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20/09/2024

🗣️ "𝗠𝘆 𝗼𝗹𝗱 𝗱𝗼𝗴 𝗻𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗿 𝗱𝗶𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁..."

💭 This is something that is very commonly heard by dog trainers.

❌ 𝘐𝘵'𝘴 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘩𝘦𝘭𝘱𝘧𝘶𝘭, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘴𝘶𝘤𝘩 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘪𝘴𝘰𝘯𝘴 𝘰𝘧𝘵𝘦𝘯 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘢𝘵 𝘢 𝘤𝘰𝘴𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘥𝘰𝘨 𝘪𝘯 𝘲𝘶𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯.

🎥 𝗠𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝘀𝗵𝗼𝗿𝘁 𝘃𝗶𝗱𝗲𝗼 - sound on for the full rundown.

18/09/2024

📆 𝘞𝘦 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘩𝘢𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘱𝘰𝘴𝘵 𝘪𝘯 𝘳𝘦𝘮𝘦𝘮𝘣𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘤𝘦𝘭𝘦𝘣𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘭𝘪𝘧𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘴𝘦𝘳𝘷𝘪𝘤𝘦 𝘰𝘧 K9Duco

🧠 𝗪𝗲 𝗮𝘀𝗸 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗽𝗹𝗲𝗮𝘀𝗲 𝗳𝗼𝗹𝗹𝗼𝘄 𝗗𝘂𝗰𝗼'𝘀 𝗺𝗲𝗺𝗼𝗿𝗶𝗮𝗹 𝗽𝗮𝗴𝗲 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗵𝗲𝗹𝗽 𝗸𝗲𝗲𝗽 𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗺𝗲𝗺𝗼𝗿𝘆 𝗮𝗹𝗶𝘃𝗲.

💡 Rick and Duco fought together on the battlefield, forging a bond that not many will ever know - and fewer could hope to understand.
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👊 It's often said that nobody can cheat the reaper, 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘥𝘢𝘮𝘯𝘦𝘥 𝘪𝘧 𝘋𝘶𝘤𝘰 𝘥𝘪𝘥𝘯'𝘵 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘱𝘳𝘪𝘤𝘬 𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘣𝘢𝘤𝘬 𝘧𝘰𝘰𝘵 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘢 𝘸𝘩𝘪𝘭𝘦.
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😪 From the bottom of all our hearts we wish the Hogg family our most sincere condolences and support.
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𝗩𝗔𝗟𝗘 𝗗𝗨𝗖𝗢
❤️ A magnificent K9 and beloved friend to a chosen few, gone far too soon ❤️
⚡ May you live forever smashing HVT's in Valhalla ⚡
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𝗚𝗼𝗱𝘀𝗽𝗲𝗲𝗱 𝗖𝗼𝗺𝗯𝗮𝘁 𝗔𝘀𝘀𝗮𝘂𝗹𝘁 𝗗𝗼𝗴 𝗗𝘂𝗰𝗼
𝟱 𝗝𝘂𝗹𝘆 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟭
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So Duco went to be with the Lord today. Words do not begin to describe how I feel about losing Duco, I have lost a part of me. Know this, Duco lived, and lived an incredible life and I was blessed to be a part of his life.
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I want to thank everyone for your thoughts and prayers for Duco and my family during this difficult time. Please continue to pray for us.
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𝗛𝗲 𝘄𝗮𝘀 𝗮𝗻 𝗮𝗯𝘀𝗼𝗹𝘂𝘁𝗲 𝗯𝗲𝗮𝘀𝘁 𝗼𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗯𝗮𝘁𝘁𝗹𝗲𝗳𝗶𝗲𝗹𝗱 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗜 𝗮𝗺 𝗮 𝗯𝗲𝘁𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗽𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗼𝗻 𝗯𝗲𝗰𝗮𝘂𝘀𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝗗𝘂𝗰𝗼. 𝗜 𝘄𝗶𝗹𝗹 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗻𝘂𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝘁𝗲𝗹𝗹 𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗿𝗶𝗲𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗸𝗲𝗲𝗽 𝗗𝘂𝗰𝗼’𝘀 𝗺𝗲𝗺𝗼𝗿𝗶𝗲𝘀 𝗮𝗹𝗶𝘃𝗲.
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The page will now act as a memorial page to honor him.
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𝗖𝗢𝗡𝗦𝗧𝗔𝗡𝗧 𝗩𝗜𝗚𝗜𝗟𝗔𝗡𝗖𝗘 - The bond between a SOF handler & his K9 is eternal, trusting each other in a nameless language.

16/09/2024

♟️ I strongly suggest playing chess, not checkers.

14/09/2024

⁣⁣⬇️ There's a 𝐋𝐎𝐓 of stuff that you 𝘫𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘥𝘰𝘯'𝘵 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘥𝘰 as a dog owner. ⁣⁣

🚫 For example, you do not have to do any exposure work with your dog as a puppy. 𝐍𝐨𝐧𝐞. ⁣⁣
🚫You don't have to take your puppy to a single puppy class. ⁣⁣
🚫You don't have to make sure that your puppy spends time on its own to develop its independence. ⁣⁣
🚫You don't even have to feed your puppy from your hand or install a marker word. ⁣⁣
🚫You don't have to raise your dog to believe, with every fibre of his being, that you're always going to be more interesting than anything else that's out there in its environment. ⁣⁣

🔎 See, there's 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐩𝐬 of stuff you don't have to do if you have a dog! ⁣⁣⚠️ 𝐁𝐔𝐓...if you don't do that stuff...⁣⁣

🤷‍♂️... and if he's poorly behaved, if he pulls on the leash, if he barks at other dogs, if he's a nightmare to take anywhere outside the home...

⁣⁣👎 𝐃𝐎𝐍'𝐓 𝐁𝐋𝐀𝐌𝐄 𝐘𝐎𝐔𝐑 𝐃𝐎𝐆. ⁣⁣

👉 Because YOU 𝘥𝘪𝘥𝘯'𝘵 𝘥𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘬.

✅You didn't 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 to do it, but you're also then not entitled to the same great results as people who DO put in the work.⁣⁣

🔚 End thing.

