K9 Instinct

K9 Instinct Building better dog/human relationships. Behaviour mod, lifeskills, OB, sport, puppy raising, film/tv

02/07/2025

๐——๐—ผ ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐˜€๐—ต ๐˜„๐—ฎ๐—น๐—ธ๐˜€ ๐—ณ๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—น ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ธ๐—ฒ ๐—ฎ ๐˜„๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ธ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐˜? ๐Ÿ’ช๐Ÿป ๐Ÿพ

If your daily stroll feels more like resistance training, youโ€™re not alone, and you donโ€™t have to keep struggling.

Whether your dog pulls like a freight train, zig-zags across the path, or lunges at distractions, loose leash walking can be taught, and itโ€™s a total game-changer for both you and your dog.

โœจ Imagine calm, connected walks where youโ€™re both enjoying the journey (instead of just surviving it).

At K9 Instinct, we help dogs and their humans build the skills for relaxed, enjoyable leash walks - without the frustration.

๐Ÿ“Ready for stress-free walks? Message us or check the link in bio to book your session.

Our pet parents that have braved the weather to come to tonightโ€™s puppy class are getting rewarded! You only get one cha...
01/07/2025

Our pet parents that have braved the weather to come to tonightโ€™s puppy class are getting rewarded!
You only get one chance to raise a puppy. Letโ€™s do this!

๐—œ ๐—ฑ๐—ผ๐—ปโ€™๐˜ ๐—บ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—บ๐˜†๐˜€๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ณ ๐˜„๐—ถ๐˜๐—ต ๐—ฎ ๐—š๐—ฆ๐——โ€ฆStella the GSD recently came out to work on her lifeskills in St Marys Main Street. We ha...
28/06/2025

๐—œ ๐—ฑ๐—ผ๐—ปโ€™๐˜ ๐—บ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—บ๐˜†๐˜€๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ณ ๐˜„๐—ถ๐˜๐—ต ๐—ฎ ๐—š๐—ฆ๐——โ€ฆ

Stella the GSD recently came out to work on her lifeskills in St Marys Main Street.
We had to stop and take a selfie ๐Ÿคณ

๐™•๐™ค๐™ค๐™ข ๐™˜๐™ค๐™ฃ๐™จ๐™ช๐™ก๐™ฉ๐™จ - ๐˜ผ๐™ฃ๐™ฎ๐™ฌ๐™๐™š๐™ง๐™š ๐ŸŒI recently did a Zoom Consult for a with a new client living on Norfolk Island. Building relat...
24/06/2025

๐™•๐™ค๐™ค๐™ข ๐™˜๐™ค๐™ฃ๐™จ๐™ช๐™ก๐™ฉ๐™จ - ๐˜ผ๐™ฃ๐™ฎ๐™ฌ๐™๐™š๐™ง๐™š ๐ŸŒ

I recently did a Zoom Consult for a with a new client living on Norfolk Island.
Building relationships with vets and trainers both here and overseas means together we can offer clients a holistic plan for their dogs wellbeing and behaviour.

Benefits of a Zoom Consult include -

๐Ÿ“Œ ๐—–๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ฒ & ๐—™๐—น๐—ฒ๐˜…๐—ถ๐—ฏ๐—ถ๐—น๐—ถ๐˜๐˜†
No travel time, can even be done in your work break or after hours.

๐Ÿ“Œ ๐—ค๐˜‚๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ธ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—”๐—ฐ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜€ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—˜๐˜…๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜๐—ถ๐˜€๐—ฒ
Outside of our face to face service area? You can still benefit from our training knowledge. Often being able to get a zoom consult sooner than a face to face consult is available.

๐Ÿ“Œ ๐—ฆ๐˜๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ด๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฐ๐˜‚๐˜€ ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ต๐˜‚๐—บ๐—ฎ๐—ป ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐˜€๐—ต
We can work on the handler education, mechanics, timing and strategy. The foundations of effective training.
Giving feedback in real time.

๐Ÿ“Œ ๐—œ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜ƒ๐—ถ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜€๐˜‚๐—น๐˜๐˜€
Perfect for discussing complex behaviours that need a management and training plan before the in person work begins.
Home set ups and environments can be visually assessed and recommendations made.

๐Ÿ“Œ๐—ฃ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ณ๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐˜ ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐—ฎ ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—น๐—น๐—ผ๐˜„ ๐˜‚๐—ฝ ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜๐—ถ๐—ป๐˜‚๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐˜€๐˜‚๐—ฝ๐—ฝ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐˜
Need to check in to make sure things are continuing well between in person consults? A zoom consult is perfect we can adjust a training plan as needed and continue with ongoing support.

Book your zoom consult using the link in the comments ๐Ÿ‘‡๐Ÿป

๐— ๐—ฐ๐—š๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ต๐˜€ ๐—›๐—ถ๐—น๐—น ๐—ฃ๐˜‚๐—ฝ๐—ฝ๐˜† ๐—–๐—น๐—ฎ๐˜€๐˜€ - starting tomorrow evening and only a couple spots left! Get your pup on the right track with...
23/06/2025

๐— ๐—ฐ๐—š๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ต๐˜€ ๐—›๐—ถ๐—น๐—น ๐—ฃ๐˜‚๐—ฝ๐—ฝ๐˜† ๐—–๐—น๐—ฎ๐˜€๐˜€ - starting tomorrow evening and only a couple spots left!

