K9 Pro - The K9 Professionals

K9 Pro - The K9 Professionals Dog training and behaviour consultancy, top quality equipment and more! www.k9pro.com.au We are known for having quality products at incredibly low prices.

K9 Pro, The K9 Professionals (formerly K9 Force Professional Dog Training and Behaviour Consultancy) is run by Steve Courtney, Accredited Behaviourist, Obedience Trainer and Law Enforcement Dog Trainer. Steve is recognised as one of the leading Dog Trainers and Behaviourists in this country. Steve travels throughout all states of Australia teaching dogs and their owners his unique self designed tr

aining methods. Steve is both an Accredited Dog Trainer and Behaviourist with over 20 years experience. All of his training methods are designed to be both behaviourally sound and technically superior. Working with dogs and their owners is not Steve's job, its his passion, his hobby and it shows! No matter what your aim, be it a more obedient pet, higher goals for your sport or working dog, your dogs behavioural problem solved, or simply anything canine, you will not find a better service than is provided by The K9 Professionals. Our online store is one of the biggest you will find with hundreds of products including training aids, our famous handmade leather leashes and collars, soft and hard crates, training bags and vests, an extensive range of dog toys, flea and tick products and much more. With over 250 pages of training articles and products you won't be disappointed!

๐—–๐—ต๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐˜€๐˜๐—บ๐—ฎ๐˜€ ๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜€ ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ฒ ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—น๐˜† ๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐—ž๐Ÿต ๐—ฃ๐—ฟ๐—ผ!๐˜–๐˜ถ๐˜ณ ๐˜ง๐˜ช๐˜ณ๐˜ด๐˜ต ๐˜ฅ๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฑ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง ๐˜Š๐˜ฉ๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ฎ๐˜ข๐˜ด ๐˜Ž๐˜ฐ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฅ๐˜ช๐˜ฆ๐˜ด ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ฅ๐˜บ ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜จ๐˜ฐ!๐˜Ž๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜ฃ ๐˜บ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ณ๐˜ด ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฐ๐˜ธ ๐˜ฃ๐˜ฆ๐˜ง๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ...
13/11/2024

๐—–๐—ต๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐˜€๐˜๐—บ๐—ฎ๐˜€ ๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜€ ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ฒ ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—น๐˜† ๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐—ž๐Ÿต ๐—ฃ๐—ฟ๐—ผ!

๐˜–๐˜ถ๐˜ณ ๐˜ง๐˜ช๐˜ณ๐˜ด๐˜ต ๐˜ฅ๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฑ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง ๐˜Š๐˜ฉ๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ฎ๐˜ข๐˜ด ๐˜Ž๐˜ฐ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฅ๐˜ช๐˜ฆ๐˜ด ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ฅ๐˜บ ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜จ๐˜ฐ!

๐˜Ž๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜ฃ ๐˜บ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ณ๐˜ด ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฐ๐˜ธ ๐˜ฃ๐˜ฆ๐˜ง๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜บ ๐˜ด๐˜ฆ๐˜ญ๐˜ญ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ต!
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CLIENT BRAG! Congratulations to Debbie and Storm who finished off their Scent Work Novice title in style on the weekend,...
12/11/2024

CLIENT BRAG! Congratulations to Debbie and Storm who finished off their Scent Work Novice title in style on the weekend, coming away with 2/2 passes and two ๐Ÿฅˆ๐Ÿฅˆ SECOND PLACES ๐Ÿฅˆ๐Ÿฅˆ Well done!!

08/11/2024

๐ŸŽž๐ŸŽž NEW BEFORE AND AFTER VIDEO! ๐ŸŽž๐ŸŽž

A couple of weeks ago we introduced you to Bentley, a German Shepherd who struggles with dog and human aggression.

Check out how he has been progressing so far!

