Leaps & Bounds Dog Training

31/07/2024

Norbert joined our tricks n treats day time Wednesday session and showed us that at ten years old, that you can teach an old dog new tricks. ❤️

30/07/2024

Our monthly Train n Engage sessions are so much fun for you and your dog.

Training should be fun.
Our August sessions are fully booked but we are offering dates for September.

Saturday 7th 11am -12.15pm
Saturday 7th 2pm - 3.15pm
Sunday 8th 11am -12.15pm
Sunday 8th 2pm - 3.15pm
Only $35 per session.
Guaranteed fun for you and your dog.
These sessions will be postponed should there be heavy rain ☔️.
Suitable for dogs from 16 weeks to open age.

30/07/2024

Dear little Piper.
This little dog has had a bit of a journey but now has a new home and new life.
Today Piper met my dog Lira and did some work outside around another dog. Piper nailed her lesson today 😘❤️🥰

29/07/2024

Handsome Finn likes the sound of his own voice.

He likes to bark a lot.
Here he is having some food in a snuffle mat.

All dogs like to forage for food, it’s part of their natural instinctual needs and by fulfilling this it can help with less barking and be more calming for your dog.

Of course there is more to this but by changing how your dog eats you can help them relax and chill more.

Scatter feeds, kongs, egg cartons, muffin tins with food frozen, lickimats etc. can all be helpful.

29/07/2024

Our border collie Ned ❤️

29/07/2024

Hades you did awesome today.
Super ⭐️Star.

Hades struggles around people and other dogs and his owner Milly is a regular at Leaps and has been working so hard with him. They are definitely kicking goals. ❤️

Today he allowed me to walk along side him, he also allowed me to parallel walk Lira with him

His decompress was a long line sniff and play in the water trough 😀😀😀

28/07/2024

We hold Train n Engage sessions on selected weekends.

Yesterday we had the pleasure of having these two in our morning session and two other dog trainers from Launceston in our afternoon session.
It’s great to welcome other trainers and they all enjoy being able to focus on their own dog.

🌟 Invest in training your dog! 🌟

Yesterday Zani and Fox popped in the car and headed to Leaps & Bounds Dog Training to participate in one of Kathy’s Train n Engage classes! 🥰

These two had heaps of fun, as did we being participants for a change! It reminded us of something we tell our own clients, the importance of investing in your dog! 🙌🏼

Working around different dogs in a different environment with different distractions only strengthens your training skills, your dog’s skill and strengthens your relationship! When you have a strong relationship, it makes it easier for your dog to choose you! 🥳

Don’t just tick the puppy class box and call it quits! Particularly when after the puppy stages comes often a harder time … adolescence! The environment is always rewarding and we need to show our dogs we’re more fun than a lot of distractions out there! 🤗

We were thrilled with how these two went and can’t wait to invest in these guys again next month! 👏🏼

28/07/2024

Train n Engage Sessions so much fun for all. My little grandson doing his first dog training session with his dog Pickle ❤️

27/07/2024

Houdini wants to tell you he was very proud of his efforts this week and managed to walk calmly on lead around our training paddock with big distractions and no pulling. We are learning doorway manners too. ❤️❤️⭐️

26/07/2024

Hello Lera and Willow ❤️
Today Willow worked around distractions of me riding a scooter, 🛴 this can be difficult for many dogs, they find the movement exciting and want to chase.

We also worked Willow around my dog Ned, she was the best girlie, fair to say she’s coming along in Leaps & Bounds ❤️😀

25/07/2024

Another Rosie who’s posing nicely at the door.

This Rosie is excitable but is only a youngster but we were working on calm ❤️

25/07/2024

Real life training and distractions.
Well done Rosie .
You’re a sweetheart 🥰

24/07/2024

Checkout gorgeous Houdini walking on a loose lead ❤️

22/07/2024

Congratulations Kim and Lou on your starters trick title (pending TAS Dogs) also congratulations on your second place in the morning trial and your two qualifying scores.

22/07/2024

Congratulations to Bea and Bunny at their first trick dog trial on Sunday and gaining a first place in the am trial and a qualifying score in the pm. You guys rocked it . ❤️❤️❤️

22/07/2024

We are always proud to support our clients at trials.

Tricks are a fun way to engage with your dog and give them some mental stimulation.