Get your pup on the right track with clear communication, lifeskills, obedience foundations, socialisation and genetic fulfilment.

Use the booking link in the comments to secure your spot ๐Ÿถ

๐—ช๐—ฒ ๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—ฑ ๐—ฎ ๐˜„๐—ถ๐—ป ๐Ÿฅ‡ - ๐—ฏ๐˜‚๐˜ ๐—ถ๐˜ ๐˜„๐—ฎ๐˜€ ๐—บ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐—ฎ ๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜€๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐—น ๐˜„๐—ถ๐—ปThis Saturday Gerda and I were entered in JD600 at the Hawkesbury Dog ...
22/06/2025

๐—ช๐—ฒ ๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—ฑ ๐—ฎ ๐˜„๐—ถ๐—ป ๐Ÿฅ‡ - ๐—ฏ๐˜‚๐˜ ๐—ถ๐˜ ๐˜„๐—ฎ๐˜€ ๐—บ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐—ฎ ๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜€๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐—น ๐˜„๐—ถ๐—ป

This Saturday Gerda and I were entered in JD600 at the Hawkesbury Dog Agility Club trial. Not only did Gerda get her first pass but also came 1st ๐ŸŽ‰

While I know Gerda is capable of the courses, we struggle with the environment.

A touch over a year ago while I was walking her and her half sister in an on leash area we had two Border Collie mixes slip their leashes and run across a park to attack my dogs. The owner of the dog did not rush to come get his dogs.
And while we have some amazing Border Collie friends - the fast movement and barking at an agility trial which is dominated by Borders can trigger my dogs.

So we worked on lifeskills and frame of mind while we warmed up for the trial, and win or lose, advocating for my own dogs, the dogs around me, and myself is number one.

Of course when I entered this trial it didnโ€™t cross my mind that itโ€™s next to the RAAF base. I have my own triggers with planes. And of course being a Saturday it was peak time for light rec planes taking off and landing.

So training with Gerda was like meditation for me. We were absolutely a team. And the teamwork paid off.

The pass and a first place was just the cherry on top ๐Ÿ’

22/06/2025

Today I ran into Stella and Harvey the Golden Retrievers from our last puppy class.
They were showing at the Parramatta & Districts All Breed Kennel Club show.
I even got to handle Harvey for puppy run offs and Stella went on to win Baby Puppy in Group ๐Ÿ†

The โ€œ๐—ง๐—ฅ๐—”๐—œ๐—ก๐—œ๐—ก๐—šโ€ dog coats from Friendly Dog Collars are back in stock ๐ŸŽ‰Iโ€™m a fan of these for helping communicate your do...
18/06/2025

The โ€œ๐—ง๐—ฅ๐—”๐—œ๐—ก๐—œ๐—ก๐—šโ€ dog coats from Friendly Dog Collars are back in stock ๐ŸŽ‰
Iโ€™m a fan of these for helping communicate your dogs needs out in public spaces.
Theyโ€™re lightweight with highly visible wording.

Our dogs are not public property, but it can be hard to express to others that theyโ€™re working on behaviours and arenโ€™t out just to make people happy by allowing pats or engagement.

This takes away some of that awkward conversation!

Iโ€™ve popped the link in the comments โคต๏ธ

Friendly Dog Collars

Yay for Friday - and for Gerda nailing the course after initially thinking that today was the day to superman off the se...
06/06/2025

Yay for Friday - and for Gerda nailing the course after initially thinking that today was the day to superman off the seesaw and dog walk โœˆ๏ธ ๐Ÿคฆ๐Ÿผโ€โ™€๏ธ

๐—ฃ๐—จ๐—ฃ๐—ฃ๐—ฌ ๐—–๐—Ÿ๐—”๐—ฆ๐—ฆ ๐ŸŽ‰Big Congratulations to our latest round of puppy class graduates ๐ŸŽ“ You can tell a lot about their personali...
03/06/2025

๐—ฃ๐—จ๐—ฃ๐—ฃ๐—ฌ ๐—–๐—Ÿ๐—”๐—ฆ๐—ฆ ๐ŸŽ‰
Big Congratulations to our latest round of puppy class graduates ๐ŸŽ“
You can tell a lot about their personalities from these pics!

๐—ข๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐˜…๐˜ ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—บ ๐˜€๐˜๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐˜๐˜€ ๐—ง๐˜‚๐—ฒ๐˜€๐—ฑ๐—ฎ๐˜† ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฐ๐˜๐—ต ๐—๐˜‚๐—ป๐—ฒ
๐—จ๐˜€๐—ฒ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ธ ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ผ๐˜„ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—ฏ๐—ผ๐—ผ๐—ธ ๐Ÿ‘‡๐Ÿป

https://k9instinct.as.me/schedule/b7628c3d/category/Group%2520Classes/appointment/70367955/calendar/7771137

01/06/2025

Today after Mondio training I headed to the Animal Welfare League Adoption Day. Iโ€™m extremely proud of myself for not adopting ANOTHER dog. However I did get Tuna a new disco cowboy harness and cowboy hat.
Enjoy ๐Ÿค 

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