Rosie Beere "dogs4training" instructor

07/08/2024

Little Daisy bright as a button.

06/08/2024

Meet Archie fist day on his way to becoming a Minddog.

04/08/2024

Ballarat County Vets first weeks puppy class. Lizzie, Opal,Frankie, Arlie And Alfie.
Going to be a fun class.

28/07/2024

Ballarat County Vets.
Graduation day. Izzy, Pretzel, Cocoa, Bo and Willow. Fantastic class.

27/07/2024

Sweet Ivy being patient while training.

26/07/2024

So important to research you breed.

24/07/2024

Young Archie, just starting on his training to become a Minddogs

20/07/2024

Today I met the gorgeous Harvey what a beauty he is.

17/07/2024

Good advice.

It's essential that every puppy learns to enjoy being handled, especially on the parts of the body that turn into common bite triggers. Early puppyhood handling and socialization is easy to do and makes a huge difference in a dog's temperament and quality of life, for the rest of their life!

Learn more or download the PDF version: https://dunbar.info/puppy-handling

14/07/2024

Ballarat County Vets. 2nd. class.
Some fun photos from today.

12/07/2024

Bella so relaxed while we had coffee and yes cake! She’s doing so well. Her owner puts all she’s learned into practice.

12/07/2024

29/06/2024

Little Brownie coming up to his annual pat test.
An amazing little pup.

27/06/2024

Young Bella just starting her training as a Minddog.
Has a fascination with mirrors.

18/06/2024

Please teach your children to respect dogs.

Let's talk about this photo. It's cute, except it's not. I see a dog who cannot get up without telling the child to get off. How do you think a dog is going to do that?

The 7 Golden Toddler Dog Rules:
#1: If a dog walks away from you, you DO NOT FOLLOW.
#2: Always leave room for the dog to walk away from you.
---that right there is 90+% of dog bites eliminated---
#3: We do not climb on the dog.
#4: We do not grab or pull on the dog.
#5: We do not hit or throw anything at the dog.
#6: We do not touch the dog's food.
#7: We do not go into the dog's kennel.

I promise these are not overly difficult concepts for littles, nor will they rob a kid of their bond with the family dog. It will deepen that bond, while keeping everyone safe.

"Oh, it looks like Moose is walking away from you. She is saying she wants a break. Let's play with this instead!"

"It's Moose's dinner time! Let's give her space to enjoy her yummies."

"That is Moose's room(kennel) and only she is allowed to go in there."

"If Moose wanted a break, could she walk away from you right now? No she really couldn't. Let's move away from the play house. You can keep playing but now she can leave when she wants a break."

In conclusion, ***parent your child or your dog will do it for you, and you will not like how they do it.***

18/06/2024

Such a shock. RIP Tony.

Popular Ballarat comedian and leading dog behaviouralist Tony Knight has been tragically killed in the south of France. Mr. Knight,...

02/06/2024

Had the pleasure of meeting this little one today.
Midge is a Large Munsterlander.

23/05/2024

Darby what an amazing assistant dog she is. She’s spent hours looking after her owner who has had so many operations, with little Darby always with her.

22/05/2024

Meet these two beauties today. Blue the lab and his newly adopted sister Sky.

15/05/2024

Young Daisy in training as a therapy dog for the owners son.
Also had a cuddle of these sweet puppies.

12/05/2024

Young Coby that may become an assistant dog.

05/05/2024

Ballarat County Vets puppy class graduation day. Fantastic puppies.
Bonny, Eddie, Rudy and Fiz who wasn’t there due to her mum having Covid.
We all wish her a speedy recovery.

21/04/2024

Growth plates are regions of cartilage that sit at the ends of the long bones of the legs. They are ultimately responsible for healthy bone growth. As a puppy grows and develops, moving and working their muscles, hormonal changes trigger this cartilage to calcify and develop into a denser matter. This calcification ultimately fuses and becomes a stable part of the bone. Until fusing completes at sexual maturity, these soft areas are much more prone to injury from hard impacts, repetitive impacts, and even too much exercise. And a fracture during this time can present problems for proper healing, prevent the growth plate from fully forming, and create uneven pressure on the other legs that produces secondary physical health challenges over a dog’s a lifetime.

Walking Puppies
A good rule of thumb to keep you on the safe side of preventing injury is to assume sexual maturity and growth plate fusing by 9 months for small dogs, 12 months for mid-sized pooches, 18 months for big dogs, and 24 months for the giants. A fully mature canine client may now safely enjoy things like jogging or running on hard surfaces, doing stairs regularly, jumping, and high-impact activities like catching a Frisbee in the air that might also involve any leg twisting.

07/04/2024

Ballarat County Vets puppy class graduation.
Great fun class smart pups.
Baby, Bethany, Murphy and Koby.

26/03/2024

Young Nala, right at the beginning of becoming an assistant dog.

25/03/2024

Always praise your dog for doing their behaviour correctly.
Let them see how pleased you are.

24/03/2024

Sweet Sura, on her way to be an assistant dog. Clever pup.

03/03/2024

Ballarat County Vets first week of new puppy class.
Did so well all of them. Real characters.