11/09/2024

🗣 “𝗜 𝗰𝗼𝘂𝗹𝗱 𝗻𝗼𝘁 𝗽𝗼𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗯𝗹𝘆 𝗹𝗼𝘃𝗲 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗺𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝗺𝘆 𝗳𝗿𝗶𝗲𝗻𝗱, 𝗯𝘂𝘁 𝗜 𝗸𝗻𝗼𝘄 𝗜 𝗰𝗼𝘂𝗹𝗱 𝗹𝗼𝘃𝗲 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗯𝗲𝘁𝘁𝗲𝗿”

❤️ Let’s assume it’s not 𝘢𝘵 𝘢𝘭𝘭 possible that you could love your dog any more than you do…

❓Is it possible that you could love your dog 𝗕𝗘𝗧𝗧𝗘𝗥?

❤️ That saying at the start of this post - that’s something I frequently say to my dogs when I’m sharing a close moment with them.

👀 You see, it’s really 𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺 easy for me to reconcile what I do or don’t do with my dogs based on the fact I couldn’t possibly love them more than I do...I know this because I've been guilty of it in the past.

💭 But what if I’m not giving them what they need?

👎𝘐 𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘭𝘰𝘷𝘦 𝘋𝘢𝘮𝘮𝘪𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘮𝘰𝘰𝘯 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘣𝘢𝘤𝘬 (𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘐 𝘥𝘰), 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘥𝘰𝘦𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘦𝘹𝘤𝘶𝘴𝘦 𝘮𝘦 𝘴𝘪𝘵𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘰𝘯 𝘮𝘺 𝘢𝘴𝘴 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘩𝘪𝘮 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘧𝘢𝘪𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘦𝘢𝘤𝘩 𝘩𝘪𝘮 𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘩𝘦 𝘯𝘦𝘦𝘥𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘳𝘶𝘭𝘺 𝘵𝘩𝘳𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘭𝘪𝘧𝘦𝘴𝘱𝘢𝘯?

🚫 𝗡𝗢. 𝗡𝗢 𝗜𝗧 𝗗𝗢𝗘𝗦 𝗡𝗢𝗧.

💭 You can love your dog 11/10, but if you haven’t trained him to walk on a loose leash and that affects his potential to be included more broadly in your life - wouldn’t that indicate that you could love them 𝗕𝗘𝗧𝗧𝗘𝗥?

🤷 ‍ “I’d die to protect my dog” - 𝗕𝗨𝗧 I consistently run that same dog off leash in situations where I have very little potential to ensure his safety - perhaps relying on the charity and responsiblity level of others that I don’t know, and shouldn’t trust.

✅ In that scenario I could definitely 𝗕𝗘𝗧𝗧𝗘𝗥 express my love for my dog by investing in training my dog to remain responsive off leash, under distraction, and by assuming the charity of other dog owning strangers is both fickle and unreliable.

👉 I’m surely 𝗻𝗼 𝗲𝘅𝗽𝗲𝗿𝘁 on love - and many would argue I’m 𝗻𝗼 𝗲𝘅𝗽𝗲𝗿𝘁 on dogs…but what I know for sure is that when it comes to dogs the 𝗪𝗔𝗬 that we love them counts…

🧠 Work to love your dog in a way that exceeds it’s needs, even where that's not the way you want to love them.

⛔️ 𝗘𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴.

05/09/2024

⚠️ 𝗧.𝗚.𝗧.𝗕.𝗧

🗣️ "The good thing about the truth is it's true, and there's no arguing with the truth. You may not like it, but that doesn't make it any less true."
- 𝘒𝘢𝘮𝘪 𝘎𝘢𝘳𝘤𝘪𝘢

01/09/2024

🗣️ "𝗛𝗲 𝗸𝗻𝗼𝘄𝘀 𝘄𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗵𝗲'𝘀 𝗱𝗼𝗻𝗲 𝘄𝗿𝗼𝗻𝗴, 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗰𝗮𝗻 𝘁𝗲𝗹𝗹 𝗶𝘁 𝗯𝘆 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗹𝗼𝗼𝗸 𝗼𝗻 𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗳𝗮𝗰𝗲!"

💵 If I had a dollar for every time I've heard somebody tell me this I'd be dressed like a Florida strip club owner, driving a Porsche 911 (high kms, poor overall condition) and I'd be able to afford that fancy d!ck extension surgery I saw on YouTube.

𝗣𝗟𝗘𝗔𝗦𝗘: Assume that your dog has not a single, sollitary clue as to what he's done wrong.

💩 It's very likely that when you walk in the house and see a steaming pile of dog turd on your new rug, it hits you right in the feels.

☠️ Your facial expressions change, your heart rate soars like you've just had a crack at Pablo Escobar's private stash, you clench your fists, and your eyeballs pop out of your head like they do in a Ren & Stimpy episode.

🌩️ Your dog comes around the corner to greet you and sees this, he reads the change in weather, and he knows there are storms ahead.

🧠 𝗗𝗼𝗲𝘀 𝗵𝗲 𝗸𝗻𝗼𝘄 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗮𝗹𝗹 𝗿𝗲𝗹𝗮𝘁𝗲𝘀 𝘁𝗼 𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗿𝗲𝗰𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗱𝗲𝗽𝗼𝘀𝗶𝘁 𝗼𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗿𝘂𝗴?

🤷‍♂️ 𝗡𝗢. He knows this picture ain't good, but he has no clue that the cable he laid 15min ago is the source of your current malcontent.

🔎 𝘛𝘩𝘢𝘵'𝘴 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘺𝘰𝘶'𝘭𝘭 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦𝘭𝘺 𝘴𝘦𝘦 𝘢 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘤𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘦𝘥 𝘢𝘱𝘱𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘦𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘣𝘦𝘩𝘢𝘪𝘷𝘰𝘶𝘳 .

🐑 You know, that look of sheepishness that says "I dunno what this is all about, but it ain't good - and I better display this behaviour because I don't want the thunder and lightning that's a-comin'"

𝗥𝗨𝗟𝗘: If you don't catch your dog in the act of doing something you're not cool with, or immediately after, then you need to proceed as though the dog has no fc***ng clue what's going down when you cook off at him.

⚠️ So handle your internal scandal like a goddamm adult, don't take it out on the dog, and take full responsibliity for avoiding future occurrences by putting better management measures in place .

⛔ 𝗘𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴.

18/08/2024

If you’re headed to Court or a Tribunal as the result of a dog related matter then a 𝗴𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘁 𝗹𝗲𝗴𝗮𝗹 𝗱𝗲𝗳𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝘀𝗵𝗼𝘂𝗹𝗱 𝗯𝗲 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗽𝗿𝗶𝗼𝗿𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝗰𝗲𝗿𝗻.

