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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!
EOFY SALE NOW ON!
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Winners are grinners!!
Team member Katie and her Malinois, Herzhund Drama Queen, had a great time at an ACSW scent work trial on the weekend, with Drama completing 4/4 searches on the day to come away with her L1V Vehicle title.
Well done KT and Dramie!
Skye and her Finnish Lapphund, Sunny, also gained a title over the weekend, scoring 2/2 passes in Rally Advanced with scores of 95/100 and 97/100, a third place and TITLE! ๐
Well done Skye and Sunny ๐คฉ
Up in QLD, Team member Bron and Herzhund Drift got their Rally Novice title in style with a 97/100 and FIRST PLACE!
Bron and Drift finished this title in three straight passes, all first places ๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฅ Well done ladies!
Next up is Team member Renata with her super Shepherd, Remo ๐ฅฐ These guys had their first EVER run in Advanced at the Nothern Suburbs Scent Work trial over the weekend, and came away with a quallie in Advanced Interiors. Well done team!!
It's time to kick the week off right by sharing some brags from our super Team K9 Pro members! Everyone once again had a very busy weekend ๐
First up is Nic and Gary who finished up their time in the Novice Obedience ring with a lovely score of 197/100 and FIRST PLACE!
Well done Team Gazza! ๐คฉ
Tommy is looking super cute showing off our conditioning muzzle ๐
These muzzles a great for those who want to be able to treat their dogs through the muzzle and are a great training tool to keep both the dog and handler safe and confident.
We use these muzzle during training, when we take dogs to treatments such as the osteo and when out in public.
If you are needing a muzzle for your dog check out our range here: https://k9pro.com.au/collections/muzzles
Thanks to Frankie's owners for sending us in these pictures of Frankie getting conditioned to her Rex Spec's Ear Pro.
Frankie is geting prepared to be concert ready!
You can find these on our website here https://k9pro.com.au/products/ear-pro-by-rex-specs
And you can view Frankie on her adventures via instragram under the handle Frankie_theservicedog
Last and by no means least, Team member Nic and her Border Collie, Garry, competed in Novice Obedience at Penrith Dog Obedience Club's trial. Garry came away with a 198/100, FIRST PLACE and TITLE!
Way to title in style Garry! ๐ฅ๐๐ฅ
Back in NSW, Team member Skye and her Finnish Lapphund, Sunny, had a lovely time in Rally Advanced coming away with a PERFECT SCORE of 100/100 and FIRST PLACE!!
What a team!
Well done Skye and Sunny ๐คฉ
Next up we head down to VIC where Team member Lainie competed in Rally with her spunky Tenterfield Terrier Juno. They came away with 2/2 passes including a 93/100 and third place plus their Rally Novice title! Well done Lainie and Juno!
Over to one of our QLDers, Nic and her young Border Collie Zip had their Obedience debut coming away with 2/2 passes in the CCD ring, including FIRST PLACE with a score of 96/100.
Nic has been coached by Steve in his Training in Drive program for many years now and Zip would be the fourth generation of Nic's home bred BCs she has run through Steve's program.
Well done Nic and Zip!
Prepared to be spammed in the best way - our Team K9 Pro members had a busy weekend and we have a long list of brags to share!!
From NSW to VIC and QLD, we have brags to share across Rally, Scent Work and Obedience.
First up is super Stafford, Reuben, and his owner Kim who competed at the Border Collie Club of NSW's Scent Work Trial on Friday. They came away with passes in both Advanced Interiors and Exteriors! Reuben has been a busy boy lately, but scent work has to be one of his favourite things.
Well done Kim and Reuben!
I think we can all relate! ๐
Team K9 Pro Brag Time!
After having some time out of the show ring, and having just finished shooting Reubenโs first feature film, Kim Crumpton & Reuben entered their first dog show in a year in Bathurst held by West of the Divide Staffordshire Bull Terrier Club of NSW.
