics and groomers. That flexible format allows lessons to reflect the places where a dog and owner spend time together.

Gold Coast, QLD

Gold Coast Dog Obedience Training Club

Gold Coast Dog Obedience Training Club is a Dogs Queensland-affiliated club running weekly positive-reinforcement classes for puppies, pet dogs and dog-sport competitors. Members can work towards rally, trick dog, obedience and agility competitions, bringing structured learning and a social club setting together.

Ron Short Park, Alicia Street, Southport QLD
☎ 0450 721 189 — club

🐎 Riding, horsemanship and agistment

Gold Coast Equestrian Centre

Gold Coast Equestrian Centre at Clagiraba offers beginner lessons, horsemanship programmes, advanced coaching, mounted and unmounted activities, and agistment. Riders aged six and over can take part; helmets are supplied for riding, while visitors are asked to wear long pants and closed footwear. The centre prefers text or email when coaches are working.

212 Stewart Road, Clagiraba QLD 4211
☎ 0499 007 778 — enquiries; the centre prefers text or email when coaches are working
☎ 0499 099 901 — text enquiries

Red Gum Riding

Red Gum Riding is a Gold Coast horse-riding school focused on children aged five and over. Private 30-minute and one-hour lessons are available for different riding abilities, with stables, yards, an arena and paddock areas on site. Booking and waiver arrangements are published online for families planning lessons.

Gold Coast, QLD

AI Equine Performance

AI Equine Performance in Tamborine provides private riding lessons using a rider’s own horse or school horses, alongside horse training and off-the-track Thoroughbred retraining. The service also covers agistment and horse sale and lease enquiries, with lessons listed for riders of all ages and abilities.

Tamborine, Gold Coast, QLD
☎ 0409 143 367 — lessons and horse enquiries

🐨 Wildlife rescue and conservation

Wildcare Australia

Wildcare Australia supports wildlife rescue and rehabilitation across the Gold Coast region, including through a dedicated Gold Coast rescue vehicle supported by the City of Gold Coast. For injured wildlife, its public contact is the 24/7 emergency rescue hotline. No wildlife-care address is published for public visits or drop-off.

Gold Coast region, QLD
☎ 07 5527 2444 — 24/7 emergency wildlife rescue hotline

Aussie Wildlife Limited

Aussie Wildlife Limited is a Gold Coast wildlife rehabilitation and conservation organisation seeking volunteers for hands-on caring, transport and community-event support. Its work focuses on ethical rehabilitation and sustainable care for Australian wildlife, offering people a practical way to contribute beyond observing animals.

Gold Coast, QLD

From a first puppy class or grooming appointment to an aquarium project, a riding lesson or wildlife rescue call, Gold Coast residents can find animal activities that connect practical care with learning. Clubs, shops and specialist services also create opportunities to meet others who share an interest in animals.

Local animal businesses, clubs, educators and welfare groups are warmly invited to add or update their listing, helping more Gold Coast people discover the services, skills and community activities available nearby.

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