ALL 4 PAWS

05/12/2025

🐾 PUPPY 1-1 TRAINING SESSION -
‘Sandi’ - 14wk Mareema

It was lovely to work with this little girl and her owner again today.

After completing a 2hr puppy consult a few weeks ago, today they came to do some training.

She took to learning a backwards drop quite quickly. Gained a better understanding of the release marker ‘yes’ and duration marker ‘good’.
Another thing that we worked on was helping the owner to get her to buy more into the lure, as this makes teaching the drop far easier.

Overall. it was a great little training session and we were left with one konked out pup😝❤️.

At their next session, it will be great to see how much they have achieved and built on from today and take things further with engagement, solidifying the basic behaviours and introduce mat training too !

04/12/2025

It was a good day to wash the boys and clean them up. Both so well behaved, definitely improved from the initial couple of baths ! Good boys 🥰❤️

04/12/2025

Lovely sky tonight after a pretty blustery hot day. Lovely and calm evening.

03/12/2025

Love my boys so much! It’s been so nice to be spending more time with them of late.

03/12/2025

Really felt the need to ground this evening. Sometimes it’s a strong pull to feel the grass between your toes and just feel more connected to the earth.

It can be a lovely reset for 30 mins or so and it’s such a glorious night 👍🏻❤️ however slight change in location as my usual spot, well not looking too green and lush at the moment 🤪.

Hope everyone is doing something likewise on this beautiful Summer’s evening. It actually felt like Summer today 😝

03/12/2025

Interested in doing something a little different with your dog, then why not give Nosework classes a go.

Have a few spots left in this round starting in the New Year.

NOSEWORK CLASS - January 2026 !

🐾 Start date - 11 January
🐾 When - Sundays @ 10am
🐾 Class size - Min 3 / Max 4 dogs
🐾 Cost - $279 (kit included)
🐾 Duration - 5 weeks (1hr classes)

Getting in early to organise the first class for 2026.

Nosework classes are super fun for both dogs and owners. The class is about helping your dog learn to hunt and find a particular scent.

It’s the most natural thing for our dogs to do - sniff. Putting their noses to work, for a purpose, is such a fulfilling way to tire our dogs.

The classes are such great fun and full of camaraderie, as everyone gets to support each separate team as they work at the pace of their dog.

If you had been looking for something to challenge your dog and have some fun too, this class definitely fits the bill.

To book to secure your spot please either email [email protected], or contact Sonia on
Ph: 0438 730 428. h ey

03/12/2025

PUPPY 1-1 TRAINING SESSION -
Cocker Spaniel - ‘Wilby’

Had some fun with this little fella Saturday morning. He and his owners came out for their follow-up training session after their initial 2hr puppy consult at their home a week earlier.

He did awesome learning the ‘yes’ marker and about engagement. Also worked on sits, drop and ways to start teaching the recall.

He was one tired puppy after his session and the owners were amazing to work with. Always super great to have owners wanting to learn and ask questions, be it stuff related to home life and about what we covered in the training session.

Can’t wait to hear how things are progressing in the coming weeks.

02/12/2025

Yikes - been a while since I’ve seen this kinda lawn. But it’s all worth it in 2-3 weeks time. 👍🏻

Here’s looking forward to lush grass area to enjoy grounding myself and doing training 1-1 sessions.

02/12/2025

Ridiculous weather - yesterday and today bloody chilly and next few days hot 🤪 don’t think I’ll me needing a blanket on me then in the evenings.

My boys just enjoying their night ❤️

02/12/2025

PUPPY CONSULTS -

🐾 5mth Griffon - ‘Mr Darcy’
🐾 9wks - Merle Border Collie - ‘Shelby’
🐾 13wk - Choc/white Border Collie - ‘Bowie’

It was a busy few days helping owners out via their at home 2hr puppy consults.

- Mr Darcy’s owner just needed help better understanding how to help him be ok when she leaves to go to a different part of the house, also helping set up a nice overall structure to build his confidence levels up. He did really well and I was able to talk his owner through parts to be sure she isn’t going to be reinforcing what she doesn’t want. He did very well working on some impulse control exercises - waiting to exit crate and same again for back door.

- Shelby was up next - again it was about understanding the crate and the benefits it provides for young puppies. Along with all the usual essential fundamental information to help set Shelby up to spend time alone, be handled for vet visits/grooming and being aware that you’re not going to drain a BC simply by walking it lots!! At this young age pups don’t need daily ‘walks’ but a nice structure to their day and building on engagement through training/play. Even though he was still rather sleeping after a big sleep in crate, he showed a nice interest in a game of tug.
Exercising puppies’ minds is just as important than trying to tire them physically, especially a busy working mind of a BC.

- Lastly, Bowie. He had been struggling with crating and usual puppy stuff. Helping owners understand that a good structure is key to help with that along with good toilet training habits. He did well crating, whilst I gave information to owners on how to help set him up for more success. Also everyone in the home needs to be on board so he receives consistent and clear feedback. Clarity is key for our dogs.
He too also did nicely on exiting crate/ in and out back door and learning to wait for his food.

I love providing these consults as no two are the same. Everyone has a different set up at home, different breed of pup, age, experience and end goal, so being able to spend the quality time with owners in the comfort of their home and helping to advise and guide them is a privilege.

I hope to see them again perhaps for follow up training session to help work on their engagement, play, lead handling skills and troubleshooting anything they might need help with.

🐾 If you are getting a puppy soon, or welcomed one recently to the home why not book your 2hr Puppy Consult. These are great to set things up from the very start, or help those owners feeling a little overwhelmed with their new bundle of fluff/joy.

To book your consult contact Sonia either via email - [email protected] or Ph:
0438 730 428.

26/11/2025

Just a laugh for the day 🤪😝