Snochasa BC's

01/11/2025

Mr Oreo has come back to us and is looking for a new home.
He is almost 6 months old, from our litter earlier this year. He’s a lovely boy who’s very excitable and is growing into a nice dog. He would suit a home looking for a pup for dog sports, like flyball or agility,
He loves a good ear scratching or pat. He is crate trained and settles well in his crate.
He needs an owner who will continue his training and who will be firm but encouraging. He responds well to positive reinforcement but we feel he will try to push some boundaries when he hits the teenage stage in a few weeks time. Consistency in his training will be rewarded with a a great pup, who will grow into a fantastic dog when he turns one.
He comes with pedigree papers from Dogs Queensland and all his toys/gear, and lifetime support from us.
His previous owner has done an amazing job with him through the puppy stage but it just hasn’t worked out (through no fault of anyone’s) and they felt it was in his best interest and we support them in this decision. As a responsible & ethical breeder we will always take a pup back if needed, without judgement.
If you’re interested in welcoming Oreo to your family please get in contact with us. We are negotiable on the price for him, our priority is finding him a great home.

18/10/2025

Mr Oreo has come back to us and is looking for a new home. He is 5.5 months old, from our litter earlier this year. He’s a lovely boy who’s very excitable and is growing into a nice dog. He would suit a home looking for a pup for dog sports, like flyball or agility. He loves a good ear scratching or pat. He is crate trained and settles well in his crate. He needs an owner who will continue his training and who will be firm but encouraging. He responds well to positive reinforcement but we feel he will try to push some boundaries when he hits the teenage stage in a few weeks time. Consistency in his training will be rewarded with a a great pup, who will grow into a fantastic dog when he turns one. He comes with pedigree papers from Dogs Queensland and all his toys/gear, and lifetime support from us. His previous owner has done an amazing job with him through the puppy stage but it just hasn’t worked out (through no fault of anyone’s) and they felt it was in his best interest and we support them in this decision. As a responsible & ethical breeder we will always take a pup back if needed, without judgement. If you’re interested in welcoming Oreo to your family please get in contact with us.

17/10/2025

A little while ago we posted about Miss Rose down in Tassie learning to ride in her owners motorbike sidecar. Well guess who is now riding in that sidecar solo! She is going to have some amazing adventures in her lifetime, just a tiny bit jealous 😂

15/10/2025

Happy 7th birthday to our lovable (slightly neurotic) larrikin Kep!

02/10/2025

If you have a dog that pulls, no matter the age, foundations and consistency are so important - so many people jump ahead because they want to go for the entire walk vs nail the basics.

Here's a method we like, and it's ok if you don't.

⭐ 1. Don't allow excitement around getting ready for a walk. Just sit down or go and do something else - rinse & repeat until you can calmly get your walking gear on.

This can be a session in itself and does not need to end in a walk - because your dog will do a bit of "braining" in this session, you can just pop them in their crate for a rest after or give them a chew to release some tension and end well.

It is far better for your dog to miss their walk that day than to consistently get it wrong.

⭐ 2. Start loose lead walking in your house. A dog is more likely to follow you and without distractions, you can teach them what you want here vs out and about where there are lots of distractions.

Reward the dog well for where you want them to be i.e. place the treat on the seam on your pants - this will become the reward zone and in time, the dog will hang around here more.

When you are happy for the dog to move away from the position you have been rewarding them to be in, give them a release word - ideally not "ok" as that is commonly used in everyday conversation. I personally use "break".

Decide what you will do when the dog moves out of position. Will you stop and go in the other direction, or will you encourage the dog back to the reward zone for example? If you are going to go in the other direction, assign a word that you will say before you turn, such as "heel".

If you turn and the dog did not follow then they do not get a reward in the reward zone - be careful what you're rewarding because you could be rewarding the dog for getting it wrong and that doesn't make it clear to them what is right.

⭐ 3. When the dog has #1 and #2 nailed, move this out to the yard and then the driveway - again, these can be sessions on their own.

Keep a good attitude - as soon as you get pissy, you've made training a yucky experience, and your dog will not want to participate with you. End on a good note. Keep it super short if you have a dog that has a history of pulling and is challenging. There's nothing stopping you from doing many of these very short sessions in a day.

⭐ 4. Check yourself - never advance steps until the dog has got that step. If you have a puppy and you need to get them out and about, that's fine, whack them on a harness vs a collar and have a rule that the harness means you can pull and a collar means you're walking nicely but if you did this with your puppy from day one, you'd make some nice progression pretty quickly with the majority of dogs.

Dogs that are bad at loose lead walking is because we're bad at consistency and try and advance them too quick - we get impatient and pissy and ruin it for the dog - it's our fault, not theirs.

⭐ 5. Multiple fun and positive sessions per day will help you reach your goal faster.

⭐ 6. When you are ready to leave your driveway, your next goal is to get down the road a little bit.

⭐ 7. Only advance when the dog is showing they have understanding and they're coping well.

⭐ 8. Any time your dog sees something in the environment that could be distracting in a good or bad way to them i.e. people, cars, cats, dogs, hears a loud sound etc. you can say in a joyful way "YES" as soon as they see/hear it before they react and give them a super yummy treat and you can keep doing this until you can get past it.

This creates a dog who sees something in the environment and looks to you. You can then tweak this later to rewarding them when they look to you vs the distraction.

Then tweak this later on to only rewarding things that are truly challenging for that dog, they can still get positive verbal feedback though.

If your dog is reactive and you can get any headway on it quickly, get in a trainer asap - it's ok that you don't have the skills to deal with it, you're not a professional dog trainer.
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👎 Note: If you are impatient or give up in a session and you ALLOW the dog to put tension on the lead, then you've dug yourself your own hole.

