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Kat's 4 Dogs - Sunshine Coast

Dog Training & Behavioural Specialist
For all your dogs training needs! You will be surprised at how quick I get results.
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Kat's 4 Dogs
Head Behavioural Trainer: Katrina Boyd
Dog Training and Behavioural Specialist. Weather you need a puppy program, obedience classes or help at home with barking, aggression, anxiety issues I can help.

31/08/2024

Great pack walk today.

More to come, if you are a client and are keen to join different adventures please PM me.

25/08/2024

This dog minding is a hard gig but I think I could get used to it 🥰

08/08/2024

Little Hugo was first scared of the elephant but then they became friends.

Love watching him build confidence ❤️

04/08/2024

So many owner’s get given this advice by unfortunately people that should know better.

99% of dogs I see are so wired they just can’t sit still and don’t know how to be calm and relaxed.

People believe that to get their dogs to be calm and peaceful they need to continually engage with them, exercise them which is just adding fuel to the fire.

If you do not show your dog how to be still, get them to self sooth and practice stillness, your dogs excitement, anxiety and other unwanted behaviour problems will only intensify.

Anyone can create an on switch but having an off switch is the most important thing if you want a well behaved neutral dog.

Somehow, the skill that is one of the most critical for a dog to have to in order to live harmoniously with us humans, is the skill that so many trainers and owners have missed.

Instead of developing a comprehensively well rounded dog, with both an on and off-switch, we focus obsessively on action. More commands, more play, more exercise—as if all that action will train a dog how to actually relax and be calm when needed, and not just the for the fleeting moments when they’re tired.

Folks, action—motion, doing stuff—is wildly easy for dogs. Being calm and still, especially in the face of tempting distractions, is anything but. And yet, most continue to blindly drink in, and act upon the old, overly simplistic adage of “A tired dog is a good dog.” No, a tired dog is simply a temporarily tired dog, and unless you’ve taught them specifically how to be calm, still, and chill when needed, you’re simply creating an athlete who doesn’t have an off-switch, and who will only need more and more action to be “a good dog.”

You’re creating a motion j***y, and you and your dog will pay the price.

Instead, teach all the aspects and skills your dog—and you—need to enjoy life together. While it’s counterintuitive, training dogs to do nothing for extended periods of time while the world goes on around them is one of the least taught and least understood aspects of successful dog training. And to be clear, this isn’t encouraging folks to not train action-based work, or play and exercise their dogs—no—what it is encouraging is to BE SURE to teach the less obvious but incredibly valuable skill of stillness and calm on demand. It’s encouraging folks to see that often what doesn’t look like much, and won’t impress your friends or colleagues, is the thing you’ll likely most enjoy (need!) when calm, quiet, and peace is desired.

If you’re struggling, and you’re doing all the action, perhaps take a step back and honestly assess how much time and energy and focus you’ve put on training stillness. In my experience, it’s the the thing most often missed, and as I said above, least understood.

02/08/2024

Kats4Dogs farewell to Doonan group photo.

02/08/2024

If anyone is wondering who took these beautiful professional photos of my Doonan Farewell celebration.

It was my friend Hans from Vanderpost Photography.

http://vanderpostphotography.com.au/

For any occasion contact Hans. He is an amazing human and will provide you with beautiful pictures.

Thanks again Hans, I’m so pleased you were here to capture this memorable day.

01/08/2024

What a way to say farewell to my Doonan training centre.

As most of you know, it's been a pretty crazy few years, finally though, it's time for me to leave this chapter of my life behind and focus on my very exciting future.

I will no longer be running classes but will arrange to catch up for pack walks and different real life training experiences.

I will stay local and am always there to assist, I will still be doing 1 on 1 work.

The farewell get together was a great way to say bye. Thanks to everyone for the lovely gifts and a great speech by Kyle. It was an emotional morning and so good to see everyone. How amazing were all the dogs, just hanging out. That in it's self was amazing to see.

01/08/2024

I have no words!

28/07/2024

Awww Noosa ❤️❤️❤️

09/07/2024

What a magical day.

Check out the beautiful sky and my beautiful boy.

Both of us so excited about the future, leaving the monster behind us now and just full steam ahead 🚂🚂🚂

I feel so privileged to live in an amazing community. Have you ever felt you have a force field around you?

My crew/pack far and wide have and continue to be amazing. I love you all so very much and am just so excited for what the future brings.

🐾❤️💪

The universe has blessed me with so many things and I just love life.