2-3 times per week I will field calls from folks that are beginning this process and trying to navigate this complex landscape. 𝗢𝗳𝘁𝗲𝗻 𝘁𝗶𝗺𝗲𝘀 𝗜 𝗮𝗺 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗶𝗿 𝗳𝗶𝗿𝘀𝘁 𝗽𝗼𝗿𝘁 𝗼𝗳 𝗰𝗮𝗹𝗹, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝘆 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝘂𝗽𝘀𝗲𝘁, 𝘃𝘂𝗹𝗻𝗲𝗿𝗮𝗯𝗹𝗲 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗳𝗿𝘂𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗱.

Too often I hear stories of dog industry operators 𝘀𝗲𝗹𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝘀𝗲 𝗳𝗼𝗹𝗸𝘀 𝗵𝗶𝗴𝗵 𝗽𝗿𝗶𝗰𝗲 𝘀𝗲𝗿𝘃𝗶𝗰𝗲𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗲𝘃𝗮𝗹𝘂𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 - some of this is just 𝗯𝗹𝗮𝘁𝗮𝗻𝘁 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗳𝗶𝘁𝗲𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴, and some of it is just a result of the that under-informed professional assuming they can offer value when in reality the benefit they perceive 𝘀𝗶𝗺𝗽𝗹𝘆 𝗱𝗼𝗲𝘀 𝗻𝗼𝘁 𝗲𝘅𝗶𝘀𝘁.

Often times these evaluations are actually completely without use in your defence due to the way the are (or are not) conducted or written. Other times they can be easily torn apart by the Prosecution whilst that professional is on the stand and under oath.

𝗢𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗽𝗼𝗶𝗻𝘁 𝗶𝘁'𝘀 𝗶𝗺𝗽𝗼𝗿𝘁𝗮𝗻𝘁 𝘁𝗼 𝗿𝗲𝗺𝗲𝗺𝗯𝗲𝗿 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗮 𝗰𝗼𝘂𝗿𝘁 𝗿𝗼𝗼𝗺 𝗶𝘀 𝗻𝗼𝘁 𝗮 𝘀𝗮𝗳𝗲 𝘀𝗽𝗮𝗰𝗲, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗯𝗲𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗻𝗲𝘀𝘀 𝗯𝗼𝘅 𝗰𝗮𝗻 𝗯𝗲 𝗮 𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘆 𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗺𝗶𝗱𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗲𝘅𝗽𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲 - 𝗲𝘀𝗽𝗲𝗰𝗶𝗮𝗹𝗹𝘆 𝗶𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗳𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗶𝘀𝗻'𝘁 𝗮𝗯𝗹𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝗯𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗮𝗻 𝗔 𝗴𝗮𝗺𝗲.

If you’re dealing with a specialist solicitor they may well have a pro in mind to refer you to. If your solicitor is any good they’ll know the work that person produces, and why that person is a good choice.

The right dog training professional will often be able to work with your solicitor, and offer them a fresh set of eyes that can produce new avenues of defence.

⚠️ 𝗣𝗹𝗲𝗮𝘀𝗲, 𝗽𝗹𝗮𝘆 𝗶𝘁 𝘀𝗺𝗮𝗿𝘁 - 𝗹𝗲𝗴𝗮𝗹 𝗱𝗲𝗳𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗳𝗶𝗿𝘀𝘁, 𝗱𝗼𝗴 𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗶𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗳𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝘀𝗲𝗰𝗼𝗻𝗱.

15/08/2024

💡 When I first meet prospective clients I often invest some time in trying to learn about their influences in their attempts to train their dog, and/or modify problem behaviours they're dealing with.

💥 There are some names that frequently pop up - perhaps unsurprisingly some of them represent better quality role models than others.

💭 As tends to be the way of the world these days, most often there are names/accounts referenced which have huge social media reach - even though the competency represented in their content is questionable at best.

✅ There are so, so many ways to train dogs, and it can absolutely be the case that someone can be doing high quality work that looks completely unlike the next person.

🔎 This being said, there are some characteristics which tend to be present in good quality dog training work.

⚡ If you're not seeing the largest number of these points consistently featured as part of a particular dog trainer's work then it's worth doing a deeper dive to examine whether that's a great influence on your dog training practice.

11/08/2024

⚠️This kind of thing is so stupid, and puts dogs in danger.⁣
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🧠It's hard to imagine in what way encouraging this kind of behaviour over the course of years (as mentioned in the original post) is of ANY utility.⁣
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𝐈𝐧𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐚𝐝, 𝐝𝐨 𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐬𝐞𝐞 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐝 𝐥𝐨𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐟𝐨𝐨𝐭𝐚𝐠𝐞.⁣
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🚀 is currently an operational dual-purpose police dog with Western Australia police, and THIS is how I started his work around that kind of power equipment. ⁣
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🤷‍♂️ I want him to be completely 𝐍𝐄𝐔𝐓𝐑𝐀𝐋 to the leaf blower, the mower, and anything else like them. ⁣
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🔎 I can make a sound argument that every single one of you out there should want the same outcome for your dogs that I want for mine. ⁣
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✅ I cannot impress upon you enough guys the importance of setting the right foundation with this kind of work, and avoid so many problems later and will keep your dog safer into the long term. ⁣
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🙏 𝐁𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐥𝐮𝐜𝐤.⁣
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06/08/2024

💡 𝘐𝘵'𝘴 𝘵𝘳𝘶𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘺 𝘪𝘴𝘴𝘶𝘦𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘱𝘶𝘱𝘱𝘪𝘦𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘨 𝘥𝘰𝘨𝘴 𝘦𝘹𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘵𝘦𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘥𝘪𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘪𝘴𝘩 𝘰𝘳 𝘥𝘪𝘴𝘢𝘱𝘱𝘦𝘢𝘳 𝘢𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘥𝘰𝘨 𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘯𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘮𝘢𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦𝘴. 𝘗𝘶𝘱𝘱𝘺 𝘣𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘪𝘴 𝘰𝘧𝘵𝘦𝘯 𝘢 𝘨𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘵 𝘦𝘹𝘢𝘮𝘱𝘭𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴.

⚠️ Unlike these issues, aggression related issues are something that a dog tends to grow 𝗜𝗡𝗧𝗢.

