The Dog Lady

24/11/2024

Can anyone guess the breed of this handsome fella?

24/11/2024

Lots of outdoor and pool fun incorporated in our puppy classes at The Haven today. 🐾🐶

24/11/2024

Congratulations to Simba, Max and Rosie on graduating from
The Puppy Experience today. We have learnt so much together including handling, toilet training , appropriate socialisation, management strategies, enrichment and good manners. Thank you for entrusting me with your precious family members.
🐶🎓❤️

23/11/2024

Wally and Sam are progressing nicely with their snake avoidance training. We worked on recalling from different objects and movement today. Their responses are instantaneous. Well done everyone! 👏👏👏( Please excuse the video quality)

23/11/2024

Caught up with lovely BC Freya and her sister Cole for an in-home consultation today. Freya was in my puppy classes a number of years ago and the family is now excitedly expecting a new baby. We discussed how best to prepare the dogs for their new arrival and the importance of separate safe zones. Stationing and stay behaviours can be very beneficial, and a leave cue. Family is committed to supporting the dogs for a smooth transition to the larger family. Planning ahead can make all the difference (interestingly, Freya is another dog that reminds me of our BC Crash)

23/11/2024

Precious Archie visited us at The Haven today for some confidence building. He can be a little worried about unknown dogs so we gave him the opportunity to hang out with Penny in a calm and controlled environment. We also worked on recall strategies and reinforcing behaviour already being offered. Next step will be to practice new lead skills to support Archie out in the big wide world. Looking forward to seeing you again soon Archie boy 🐾🐶

23/11/2024

Darling Frankie… You are such a delightful little puppy and we have such fun together…Today we set up some fun agility, practiced the Up/Down pattern game and some new platform behaviours. Looking forward to catching up again soon

22/11/2024

Human expectations lol...

Do dogs really need to sit? It is overrated in my opinion.

Will the earth stop turning if a dog decides to stand calmly or lie down instead? I don't think so.

Is your dog more comfortable in a different position for some reason? Is he/she sore or arthritic? Is the ground too hot/cold/hard/prickly? Does he/she prefer to stand so they can move quickly if they feel unsafe or anxious?

We should always be questioning what we are asking of our dogs and why.

Is it really in their best interest ?

(Thank you to Bestie for this great graphic!)

22/11/2024

Please leave the playdough to tiny fingers and away from furry paws ...

🙀 Did you know that homemade playdough can be toxic to our pets?

The main ingredient in homemade playdough is salt (sodium chloride). Sodium is an essential electrolyte in the body, but when its levels become too high it can lead to severe neurological effects. Following ingestion, early signs of poisoning include vomiting, diarrhoea and excessive thirst. Without appropriate treatment, affected animals may develop tremors, seizures or even coma. Other common causes of sodium poisoning include excessive consumption of sea water, soy sauce, baking soda and salt dough Christmas ornaments.

Homemade playdough also frequently contains cream of tartar. Cream of tartar has a similar structure to tartaric acid, which is presumed to be the constituent of grapes that makes them toxic to dogs. Dogs that ingest enough cream of tartar can develop kidney damage, which in severe cases can lead to permanent kidney disease or death.

Given the significant dangers associated with ingestion of homemade playdough, it is important to keep it stored out of the reach of your pets. If your pet eats playdough, please phone the Animal Poisons Helpline for immediate advice, even if they look well. Our expert Poisons Information Consultants can rapidly determine the risk and whether veterinary treatment is required.

The Animal Poisons Helpline provides free advice to pet owners in Australia and can be reached on ☎️1300 869 738 (AU), 0800 869 738 (NZ) or 3106 4216 (SG). If you are a member of a veterinary team in Australia, New Zealand or Singapore, you can join the Animal Poisons Centre For Vets Facebook group which is regularly updated with toxicology tidbits and poisoning trends.

22/11/2024

Congratulations to both Mulan and Lexi on passing their first mindDog PATs yesterday. Thank you for entrusting me with your training to this point . You and your caregivers are amazing! 👏👏👏🐾🐶

21/11/2024

Happy Red visited The Haven today to start his snake avoidance training. Red attended my puppy course as a young fella and his family has continued practicing his training over the past 2 years. This will give us a good foundation for our next stage of training. Today we added fun new recall games and practiced moving away from novel objects. Great work team! Looking forward to our next session together👏

20/11/2024

Great to catch up with Bonnie again today for her snake avoidance session. We are practicing coming away from moving objects today. Bonnie is loving her training and has decided that soft stuffed toys are her favourite reinforcers 🧸

19/11/2024

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19/11/2024

Happy Byron visited today to practice calm, relaxed lead work. My assistants KitKat and Princess Daisy were fabulous decoys. A cool off in the ball pool was just the ticket afterwards! What a fabulous session 🐾

18/11/2024

Little Miss Polly-Waffle visited us again today . We are currently working on some fun recall games and management for barking. Polly is a Shih-Tzu X so was in fact bred by the Buddhist monks to guard their temples, as well as being a cherished companion. Barking is of course in her DNA lol and she is a great little watch dog! 🐶