29/06/2024

Big shout out to my newest top fans! 💎

Heather Stokes

Drop a comment to welcome them to our community, fans

29/06/2024

So PROUD of the K4D pack.

Always aiming for better.

Note: (Kyle) video’s have not been edited at all.

Just sayin!

25/06/2024

Very proud moment for Perry and little Lanny.

Perry has worked hard with Lanny from a puppy and is now working off lead in a high distraction environment.

Great job Perry.

I’ve been meaning to post this for a while, great leadership!

24/06/2024

With Mark - Dog Trainer & Behaviour Specialist – I just got recognised as one of their top fans! 🎉

21/06/2024

Looking for an amazingly talented artist.

With a photo she can produce the most detailed paintings, you will be amazed as I was!

21/06/2024

What a privilege to have the amazing local artist Keri Parker-Davies do an amazing portrait of my Romeo.

Keri is a good friend and an amazing artist. She can paint you anything on request.

I urge you to contact Keri on 0414 152 771 or [email protected] if you would like a special piece of art.

Thank you Keri. Receiving this beautiful portrait of my boy this afternoon meant the world to me.

I’m so glad you and everyone else has seen the beautiful boy he is.

He has been through so much and his resilience is admirable.

No more chicken Jaz, he is obsessed with you 😂 he really does bring all the ladies in!

20/06/2024

For anyone that is thinking of adopting or has already adopted.

Good read for anyone that owns a dog really.

Human emotion is harmful to most dogs.

19/06/2024

My boy ❤️🌅❤️

15/06/2024

Scooby
Great Dane x Mastiff
2 year
Male

Reactive to dogs/people and struggled being out with any distractions.

The video speak for itself!

10/06/2024

It’s always nice to receive updates from clients.

“Hi Kat

Penny is progressing extremely well since your 2 sessions with us. Her over excitement has greatly reduced and she just goes into her crate of her own accord and rests. She is doing really well out walking. Having visitors is still a work in progress. I can’t thank you enough for your guidance.
I wish I had have gone down this path to start with instead of wasting a couple of thousand dollars with very limited results.

Thank you again.

Lynne & Penny🐾🐾”

02/06/2024

Bowie
2yr old
French Bulldog
Male

Main issues:
Territorial
Reactive to dogs and birds

Obviously when you are working with any behaviour you are always having address a number of issues.

Particularly reactivity. When trying to rehab a dog with reactivity and territorial problems, it’s crucial to start all work in the home.

Without changing the way a dog sees its humans, behavioural problems can be very hard to modify.

In the below video you will first see Bowie relaxing in his crate with the door open whilst trades people are in and around the home. This alone is a big deal as Bowie used to make it extremely hard for people arriving and working at the home.

He now understands his role within the home which doesn’t include terrorising people on the property.

Because Karen and Pete did such a good job reclaiming their home. We got stuck into the reactivity.

He arrived at my training centre and within 45 minutes I could see he was ready for the next challenge. We all jumped in the cars and headed to the Noosa River. What he did was unexpected by the owners, see for yourself.

Keeping in mind he couldn’t be in public places 3 weeks ago!

28/05/2024

Bloke
5 year
Full male
Kelpie

At the age of 8 weeks he attended a puppy school and showed extreme fear on the first week.
He returned the second week and all he did was bark in fear.

He never returned.

The owners have tried to get him out of his reactivity but he has been practicing this behaviour for 5 year’s. Unfortunately, when reactive behaviour is imprinted from a puppy and not handled properly, it’s very hard to undo.

I’ve been working with the owners and their dogs, in particular Bloke and today magic happened.

Most of my work is guiding and coaching the humans behind the dog to work on their response.

When you have a reactive dog, you will most likely have an anxious human when with the dog.

Humans transfer a lot of negative energy, fear, anxiety, embarrassment and overall a projection a leader shouldn’t show to their dogs. Today, Peter nailed it with Bloke. He didn’t reacted at all, even when dogs barked a them.

We still have work to do but this is a massive achievement. Bloke’s future is looking very positive.

This is not the end product but this

Address

44 Tait Street
Tewantin, QLD
4565

Opening Hours

Tuesday	9am - 5pm
Wednesday	9am - 5pm
Thursday	9am - 5pm
Friday	9am - 5pm
Saturday	9am - 5pm

Telephone

0488908048

Website

http://www.kats4dogs.com.au/

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Videos

So PROUD of the K4D pack. Always aiming for better. Note: (Kyle) video’s have not been edited at all. Just sayin!