💭 Most often these issues stem from a lack of development, emotional issues that remain unaddressed, and poor choice of training methods. Poor genetics can also make a huge contribution.

🐕‍🦺 If your dog is under 16wks old and is fearful, timid, scared of things in the world, intimidated by strange people or situations - know that the very best time to begin to address this is 𝗡𝗢𝗪.

⏱️ By the time your dog gets towards 12mo old you are now beginning to see the adult dog, and there is typically a 𝗟𝗢𝗧 more work involved to try and effect the dog's (now long held) world view.

💪 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝘀𝗼𝗼𝗻𝗲𝗿 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗿𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗸, 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗯𝗲𝘁𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲 𝗶𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝗵𝗮𝘃𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗮 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗻𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗰𝗲𝗱 𝗳𝗮𝘃𝗼𝘂𝗿𝗮𝗯𝗹𝗲 𝗲𝗳𝗳𝗲𝗰𝘁.

✅ If you accept that you're committed to being responsible for your canine companion for the next decade or so, then you need to be on the front foot in dealing with these issues 𝗔𝗦𝗔𝗣.

⚖️ 𝗔𝗻 𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝗽𝗿𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝘁𝗿𝘂𝗹𝘆 𝗶𝘀 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝘁𝗵 𝗮 𝗸𝗶𝗹𝗼𝗴𝗿𝗮𝗺 𝗼𝗳 𝗰𝘂𝗿𝗲.

05/08/2024

🤦‍♂️ "𝗠𝗮𝘁𝗲 𝗺𝘆 𝗱𝗼𝗴 𝗶𝘀 𝘀𝘂𝗽𝗲𝗿 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝘁𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝗺𝗲 𝗮𝘆, 𝗶𝗳 𝗮𝗻𝘆𝗼𝗻𝗲 𝗰𝗮𝗺𝗲 𝗻𝗲𝗮𝗿 𝗺𝗲 𝗵𝗲'𝗱 𝗸𝗶𝗹𝗹 '𝗲𝗺.."

💵 If I had a dollar for every time some k**b bragged to me about the above, I'd own a yacht .

❌ You may think that because I'm a working dog guy that I would appreciate a dog with that kind of temperament...but I don't, not in this context.

🧠 If you truly believe that your dog is a legit badass that will aggress towards another human being in protection of you, then you must also accept that you own a significantly increased level of responsibility to that dog, yourself, and your community.

☠️ 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗺𝗼𝗿𝗮𝗹, 𝗲𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗹 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗹𝗲𝗴𝗮𝗹 𝗿𝗲𝘀𝗽𝗼𝗻𝘀𝗶𝗯𝗶𝗹𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝘁𝗼 𝗲𝗻𝘀𝘂𝗿𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝘃𝗶𝗱𝗲 𝗮𝗹𝗹 𝗻𝗲𝗰𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗮𝗿𝘆 𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗶𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗼 𝗲𝗻𝘀𝘂𝗿𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗱𝗼𝗴 𝗶𝘀 𝗻𝗼𝘁 𝗮 𝗱𝗮𝗻𝗴𝗲𝗿 𝘁𝗼 𝗶𝘁𝘀𝗲𝗹𝗳 𝗼𝗿 𝗼𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝗳𝗮𝗹𝗹𝘀 𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗿𝗲𝗹𝘆 𝗼𝗻 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝘀𝗵𝗼𝘂𝗹𝗱𝗲𝗿𝘀.

💡 An extremely well proofed level of basic obedience is the 𝗮𝗯𝘀𝗼𝗹𝘂𝘁𝗲 𝗯𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗶𝗺𝘂𝗺 requirement for a dog like this, and if you haven't invested that level of training in such a dog then you're seriously negligent.

⚠️ 𝘐𝘧 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘰𝘸𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘥𝘰𝘨 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘭𝘺 𝘪𝘯𝘷𝘰𝘭𝘷𝘦𝘥 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘪𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘥𝘰𝘨 𝘵𝘰 𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘮 𝘳𝘦𝘭𝘪𝘢𝘣𝘭𝘺 𝘪𝘯 𝘴𝘪𝘵𝘶𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘥𝘪𝘧𝘧𝘪𝘤𝘶𝘭𝘵 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘳𝘺𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘯 𝘢𝘯𝘺𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘭𝘥 𝘪𝘴 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦𝘭𝘺 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘳𝘰𝘸 𝘢𝘵 𝘺𝘰𝘶 - 𝘺𝘰𝘶'𝘳𝘦 𝘧𝘤𝘶𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘶𝘱 𝘣𝘪𝘨𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦.

🙏 So if this applies to you, please take heed. If you know somebody that fits this description - please consider sharing this post with them.

⛔ 𝗘𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴.

01/08/2024

⚠️ HARD TRUTH:

🗣️ "𝗠𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝗴𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘁 𝗱𝗼𝗴𝘀 𝗵𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝗯𝗲𝗲𝗻 𝗯𝘂𝗶𝗹𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝗻 𝗵𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗿 𝗯𝗲𝗲𝗻 𝗯𝗼𝗿𝗻."

31/07/2024

⚠️ 𝗜𝘁'𝘀 𝗳𝗿𝗲𝗾𝘂𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗹𝘆 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗰𝗮𝘀𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗺𝗮𝗻𝘆 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗯𝗹𝗲𝗺𝘀 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝗯𝗲𝗰𝗮𝘂𝘀𝗲 𝘁𝘄𝗼 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴𝘀 𝗵𝗮𝗽𝗽𝗲𝗻:

✅ You develop a strong pattern of your dog seeking high levels of stimulating interactions with it's external environment;

❌ In absence of having first convinced your dog that the things (and feelings) it most loves can be reliably achieved and/or accessed by working together with you.

🔥 Food and prey based stimulation (balls, tug, etc.) as well as interactive play are great examples of the kind of motivations that set most dogs on fire.

☀️ If you can't outshine the potential motivations that your dog will likely encounter out in the world, then what option are you then left with?

⛈️ Well, you have to find a way to take the fun out of those external motivators! This can become time consuming, difficult, very unenjoyable, and may produce some serious contingencies that you never foresaw.

💎 Spend time and invest effort and resources in making yourself shine like a diamond in the eyes of your dog - wherever you go...it'll pay dividends for you, your dog, and the relationship you share forever more.

29/07/2024

💡 Let's not confuse things here - anxious, timid or fearful dogs are often very, very intelligent.

