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Hi Welcome to Southwest K9 Solutions
-Accredited Animal Trainer
-Providing dog walking, house/ pet sitting and Dog training to the south west with door to door service

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16/09/2025

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🚫 LITTERMATE SYNDROME FACTS 101 ❌️

Why We Don’t Adopt Sibling Puppies Together

We’ve had a few heated messages about adopting 2 from our current litters and even some on our Jesse and James post, so let’s clear something up.

❤️ Yes, Jesse and James have a heartbreaking story but rescue work isn’t about warm fuzzies and “awww they love each other.” It’s about long-term animal welfare, rehabilitation, and implementing documented behavioural practices. If we keep applying our own emotions on to dogs, we would fail.

🐾 What is Littermate Syndrome?

When two siblings are raised together, instead of bonding with humans and learning independence, they bond primarily with each other. Sounds cute… until it isn’t. Symptoms can include:

❌️Aggression toward each other, especially when high-value resources (food, toys, your shoes 😬) enter the picture

❌️Stunted social development and inability to cope with new environments

❌️Training difficulties (because they tune each other out and ignore you)

❌️ Fights to the death. This has happened more times than people realise.

And here’s the kicker: it doesn’t usually show up at 8–10 weeks. It rears its head around 12 months old, when hormones leap. That’s when we get the desperate calls.

📊 Our Reality

Every single year we take in 40–50 dogs suffering from littermate syndrome. And that’s not counting the ones we didn’t have room for. This isn’t a myth. It isn’t a scare tactic. It’s a brutal, documented fact we deal with on the ground.

🙅🏽‍♀️ “But I had siblings before and they were fine!”

Good for you, truly. Some people can juggle knives blindfolded too, but that doesn’t make it a good policy for us to hand out knives at puppy preschool. Just because it worked once doesn’t make it ethical or safe for us to roll the dice with every pup.

Would you let your child learning to drive a car, learn with no seatbelt? You know the risks but YOU haven't had an accident yet therefore you're living proof that it's ok right? Or would you always apply practices to PREVENT as much damage long term as possible?

💔 About Jesse & James

They’re siblings, yes. But they’re also trauma survivors. Puppies from abusive situations don’t need to cling to each other, it wont help them heal. In fact, it does the opposite.

They need confident role models (older, stable dogs) and humans who can give them individual guidance. Keeping them together reduces their chance at rehabilitation and adoption. They wont come out their shell because both exhibit the same trauma response. They need to watch another dogs healthy reactions and copy them.

If we let human emotions override logic and evidence-based practice, we’d be running a sham organisation. That’s not who we are. Dog welfare comes first, always. The comments on the Jesse and James post were out of passion and heart, we know that but when people start coming into our inbox with abusive messages, we will draw the line.

✨ Our Policy (and your attitude)

Circle back to examples like this one here who we politely declined to adopt 2 from the same litter and we gave the explanation of littermate syndrome.

We won’t adopt littermates together. It’s that simple. You can be upset about it, but being rude to us won’t change the fact that science, logic, and welfare outweigh “but they look cute together in photos.” Also using your work email to be rude was a bold move before I've had my 3 earl greys.

We’re here to do what’s best for the dogs, even when it’s unpopular. And if you truly love Jesse, James, or any rescue pup, you’ll understand that putting their future first sometimes means making the hard calls.

A huge thank you to all my amazing clients — your support has helped my little business grow more than I ever imagined! ...
03/09/2025

A huge thank you to all my amazing clients — your support has helped my little business grow more than I ever imagined! 🐾💜

With this growth, I now need to register for GST, which means there will be a small price increase moving forward. I truly appreciate your understanding and continued support — I wouldn’t be here without you

Anyone looking for a new companion to join there home. Oakley is a younger Archie! I would get him in a heartbeat but al...
03/09/2025

Anyone looking for a new companion to join there home. Oakley is a younger Archie! I would get him in a heartbeat but alass I can’t have two dogs at my place. 😔. He’s so beautiful and needs a good home 🥰

02/09/2025

✨ Exciting news ✨

I’ve decided it’s time for a little rebrand! 🐾

Dunsborough Doggie Delights will now be known as Southwest K9 Connections 🎉

The new name better reflects what I do – helping dogs and their humans build stronger connections through training, walking, behaviour support, and care.