Very proud moment for Perry and little Lanny. Perry has worked hard with Lanny from a puppy and is now working off lead in a high distraction environment. Great job Perry. I’ve been meaning to post this for a while, great leadership!

Scooby Great Dane x Mastiff 2 year Male Reactive to dogs/people and struggled being out with any distractions. The video speak for itself!

Bowie 2yr old French Bulldog Male Main issues: Territorial Reactive to dogs and birds Obviously when you are working with any behaviour you are always having address a number of issues. Particularly reactivity. When trying to rehab a dog with reactivity and territorial problems, it’s crucial to start all work in the home. Without changing the way a dog sees its humans, behavioural problems can be very hard to modify. In the below video you will first see Bowie relaxing in his crate with the door open whilst trades people are in and around the home. This alone is a big deal as Bowie used to make it extremely hard for people arriving and working at the home. He now understands his role within the home which doesn’t include terrorising people on the property. Because Karen and Pete did such a good job reclaiming their home. We got stuck into the reactivity. He arrived at my training centre and within 45 minutes I could see he was ready for the next challenge. We all jumped in the cars and headed to the Noosa River. What he did was unexpected by the owners, see for yourself. Keeping in mind he couldn’t be in public places 3 weeks ago!

Bloke 5 year Full male Kelpie At the age of 8 weeks he attended a puppy school and showed extreme fear on the first week. He returned the second week and all he did was bark in fear. He never returned. The owners have tried to get him out of his reactivity but he has been practicing this behaviour for 5 year’s. Unfortunately, when reactive behaviour is imprinted from a puppy and not handled properly, it’s very hard to undo. I’ve been working with the owners and their dogs, in particular Bloke and today magic happened. Most of my work is guiding and coaching the humans behind the dog to work on their response. When you have a reactive dog, you will most likely have an anxious human when with the dog. Humans transfer a lot of negative energy, fear, anxiety, embarrassment and overall a projection a leader shouldn’t show to their dogs. Today, Peter nailed it with Bloke. He didn’t reacted at all, even when dogs barked a them. We still have work to do but this is a massive achievement. Bloke’s future is looking very positive. This is not the end product but this

Romeo had his heart set on one stick only today. It took him a while to work out how to run at me with it, but we got there then!

Ziggy working hard for his leader.

I love receiving client videos showing me how awesome their dogs are. Ziggy was once very reactive, over excited and had no focus at all. Today he is a very different boy.

Duration work. It’s important that your dog develops the ability to concentrate for long periods of time. Then include distractions. You’ll see the K4D pack demonstrating high level obedience in this video. These dogs make hard exercises look easy.

I love watching my pack members smash difficult exercises in class. Yes, I push the limits but only the strong survive! All the dogs in this video started with low levels of impulse control and obedience…

Confidence Building, relationship strengthening, balance, coordination, strength, fitness and endurance, challenging, focus, distraction work, bypassing, heeling, off lead heeling, obedience. The Kats 4 Dog pack working closely today achieving so much. Humans were on today so naturally so were their dogs. Great to see so many working hard to achieve the best results for their dogs.

Watching the pack work together is always a highlight of my job. They work hard for the ultimate reward. Praise from their leader ❤️

What an absolutely amazing win by our Matilda‘s! Bring on England ❤️🇦🇺

I’m proud to be an Ex-Matilda. I cannot wait for the World Cup to start. Help me spread the message far and wide. Get behind the Matilda’s in the World Cup campaign 🇦🇺🦘⚽️

Creating a neutral dog. My program is all about creating a neutral dog. This is a dog that can walk passed anything without pulling, lunging, getting excited. A neutral dog is confident, happy, respectful of other dog and people’s space. It’s easy to take a neutral dog out to cafes, go on holidays with, go camping and so on. So often people assume letting their dog say hello to everyone and every dog is a well socialised dog. You will find these dogs have poor social etiquette, pull on lead, jump on other dogs or people. If you allow your dog to practice these behaviour don’t get annoyed with them when they do it when you don’t want them too. The biggest tip I can give any dog owner. Focus on creating calm first. Don’t prompt over excitement anywhere. Once your dog is neutral and has a good off switch. You can then introduce a level of excitement that can be switched off very quickly and easily. Remember, what you practice is what your dog becomes. And I always say, no on-lead greeting with other dogs. This will also create very poor social etiquette and prevents your dogs ability to make good social decisions. Thanks for the video’s Annie.

If you’re looking to have an obedient dog, you must first start with creating leadership at home. If your dog see’s you as a leader in your home, what you can achieve outside of your home will be much easier.