❌ If you're assessing these dogs in conditions that they consider challenging then all that intelligence and creativity is invested towards them staying safe - and if you think about it that makes complete sense.

🤷‍♂️ After all, what could possibly be more important to such a dog than staying safe - it's the wisest investment they can make!

🧠 Dogs that feel as though their wellbeing is under imminent threat struggle to feel mentally open enough to invest in trying new things, and the same is true for learning - in fact, their physiology is working against them in terms of learning new things, and creating new solutions.

🌞 To see this intelligence shine, then you'll need to work to help them feel free enough to express it in a way that is more helpful to them in the long term.

✅ Most often you'll find this side of these dogs shut down when they're afraid of making errors, so the way that you train with them is going to be an integral part of any solution designed to work into the long term.

28/07/2024

🧠 All of us should want our dogs to think (and feel) "𝗙𝗨𝗖𝗞 𝗬𝗘𝗦!" when we cue them to perform certain behaviours.

💡 When it comes to producing behaviours that are 𝘵𝘳𝘶𝘭𝘺 reliable in the real world (read challenging, dynamic environments and situations) that 𝗙𝗨𝗖𝗞 𝗬𝗘𝗦 attitude from the dog is a very important piece of that puzzle to aim for.

💰 Whilst 𝗙𝗨𝗖𝗞 𝗬𝗘𝗦 certainly has a genetic component to it, ultimately it's a function of the quality of training that you invest in that dog.

🎥 Bearing in mind that short videos don't show the whole picture by any means, consider what it means when you see dog trainers rarely posting any work that shows 𝗙𝗨𝗖𝗞 𝗬𝗘𝗦 attitudes in the dogs they train. If you seldom see it in what they share, then that's most likely because that trainer simply isn't skilled enough to produce those outcomes.

⚠️ Watch many of the businesses out there on social media that push 'fix all' board and train solutions, particularly over shorter time frames like 3wks, and you'll tend not to see much 𝗙𝗨𝗖𝗞 𝗬𝗘𝗦. This is because F𝗨𝗖𝗞 𝗬𝗘𝗦 is about high repetitions involving high level reinforcers that the dog is deeply excited about - and in this regard mere weeks just won't cut it for the vast majority of dogs.

🚫 If you're following somebody developing a puppy and their work is not heavily focussed on 𝗙𝗨𝗖𝗞 𝗬𝗘𝗦, then you're what you're seeing isn't good work.

👉 Quality dog training is 𝗡𝗢𝗧 just about training for action. It's also about training dogs for abstinence. 𝗙𝗨𝗖𝗞 𝗡𝗢 is not without it's importance in developing a dog to it's fullest potential, and can't be overlooked.

🗣Training that focuses heavily on 𝗙𝗨𝗖𝗞 𝗡𝗢 is very, very unlikely to ever produce a profoundly 𝗙𝗨𝗖𝗞 𝗬𝗘𝗦 attitude.

🙏 The more 𝗙𝗨𝗖𝗞 𝗬𝗘𝗦 your dog brings to your work together, the less 𝗙𝗨𝗖𝗞 𝗡𝗢 you will need, and the less the 𝗙𝗨𝗖𝗞 𝗡𝗢 you do need will affect the 𝗙𝗨𝗖𝗞 𝗬𝗘𝗦 that your dog possesses.

💭 𝗧𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗸 𝗮𝗯𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁.

26/07/2024

Yesterday Trent from was in the neighbourhood and swang past to share some of that caffienated good-good that the boys are known for.

Their coffee has long been on a very short list of my faves.

This sneaky bu**er even went through my old orders to make sure he nailed the coffee blend…and of course we fired up the moka pot for a cup.

Of course Trent asked to meet and - and as you can see, he’s definitely a dog person.

Goose was truly enamoured with Trent, which was hilarious to watch.

If you’re after a truly great cup of coffee, produced in small batches with quality as the main focus - I can wholeheartedly recommend Sleepy Reaper.

23/07/2024

💡 𝗘𝗳𝗳𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗿𝗼𝗹 - in the context of Australian dog related legislation - is not an incredibly well defined context.

🍎 At it's core Effective Control is about the inherent responsiblity of a dog's handler/owner to maintain control to a degree that the dog is unable to adversely affect the community around it.

✅ Effective Control is a requirement that exists whether your dog is on or off leash, and regardless of whether your dog is in an on or off leash area.

𝗕𝗲𝗹𝗼𝘄 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝘀𝗼𝗺𝗲 𝗲𝘅𝗮𝗺𝗽𝗹𝗲𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝘄𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲 𝗮 𝗱𝗼𝗴 𝗼𝘄𝗻𝗲𝗿 𝗳𝗮𝗶𝗹𝘀 𝘁𝗼 𝗲𝘅𝗲𝗿𝗰𝗶𝘀𝗲 𝗘𝗳𝗳𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗿𝗼𝗹 𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗿 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗶𝗿 𝗱𝗼𝗴:

👉 Allowing their dog to rush towards or worry an on leash dog and/or handler that is in an off leash area
👉 Allowing their on leash dog to rush towards or worry a person and/or dog walking past with their on leash dog
👉 Allowing their dog to run up to a person and their dog whilst they are training in an off leash area
👉 Allowing their dog to interrupt a family enjoying a picnic together at a beach
👉 Not ensuring that their dog is within their line of sight at all times
👉 Not being able to recall their dog 𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘧𝘪𝘳𝘴𝘵 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘥 in an off leash area
👉 Failing to continually observe their dog whilst it is in an off leash area eg: staring at their phone
👉 Allowing their dog to compete with another dog involved in a game of fetch without the other owners permission
👉 Allowing their dog/s to stalk/circle somebody else's dog/s in an off leash area
👉 Allowing their dog to turn a blind corner on an extendable leash
👉 Allowing their dog to rush at or worry a passerby on a skateboard or bike

🔎 It is often the case that Councils and Municipalities do not provide any level of formalised training for their staff in relation to this legal concept, including a number of relevant legal precedents. It is also often the case that such organisations are reluctant to prosecute cases relating to a failure to maintain Effective Control.

BOTTOM LINE: You are responsible for your dog's behaviour, so develop and train your dog accordingly.

*𝘈𝘴 𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘸𝘳𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘱𝘰𝘴𝘵.