๐—Ÿ๐—”๐—ง๐—˜๐—ฆ๐—ง ๐—•๐—Ÿ๐—ข๐—š ๐—ฃ๐—ข๐—ฆ๐—ง ๐—ข๐—จ๐—ง ๐—ก๐—ข๐—ช๐˜Š๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ค๐˜ฌ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ต ๐˜š๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ท๐˜ฆ๐˜ด ๐˜ญ๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ต ๐˜ฃ๐˜ญ๐˜ฐ๐˜จ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ธ๐˜ฉ๐˜บ ๐˜บ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ณ ๐˜ฅ๐˜ฐ๐˜จ๐˜ด ๐˜ฃ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ท๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ณ ๐˜ช๐˜ด ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฐ๐˜ต ๐˜ช๐˜ฎ๐˜ฑ๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ท๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ (๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ ๐˜จ๐˜ฆ๐˜ต๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ธ๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ด๐˜ฆ)-----...
07/11/2024

๐—Ÿ๐—”๐—ง๐—˜๐—ฆ๐—ง ๐—•๐—Ÿ๐—ข๐—š ๐—ฃ๐—ข๐—ฆ๐—ง ๐—ข๐—จ๐—ง ๐—ก๐—ข๐—ช

๐˜Š๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ค๐˜ฌ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ต ๐˜š๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ท๐˜ฆ๐˜ด ๐˜ญ๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ต ๐˜ฃ๐˜ญ๐˜ฐ๐˜จ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ธ๐˜ฉ๐˜บ ๐˜บ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ณ ๐˜ฅ๐˜ฐ๐˜จ๐˜ด ๐˜ฃ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ท๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ณ ๐˜ช๐˜ด ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฐ๐˜ต ๐˜ช๐˜ฎ๐˜ฑ๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ท๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ (๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ ๐˜จ๐˜ฆ๐˜ต๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ธ๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ด๐˜ฆ)

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๐—ต๐˜๐˜๐—ฝ๐˜€://๐—ฏ๐—น๐—ผ๐—ด.๐—ธ๐Ÿต๐—ฝ๐—ฟ๐—ผ.๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—บ.๐—ฎ๐˜‚/๐˜„๐—ต๐˜†-๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ-๐—ฑ๐—ผ๐—ด๐˜€-๐—ฏ๐—ฒ๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜ƒ๐—ถ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ-๐—ถ๐˜€-๐—ป๐—ผ๐˜-๐—ถ๐—บ๐—ฝ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐˜ƒ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด-๐—ผ๐—ฟ-๐—ด๐—ฒ๐˜๐˜๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด-๐˜„๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐˜€๐—ฒ/

When people are facing problems, they may hire a dog trainer to help, but let me tell you something about dog training as a profession that you probably donโ€™t know.

Are you seeing double ๐Ÿ‘€ Hachi the Shiba came to see Bec for a refresher lesson before his owners add another (human) bab...
06/11/2024

Are you seeing double ๐Ÿ‘€ Hachi the Shiba came to see Bec for a refresher lesson before his owners add another (human) baby to the household. Kimba the Shiba is here for Board and Train, so of course we had to get him to cameo in the lesson for some distraction work!

Can you guess the age difference between these two boys?

Last and by no means least, Team member Katie and Herzhund Malinois Drama also competed in Orange over the weekend, havi...
04/11/2024

Last and by no means least, Team member Katie and Herzhund Malinois Drama also competed in Orange over the weekend, having great success in Scent Work. They came away with 3/3 quallies AND:

๐Ÿฅ‡๐Ÿฅ‡ FIRST PLACE ๐Ÿฅ‡๐Ÿฅ‡ in Novice Containers (5.12 seconds)
๐Ÿฅ‡๐Ÿฅ‡ FIRST PLACE ๐Ÿฅ‡๐Ÿฅ‡ in Novice Interiors (6.28 seconds)

AND Drama's ๐Ÿ† Scentwork Novice Title ๐Ÿ†

Well done KT and Drama!!

Over in Canberra, Team member Maelyn and Splash the Toller had their first go in Rally Excellent, coming away with 2/2 q...
04/11/2024

Over in Canberra, Team member Maelyn and Splash the Toller had their first go in Rally Excellent, coming away with 2/2 quallies AND a ๐Ÿฅˆ๐Ÿฅˆ SECOND PLACE! ๐Ÿฅˆ๐Ÿฅˆ Go team!!

