7 month old female British Bulldog, Barrie, was so anxious she refused to walk on a leash and wouldn’t leave the house. A previous behaviourist had tried to coax her with treats and then recommended medication. This video is an hour into our consult. A dog will instinctively trust and follow your energy not treats.
Phoebe the Visla
Phoebe the Visla was reactive to dogs on leash. A bit of leadership training at the beginning of our consult and there were no signs of any reactivity for the whole session. No matter how hard we tried.
Male German Shepherd pulling
This strong male German Shepherd would pull his owner into the fountain so she had to avoid the area? Owning the walk and rewarding “calm” energy before a dog enters any new area is critical.
Naughty Poodles
These two young Poodles had two major issues. They would bark and bite at their humans whenever they sat down in a chair and also harass their cats relentlessly. We were able to get a great result for both of these issues in our first session.
Good manners
This was sent to us by a client. We always advocate good manners before eating but this is the most awesome release word we’ve seen. Would love to hear yours.
Coco
Young Coco could not be allowed off leash because she would run away at any opportunity. This is the result of our consult this morning. No treats or toys used. When we focus on our experience rather than theirs, our dogs are drawn to us. This is a more empowering approach.
Xena the Doberman
Xena was a mad puller when we first saw her. Great job Jo 👏👏.
One of our most important foundation exercises. It helps create a healthy dynamic where your dog is willing to follow you. No treats, balls or needing to make eye contact with your dog. They are drawn to your energy and body language, but more importantly the fact your are focusing on your experience not theirs. This is how nature does it. If you don’t have this foundation most other training is rather pointless.
Max
This is the time of year when we are regularly asked to help with dogs who either bark at, or become stressed when someone is in the family pool. It can certainly take some of the enjoyment away from the experience.
Max the Malamute responded quickly to our training. This video shows his progress over a 30 min period.
Dog Reactive Buddy.
Since losing his human father and dog mother, Buddy had become severely reactIve to dogs. This is his second lesson with us and his first one on the beach.
Result - Buddy was perfect with all dogs👍.
It is so rewarding to empower people to understand how their behaviour can affect their dog behaviour.
Mastering the calm walk.
This lovely family felt as though they were being walked by their dogs. Their goal was to to have better control and enjoy their walks. “Alan”, their shepherd is also reactive towards other dogs.
In one session we achieved a beautiful calm, loose lead walk. This was possible by firstly addressing the dogs state of mind. The aim is to set them up in a calm, balanced state so when they do encounter another dog, we have a much better chance of avoiding a big reaction as we’ve turned down the intensity and handed the leadership over to the humans. It also creates a much more enjoyable walk and a beautiful opportunity for bonding and connection. A great result by Anna Hopkins our Gold Coast/Ipswich behaviour specialist.
Dogs that bark at and jump on guests when they arrive is a very common issue that we are asked to modify for our clients. Paulie was one of these dogs. Instead of asking him to sit, we prefer to ask for space and a calm state of mind before the front door opens. Our clients are always surprised at how effective this conversation is. Paulie responded perfectly.
Nala The Biter
Our client today couldn’t have his dog and mother in the same room without mum being bitten. In fact Nala had bitten his mother 3 times before. Within our 2 hour session we had them in the same room off leash and we even got a hug between mother and son which had never happened in front Nala before.
We don’t “train” a dog to heel. No treats, toys or eye contact. We just ask them to follow and connect to their pack instinct and it just naturally happens. It is a natural instinct. This is Rip’s fourth ever time on a leash but he did this from his first ever walk. Please contact us if you need any help with walking your dog.
This amazing video was posted on the Adelaide German Shepherd page yesterday.
So my cameras were going bananas yesterday morning and I was getting a lot of notifications while at work. I checked some of them and came across this one. Those of you who have been following along will know Brendon and I lost our beautiful girl Ryder 5 weeks ago. This made my heart skip a beat and feel warm inside all at once. I swear she is still here with us.
Backstory - we planned to enclose the front of our yard completely for ages and work got underway in February. It finished 4 weeks ago. She just missed the opportunity to have free run of the entire space. I think this is her enjoying what we did for her
The owners of this lovely 18 month old female Swiss Shepherd had been advised by other trainers that due to her extreme reactivity and anxiety they would have to keep her well away from other dogs and their vet had recommended medication. After meeting the dog and seeing her reaction to leadership rather than treats and baby talk I knew she would be fine. Yesterday was our first consult and her first time ever being anywhere near other dogs.
This young female Blue Heeler had quite an issue with resource guarding her food. I was quite surprised at the severity of it when I experienced it for myself. The good news is the owners have had a good outcome and recently sent me this video. 👏👏
I visited a gorgeous 15 week old lab x retriever puppy in Cairns this week. Her owners needed coaching so they could confidently respond to and understand how to stop some behaviours they weren't enjoying - mostly her nipping, selective recall and over the top exuberance around guests and furniture! They sent me this video just now, saying things have been going beautifully as long as they remember their own 'puppy training' - in this case to supervise supervise supervise! 😂
I had a distressed call last week from Molly the Labradors owners who couldn’t get into their car via her ramp, no matter what they had tried or been advised to do.
Today we looked at the problem for them. Too much pressure, tension and anxiety to get her in. Even too much excitement whenever they did succeed in carrying her up.
5 min into the consult this happened.
Thanks George, you are amazing- Sandy
Koda the young female shepherd was a struggle to take out in public and walk due to her leash reactivity towards dogs. This is a video her humans sent us of her progress a week after a 2 hour consult with me. Well done guys.