16/07/2024

🗣️ "𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝘄𝗵𝗼𝗹𝗲 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗯𝗹𝗲𝗺 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗹𝗱 𝗶𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗳𝗼𝗼𝗹𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗳𝗮𝗻𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗰𝘀 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗮𝗹𝘄𝗮𝘆𝘀 𝘀𝗼 𝗰𝗲𝗿𝘁𝗮𝗶𝗻 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗺𝘀𝗲𝗹𝘃𝗲𝘀, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘄𝗶𝘀𝗲𝗿 𝗽𝗲𝗼𝗽𝗹𝗲 𝘀𝗼 𝗳𝘂𝗹𝗹 𝗼𝗳 𝗱𝗼𝘂𝗯𝘁𝘀."
- 𝘉𝘦𝘳𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘙𝘶𝘴𝘴𝘦𝘭𝘭

A very large part of working with dogs is managing contingencies, and this includes the contingencies and downstream effects that your training - even where that training is being applied as part of a problem solving solution - produces.

𝗧𝗵𝗲𝘆 𝗲𝘅𝗶𝘀𝘁 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗮𝗹𝗹 𝗼𝗳 𝘂𝘀, 𝗺𝘆𝘀𝗲𝗹𝗳 𝗺𝗼𝘀𝘁 𝗰𝗲𝗿𝘁𝗮𝗶𝗻𝗹𝘆 𝗶𝗻𝗰𝗹𝘂𝗱𝗲𝗱.

There are contingencies to manage in so many areas:

✅ Our skill sets and their limitations;
✅ Flaws or blind spots in your our thinking;
✅ Biases in what we perceive, or in decisions we make;
✅ Handler limitations;
✅ The individual dogs that we train and/or work with;
✅ Medications that the dog may be on;
✅ The logic that we apply in our decision making;
✅ Time constraints, or the belief that a time constraint exists;
✅ Our ability to as trainers to coach and inspire our clients;
✅ Our geography;
✅ Our communication skills - or those of our clients;
✅ The questions that we ask - or don't;
✅ And many more.

I can still very clearly remember some times in my own career where the lightbulb went on and I realised that not only had I been creating contingencies as a result of my training practice, but that I had been completely blind to them previously.

Talk about a come to doggy Jebus moment - very confronting, enough to cause me to spend a great deal of time thereafter wondering "What the f**k else have I missed here, how many more blind spots do I have, and how the hell do I move forward past this and avoid making the same mistakes again?".

💡 If you're in that place right now, know that 𝗙𝗢𝗥 𝗦𝗨𝗥𝗘 the answer will 𝗡𝗢𝗧 involve you hanging up your clicker or leash.

𝗙𝗢𝗥 𝗦𝗨𝗥𝗘 you'll need to continue pusuing your craft, but you're going to have to start to make some pivots and double down on investing in coaching and other information that will open your mind to the solutions you're now aware you should be seeking.

15/07/2024

𝗪𝗶𝘁𝗵𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝗮 𝗱𝗼𝘂𝗯𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗾𝘂𝗮𝗹𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝗼𝗳 𝗳𝗼𝗼𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗳𝘂𝗲𝗹 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗱𝗼𝗴𝘀 𝗱𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗹𝗼𝗽𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗺𝗮𝘁𝘁𝗲𝗿𝘀.

We're continuing to find more and more solid evidence about the fact that food quality matters in human health, and much of that information appears to make sense for dogs as well.

𝗠𝗮𝗻𝘆 𝗳𝗼𝗹𝗸𝘀 𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝘀𝗼 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗺𝗶𝘁𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗼 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗶𝗱𝗲𝗮 𝗳𝗲𝗲𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗮 𝗿𝗮𝘄 𝗱𝗶𝗲𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝘆 𝗲𝘅𝗽𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗳𝗿𝘂𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝗳𝘂𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝘄𝗵𝗲𝗻 𝗶𝘁 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗲𝘀 𝘁𝗼 𝘂𝘀𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗳𝗼𝗼𝗱 𝗱𝘂𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗶𝗿 𝗱𝗼𝗴𝘀 𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗶𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴.

Raw feeding is, at its core, about the idea of providing high quality nutrition that recreates the ideal inclusions that a wild dogs diet would typically deliver. There are many iterations of this basic idea, some of which have become major movements in the dog world.

Instead of maintaining a purist, ideological perspective that ALL of your dogs diet must be raw, consider that you may be able to provide the practical benefits of a raw diet even where not all of your dog's food is actually 'raw'.

rolls are a commonly used commercially prepared option that allow folks to provide their dogs with some of the macronutrients that their dogs need, with almost zero prep time.

We have had resounding success recommending this as a training food for our client dogs, in conjunction with a bowl meal and occasional free feeds consisting of nutrient dense, functional foods which are impractical to deliver in the majority of training scenarios.

Not sold on the idea? Well that's cool too! There are a host of other recipes that you can try that other raw feeding devotees have developed in their search for optimising their dogs health and nutrition.

Just don't ever let yourself fall into the trap of convincing yourself that because you are committed to feeding your dog a raw diet that there is no way to effectively use your dog's calories as a motivator in her training.

Oh, and if you have a great solution you'd like to share with everyone feel free to share it in the comments.

12/07/2024

🗣️ "𝗪𝗲 𝗮𝗹𝗹 𝗵𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝗱𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗺𝘀. 𝗕𝘂𝘁 𝗶𝗻 𝗼𝗿𝗱𝗲𝗿 𝘁𝗼 𝗺𝗮𝗸𝗲 𝗱𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗺𝘀 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗲 𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗼 𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗹𝗶𝘁𝘆, 𝗶𝘁 𝘁𝗮𝗸𝗲𝘀 𝗮𝗻 𝗮𝘄𝗳𝘂𝗹 𝗹𝗼𝘁 𝗼𝗳 𝗱𝗲𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻, 𝗱𝗲𝗱𝗶𝗰𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻, 𝘀𝗲𝗹𝗳-𝗱𝗶𝘀𝗰𝗶𝗽𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗲, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗲𝗳𝗳𝗼𝗿𝘁."
- 𝘑𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘦 𝘖𝘸𝘦𝘯𝘴

😂 I always get a chuckle when I hear this one, and my reply is almost on autopilot:

📢 "𝘖𝘩, 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘥𝘰𝘯'𝘵 𝘯𝘦𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘣𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘤𝘦𝘳𝘯𝘦𝘥 𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘩𝘢𝘱𝘱𝘦𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨. 𝘛𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘸𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘳𝘦𝘲𝘶𝘪𝘳𝘦 𝘢 𝘭𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘭 𝘰𝘧 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘮𝘪𝘵𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘥𝘦𝘥𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵'𝘴 𝘸𝘦𝘭𝘭 𝘰𝘶𝘵𝘴𝘪𝘥𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘦𝘭𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘴𝘦."

