You are not behind: your dog's pace is the right one
January 5, 2026
You’re Not Behind: Why Your Dog’s Pace Is the Right Pace If you’ve ever thought “My dog should be better by now”, you’re not alone. So many dog owners come to training feeling behind — behind their neighbour’s dog, behind social media dogs, behind where they ...
Planning for 2026
December 25, 2025
2026 planning
As the year winds down, it’s easy to start thinking about everything you should work on with your dog next year.Better recall.Loose-lead walking.Calm guests.No barking. No jumping. No chaos.I am doing this too- what do i want to achieve with my older dogs what do I want to...
Travelling with your dogs
August 28, 2025
Travelling with your dog
Taking your dogs on holiday with you can be alot of fun. I am currently away with three of my dogs.I am lucky that my dogs are used to travelling in their crates in the ute and the crates are their home away from home. It is important that your dogs are secured in the vehicl...
What do we mean by positive training
February 28, 2025
Positive training is the buzz word around at the moment but it means different things to different people.Positive training means rewarding the dog for the behaviours that you ask for. Reward can be praise, food treats, toys, environmental (swimming, digging, running, sniffi...
New Years resolutions
December 31, 2024
What are your hopes and plans for 2025
At this time of the year I like many others make a pile of resolutions around my business, my lifestyle block, my dogs and my family.This year my main resolution is that each goal will be accompanied by a plan to follow to achieve it. So i have set out my plan and like my bu...
Fireworks
November 1, 2024
Managing dogs and fireworks
Fireworks- what can you doSome of our dogs are sensitive to noisy things like fireworks. While it is too late to solve the problem for this year there are a few things that can help1. Try to stick to your rountine as much as possible – although make sure you have walk...
Puppy Socialisation
August 14, 2024
Puppy Socialisation
Puppy socialization is the process of exposing a young puppy to a wide variety of experiences, environments, people, animals, and objects in a positive and controlled way. Proper socialization reduces the risk of future behavioural problems such as fear, aggression, an...
Why does my dog not come when I call
June 24, 2024
There could be several reasons why your dog won't come when called.
Here are some common factors to consider:
1. Training Issues
Inconsistent Training: If you haven't consistently trained your dog to come when called, they might not understand the command or if you have used different commands eg come or come come
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How much time should I spend training my puppy
September 22, 2023
How much time should I spend training my puppy.This is a common question I get and always gets me thinking about what is training.First thing to remember is training happens 24 hours a day not just when you are training and it is about the decisions you make almost unconscio...
My puppy- goals and training plans
August 25, 2023
I cant believe it is now a week since I picked up my puppy.I wasn’t sure quite what to expect as I have only had bigger dogs before and recently have had crazy heading dogs although I work with a lot of varieties of puppies.As always I drew up a list of goals – short ter...
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