Cairns Canine Academy

Cairns Canine Academy Ph 0478 528 282 for personalised dog training sessions with highly experienced trainer. Experience is the greatest educator! Dog training has rapidly evolved.
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Train with a dog trainer with over 20 years hands-on experience. Andrea has trained her dogs and successfully competes at the top level of obedience in Cairns for the last 10 years. She has achieved State and National obedience titles. Continuous improvement is a must for all professionals. Andrea has attended many seminars with national and international presenters to fine tune her skills (Michae

l Ellis, Ivan Balabanov, Forrest Micke, Peter Scherk, Susan Garrett, Glynis Hendricks, Vera Drummond, Josh Moran to name a few). We offer individual training sessions to work specifically on your skills, group training sessions, improving with problem behaviours right up to competition dog sports coaching. Call Andrea on 0478 528282. Northern Beaches of Cairns

Tuesday evening class showing some great skills and having fun teaching new tricks to their dogs. ๐Ÿ’–๐Ÿ‘Œ Love the dedication
23/11/2024

Tuesday evening class showing some great skills and having fun teaching new tricks to their dogs. ๐Ÿ’–๐Ÿ‘Œ Love the dedication

'WALK-WITH-ME' the program for reactive dogs starting in early January 2025. Register your interest now. Only 5 handler ...
20/11/2024

'WALK-WITH-ME' the program for reactive dogs starting in early January 2025. Register your interest now. Only 5 handler positions, safe training environment, combination of Private and Group training sessions. Email: [email protected]

Anyone in the Clifton Beach area near Nicholas street, please keep your eyes out for this little dog that has gone missi...
19/11/2024

Anyone in the Clifton Beach area near Nicholas street, please keep your eyes out for this little dog that has gone missing.

Last Group training session tomorrow night before a short break for professional development. Then back again for train...
18/11/2024

Last Group training session tomorrow night before a short break for professional development. Then back again for training on Tuesday 17th December. See you all tomorrow ๐Ÿ˜€

I had a great weekend at the Tableland Dog Obedience Club. Thank you so much for the invitation sharing my passion for o...
18/11/2024

I had a great weekend at the Tableland Dog Obedience Club. Thank you so much for the invitation sharing my passion for obedience. We had a great variety of dogs from 12 week old puppies to seasoned campaigners. We were working on developing foundation skills to high level obedience skills with very motivated handlers. Modern competition obedience training requires the dogs to show refined and precise skills but this all with a high level of enjoyment and motivation. We had some brilliant outcomes after working on some motivational games to begin our obedience work and changes in reward delivery and being clear about what we want our dogs to do. Really looking forward to seeing these handlers in competition next year.

15/11/2024

Working in a group environment requires some handling skills so that handlers are more effective when working in a group or in public. Be an effective handler for your dog ๐Ÿ‘ŒPrivate lessons will work with you and your dog individually, building skills and confidence and making you both a team.

When your crew of talented handlers blow you away ๐Ÿ’– working on their heeling skills
12/11/2024

When your crew of talented handlers blow you away ๐Ÿ’– working on their heeling skills

Sometimes there is good reason for a little brag. We participated in the last trial at the Cairns City Kennel Club, Scen...
11/11/2024

Sometimes there is good reason for a little brag. We participated in the last trial at the Cairns City Kennel Club, Scent work trial. My you girl, Mazikeen, has finished off her first year in competition with qualifications in Advanced Vehicle and Advanced Container search๐Ÿ’œ. But my absolute little super star was Arnie, our mini bully, who gained a qualification and 1st prize in Excellent containers against strong competition ๐Ÿ’ฅ๐Ÿ’– Scent work is such a great sport for all dogs. We had a wonderful time with all the competitors clearing each other on. Now we have a break before training starts for the mew season next year.

This week was 'Parcour Tuesday' in our obedience group class. After rehearsing some impressive recalls and Stay exercise...
08/11/2024

This week was 'Parcour Tuesday' in our obedience group class. After rehearsing some impressive recalls and Stay exercises the teams could practice on some equipment. This is a socialisation exercise, where the dogs deal with challenges that they may not have encountered before... and they learn to deal with it and succeed. This is not just fun, but is confidence building and team building. Dogs practiced rear end awareness on a bowl, they learned to negotiate a ramp, go through a tunnel, perform position changes in a position box and move on a wobble board. I think they are all super stars ๐Ÿ’–

Wise words from a brilliant colleague in Townsville. Many dog owners have the wrong idea what socialisation is. I often ...
07/11/2024

Wise words from a brilliant colleague in Townsville. Many dog owners have the wrong idea what socialisation is. I often hear stories from reactive dog owner's about how these problem behaviours started.