Also in Scent Work, Bec's client Kerry and Kira the Dobermann had a great time trialling in Orange at their inaugural Sc...
04/11/2024

Also in Scent Work, Bec's client Kerry and Kira the Dobermann had a great time trialling in Orange at their inaugural Scent Work Trial. They came away with 3/3 passes in Novice Interiors, Vehicles and Containers PLUS scored ๐Ÿฅˆ๐Ÿฅˆ SECOND PLACE ๐Ÿฅˆ๐Ÿฅˆ in Interiors! Well done!!

It's Monday and that means we have some client brags to share!! First up we head to FNQ where client Debbie and her GSD ...
04/11/2024

It's Monday and that means we have some client brags to share!!

First up we head to FNQ where client Debbie and her GSD Storm competed in Novice Scent work over the weekend. They came away with 2/2 passes including a ๐Ÿฅ‡๐Ÿฅ‡ FIRST PLACE ๐Ÿฅ‡๐Ÿฅ‡ in Novice Exteriors! Well done Debbie and Storm!

๐—ฆ๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ฒ ๐—ž๐Ÿต ๐—ฃ๐—ฟ๐—ผ ๐—™๐—ฎ๐˜ƒ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐˜๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐—ป๐—ผ๐˜„ ๐—ฏ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ธ ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐˜€๐˜๐—ผ๐—ฐ๐—ธ!๐—–๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐—ธ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—บ ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐˜ ๐—ป๐—ผ๐˜„....๐˜š๐˜ธ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ โ€˜๐˜ฏ ๐˜๐˜ญ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜‹๐˜ถ๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜๐˜ฐ๐˜ข๐˜ฎ ๐˜๐˜ฆ๐˜ต๐˜ค๐˜ฉ ๐˜‰๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜ญ๐˜š๐˜ต๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ฎ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ฌ ๐˜Š๐˜ญ๐˜ช๐˜ค๐˜ฌ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜Œ๐˜ข๐˜ด...
01/11/2024

๐—ฆ๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ฒ ๐—ž๐Ÿต ๐—ฃ๐—ฟ๐—ผ ๐—™๐—ฎ๐˜ƒ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐˜๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐—ป๐—ผ๐˜„ ๐—ฏ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ธ ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐˜€๐˜๐—ผ๐—ฐ๐—ธ!

๐—–๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐—ธ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—บ ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐˜ ๐—ป๐—ผ๐˜„....

๐˜š๐˜ธ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ โ€˜๐˜ฏ ๐˜๐˜ญ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜‹๐˜ถ๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜๐˜ฐ๐˜ข๐˜ฎ ๐˜๐˜ฆ๐˜ต๐˜ค๐˜ฉ ๐˜‰๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜ญ
๐˜š๐˜ต๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ฎ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ฌ ๐˜Š๐˜ญ๐˜ช๐˜ค๐˜ฌ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ
๐˜Œ๐˜ข๐˜ด๐˜บ ๐˜Ž๐˜ญ๐˜ช๐˜ฅ๐˜ฆ ๐˜‹๐˜ถ๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜ง๐˜ฐ๐˜ข๐˜ฎ ๐˜‹๐˜ช๐˜ด๐˜ค
๐˜š๐˜ธ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ฏ' ๐˜๐˜ญ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜Š๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ธ ๐˜‰๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜ญ
๐˜‰๐˜ฐ๐˜ฃ ๐˜ˆ ๐˜“๐˜ฐ๐˜ต
๐˜™๐˜ฐ๐˜ด๐˜ฆ ๐˜๐˜ช๐˜ฑ ๐˜๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ข๐˜ญ ๐˜Š๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ

๐™Ž๐™๐™ค๐™ฅ ๐™ฉ๐™๐™š๐™ข ๐™–๐™ก๐™ก ๐™ฃ๐™ค๐™ฌ ๐™–๐™ฉ ๐™ค๐™ช๐™ง ๐™ฌ๐™š๐™—๐™จ๐™ž๐™ฉ๐™š: ๐™๐™ฉ๐™ฉ๐™ฅ๐™จ://๐™ 9๐™ฅ๐™ง๐™ค.๐™˜๐™ค๐™ข.๐™–๐™ช/

