ALL 4 PAWS

ALL 4 PAWS Professional dog training (behavioural and puppy consults) and obedience classes for Geelong and surrounding areas.

My name is Sonia and I live in Mt Moriac Geelong. I have always loved dogs and have been running my business for over 11 years now. I'm super passionate about helping owners better understand their dogs to build a fantastic relationship between them.

Such a handsome fella ❤️🥰
27/12/2024

Such a handsome fella ❤️🥰

Good day to wash a dog 🤪 well I think I got as wet as him, but not a bad day to get saturated by your dog shaking himsel...
26/12/2024

Good day to wash a dog 🤪 well I think I got as wet as him, but not a bad day to get saturated by your dog shaking himself 🤣.

Took me a few goes over the course of the day to brush him all out, geez I thought he was getting too fat. Oops, sorry Hudson you just had bloody loads and loads of hair to be brushed out !

Good boy, don’t think I’ll let you get to this bigger job again 🤪😝 Aunty Elva definitely did a far better job but hey, not too bad for a novice groomer 👍🏻🤣

Christmas Day done ! Was a glorious day, warm and not too windy. Perfect for an outside family gathering. It was a...
25/12/2024

Christmas Day done ! Was a glorious day, warm and not too windy. Perfect for an outside family gathering.

It was also great to then unwind a few times afterwards and between clean ups!

Hope you all had a lovely day too 🎄👍🏻

Strange spooky sun - must be a fire somewhere ! Enjoying the last of a very full day with family - won’t be eating for ...
25/12/2024

Strange spooky sun - must be a fire somewhere ! Enjoying the last of a very full day with family - won’t be eating for a few days now 🤪😛

Merry Christmas to you all for tomorrow ! 🎄Hope you all enjoy the day with your family, be it human or four legged - sho...
24/12/2024

Merry Christmas to you all for tomorrow ! 🎄

Hope you all enjoy the day with your family, be it human or four legged - should be a great day 👍🏻❤️

Summer layout of outdoor furniture - love it ! Late brekkie after taking Miss Lenny for a walk, few days left before sh...
15/12/2024

Summer layout of outdoor furniture - love it ! Late brekkie after taking Miss Lenny for a walk, few days left before she returns home to her owners.

Catching the last bit of the day, enjoying the sunshine and lovely clouds that are appearing.
12/12/2024

Catching the last bit of the day, enjoying the sunshine and lovely clouds that are appearing.

11/12/2024

What a glorious day is is now, mowed one of my enclosures and groomed Keira and now having a cuppa and she is just chilling with me ❤️ sometimes I tend to overlook my beautiful girl as so much time spent training Hudson. Nice to spend some time with just her today !

Umm; that could be a wee problem !! Get it 🤣🤣
08/12/2024

Umm; that could be a wee problem !! Get it 🤣🤣

07/12/2024

Lenny -

She is doing such a great job with her mat training.

Question time for you all, what breed is Lenny ? Curious if anyone guesses.

By the way, there are certain people who aren’t allowed to answer and they should know who they are 🤪 anyone else guess away !!!

I had little Merry stay for the day on Wednesday, as her mum busy and couldn’t look after her for that day. She enjoyed...
07/12/2024

I had little Merry stay for the day on Wednesday, as her mum busy and couldn’t look after her for that day.

She enjoyed some time out in one of my large runs, along wirh some walking around on lead and some engagement work and we finally got a ‘drop’. It wasn’t in the usual way I would normally get one, however always gotta think of ways to help our dogs understand what we are wanting them to do. It was a rather cute and funny way but she certainly knew it was what I wanted and kept offering it again and again ! Just shaping the ‘drop’ I didn’t name it as yet. She also did some lovely little recalls up and down my hallway, far more motivated and enthusiastic about training this time around.

Of course, Merry also had plenty of crate time as all young puppies need to learn to self calm, develop some resilience to be left alone at times and also just sleep / rest. Pups need this to help them be calmer and more settled so as not to be so overtired and over stimulated which often leads to them being very nippy, jumpy, annoying and being plain silly overall 🤪

STAY/TRAIN - Lenny Lenny doing some obstacles yesterday afternoon. I’ve always found putting dogs over the obstacle co...
07/12/2024

STAY/TRAIN - Lenny

Lenny doing some obstacles yesterday afternoon. I’ve always found putting dogs over the obstacle course a fantastic way to work as a team with a dog and help build up their confidence levels.

Lenny started out a little hesitantly on the first few obstacles but after going around once, she grew quickly in her confidence and absolutely loved to work and she picked things up quickly. She weaved so beautifully through my weaving poles and almost did it all on her own without much guidance from me! She also did the seesaw beautifully, which often rattles a few dogs 🐶 👍🏻

Here she is just checking out the paddock and probably spotting a rabbit or two 😝

07/12/2024

STAY/TRAIN - Lenny

After the hot day on Thursday Lenny enjoyed a cooling dip/splash in the dog pool. She loved it !

STAY/TRAIN - Lenny Lenny joined me late yesterday afternoon. She’ll be with me for a fortnight whilst we work on build...
04/12/2024

STAY/TRAIN - Lenny

Lenny joined me late yesterday afternoon. She’ll be with me for a fortnight whilst we work on building her confidence levels up and helping to settle and not feel the need to growl and bark at people and/or dogs on walks. Also, helping to teach her a nice walk on lead.

Starting with some nice foundational basics - mat training (Lenny does kinda know this as does similar at home) however want to work on it more during her stay.

