The Unemployed Dogs , Australia

05/11/2024

🐾 Private Behaviour Consultations 🐾
Our Private Behaviour Consultation is designed to help you understand your dog and work through any challenges you may be facing. Starting with an Initial Consultation, we assess your dog’s unique behaviour and create a personalised training plan.

With Follow-Up Coaching Sessions, we guide you step-by-step, teaching you how to train your dog effectively and confidently. This hands-on approach ensures you have the tools and support needed to see lasting progress. 🐶✨

Ready to work together on a happier, more balanced life for your dog? Let’s start this journey! Contact us directly on our website (link in bio)🐾

03/11/2024

Stunning Maisie during our Walk and Train last week !! 🥰🥰 had to post this one ! .maisie.lisa

03/11/2024

06/08/2024

05/08/2024

📌 Handling Dog Reactivity: 3 Key Steps

Reactivity can be tough, but these steps can help manage it effectively:

1. Stay Calm and Create Space: Keep calm and move away from the trigger. This gives your dog room to feel safe.

2. Release Tension and Evaluate: Quickly release any tension on the lead and assess your dog’s stress level. Can they recover, or should you abort the walk? It’s okay to cut the walk short after a stressful event. Better to go home and play calm games than risk another trigger and escalation. If your dog recovers quickly, you can continue.

3. Allow Decompression Time: Depending on the situation’s severity, your dog may need a few minutes to a couple of days to fully decompress. Decompression activities can include quiet time at home, gentle walks in low-stress environments, sniffing games, or relaxing puzzle toys. This time is crucial for your dog’s mental and emotional recovery.

27/07/2024

Remember, dog training progress looks different for every dog. It’s easy to get caught up in comparisons, but each dog is unique, and so is their journey. Be proud of what you and your dog are accomplishing together. Keep in mind that progress, no matter how small, is still progress! You never know the full picture behind another dog’s training, so focus on your own goals and celebrate the milestones you achieve. Little wins matters!!

What’s your best achievement so far, if not on the list leave a comment!! I love to hear success stories 😌😎😊

21/07/2024

When they feel threatened or stressed and see no other way to protect themselves, dogs get in a fight or flight mode.
If a dog feels cornered or unable to escape a situation that makes them uncomfortable, aggression can be their last resort to communicate their need for space or safety. This behaviour is often a response to fear, frustration, or anxiety, and it’s their way of trying to regain control over a situation they find overwhelming.

Providing dogs with options and teaching them alternative behaviours can help reduce the likelihood of aggression.

04/04/2024

18/01/2024

Appreciation post for Tuco and his amazing owner .vl ♥️ who is always putting the work in and guess what ? We can see it !! Tuco is reactive to dogs, resource guard and is not comfortable in the sunlight or if too windy ! How ever, since we started our program I can see how both gained confidence! Even with a knee surgery in the middle… you guys are amazing! Sad to seeing you moving to QLD but I’m super proud of you and I have no doubts that you are going to do great over-there and keep going with training! Looking forward for some updates 😊

15/01/2024

As much as we are trying to plan our training session at the end of the day everything can change on the moment.
It’s important to look at the dog in front of us - sometime as trainer we can feel the extra pressure from client “to get faster results, do this or that “ but the truth is, It depend of the dog on the day. So of course we are always trying to set up our session up for success but things don’t always go as planned. We need to adapt, reduce criterias, be creative and open minded - that’s also the joy of dog training 🥰✨

23/12/2023

09/09/2023

What an amazing concept!! 🤪🤨

23/08/2023

Few spots left !
Dog Walk + Training (Solo walk) available Monday to Friday, Northern Beaches area only.

We are training your dog for you while you are at work 😇 but it’s only extra help on the side of your training!

Great for: Consistent training (Reactivity, Good Manners & Life skills, Obedience, Puppy socialisation)

It’s always good way to break your dogs day if alone all day ✨

Feel free to contact me directly on my website or 📧 [email protected]

18/08/2023

I see this all the time, I was the first one doing the same: why is my dog pulling all the time ? I tried all the techniques, all the tools and nothing works!

It’s not the tools or you… it’s just that you can not “fix” the pulling if you are not addressing the actual underline issue.

Stop trying so hard to have your dog walking by your side. Ask yourself “why is my dog pulling right now”?
Does he need to wee?
Is he too exited?
Stressed?
Scared?
Frustrated?
Tired?
Thirsty?
Or he just found a nice smell?

Fulfil your dogs need first, play with him, go on sniffari and stop going on normal walks if they are not good for you and your dog.

You can do so much more with your dog than going for a walk around the neighbourhood or going to the dog park. If you practice 5 min of loose leash walking daily and do all the above im pretty sure I’m not time you will be able to increase the duration of the walk ✨

12/08/2023

Hey, you know, dogs are a bit like us when it comes to learning. If you notice your pup doing something you like, like sitting calmly or coming when you call, and you give them a treat or a pat, they learn that's a good thing to do. So, if you don’t like when your dogs gets over exited when he sees another dog - start by catching and reward those little moment where he is disengaging or staying calm. Pay those good choices and show your appreciation. You’ll see , your dog will want to do those things more often.

17/07/2023

Kaia ✨

Completed her 4 Week Recall Program!
I’ve been pretty bad with videos lately but so proud of her and her owner!!

From simple exercise at home to calling her away from dogs at the dog park! Still have some work to do as she is only a silly teenager and like testing boundaries 😅 but she is doing really great !!!

Such a fun dog to work with 🙌🏼