๐—–๐—›๐—จ๐—–๐—ž๐—œ๐—ง! ๐—ฆ๐—ฎ๐—น๐—ฒ, ๐—ป๐—ผ๐˜„ ๐—ผ๐—ป!!!๐˜ˆ๐˜ญ๐˜ญ ๐˜Š๐˜ฉ๐˜ถ๐˜ค๐˜ฌ๐˜ช๐˜ต! ๐˜—๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฅ๐˜ถ๐˜ค๐˜ต๐˜ด 20%, ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ๐˜ฅ๐˜ข๐˜บ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ญ๐˜บ!๐˜ฉ๐˜ต๐˜ต๐˜ฑ๐˜ด://๐˜ฌ9๐˜ฑ๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ.๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜ฎ.๐˜ข๐˜ถ/๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜ญ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ๐˜ค๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ด/๐˜ค๐˜ฉ๐˜ถ๐˜ค๐˜ฌ-๐˜ช๐˜ต-----------------...
31/10/2024

๐—–๐—›๐—จ๐—–๐—ž๐—œ๐—ง! ๐—ฆ๐—ฎ๐—น๐—ฒ, ๐—ป๐—ผ๐˜„ ๐—ผ๐—ป!!!

๐˜ˆ๐˜ญ๐˜ญ ๐˜Š๐˜ฉ๐˜ถ๐˜ค๐˜ฌ๐˜ช๐˜ต! ๐˜—๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฅ๐˜ถ๐˜ค๐˜ต๐˜ด 20%, ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ๐˜ฅ๐˜ข๐˜บ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ญ๐˜บ!

๐˜ฉ๐˜ต๐˜ต๐˜ฑ๐˜ด://๐˜ฌ9๐˜ฑ๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ.๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜ฎ.๐˜ข๐˜ถ/๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜ญ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ๐˜ค๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ด/๐˜ค๐˜ฉ๐˜ถ๐˜ค๐˜ฌ-๐˜ช๐˜ต

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๐˜œ๐˜ด๐˜ฆ ๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜ฅ๐˜ฆ: ๐˜๐˜–๐˜ž๐˜“ ๐˜ข๐˜ต ๐˜ค๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ค๐˜ฌ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ต

Happy Howl-O-Ween!Who else loves to dress up their dogs on Halloween? Show us your spooky dogs! ๐Ÿ‘ป๐ŸŽƒ๐Ÿฆ‡๐Ÿ•ท
30/10/2024

Happy Howl-O-Ween!

Who else loves to dress up their dogs on Halloween?

Show us your spooky dogs! ๐Ÿ‘ป๐ŸŽƒ๐Ÿฆ‡๐Ÿ•ท

๐Ÿ”ถ ๐ƒ๐จ๐ž๐ฌ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐๐จ๐  ๐ค๐ง๐จ๐ฐ ๐ก๐จ๐ฐ ๐ญ๐จ ๐๐จ โ€˜๐ง๐จ๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ง๐ โ€™?  โฃ๐Ÿ”ถโฃThis is a bit of a click bait-y headline, as anyone who has trained with u...
29/10/2024