Not only did Reuben strut his stuff around the ring like only he knows how but he also came away winning Best State Bred in Show! ๐ฅ
Congratulations Kim and Reuben!!
Looking for something to do today?
Come for a drive to the Central Coast in Ourimbah NSW and watch the WDFA Nationals and see some great dogs on action!
The final day of their event starts from 10am.
K9 Pro is proud to of provided sponsorship for this years nationals and will be there with a stall too ๐ so come say hi!!
Location Ourimbah Rugby Club 10 Chittaway Rd, Ourimbah NSW 2258, Australia
Beretta getting comfortable in the boss's chair... she is ready to take clients for consults now ๐ She specialises in biting, eating, and biting.
We have the best brag to share from this weekend! Team K9 Pro member Helen and her super BC Piper braved the cold, windy and very wet weather to compete at the Hills Dog Club's Scent Work Trial on Saturday.
They came away with 4/4 Qs across both Excellent and Masters!
โญ๏ธ Excellent Interiors - QUALLY!
โญ๏ธ Excellent Vehicles - QUALLY!
โญ๏ธ Excellent Exteriors - QUALLY AND Third Place๐ฅ
โญ๏ธ Masters Containers - QUALLY AND Second Place ๐ฅ
What a huge day!! Well done Helen and Piper, we are so proud of you!
๐๐๐ฃ ๐ฐ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐๐ฒ๐ ๐ฎ๐ด๐ด๐ฟ๐ฒ๐๐๐ถ๐๐ฒ ๐ฑ๐ผ๐ด๐
This is the what the South Australian Government are saying. ๐คท
Given all of the tasks state governments have to get involved in, it is easy for them to make ๐๐๐ฐ๐ต ๐ฎ ๐บ๐ถ๐๐๐ฎ๐ธ๐ฒ in classification.
They probably have been ill advised by someone who knows less about IGP than a mushroom.
And this would be government's biggest mistake. ๐
๐ช๐ต๐ฎ๐ ๐ฎ๐บ ๐ ๐๐ฎ๐น๐ธ๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ฎ๐ฏ๐ผ๐๐?
The South Australian Government recently released a draft bill which amongst other things, aims to classify IGP dogs as โattack dogsโ.
A classification normally reserved for Police or Military dogs.
IGP is a sport, a very detailed and precise sport based on control.
There are several levels of this sport starting with the Zap test which is an assessment process for to young dogs.
Next would be the BH test where a dog is tested in an obedience pattern and what is informally called the traffic test in which the dogs are tested in public situations such as being tied up in a public space, testing them under stimulations such bike rider passing, cars and or dogs to determine if the dogs presented are good examples of the breed.
IGP is a modern version of Schutzhund, used by Max Von Stephanitz (the creator of the German Shepherd Dog) to test and rank dogs within the breed.
This is a testing system to select only the best dogs and breed them.
There is an obedience component that has agility and retrieving exercises, a tracking phase and a character assessment in which the dog, under high levels of control bites a dedicated sport sleeve under very strict conditions.
In the past and sometimes present, the C phase has been called the โprotectionโ phase.
As a person who has trained many dogs for personal protection, Police Service, Correctional Services and Military forces, I can tell you that IGP dogs are no where near the same as dogs that are trained to combat a human being.
IGP dogs are targeting equipment.
I have tested a number of IGP 3 dogs for transition to police or military service, that would only be suitable with a considerable amount of retraining.
Without equipment, they will NOT engage.
Now also know that dogs that complete the Zap test, which is a temperament evaluation and dogs that do BH, Obedience or tracking are still going to be classed as attack dogs.
Even though they have in no way been involved in the C Phase. I.e. never bitten a sleeve
Why would a state government make such an insane legislation?
Well, the answer as always is, bad information.
As the President of the Professional Dog Trainers of Australia, I can tell you that the South Australian government has not consulted ANY IGP clubs, trainers or organisations.
This is being brought about by all states because, nationally, dog bites and attacks are growing out of control
Now before you ask, no, IGP dogs are not increasing these numbers.
