Dog Training By Zen

05/08/2024

Do you have your leash? 🐶

On-the-spot fines for dog owners who fail to control their dogs in public places have increased to $806.

This includes having a dog off-leash in an on-leash area. Or, if the dog is in an off-leash area, the owner must be able to control the dog using voice command.

For fatal attacks, owners face fines up to $108,000 and possible jail time.

22/10/2023

So often we want our puppy not to behave like one. If you do the necessary work to raise a confident adult dog, you will have the best friend you’ve ever had and the journey will be so rewarding BUT you must put the time in. Puppies can’t raise themselves, they need your guidance. Enjoy the ride!
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26/09/2023

Dog Training By Zen has our next group training class starting in October at Brookfield Showgrounds. If you have any questions about the class - please call Callie on 0419 279 109. Otherwise bookings are available from the website.

Level 1: This Dog Training group session is a 4 week course held at the Brookfield Showgrounds on a Wednesday evening. Topics covered include: 1. Creating a bond with your puppy/dog 2. Avoid problem behaviour like biting, jumping up, stealing 3. How to get your puppy/dog to listen to you 4. Correct....

01/08/2023

A wonderful group of clever puppies graduated from our July course on Sunday. We wish them all the best for their training journey ahead. 🐶

07/07/2023

🐶🐾 We are excited to be in development for the next series of Muster Dogs and the production team are looking for new participants to take on the challenge of training a muster dog puppy in 12 months. 🐶🐾
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If you have a passion for dog handling and work in regional Australia on a property with livestock, we want to hear from you. ❤️💕
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Please email [email protected] with the following information by August 1, 2023:
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1. Contact details - Full name, age, phone, and email.
2. Location - Region/state, type of stock and size of property.
3. Profession - Do you run your own property/manage a property/ or work as a freelance stock hand?
4. Dog training experience - Beginner, advanced, very experienced. Do you have a team of dogs already? If so, what breed and how many?
5. Why are you interested in taking part in the show?
6. A photo of yourself.
7. A short video of yourself. Nothing fancy needed just use your phone and tell us a bit more about who you are, your interest in training working dogs and show us where you live. Upload the video (3 mins max) labelled with your first and last name to this Dropbox link: https://bit.ly/MusterDogsDropbox
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Good luck!
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Muster Dogs is produced for the ABC by Ambience Entertainment.

02/07/2023

5 Star Review: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

About a week ago, my dog George and I had his first training session with Rob at Dog Training By Zen. He's already received a lot of help from Dr Callie at the Zen Vet, but it was high, if not well past time to put some dog training into the mix. It's only been a week, but George is already making remarkable progress. George struggles big time with separation anxiety and dog reactivity, but already he is making huge progress with both.

It's all thanks to Rob's expertise, guidance and encouragement. He's taught me some excellent positive reinforcement techniques and training games, as well as helped me to discover that George is super food motivated. I can tell that he genuinely cares about the progress George and I make, which I know will help me be really consistent with training and keep it up for the long-term. Rob's customer service skills are top notch, and his approach to training his really fun. With his help, I genuinely feel like I've bonded with my dog more in the space of a week than I ever have in his life.

Melissa Cameron

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02/07/2023

Biggest Congratulations to our new Level 1 Graduates. They did a wonderful job with learning new skills, improving impulse control & continuing to bond & focus on their humans.
Enjoy your life long dog training journey. 🐶

25/06/2023

Fun morning recording our new video. 🐶

11/06/2023

I found Rob online last year, after we had an incident where one of our dachshunds nipped a child who was a family member of ours. We were expecting our first baby to arrive just a few weeks after the incident, so it was important to us to get a professional opinion and quickly put in any steps to help stop this behavior from happening in the future. Rob was quick to respond to my enquiry and after an in depth phone call, was out to visit us at our home within the week. Rob is knowledgeable, professional and genuine. He spent over an hour with us, and was able to give us some great advice and ideas on training, to help improve both of our dachshunds behaviors. We have put several things into practice that Rob advised and we've seen improvement! Thank you Rob! I would highly recommend Rob to anyone needing assistance with dog training, I know you'll be in good hands.