It’s still just me, with the same passion and love for your pets – just a fresh new name for this next chapter 💙

Thanks so much to everyone who has supported me so far, I can’t wait to continue the journey with you and your dogs.

For all my regular clients I will be sending you out links on how to set up your regular bookings shortly.

www.southwestk9solutions.com.au

Kind Regards Amy.

🐾🌍 Happy International Dog Day! 🌍🐾Today we celebrate our four-legged best friends – the tail-waggers, cuddle-buddies, ad...
26/08/2025

🐾🌍 Happy International Dog Day! 🌍🐾

Today we celebrate our four-legged best friends – the tail-waggers, cuddle-buddies, adventure partners, and heart-healers who make life so much brighter. 💛

From the tiniest paws to the biggest floofs, every dog deserves love, respect, and a forever home. 🐶✨

Here’s to the dogs who teach us patience, bring us laughter, and remind us every day what unconditional love truly means. 🐕💖

Give your pup some extra treats, belly rubs, or a long walk today – they deserve it! 🦴🐾

📸 Drop a photo of your dog in the comments – let’s fill this space with wagging tails and happy faces!

17/08/2025

✨ Something exciting is brewing… and we can’t wait to share it with you! 👀 Stay tuned — you won’t want to miss this! The count down is on. 🎉

This week’s walks. Lots of different environments for them to explore
09/08/2025

This week’s walks.
Lots of different environments for them to explore

When there are multiple dogs playing together it’s always very important to what for signs of discomfort and change in t...
20/07/2025

When there are multiple dogs playing together it’s always very important to what for signs of discomfort and change in the dog and step in when needed.

Did you know socialization isn’t just about making new doggy friends? It’s about building confidence, reducing anxiety, ...
03/06/2025

Did you know socialization isn’t just about making new doggy friends? It’s about building confidence, reducing anxiety, and helping your pup learn how to navigate the big wide world with ease! 🌎✨

Whether it’s meeting new people, exploring different environments, or playing with other dogs, socialization teaches your pup how to be calm, friendly, and adaptable. 💛

Plus… it’s FUN! 🥳
Zoomies, tail wags, and playful barks—dogs LOVE engaging with others when it’s done safely and positively. It’s not just training—it’s a paw-ty! 🎉🐕

Start early, go slow, and make it positive. Social dogs = happy dogs! 🐾❤️

📸 Tag us in your pup’s social adventures!

23/05/2025

UPDATE: Pearl is now in foster care. For those who have submitted applications to foster, we really value your support and have plenty of other dogs also needing care homes. We will be in touch with each of you :)

Pearl is desperately searching for love and safety. Pearl is incredibly loyal, so much so that if you leave her behind, she’ll do everything she can to come find you. Her search for connection makes her a skilled escape artist, which means she needs a secure home with someone around often.

After raising a litter of 8 pups, this sweet young girl is ready to find her own space.

🐾 Gets on well with most friendly, playful dogs
🐾 Needs a secure yard and daily routine
🐾 Cannot stay in kennels. She becomes extremely distressed and has hurt herself trying to escape

Pearl just needs a safe space, some cuddles, a walk a day and patience.

Fostering is completely free – we supply all food, bedding and vet care.

Please, we are begging. If you can help Pearl, even short term, reach out right now. She’s at a breaking point and we don’t want her to give up hope.

Message our page or Apply to foster at www.barrc.info

Welcome to the pack Nacho 18 week old Husky X Shepherd. Such a good boy. Loving his new friends.
21/05/2025

Welcome to the pack Nacho

18 week old Husky X Shepherd.
Such a good boy.
Loving his new friends.

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Dunsborough, WA
6281

Opening Hours

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

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+61407084985

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