๐—ฃ๐—น๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐—ฃ๐˜‚๐—ฝ๐—ฝ๐˜†/๐——๐—ผ๐—ด ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐——๐—ผ๐—ด ๐—ฃ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ธ๐˜€, ๐—ฎ ๐——๐—ผ๐—ด๐—ด๐˜† ๐——๐—ฎ๐˜†๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ, ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐˜€๐—ถ๐˜๐˜‚๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜€/๐—ถ๐—ป๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜€ ๐˜„๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ๐˜† ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐—ถ๐—ป๐˜๐—ผ ๐˜€๐˜‚๐—ฏ๐—บ๐—ถ๐˜€๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ด๐—ผ ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ๐—น๐—น๐˜†-๐˜‚๐—ฝ ๐—œ๐—ฆ๐—ก'๐—ง ๐—ฆ๐—ข๐—–๐—œ๐—”๐—Ÿ๐—œ๐—ฆ๐—”๐—ง๐—œ๐—ข๐—กโ€ผ๏ธ

It's no different to dropping your kid off at school and watching the Bullies steal their lunch money.

If you think it's ok, don't be surprised when your dog eventually fights back. If you won't protect them, there's not a lot of options left on the table.

๐—ฆ๐—ง๐—ข๐—ฃ ๐—”๐—ก๐—— ๐—ง๐—›๐—œ๐—ก๐—ž ๐—ช๐—›๐—”๐—ง ๐—ฆ๐—ข๐—–๐—œ๐—”๐—Ÿ๐—œ๐—ฆ๐—”๐—ง๐—œ๐—ข๐—ก ๐—ฅ๐—˜๐—”๐—Ÿ๐—Ÿ๐—ฌ ๐—œ๐—ฆโ‰๏ธ

Because I'm getting sick of hearing people tell me that it is this...

๐—”๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ณ๐—ถ๐—ฟ๐˜€๐˜๐—น๐˜†, ๐˜๐—ต๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ธ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ถ๐˜'๐˜€ ๐—ผ๐—ธ๐—ฎ๐˜†...

๐—”๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐˜€๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ฑ๐—น๐˜†, wondering why their dog is now displaying fear based aggression and defensive reactivity on-leash.

๐—ฆ๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—น๐˜† ๐—ถ๐˜'๐˜€ ๐—ป๐—ผ๐˜ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฑ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—ฝ๐˜‚๐˜ ๐˜๐˜„๐—ผ ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐˜๐˜„๐—ผ ๐˜๐—ผ๐—ด๐—ฒ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฟโ‰๏ธ

๐—ช๐—ถ๐˜€๐—ฒ ๐˜‚๐—ฝ ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—น๐—ธ๐˜€โ€ผ๏ธ ๐Ÿคท

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We also had fun on a Rally course. This competition sport is very popular and today we practiced on some of the signs. W...
31/10/2024

We also had fun on a Rally course. This competition sport is very popular and today we practiced on some of the signs. We'll done to my Tuesday crew, love your enthusiasm and dedication ๐Ÿฉต๐Ÿ’œ

Our awesome Tuesday class members show off their tricks trained this week ๐Ÿ‘Œ๐Ÿ’™
31/10/2024

Our awesome Tuesday class members show off their tricks trained this week ๐Ÿ‘Œ๐Ÿ’™

I am very honoured to be invited to share my passion for competition obedience with motivated handlers at the Tableland ...
30/10/2024

I am very honoured to be invited to share my passion for competition obedience with motivated handlers at the Tableland Dog Obedience club. Can't wait ๐Ÿ’œ

Channel had a big adventure today. Taking a walk amongst lots of distractions. We worked on establishing a procedure for...
27/10/2024

Channel had a big adventure today. Taking a walk amongst lots of distractions. We worked on establishing a procedure for Channel, whenever she encounters other dogs. Baby steps for her building confidence, after 10 years of being able to indulge in aggressive behaviours. Her connection with her handler is much improved and she has learned not to pull on her lead.

25/10/2024

Group training Tuesday night. I am do proud of all handlers who have come so far.

Channel the poodle was back for more work desensitizing him towards other dogs. His handler has told me how much improve...
22/10/2024

Channel the poodle was back for more work desensitizing him towards other dogs. His handler has told me how much improvement there is now on his daily walks. One needs to be fair, they is because his handler diligently works with him every day, on every walk. Today Chanel worked with my Ninja, who is an excellent decoy dog, as she is completely neutral and we were able to have both dogs relax in close proximity of each other. โค๏ธ

My weekend excursion to the beach with Ninja and Mazikeen. Show me photos of your weekend adventures ๐Ÿ˜€
20/10/2024

My weekend excursion to the beach with Ninja and Mazikeen. Show me photos of your weekend adventures ๐Ÿ˜€

Perfecting our heeling skills and having a go at some Rally exercises. We'll done to the teams in our Group class
18/10/2024

Perfecting our heeling skills and having a go at some Rally exercises. We'll done to the teams in our Group class

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Become an effective handler

Working in a group environment requires some handling skills so that handlers are more effective when working in a group or in public. Be an effective handler for your dog ๐Ÿ‘ŒPrivate lessons will work with you and your dog individually, building skills and confidence and making you both a team.

