Smart Dog Behaviour & Training

29/08/2025

This 6 month old bundle of energy is learning where all of it is best placed 😂

Working through clear, strong markers, when where and how to use them, establishing an obedience and play routine and creating structure in the environment with a focus on handler engagement and value were top priorities in our session.

If you had an experience in puppy school where your pup was relentlessly playing with other pups, you may be experiencing a complete lack of value, attention and engagement from your pup, not to mention an obsession with other dogs, and likely people.
This is a very common issue we see in puppy schools run this way - not your fault but it will and does create some behavioural issues once they start to get a few months older..

Good news is this is an issue that you can work on and flip!
Feel welcome to reach out if it sounds a little familiar.

02/08/2025

This absolutely wonderful pair have been working hard since we started our training.

So looking forward to their shared journey and progress.
Reed is a gorgeous Maremma x of only around 6 months and an absolutely beautiful dog.

29/07/2025

Share for the love of this pup turning one in a shelter.
Amazing work and love by the wonderful staff Lort Smith

Let's help get Bronson home!

Bronson’s Birthday Wish– please share.
Many of you will be familiar with Bronson’s story as we have shared it before. And we will continue to do so until he finds a home.
Our longest doggie resident arrived at our Campbellfield Adoption Shelter just a pup. He was confused, a little bit frightened but most of all he was just craving comfort and lots of cuddles.
Two months later, he has stolen the hearts of everyone at our Campbellfield Adoption Centre and now we have a very special favour to ask you.
This Saturday Bronson will reach a very special milestone; his first birthday.
Bronson has been waiting patiently for home but is starting to feel very sad after being overlooked for so long.
To make him feel better, we threw our big fella a special early birthday party today and he loved every minute.
But Bronson deserves to have his birthday wish come true, to celebrate in a forever home this Saturday and for the rest of his life..
We won’t stop sharing his beautiful face until he is adopted and today on the eve of this beautiful boy’s first birthday, we are asking you to do the same.

21/07/2025

South side friends!
As winter draws us in, things can quieten down, but that is NO reason to not train your dogs!!

With a focus on relationship building, motivational obedience training and drive fulfilment, Smart Dog Training has you covered - whether continuing to develop your current dog or working with a brand new family member, a tailored and results driven training program is waiting for you and your best mate.

To warm up the chilly months, I am offering $20 off in-home training consultations for those in the Stonnington and surrounding areas!

Just mention this post in your enquiry and we are good to go!
Oh! Further discounts apply for shelter / rescue dogs 🤍


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13/07/2025

I've had the absolute pleasure of working with some wonderful dogs recently.
Meet Pepper.
A gorgeous Maremma x Dalmatian with the loveliest, most dedicated people in her world.

With a soft and sensitive nature, we are working on confidence building, foundational training and working to ensure the she feels safe and empowered in the world.

Really looking forward to hearing of her progress 🌸

12/07/2025

Gorgeous Miss Maple seeking her forever's via PUG RESCUE & ADOPTION VICTORIA INC.

They have covered a phenomenal amount of vet work (very common for this rescue) and now just want to give Mable the best life she deserves

❤️MABLE❤️
ADOPT ME!
👉🏻www.pugrescue.org.au/available-pugs

Mable the Boston Terrier girl with pointy ears and black and white striped face...
This girl loves to dance and run around all over the place….
In true Boston Terrier style, she is an absolute clown…
With the help of Pug Rescue she's had a life make over including learning how to sit down…

Learning lots whilst in Pug Rescue care including not to be afraid of things in the big wide word that once made her stop in her tracks…
Mable says full steam ahead with her new life she's not looking back..
Lot of walks and vet visits socalising and meeting people and other dogs have been fun…..
And she is sorry but if you give her a pat and a cuddle she might be so happy and excited she will try to kiss you with her tongue….
She absolutely love toys and doing crazy zoomies are so great…
And she's so excited that after lots of practice she will sit when asked and is working on wait..
And after many many many weeks of surgery rehab she is super at doing what is instructed and knows exactly where to run to hop into her sleeping crate…

Mable arrived into Pug Rescue as an ex breeding girl ready to start a new life….
Along with being desexed she also had very common brachy breed genetic health issues that cost Pug Rescue $7,000+ in vet fees to be made right….
Pug Rescue took Mable to see Dr Sharon at Knox Vet Clinic who performed a dental to clean her teeth and ended her breeding days by desexing surgery…
Yippy….

Once she was recovered from desexing Pug Rescue knew she had a sore right knee that was grating and clicking and Mable's breathing sounded like a very loud horrible machine making coffee….
So Dr Ricky and the Melbourne Animal Referral Services Team performed her BOAS “Brachycephalic Obstructive Airway Syndrome” surgery including a tonsillectomy, nare widening and a folded flap palatoplasty…
Then they performed luxating patella (MPL) surgery on her skipping sore right knee – trochleoplasty, tibial crest transposition and lateral imbrication to stabilise patella in the correct place on her knee…
8 weeks of crating and leash walking rehab occurred with Mable complaining lots and very loudly but finally xrays at Melbourne Animal Referral Services confirm everything has healed in the correct place…
So she's now able to breathe so much better and she's not in pain constantly and able to run at an even faster pace..

Anyway enough of that medical info…
Mable is all healthy, rehabbed and beautiful and now and it’s time to go…
So if you think that you might like having a Boston Terrier like her join your family …
Please send Pug Rescue a Mable adoption enquiry…..

MABLE ###

Female Black & White Desexed Pure Boston Terrier - 9.5kg
#956000010098594
DOB: 10/07/2018
RE108835

👉🏻PLEASE GO TO OUR WEBSITE TO VIEW MABLE'S FULL ADOPTION PROFILE: www.pugrescue.org.au/available-pugs

❤️PLEASE SHARE TO HELP MABLE FIND HER FUREVER FAMILY

07/07/2025

All those months ago I'd walk through Fawkner Park and think of how awesome it would be once you joined me. Don't ever change. I love you. And thankyou to and for the best playdates.

28/06/2025

Beautiful Reid a young Maremma x is working through his early training with me and his wonderful dedicated Ma.

We will be working as always to build a confident, robust and content dog, with his natural drives and instincts fulfilled to ensure we don't see any unwanted behaviour.

As a city dog, it's critical to see to all his needs, physical, emotional and mental and we have a range of strategies and training activities to work through!

Looking forward to being a part of his development 😊

19/06/2025

17/06/2025

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We're working on limp and rewind - love to know what everyone else is doing trick wise with their dogs...couldn't be a better time to train than in a Melbourne winter....!

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13/06/2025

Viola's mum Tottie

Tottie living her best life with her new family ❤️ spoilt rotten for sure.

08/06/2025

This will be an excellent workshop friends :)

Training dogs involves mostly simple tasks, but executing them well takes practice. Success depends on refining timing and movement, while simultaneously reading your dog and staying aware of the environment. Many handlers struggle with inconsistent cues and poor handling mechanics—these are often...