👇 𝗜𝗳 𝘆𝗼𝘂'𝗿𝗲 𝗸𝗲𝗲𝗻 𝘁𝗼 𝗮𝘃𝗼𝗶𝗱 𝗰𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗮 '𝗿𝗼𝗯𝗼𝘁' 𝗱𝗼𝗴, 𝗽𝗹𝗲𝗮𝘀𝗲 𝗮𝘃𝗼𝗶𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗳𝗼𝗹𝗹𝗼𝘄𝗶𝗻𝗴:

✅ Daily training
✅ Early starts
✅ Late finishes
✅ Unpleasant weather
✅ Commitment to a process
✅ Management of dog towards the desired outcome
✅ Focus on precision
✅ Priority on creating great emotional associations
✅ 100's of environmental exposures
✅ Training to avoid contingencies
✅ Relentless introspection
✅ A formal education
✅ Quality coaching
✅ Years and years of investing in learning in various forms

💪 𝗜𝗳 𝗮 𝗱𝗼𝗴 𝗲𝘅𝗽𝗿𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗶𝘁𝘀𝗲𝗹𝗳 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘆 𝗳𝗶𝗯𝗲𝗿 𝗼𝗳 𝗶𝘁'𝘀 𝗯𝗲𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗵𝗿𝗼𝘂𝗴𝗵 𝗶𝘁'𝘀 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗸 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗺𝗲 𝗺𝗮𝗸𝗲𝘀 𝗶𝘁 𝗮 𝗿𝗼𝗯𝗼𝘁, 𝗜'𝗹𝗹 𝘁𝗮𝗸𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗿𝗲𝘀𝘂𝗹𝘁 𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘆 𝗱𝗮𝘆 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘄𝗲𝗲𝗸.

11/07/2024

💪 𝗛𝗶𝗴𝗵 𝗾𝘂𝗮𝗹𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝗰𝗼𝗮𝗰𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗺𝗮𝗸𝗲𝘀 𝗮𝗹𝗹 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗱𝗶𝗳𝗳𝗲𝗿𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝘄𝗵𝗲𝗻 𝗶𝘁 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗲𝘀 𝘁𝗼 𝗬𝗢𝗨𝗥 𝗱𝗼𝗴𝘀 𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗶𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗯𝗲𝗵𝗮𝘃𝗶𝗼𝘂𝗿:

✅ Lay out the information for folks in a way (and to a level) they can best understand things;

✅ Help them understand where to start, along with their next steps forward;

✅ Support and educate them in managing any issues while they gain momentum;

✅ Inspire them to avoid cutting a certain corners in the pursuit of bigger goals;

✅ Provide accountability for continual improvement;

✅ Give them realistic reasons to be hopeful whilst managing their expectations;

✅ Manage the human expectations of their dogs, and the overall process;

✅ And much more...

🚀 If you're serious about chasing down meaningful, sustainable, long term solutions to the problems you face with YOUR dog, then the quality of the coaching you invest in matters.

🧱 If you're starting from scratch and you want to maximise YOUR dogs potential, then it's best to start by building strong foundations.

𝗙𝗶𝗻𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗯𝗲𝘀𝘁 𝗽𝗿𝗼 𝘁𝗼 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗸 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗯𝗮𝗯𝗹𝘆 𝗺𝗲𝗮𝗻𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝘆 𝘄𝗼𝗻'𝘁 𝗯𝗲:

🚫 The closest;

🚫 The most available;

🚫 The cheapest.

𝗕𝘂𝘁 𝗶𝗳 𝘆𝗼𝘂'𝗿𝗲 𝗧𝗥𝗨𝗟𝗬 𝗶𝗻𝘃𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝗶𝗻 𝗿𝗲𝘀𝘂𝗹𝘁𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗺𝗲𝗮𝗻 𝘀𝗼𝗺𝗲𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴, 𝗽𝘂𝘁 𝘀𝗼𝗺𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗼𝘂𝗴𝗵𝘁 𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗼 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗮𝗯𝗼𝘃𝗲 𝗳𝗼𝗹𝗸𝘀.

❤️

11/07/2024

🗣️ "𝗪𝗲 𝗰𝗮𝗻𝗻𝗼𝘁 𝘀𝗼𝗹𝘃𝗲 𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗯𝗹𝗲𝗺𝘀 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘀𝗮𝗺𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘄𝗲 𝘂𝘀𝗲𝗱 𝘄𝗵𝗲𝗻 𝘄𝗲 𝗰𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗺."
- 𝘈𝘭𝘣𝘦𝘳𝘵 𝘌𝘪𝘯𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘪𝘯

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🤷‍♂️...and I didn’t even bump into that guy with the 3 staffies that always runs them off leash with zero recall.⁣ ⁣ 💪 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘶𝘨𝘨𝘭𝘦 𝘪𝘴 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘭.⁣ ⁣ #dogtrainer #offleash #recall #effectivecontrol #dogtraining #dogsofig #dogsofinsta #dogsofmelbourne⁣

⬇️ There's a 𝐋𝐎𝐓 of stuff that you 𝘫𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘥𝘰𝘯'𝘵 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘥𝘰 as a puppy owner...