The increased attacks and bites are due to pet dogs that are not under control.
This happens due to a lack of effective training due to people gravitating towards methods that are claimed to be Force Free.
Dogs need structure, management and training that is suitable for their individual temperament.
Not a program that fits within someoneโs ideals and dreams.
Dogs are individuals, attack dogs are dogs that are needed to control and stop dangerous people.
IGP dogs are sport dogs. Engaging in this sport will not increase the risks a dog presents.
In fact, if you can get a dog through to IGP 3, you have considerable control over your dog.
What will classifying IGP dogs as attack dogs mean.
Fact is, itโs hard to know.
Most IGP clubs train in council sports fields, canโt see that permission being continued when you are training attack dogs.
Attack dogs can only be boarded in specific kennels. The kennels we have at K9Pro are extremely high security and our staff are highly experienced.
Therefore normal boarding kennels are out.
How about insurance? Both medical and third party? Think you will be able to get insurance for your attack dog?
Are attack dogs allowed to use dog parks?
How about housing, attack dogs need specific kennel runs.
So, if you even do one training session in IGP, you will need a dog run.
Do you rent? Will the landlord allow you to build a dog run with a concrete slab?
If this draft bill passes, this will be the end of IGP in South Australia.
But still ok in other states.
For nowโฆ
When the intended purpose is to reduce dog attacks and IGP dogs have no recorded attacks in South Australia, how will that protect the public?
It wonโt.
This is a Senseless bill based on ridiculous information.
Please help by doing these things
1. Sign this petition (https://www.change.org/p/igp-dog-sport-is-not-attack-dog-training)
2. Join the PDTA, we need your support to help us inform governments that Australian people do not want these bans. Membership is super easy, if youโre not a dog trainer, you can join as an associate member for just $20!
https://dogtrainersaustralia.org/join-professional-dog-trainers-australia/
We are proud to be the major sponsor for the 2024 WGSDCA IGP Nationals for the 4th year running.
If you are looking for something to do this weekend come down to Hawkesbury Showgrounds and watch some great dogs and their handlers in action!
Obedience and protection is from 10am each day
We will also be there both days with a stall too!
After being on restricted activity due to an injury for the last few months, Team K9 Pro member Katie and Herzhund Drama Queen made their ANKC Scent Work debut this weekend, coming away with 3/3 passes in Novice including a second place in Vehicles with a time of only 6.15 seconds!
We think Drama is just a bit smug about her winnings!
We have a couple of brags to share from this weekends Southern Highlands Kennel & Obedience Club annual scent work trial ๐คฉ We were proud to sponsor this event, we love scent work!
First up is Team K9 Pro member Emma and her dogs Jordi and Evelyn. After a tough start to the day, Emma and Jordi scored a pass in Novice Interiors, even coming away with the Judges Choice Award ๐
Next up it was Eve's turn and she finished off her Scent Work Novice title in style with a very fast Vehicle search of only 7.56 seconds ๐
Congratulations Emma, Jordi and Eve, we are so proud of you!
Happy Anniversary to our wonderful Office Manager, Candace!
6 Years working in the K9 Pro Office and 9 years training her dogs with Steve and K9 Pro - The K9 Professionals!
We love you Candace, we couldn't do it without you!
Herzhund Darth Vader and Herzhund Drama Queen are both with their handlers under development with Steve for their sport training in IGP.
Here both dogs are sharing their feeling with Steve whilst developing their Bark and Hold.
A Bark and Hold is designed where the dog must guard the helper confidently, actively, attentively and bark continuously. The barking time is approx. 20 seconds. These 20 seconds begins when the dog reaches the helper and after this 20 seconds, the Judge gives the signal for the handler to approach the marker and then call the dog to the heel position.
We would like to think that is little Miss Blue's way of saying compliments to the chef!
Miss Blue is from our Herzhund Kennels M litter.
Todays office!