Group training Tuesday night. I am do proud of all handlers who have come so far.

Last night was the last session of our 'Walk-with-Me' program. Pokie the rescue dog, is much more confident on his walks now, he trusts his handler to give him every opportunity to avoid meeting other dogs. We practiced the technique and he nailed it. Marlee, the German Shepherd, has calmed down so much and her handler has plenty of opportunity to reward her for the behaviours we want. Certainly, Marlee's journey has only begun, but the improvements are so encouraging and her handler is working so hard to help her enjoy a daily walk that we all take for granted. Congratulations to these dedicated teams ๐Ÿ‘ โค๏ธ

Our 'Walk-with-Me' class last night โค๏ธ๐Ÿ’ฅ I was actually having goose bumps taking this video, and here is why. It may just look like people walking their dogs... boring. But it was the most amazing result for my handlers who are dealing with reactivity and extreme anxiety with their dogs. Being able to walk with their dogs being relaxed ๐Ÿ’ is an achievement. It is hard to imagine the struggle some dog handlers are facing just taking them for a walk, many choosing to go out very early so that they would not encounter other dogs, or even being too worried about taking them out at all. In the WWM program, handlers are learning techniques to increase their dog's engagement, they learn to manage their dogs effectively and what it is they need to do when encountering other dogs along the way. Certainly these ingrained behaviours are not fixed in a couple of sessions, but these handlers are committed to help their dogs, they are helping them build confidence and move towards a better life with their canine partners. Congratulations... last night was awesome ๐Ÿ‘Œ ๐Ÿ‘

Our super star Mako, is learning how to move her body in competition heeling. The secret is having a good technique, knowing when to reward and how to motivate your dog to work with you. Mako and her handler have nailed it ๐Ÿ‘Œ This activity should only be undertaken in very short sessions with young dogs and is a competition exercise.

Recalls like these don't happen by chance. Mako is still a puppy, but this is the stage where dogs learn the quickest. It is also important that regular training continues, that these skills are practiced with more distractions and in different locations. It takes 2 minutes of your time each day to practice 3 recalls... taking this time pays off big time.

Mako, this beautiful Shepherd puppy is growing so quickly. Here she is showing her heeling style.

Pokie had his 2nd private session in my 'Walk-with-me' program. He is starting to relax and offer behaviours to his handler and is not being triggered by the decoy dog. Very nice work from this team ๐Ÿ‘

is your dog timid? Does your dog not want to be anywhere near people? Does your dog not cope well in strange environments or near other dogs? Meet the beautiful Dixie. Dixie was very timid and would not let me touch her when she first came to my 'Walk-with-Me' program. Look at her now ๐Ÿ’™ After completing this program and continuing in my weekly classes, she is a different dog. She loves to come to class, greets me happily and is progressing extremely well with every day life skills. Book now into rhe new program starting shortly. Email: [email protected]

Group training class... hard to believe that here are dogs previously reactive, who are doing so well ๐Ÿ’™

I still have 2 spots available in my Clicker Workshop this coming Sunday at 9am. Do you want to learn to train like a professional? Here you learn about the principles of clicker training, reward delivery and reward placement. And you will get started with your dog training some basic skills on building the foundation to become a super clicker trainer. Book now. $120 for a 2 hour workshop - clicker included. This video shows my boy Arnie working on his rear end awareness โค๏ธ

Clicker Training Workshop, Sunday 2nd June 9am to 11 am at Clifton Beach. Want to learn how to train like a Professional? Clicker training is fun for dogs and handlers, you can apply this skill to anything you want to train your dog to do, from simple skills to obedience and tricks. This is my 3 month old mini Bullterrier, Arnie, learning rear end awareness, that is to move his back legs while his front legs are stationery. This is a good skill to have for heeling and coming to a sit next to me. As you can see he loves this type of training. Do you want to join me? Only 5 positions, so book now! Email: [email protected]

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Experienced trainer with a proven track record (current State Obedience champion) can help you train your dog. From basic Manners at home to obedience training, competition training for obedience and agility, puppy house training and socialisation, improving problem behaviours, and lots more. Call Andrea on 0478 528282.

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