⁣⁣⬇️ There's a 𝐋𝐎𝐓 of stuff that you 𝘫𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘥𝘰𝘯'𝘵 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘥𝘰 as a dog owner. ⁣⁣ 🚫 For example, you do not have to do any exposure work with your dog as a puppy. 𝐍𝐨𝐧𝐞. ⁣⁣ 🚫You don't have to take your puppy to a single puppy class. ⁣⁣ 🚫You don't have to make sure that your puppy spends time on its own to develop its independence. ⁣⁣ 🚫You don't even have to feed your puppy from your hand or install a marker word. ⁣⁣ 🚫You don't have to raise your dog to believe, with every fibre of his being, that you're always going to be more interesting than anything else that's out there in its environment. ⁣⁣ 🔎 See, there's 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐩𝐬 of stuff you don't have to do if you have a dog! ⁣⁣⚠️ 𝐁𝐔𝐓...if you don't do that stuff...⁣⁣ 🤷‍♂️... and if he's poorly behaved, if he pulls on the leash, if he barks at other dogs, if he's a nightmare to take anywhere outside the home... ⁣⁣👎 𝐃𝐎𝐍'𝐓 𝐁𝐋𝐀𝐌𝐄 𝐘𝐎𝐔𝐑 𝐃𝐎𝐆. ⁣⁣ 👉 Because YOU 𝘥𝘪𝘥𝘯'𝘵 𝘥𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘬. ✅You didn't 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 to do it, but you're also then not entitled to the same great results as people who DO put in the work.⁣⁣ 🔚 End thing. #puppies #puppytraining #puppydevelopment #dogtraining

⬇️ 𝐒𝐄𝐌𝐈𝐍𝐀𝐑 𝐀𝐍𝐍𝐎𝐔𝐍𝐂𝐄𝐌𝐄𝐍𝐓 ⬇️⁣ ⁣ 🚀 Scent Detection with Hans Ebbers⁣ ⁣ 🎫 On 26-27 October CSI will be hosting Hans Ebbers to teach his highly regarded system about scent detection work.⁣ ⁣ ⚠️Much more than just detection work, Hans’ focus holds direct relevance to developing dogs to identify, hunt for, find and indicate on any odour, in any context.⁣ ⁣ ⭐️ SAR, tracking, trailing, article identification, hard surface tracking, ANKC or IGP tracking work, recreational nose work...or just finding your car keys so you’re not late for work.⁣ ⁣ 💪Hans is known as one of the go-to-guys in Europe - he’s a ‘dog trainers dog trainer’.⁣ ⁣ ✅ He’s done it all;⁣ ✅ He understands his craft on a very deep level;⁣ ✅ And he’s hugely experienced at teaching others to do what he can.⁣ ⁣ 🎯 Hans really is a triple threat presenter, and now YOU have a chance to come and learn with him.⁣ ⁣ 🐕We’ve got a bunch of working dog spots available for this seminar too - applications are welcome from any ticket holder.⁣ ⁣ 🤫There are also a couple of other surprises we’re working on to make this event even cooler...but I don’t want to promise something I can’t deliver so shhhhhhhhh for now.⁣ ⁣ We’ve got a link in our social bio, or you can find tickets via our website under the EVENTS tab.⁣ ⁣ 🗣 So tell your mum you want 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 for xmas.⁣ ⁣ 🙊If that doesn’t work tell your dad that your mum has already said yes.⁣ ⁣ 🙏 We’ll share more about the event as it draws closer.⁣ ⁣ #scentdetection #tracking #dogtraining #seminar #nosework ⁣ ⁣

#projectgoose and I will be at this event tomorrow for the launch of Rescue Pup - a beer developed by our mates Axam and Lil. The good peeps at @ec_brunswick are donating profits to @hear_no_evil_australia rescue…whose name I butcher mercilessly and mindlessly throughout this video for some STUPID reason. Hope to see you there guys!

⬇️⬇️ Owners of high drive dogs are so often being LIED to⬇️⬇️⁣ ⁣ 𝐓𝐡𝐞𝐬𝐞 𝐥𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐝𝐢𝐬𝐚𝐝𝐯𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐠𝐞 𝐛𝐨𝐭𝐡 𝐝𝐨𝐠𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐢𝐫 𝐡𝐮𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐬.⁣ ⁣ ✅ Core issues being misrepresented⁣ ✅ A true feature versus a flaw⁣ ✅ The problem of the zero sum game⁣ ✅ Where the real work lies⁣ ✅ What to focus on⁣ ✅ How to find the help⁣ ⁣ 🎥Tune into this video to hear about how this is true, and what you can do about it.⁣ ⁣ 🚀 I truly hope this helps many of you.⁣ ⁣ #dogtrainer #anxiety #highdrivedogs #arousal #dogtraining #behaviour

Nobody will ever roast my own trainings rigorously as I do. I never shot this video to share - and though there definitely some good things in this clip, there’s a bunch of stuff I look at as a pro and just shake my head. So that’s why I’ve shared it! I think it sends a good message.  Not every session is perfect, but if we’re not critically assessing our own progress with a view to seeing deficits and adjusting to address them…well then how the hell do we ever expect to improve!  #lifeofsnap #projectgoose #spoodle #malinois #roast #dogtraining

𝐈𝐭’𝐬 𝐚 𝐬𝐚𝐝𝐥𝐲 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐬𝐞𝐞 𝐨𝐧 𝐬𝐨𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐦𝐞𝐝𝐢𝐚.⁣ ⁣ It is bad for our industry.⁣ ⁣ It’s bad for the dogs.⁣ ⁣ And it’s always the same story.⁣ ⁣ If you’re a dog owner, give this a watch.⁣ ⁣ If you’re a dog trainer, be part of the solution.⁣ ⁣ 𝐏𝐞𝐞𝐩 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐯𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐨 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐝𝐞𝐭𝐚𝐢𝐥.⁣

⬇️⬇️⬇️ 𝐌𝐀𝐍𝐀𝐆𝐄𝐌𝐄𝐍𝐓 ⬇️⬇️⬇️⁣ ⁣ Anybody that shows you accurate, passionate, reliable and consistently repeatable obedience behaviours that are persistently expressed consistently across all contexts, manages their dog very, very closely.⁣ ⁣ There’s plenty of flashy training footage on social media, but what you don’t see is at least as important as what those influencers show you.⁣ ⁣ The same is true for dogs that start out with serious emotional or behavioural issues, that go on to show serious transformations in how they experience and interact with the world.⁣ ⁣ In this video I discuss the importance of understanding each dog’s individual needs, and then managing them accordingly. ⁣ ⁣ Some dogs just seem to be born highly resilient, whilst others struggle with issues such as anxiety and insecurity. ⁣ ⁣ Proper management and exposure to positive experiences are key to helping these dogs thrive.⁣ ⁣ #dogtrainer #dogtraining #dogsofmelbourne #dogsofinsta #doglovers #doglover #dogsofig

The longer you leave them, the worse they tend to get… The earlier the intervention, the faster and more far reaching the results are likely to be achieved… If you need help, holler at us via the website (link in bio) #dogtrainer #dogtraining #dogsofmelbourne #dogsofinstagram #dogsofig #doglovers #doglover