01/12/2024

Super happy I had finished my classes before the heavens opened and not just once, but two to three times - short sharp heavy showers ! But loving it for my water tanks and grass areas.

Watching some shows in David’s shed last night with the doggies. Lovely few hours 🥰
27/11/2024

Watching some shows in David’s shed last night with the doggies. Lovely few hours 🥰

27/11/2024

Lovely rain. Had just finished mowing some lawns and other bits and pieces and then this arrived. Good timing. Didn’t last too long but loved it !!

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1460 Princes Highway
Mount Moriac, VIC
3240

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Monday 9am - 7pm
Tuesday 9am - 7pm
Wednesday 9am - 7pm
Thursday 9am - 7pm
Friday 9am - 7pm
Saturday 9am - 7pm

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Keira
Keira

What a glorious day is is now, mowed one of my enclosures and groomed Keira and now having a cuppa and she is just chilling with me ❤️ sometimes I tend to overlook my beautiful girl as so much time spent training Hudson. Nice to spend some time with just her today !

Lenny
Lenny

Lenny - She is doing such a great job with her mat training. Question time for you all, what breed is Lenny ? Curious if anyone guesses. By the way, there are certain people who aren’t allowed to answer and they should know who they are 🤪 anyone else guess away !!!

Pool time
Pool time

STAY/TRAIN - Lenny After the hot day on Thursday Lenny enjoyed a cooling dip/splash in the dog pool. She loved it !

Storm
Storm

Super happy I had finished my classes before the heavens opened and not just once, but two to three times - short sharp heavy showers ! But loving it for my water tanks and grass areas.

Rain
Rain

Lovely rain. Had just finished mowing some lawns and other bits and pieces and then this arrived. Good timing. Didn’t last too long but loved it !!

Hudson
Hudson

HUDSON - This morning we took Hudson for a little walk around river in Winchelsea and then stopped for a yummy egg & bacon sandwich ! I too need to keep socialisation up with my dogs, taking them to different places and expecting them to settle in those environments, when needed. Hudson enjoyed his walk and he did get some left over brekkie too!

MERRY
MERRY

SOCIALISATION - Merry Little Merry doing a great job watching something you don’t see every day. A little unsure at times but overall she wasn’t too worried about this moving noisey thing 😝 She was pretty confident and settled throughout her whole time at Bunnings on Friday morning !

POLITE MANNERS
POLITE MANNERS

POLITE MANNERS - Week 3 This group of owners and dogs are just doing some awesome work ! Last week the picked up mat training so well and this week learning loose lead walking. They also did some great mat work at the start of class today. Super happy and impressed at how quickly they’re all picking things up !!! 👍🏻🐾 So looking forward to more great stuff next Sunday 😉 I bet all the dogs yet again went home and are having big snoozes 💤

Puppy
Puppy

PUPPY CLASS - 9.30am week 2 ‘Sunny’, ‘Levi’ and ‘Maggie’ having some fun. ‘Maggie’ was a wee bit shy and timid. However, at home quite boisterous with adult dog. Often see this, pups wary and seemingly unsure of pups of similar age but super confident and somewhat bossy at home with older dog. Many adult dogs allow a lot of crap and very tolerant of pups interactions, whereas other puppies, all learning how to read and interact with pups outside their own littermates, can be shy and hesitant and sometimes seem snappy. Different energies match up well and sometimes, some pups are just too much pup for another quieter timid one. However, ‘Maggie’ did warm up and start to play and relax and enjoy herself. Sometimes we do need to push pass what might look uncomfortable for our pups, but often you’ll see tremendous growth in their confidence levels and overall attitude. However, we don’t want to push too far as to make it a very unfair stressful situation. It’s why it’s so important to be able to read your pup and others and be sure all are enjoying the interaction. Some pups are just super social to all pups and others, pick and choose.

Puppy class
Puppy class

PUPPY CLASS - Week 2 9.30am Today was the first class with pups and these two just getting to interact and figure each other out. ‘Darby’ Black & Tan kelpie is 8 weeks old and super confident with a lovely nature. ‘Sunny’ Brown & Tan, was a little unsure and took a little while to relax and feel more confident. Their interactions were lovely. Just like humans, not all pups like and enjoy other puppies, it’s often learning how to pick the best ‘match’ personalities to help have some successful reciprocal puppy play/interaction. Both pups should be able to enjoy these kinds of interactions. Sunny matched really well with ‘Levi’ a Golden Retriever.

polite Manners
polite Manners

POLITE MANNERS - Week 2 Such a lovely group of dogs today for class and wonderful owners ! Super happy for everyone with how well they worked their dogs on mat training ! It was a pretty calm and quiet class, which isn’t always the case for first week when dogs arrive and start. Great work everyone 👍🏻🐾

Hudson& Keira
Hudson& Keira

My two beautiful GSDs - Keira and Hudson at play. Of course they had to play around the poo bucket 🤪 making my video look a little unattractive! I could tell they were about to initiate some play and usually it’s Keira that does something to egg her brother on 😝 they don’t play for long, or often, but it’s fun to watch when they do 🥰 What about sharing your dogs at play, or even with yourself, as don’t forget play with handler is so important to build lovely value in handler however letting our dogs play with similar suited temperament dogs is also fun but shouldn’t override the play that owner/dog gets to do together.

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My name is Sonia and I live in Mount Moriac, Geelong. I have always loved dogs and after many years working in a clerical environment I discovered that I had a deep affection, desire and passion to work with dogs - man's best friend.