Trick trials are designed to suit many ages of dogs and people as you choose your own tricks from quite a comprehensive list.

The trials were held indoors in quite a busy and challenging environment and all dogs and participants did well.

Our congratulations goes to Bea who competed at her first ever trick competition with her dog Bunny on Sunday at starters level and managed at first place in a strong line up.

We would also like to congratulate Kim and her dog Lou who gained their starters title (pending TCA ) at the CPAT trick trial and gained a second place in a strong line up.

We also would like to congratulate Cate and Kitty who received two qualifying scores and the judges encouragement award.

Kitty has been coming to Leaps since she was a puppy and this was also their first trial .

Many of the competitors at the trick trial have had lessons at Leaps to help them along the way with their tricks.

Leaps only entered one dog and he had two qualifying scores in intermediate level but he did have a bit of a boy brain due to a dog being in season at home.

Congratulations to all.
If you are interested in tricks please feel free to contact us at Leaps.

18/07/2024

Banjo and Moose had a shared lesson yesterday.

They both did awesome ❤️

18/07/2024

Gorgeous Benny enjoying some training outside yesterday.

Recall practice with lots of distractions . Recall games, make dogs coming back to you FUN. Check out the merch. Leaps & Bounds Dog Training pouches are everywhere 🤣❤️

18/07/2024

Moose is just a little bit cute or should we say a lot cute ❤️

17/07/2024

Maverick said paws up easy peasy.
This boy is pretty chill, he’s coming for an outing and some mental stimulation .

16/07/2024

Welcome to all our new clients and followers. It means so much.

Baby Lira beautifully captured by Furbabies & Friends Photography.

16/07/2024

Beautiful Bridie is a senior dog almost 13 but she loves working and learning new things.

She’s quite sharp and picks things up quickly. Bridie enjoys her outings and here she is showing off her cross paws trick ❤️😍

15/07/2024

Willow has been coming to Leaps to work on dog reactivity, and is doing really well.

This is not Willows first visit, one of many, as there is never a quick fix to change behaviour, Willow now loves her training sessions, focuses on her human and is able to walk nicely on her lead too.

We have been working Willow around another dog, we went for a lovely walk and was able to walk quite close with both dogs being relaxed and being comfortable.

We always try to work your dog below threshold, ideally I don’t want to see a dog rehearsing their reactivity, we want to set the dogs up for success.

15/07/2024

Max at our Train n Engage session enjoying one of the obstacle activities for confidence and rear end awareness.

14/07/2024

14/07/2024

Xavier and Dusty are
regulars at Leaps.
Dusty focused and working beautifully around other dogs. Such a great team. Playing a trotting game for focus . Xavier is ten and Dusty is only 8mths old.
Our Train n Engage Sessions are all about having fun with your dog.

Why make training boring?

13/07/2024

Morgan’s story is a special one, that makes progress forward so amazing.

This young lady was rescued, and didn’t have a great start in her previous life and finds new situations outside the comfort of her safe place her backyard and inside her home overwhelming where she just barks, hackles up, refused food, contact , unable to relax and settle.

Morgans first visit did give me a good idea of what we were dealing with, her anxiety levels were off the scale, she was unable to take food, unable to relax and constantly barked with hackles up.

This is visit 3 and to say she went amazing was an understatement.

Morgan was able to self settle and use enrichment stations set out for her, she did spook bark anxiously at a few things but was able to be redirected to predictable patterns that her family had been teaching her as part of their homework.

Morgan now gets most of her food either in enrichment or for training and does searches for her food.

Part of her training is activities designed to build confidence. I think 🤔 her family were surprised that she was able to go outside and be calm, this was her first time outside at Leaps and with all the platform work she was able to walk across the dog walk and she thought she was such a clever girl she repeated it. ❤️❤️❤️

Morgan still has a long way to go but we are celebrating the little things. Well done team Morgan.

13/07/2024

Here are the cuties from today’s puppy session. ❤️❤️❤️🥰❤️❤️
My dog Lira was very good at supervising the puppies 😂🤣

13/07/2024

Bonnie , Winter and Willis, I know how you feel, I’ve been out in the dog training shed since 8am. 😂 we had 7 gorgeous puppies join us for some fun on lead and activities for puppies.

Today along with some 1-1 sessions we held a puppy information and activity session. I think the Duracell batteries ran out in these 3 puppies