๐Ÿ”ถ ๐ƒ๐จ๐ž๐ฌ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐๐จ๐  ๐ค๐ง๐จ๐ฐ ๐ก๐จ๐ฐ ๐ญ๐จ ๐๐จ โ€˜๐ง๐จ๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ง๐ โ€™? โฃ๐Ÿ”ถ
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This is a bit of a click bait-y headline, as anyone who has trained with us or follows us on social media knows that we focus heavily on making sure our dogs learn what they should be doing, so teaching a dog โ€˜to do nothingโ€™ is a bit of a misnomer. โฃ๐Ÿค”
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๐‡๐จ๐ฐ๐ž๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ, ๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ฌ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐จ๐ง๐ž ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐Ÿ๐ข๐ซ๐ฌ๐ญ ๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ฌ ๐ญ๐ก๐š๐ญ ๐ˆ ๐ญ๐ž๐š๐œ๐ก ๐›๐จ๐ญ๐ก ๐ฉ๐ฎ๐ฉ๐ฉ๐ฒ ๐จ๐ฐ๐ง๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐œ๐ฅ๐ข๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ฌ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐š๐๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ญ ๐๐จ๐ ๐ฌ.โฃ
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๐Ÿถ There is a lot of emphasis in dog training these days on providing dogs with plenty of enrichment and engagement activities. Of course these things are important, but a problem arises when we end up with a dog who does not know how to relax or settle without constant stimulation.โฃ
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When a client comes to see me for a lesson we usually start by sitting on the lounge in our training room and having a chat about problems they are experiencing with their dog and their training goals. Very often, it can be tricky to have a conversation because the dog is straining on the end of the leash, pulling the owner around the room, demanding attention from them by pawing or even barking at them. The dog is restless and frustrated, and the owner will often ask if they can let them off leash so that the dog is free to do what it wants and stops hassling them.โฃ
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While our training room is fully enclosed and secure, this isnโ€™t a solution in the real world nor is it practical. If you are sitting at a cafรฉ and your dog canโ€™t relax you canโ€™t just let it off leash to sniff around and do what it pleases.โฃ
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โš ๏ธ Even the worst dogs we see often know basics like sit, drop or hi-5, but very few dogs that come through our doors for training know how to relax and settle especially in a new or distracting environment.โฃ
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๐“๐ก๐ž ๐š๐›๐ข๐ฅ๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ซ๐ž๐ฅ๐š๐ฑ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก๐จ๐ฎ๐ญ ๐ง๐ž๐ž๐๐ข๐ง๐  ๐œ๐จ๐ง๐ฌ๐ญ๐š๐ง๐ญ ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ข๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง, ๐ซ๐ž๐ข๐ง๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ๐œ๐ž๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ญ ๐จ๐ซ ๐Ÿ๐ž๐ž๐๐›๐š๐œ๐ค ๐ข๐ฌ ๐ฌ๐จ๐ฆ๐ž๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ง๐  ๐š๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐๐จ๐ ๐ฌ ๐œ๐š๐ง ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ฌ๐ก๐จ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ ๐›๐ž ๐ญ๐š๐ฎ๐ ๐ก๐ญ.โฃ
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Often when I meet clients who have been to group training classes, say at their local obedience club, the formality of these classes means the dog has become conditioned to getting constant feedback, reinforcement and 100% focus from their handler during training. This does not lend itself well to the real world where you might need your dog to be able to maintain a behaviour, like a relaxed down, while your attention is elsewhere. If I am walking down the street, sitting at a cafรฉ, strolling through a market etc I want my dogs to be able to maintain behaviour like loose leash walking ๐˜ธ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ต ๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ท๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜ธ๐˜ข๐˜บ๐˜ด ๐˜จ๐˜ช๐˜ท๐˜ฆ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฎ 100% ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง ๐˜ฎ๐˜บ ๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ. โฃ
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โ˜บ๏ธ If I stop to have a conversation with a friend, I want my dogs to be able to relax nicely without getting frustrated my attention isnโ€™t on them, or distracted by other stimulus in the environment.โฃ
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So, when I have a client arrive for a lesson, one of the first things I show them is how to get their dog comfortable with โ€˜doing nothingโ€™ or in other words, learn to settle and relax so we can have a conversation without having the dog straining on the end of the leash, barking or getting restless and frustrated.โฃ
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This is a simple exercise that can really transform the owners relationship with their dog. Instead of behaving like the โ€˜fun policeโ€™ by constantly stopping their dog from doing something they want, the dog starts to look to the owner for instruction on how they should be behaving.โฃ
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The dog becomes less frustrated and the owner does, too.

I rehearse this critical life skill all the time in training.
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โญ๏ธ When I have a puppy, whenever I take them into public areas for socialisation โ€“ like Bunnings, a cafรฉ, local markets, the shops, train stations etc โ€“ if I am not doing a Training in Drive session, I am most likely rewarding pup for chilling out around distraction so they learn the art of โ€˜doing nothingโ€™. โฃ
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โญ๏ธ When I am doing a group training session with our Board and Train dogs, we will often have the dogs hanging out in close proximity to each other while we talk training, so we can reinforce them for relaxing in the presence of other people and dogs without constant attention or feedback from us. โฃ
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โญ๏ธ When I catch up with our Team for training on the weekend, we will have a chat while our dogs sit or lie next to us, so they are learning how to conserve their drive when waiting for us to say the magic word (READY!) to switch them on.โฃ
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Is this skill your dog has mastered, or is it something you need to work on? โฃ

Bec Chin
Senior Trainer - K9 Pro - The K9 Professionals

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