Daffy is 6 months!! (Like a week ago, sorry I’m late.)
She is very smart, has endless energy, loves people, dogs, big sticks, toys, adventures, walks, the beach and basically everything else!!
She has a hard time ignoring brooms, and can’t cope with helping to bring the bins in (she will kill those wheels) but otherwise she’s doing great!
Daffy is improving at ignoring strangers and unfamiliar dogs on walks (this is challenging), same goes for relaxing when visitors are around, but she’s improving. She’s learning how to settle in public, checking in regularly, always toileting outside, sleeping in her crate, ignoring the vacuum, relaxing at home and she has great level of independence. We love her so much and couldn’t be prouder!
Huntah 💪🏽
Congratulations to Huntah and his owners for completing their package! Huntah is a 6-month-old German Shepherd who was becoming quite reactive to people and dogs. Huntah was also pulling on his lead and didn’t know how to take breaks during play. Huntah is now walking nicely on his lead, ignoring most people and dogs and with help is giving his friend Ellie a break! Well done to Huntah and his owners 👏🏼
Check out Bundy and his owner smashing some loose leash walking! We still have some work to do but very happy with their progress so far!!
Harley the Rotti X Kelpie X Belgian Shepherd nailing her loose lead walking and keeping her focus around distractions! Well done to Harley and her owners 👏🏼
So so proud of Maxxie and his owner for absolutely smashing his training! I worked with Maxxie and Honey over a year ago so we could get them walking nicely together and coming back when called which they both did amazing at. However Maxxie was timid as a puppy and was scared of dogs that rushed up to him, as he got older this fear turned into reactivity. Walks became unpleasant again as he would actively be looking for dogs, spotting them, fixating on them and finally lunging and growling at them. After a few weeks of hard work he is so much more relaxed on walks, when he sees dogs he doesn’t fixate, he just refocuses on his owner, when we have calm dog’s approaching his is able to go up to them and have a sniff and he then checks back in and moves away 🙌🏽👏🏼. Well done to both Maxxie and his owner and a shout-out to Maxxie’s sister Honey for being super chill and focused (as long as there are no kite-surfers.)
Well done to Toovey and his owner for smashing his training package. Toovey was struggling with pulling on his lead, jumping up, not going outside when asked, barging through the door to come in, playing too rough with his sister and stealing things off the bench. After completing his training package Toovey is now walking great on lead, coming when called, not jumping on his owner, staying in place on his mat, going outside when asked and waiting for permission to come in, playing much more calmly with his sister and responding to “leave it” when his Labrador nose takes him sniffing around the bench! So proud of all Toovey and his owners hard work 🙌🏽
Meet Marlo!! Marlo’s owners initially contacted me because Marlo was being extremely destructive when they weren’t home including eating the walls 😳. Thankfully, we were able to get on top of this very quickly using enrichment strategies to help keep Marlo busy whilst his owners were out. That left us with time to nail recall and loose lead walking 💪🏽 Marlo is such a clever boy, awesome job to him and his owners 👏🏼
This is Vinnie the Wolfhound X rescue. Before we started training Vinnie was hard to walk as he would pull constantly, and he was almost uncontrollable when he saw dogs. Vinnie is now able to hold his focus when walking as you can see in this video! Vinnie is also able to disengage with dogs in the distance. Awesome work 🙌🏽
Meet Audrey the 7-month-old Boxer. Audrey completed my puppy school program and went on to do a 1:1 package. Audrey is your classic highly energised Boxer puppy who thinks everyone is her best friend and doesn’t quite understand her size or strength. Audrey’s owner and I did heaps of work learning how to stay walk nicely on a lead, come back when called and stay focused when there were distractions like other dogs around. You can see in this video Audrey nailing checking in after noticing a dog, previously she would have tried to rush straight up to say hi so we’re so happy with how much she has achieved during training 👏🏼
This puppies progress is incredible!! This is Harvey the 5 month old German Shepherd X Great Pyrenees. During our first session Harvey barked like crazy at every person he saw on a walk and it was really hard to get his attention back. We taught Harvey some focus games to help get his attention back, today was our second session and as you can see in the video Harvey is watching some people work in the distance and he is able to ignore without any prompts 🙌🏽 We saw 6 different people/groups in different scenarios, some with prams, machinery hoses, toddlers and even the post man and although Harvey watched and focused on each trigger he ignored every single one multiple times with no barking or pulling!!!! So so proud. Harvey is still a little on edge and unsure so we’re continuing to do his focused loose lead walking and confidence building activities, cannot wait to see how this pup progresses!
Check out these before and after videos of Tilly! No more biting, tugging and pulling the lead! Tilly is also learning to wait on her mat when visitors arrive, not to run out the door when people are leaving the house and she’s been nailing her recall. I can’t wait to see what she has achieved by the end of our package 👏🏼
Barney
Barney and his owners absolutely smashed his package!
Barney was barking inside a lot which was a big concern as his owners are due to have a baby soon. The great news is after we figured out his triggers we were able to add some calming enrichment strategies in and now he is barking much less. Barney was also reacting to dogs on walks, but he is now able to look and ignore them without barking or lunging. Barney’s recall has also come a long away, he is improving at his loose lead walking and he is smashing all his confidence building exercises! Well done to Barney and his owners 👏🏼
I provide obedience training and behaviour modification for dogs.