You'll end up cycling your way through each training tool and your dog will also learn to pull through each one, even the likes of a tool like a prong collar. Tools are not magic fixes for most dogs.

Now, if you can't get it going well within a couple of weeks, get a trainer to come in and help you - there's no need for you struggle with this long term. It may just take a trainer to see what you're doing wrong to apply the fix.

15/09/2025

This is exactly why we will never sell littermates together, and the same can apply when you get two young puppies of similar ages at the same time. It’s best to allow at least a year before adding another pup to your family, just to be safe. We have seen successful situations with littermates but it’s important to note this is the exception to the rule, not the norm, and it takes a LOT of time & effort on the owners part, it doesn’t just happen by magic. When discussing a new puppy with your (registered, responsible & ethical) breeder, follow their advice, it comes from wanting you & your pup to succeed.

🚫 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.

14/09/2025

We usually get a mix of people wanting both males & females thankfully, but often their reasons are based on fiction over fact. This is a great explanation.

FACT OR FALACY?!?

Most of the families on my waiting list want a female puppy. Many people believe that female dogs make better pets. A female preference seems to be ingrained into society. Almost everyone inquiring about my puppies wants a "sweet" little girl. They don't think females display alpha behaviours, mark their territory or hump.

Apparently, they are more docile & attentive without expressing dominance or participating in fighting. This is where fact & fiction become somewhat blurry! So, let's look at the actual facts.

In nature, it is the female dogs who determine the structure of the pack. They determine the pecking order & compete to maintain that pecking order or change it. Consequently, they are more independent, stubborn & territorial than males.

Females are much more inclined to express their dominance by displaying alpha behaviours. Most fights are usually between females. Females are more inclined to "mark" their territory than males. Many female dogs actually lift their leg to p*e.

Males on the other hand are more affectionate, exuberant, attentive & attention seeking. They become very attached to their families. Males are more steadfast, reliable & less moody. They are more outgoing, social & accepting of other pets & children. Males are very food & praise motivated, as well as being very eager to please. Hence, they are easier to train. Males have fewer fights than females. Males don't tend to lose their fun-loving puppy like playfulness, while females are more reserved.

You've probably worked out that if I were to choose a puppy as a pet, it would be a male.

- Donna Williams,
Emerald Park Border Collies.

"My mission is to make life better for at least one dog today!"

12/09/2025

What are your pups up to? Miss Rose in Tassie is learning how to ride in her owners motorcycle sidecar! The video is of a quick run down to the front gate to start getting her used to it, but she looks to be taking it all in her stride!

30/08/2025

This is why is so critical to find a good biomechanics vet to look at issues causing pain that may be contributing to any behavioral issues.

🥹 Meet Hugo 🥹

A very young border collie from one of our favorite breeders. He comes from champion show breeder with remarkable temperament and impeccable lines.

His owners committed themselves to him, taking him to multiple trials, training events, and activities, giving him every opportunity to thrive.

But along the way, Hugo began to struggle with behavioral issues. Lashing out and lunging when on walks. They took hom to a behaviourial vet who instead of looking deeper into the behaviour changes, he grossly misdiagnosed him as having neurological aggression.

Before we even MET Hugo we knew this wasnt plausible due to the pattern of who he had bitten and how he behaved. They had patterns. Neurological aggression is spontaneous.

That vet’s “solution”? To recommend that Hugo be euthanized....murdered....without even attempting a single training intervention. This isn’t just shocking, it’s negligence. And heartbreakingly, Hugo isn’t the first. He’s the fourth dog in just 14 months whose owners have come to us in desperation after being told their dog should be killed because it's "unfixable". My heart breaks thinking how many owners have had their pets senselessly put down by trusting this one vet.

Thankfully, Hugo’s story doesn’t end there. His owners agreed to fight for him and surrendered him to us, and we immediately brought him to Cathy from Above & Beyond. Already, we’re uncovering some truth:

Hugo’s was in significant pain. Paul Knight discovered his hips were severely out of rotation, upper lumber was all jammed, he had mid thoracic restriction, c1 c5 and c7 were not moving appropriately causing permanent migraine. He ran around like a normal dog which is why pain is never diagnosed correctly.

This is exactly why we fight for these dogs. Every life matters. Every dog deserves more than a death sentence born out of misdiagnosis. Hugo will now have the chance he deserves and his owners can know that the dog they poured so much energy into, is going to come out the other side.

This is also why we have so much trust in Cathy and our holistic team. She saw straight away that one eye was bigger than the other which means trapped nerves and muscles around the neck! Something the untrained eye wouldn't have even noticed.

04/08/2025

We’ve been a bit quiet of late, after the puppies eventually all found homes. This litter was a strange one, before they were born we had decent interest but once they were born almost nothing. The last two didn’t find homes until almost 11 weeks of age, and that’s not something that’s happened before. We spent a lot more than usual to boost social media posts, kept updating the photos on our Dogzonline ad and even advertised on gumtree. We put a lot of effort into our puppies and finding amazing homes for them, so it’s disheartening when prospective buyers just want a $500 pup.
Thankfully we continue to be lucky enough to keep finding awesome homes and owners. Miss Rose was the last one to leave, flying to her new home in Tasmania last weekend. Today we received this photo & message from her new owners, and it makes it all worth it.

“Our litte Rose was introduced to bright lights, riding in a trolley, getting a treat from Bunnings staff and listening to others talk..she was anxious to start with, just panting and a little body shake, then standing and accepting an exit treat from staff. 15mins of exposure was enough for us all.”

This is just the latest of many photos & videos and updates, we can’t wait to see what adventures little miss gets up to with her family.

Thanks to all our amazing puppy owners!