Review by Mel J

23/05/2023

Our next Group Dog Training Class for Level 1 is starting Sunday June 11th at 9am. Bookings are now available.

Level 1: This Dog Training group session is a 4 week course held at the Brookfield Showgrounds on a Sunday morning. Courses run every 4 weeks. Topics covered include: 1. Creating a bond with your puppy/dog 2. Avoid problem behaviour like biting, jumping up, stealing 3. How to get your puppy/dog to l...

08/05/2023

Congratulation on completing our Lvl 1 group training class. Keep up the good work.

13/04/2023

Loon says," If you would like to learn some basic obedience, join us on Sunday for the lvl1 group training class. Places are available. "
See www.dogtrainingzen.com.au or email [email protected]

10/04/2023

Our level 1 group training class starts on Sunday 16th April. We work on creating and using a marker. Boundary training- a place of great value for your dogs which we can use in everyday life e.g., keeping your dog out of the kitchen, using when guests arrive , training two dog's and visiting your local cafe. Adding a release cue to your already known behavior's- helps create duration when asking your dog for a sit. LLW- how to hold the lead, leash pressure. creating proximity. Plus so much more. Also your dogs practices working with you when in the presence of other dog's.

03/04/2023

03/04/2023

Congratulations on finishing our lvl 1 group training class. I have seen great improvement in all our owners and their dogs. Keep up the good work.

20/03/2023

Our new group are absolute superstars ⭐️ 🐶
Enrolments for April are now open on our website.
www.dogtrainingzen.com.au

07/03/2023

Leia enjoying our Level 1 dog training. 🐶

05/03/2023

Well done to all our graduating dogs today. 🐶

23/02/2023

Our current group of K9 Superstars 🌟 doing Level 1 Dog Training at Brooky Showgrounds! 🐶

07/02/2023

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Something to think about.
Forcing a dog to ‘face its fears’ and taking away its control over its own movement is probably not a good idea as the risk of creating a negative learning experience becomes very high.

Luring a fearful dog with food could work out fine and can sometimes make a dog to realize that an object is safe, but it can also create feelings of inner conflict and some dogs will suddenly startle. I would never advise anyone to lure a fearful dog into meeting other animals (including humans) as this can become very risky. Once the food has been eaten, the dog may freak out in being too close and suddenly react with a defensive response.

Encouraging a dog (with verbal praise or other types of rewards) after it takes initiative in exploring and processing information at its own pace can boost the self-confidence of a dog and can reduce stress and fearfulness.

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05/02/2023

We have a new group training class on Sunday 12th February. Through games based training we learn how to create a calmer dog, who listens to you and wants to work with you.
Book online at dogtrainingzen.com.au
or call 0419279109

20/01/2023

Crate training can be hard work but such an invaluable skill for our dogs to learn.

Reading Time: < 1 minutes Share onIn this video, you’ll learn about everything from the benefits of crate-training a dog to selecting a crate to making sure your dog loves his crate instead of fears it. It’s a Fear Free approach to creating a safe and secure spot for your pup!

20/01/2023

Retractable Leads: Friend or Foe

Many owners love retractable leads to allow their dog to have some more freedom when required. The use of them seems to be rising in popularity.

22/12/2022

Behaviour is only labelled good or bad because it’s what we have perceived it to be. To our dogs, behaviour is is explored or repeated simply because it is reinforcing in some way.
When we start to think of behaviour just as meeting a need. We can start to change our response to it and work on our own reactions.
And of course tell Santa all dogs are on the good list.

07/11/2022

We have a new group starting on Sunday, it's a great time to learn something new which you can practice over the Christmas holidays.

30/10/2022

06/10/2022

Would you like assistance with training your dog?
We run group classes on Sunday mornings at the Brookfield Showgrounds.

06/10/2022

We have a new group training class starting this Sunday at 8.30am, the class runs for 4 weeks. During this time, you and your dog will learn boundary training, how to train a marker, using a release cue, loose lead walking, a great recall plus more.

22/09/2022

Welcome to our September Newsletter! We are excited to report that we have some new services available and also some new Group Dog Training classes s...