Happy โGotcha Dayโ to this legend. 8 years ago he came in as a naughty 20 month old entire Malinois. And now heโs a nearly 10 year old entire male Malinois that has achieved some pretty cool stuff in film, trial fields, show ring, work, and life! ๐ถ Love you Asshat
Hawkesbury Animal Shelter currently have some lovely dogs available for adoption. I popped down today to meet some of them.
Theyโre open this weekend. You may just meet your new best mate there.
3 Bullmastiffs, some puppy development, some obedient and a whole heap of fun ๐คฉ
The โgirlsโ, Gerda and Stella gained another pass each towards their Lure Coursing CA title today, and I passed my Huntmaster prac test ๐
It takes a village to makes these trials happen, and it was lovely working with all involved. Canโt wait for the next trial, both to compete and help be part of it. ๐โโ๏ธ
๐ข๐ป๐ฐ๐ฒ ๐๐ฝ๐ผ๐ป ๐ฎ ๐๐ถ๐บ๐ฒ ๐ ๐ถ๐ฟ๐ฎ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐ฆ๐ ๐๐ผ๐๐น๐ฑโฆ.
Lunge, bark, attention seek from people and other dogs, lack engagement with her owner, scream from the car, pull on leash, and Iโm sure Robyne her owner has more to add to that list.
BUT,
Now theyโre preparing to enter their first Rally Obedience Trial together ๐
The two are certainly becoming a team and I cannot wait to see what they achieve!
๐๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ป๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐ณ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฒ๐ฑ๐ผ๐บ ๐ถ๐ป๐ฐ๐ผ๐บ๐ถ๐ป๐ด! ๐โโ๏ธ
Doris is approx 9 months now, sheโs still quite vision impaired and medically has only been well enough to be a โdogโ for the past 5 months. Rather than getting straight into training with her itโs been a long time of confidence and trust building, with life skills then starting to layer in.
Weโre not earning off leash time ๐
To get to this stage her value of other dogs had to drop, and her value for me rise. Her recall also needed to be sharp, because she can get a fright when she hears a sound but canโt see where it came from the risk of her going into flight mode was high.
Trust the process.
Walking, jogging, playing, long line fun and of course the odd rest to take in the view. Doesnโt get much better than that!
Reliable recall = spontaneous fun! #recall #offleashfun #offleashadventures #offleashlife #offleash #sydney #penrith #flooding #boxerdog #boxer
๐ ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐น๐ถ๐ฎ๐ฏ๐น๐ฒ ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐น๐น ๐บ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ป๐โฆ
Being able to play (responsibly) in the flood waters.
What are our Sydneysiders doing in this wet weather?
๐๐ ๐๐ฒ๐ฒ๐บ๐ ๐บ๐ ๐ฏ๐ผ๐ผ๐ธ๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐น๐ถ๐ป๐ธ ๐ต๐ฎ๐ ๐ฏ๐ฒ๐ฒ๐ป ๐ฝ๐น๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐๐ฝโฆ
All fixed now ๐
You can book your appointments via the link on our FB or Insta page.
Happy training ๐
๐๐ฎ๐ฝ๐ฝ๐ ๐ก๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป๐ฎ๐น ๐๐ผ๐น๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ป ๐ฅ๐ฒ๐๐ฟ๐ถ๐ฒ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐๐ฎ๐!
Puppy Kai paid us a visit this morning.
This weekend youโll find me spending time with the breed I spend 20 or so years growing up with, the kelpie!
From reactive to Ultimate Cafe Dog ๐ถ Hereโs a condensed version of a recent lesson with Quill the Australian Shepherd. #shepherd #australianshepherd #aussieshepherd #dogtraining #behaviourmodification #reactivity #k9training #dogsofsydney #dogtrainersofinstagram #sydneydogs #dogsofinstagram #sydneydogtrainer #k9instinct #dogtrainers #obediencetraining #lifeskills #impulsecontrol #k9instinctau #hawkesbury #penrith #windsor #richmond
๐ ๐ฒ๐ฒ๐ ๐๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ป๐ธ๐ถ๐ฒ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐๐ถ๐๐ฒ ๐๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ต๐๐ต๐๐ป๐ฑ
Frankieโs owners adopted her mid this year. Sheโs a young dog that is reactive to adults, kids, dogs, bikes etc. Her behaviour has limited both her, her owners, and their other dogs freedom. Their other Dachshund has began to mirror some of Frankieโs behaviours.
In Frankieโs first session here we worked on improving her impulse control and reactivity through obedience.
Food had previously been punishing for her when out and about and had zero value. In this session we were able to now reward her via praise, food and no leash pressure.
She was able to demonstrate great behaviour will all handlers, she was even able to do some โbutt sniffsโ with dogs to identify them, something sheโs been unable to do before.
Training will be ongoing as Frankie has many triggers, but her ability to demonstrate such great work and her owners dedication shows great things to come ๐