Addy our Assistance and Therapy Dog Trainer and her Assistance Dog from Herzhund Kennels (Sirius) went along with Steve today to what would be one of the finest boarding schools in Sydney to assess their School's Therapy Dogs.
What an amazing place to attend school, especially with their in-house Therapy Dog Program!
Say Hi to Bonnie ๐
Bonnie is a Dutch Shepherd and is here undergoing a board and train program to address her dog and human reactivity.
Our trainers spend a lot of time in the initial stages building a strong bond with the dogs so that the trust is there when we need to push them out of their comfort zones.
Here Bonnie is enjoying a bit of down time and a nice scratch with Steve, in one of her training sessions. ๐ฅฐ
Addy our assistance and life skills trainer, has been working with Onix to develop his neutral engagement and public access skills.
Onix has been staying here at K9 Pro on a 3-week lifeskills board and train package.
Here Onix is showing off with his brother Sirius, who is Addyโs personal assistance dog their skills at the local train station.
Say hi to Bullet!
Bullet is currently undergoing a board and train program to work on his calm behaviours and engagement around others.
Living on a cattle farm, Bullet is certainly seeing the world through a new lens and enjoying his trips into Bunning's and working on his lifeskills in town!
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๐ฝ NEW BEFORE AND AFTER VIDEO! ๐ฝ Meet Diesel, a two year old Rottweiler who has been staying with us over the past few weeks. Diesel can be both dog and human aggressive, and as you can see in the video, is a BIG, STRONG boy who was not afraid to use his size to his advantage. Check out how he has been progressing!
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๐ฌ NEW BEFORE and AFTER video! ๐ฌ Hugo is a two year old German Shepherd who can display aggression towards other dogs, both on and off leash. We see this level of reactivity, and much worse, in many GSDs and other working breeds. In our training system, it is important to us that we are not distracting the dog, or stopping them from seeing other dogs - like many owners of reactive dogs would know, trying to distract your dog away from a trigger can be extremely difficult and at times impossible. Instead, we focus on teaching the dog HOW to behave and reinforcing good choices they make when they see a distraction or trigger. Check out Hugo's progress so far, he is only half way through his 5 week program and is already making some big improvements!
๐๐ ๐ค๐ง๐จ๐ฐ ๐ฆ๐๐ง๐ฒ ๐จ๐ ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐๐จ๐ฅ๐ฅ๐จ๐ฐ๐๐ซ๐ฌ ๐ฅ๐จ๐ฏ๐ ๐ ๐ ๐จ๐จ๐ ๐ซ๐๐ก๐๐ ๐ฏ๐ข๐๐๐จ, ๐ก๐๐ซ๐ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐๐ข๐ ๐ (๐ซ๐๐๐ฅ ๐ง๐๐ฆ๐ ๐๐ข๐๐ฌ๐๐ฅ). โค๏ธ ๐His age means his socialisation was effected by COVID times, so he is confused about other dogs and people he doesn't know. This video is from after we have worked him through most of his fears and reactivity and he is now given his first opportunity to meet an unknown dog off leash. ๐๐ค๐ฌ ๐ฉ๐๐๐ฉ ๐๐ ๐๐๐จ ๐ข๐ช๐๐ ๐๐๐ฉ๐ฉ๐๐ง ๐๐ค๐ฃ๐ฉ๐ง๐ค๐ก ๐ค๐ ๐๐๐จ ๐๐ข๐ฅ๐ช๐ก๐จ๐๐จ, ๐๐จ ๐๐๐ก๐ ๐ฉ๐ค ๐ง๐๐๐ช๐ก๐๐ฉ๐ ๐๐๐จ ๐๐ข๐ค๐ฉ๐๐ค๐ฃ๐จ ๐ผ๐๐ฟ ๐๐ ๐๐๐จ ๐๐๐๐ฃ ๐ฉ๐๐ช๐๐๐ฉ ๐ง๐๐จ๐ค๐ช๐ง๐๐๐จ ๐ฉ๐ค ๐ช๐จ๐ ๐๐ฃ๐จ๐ฉ๐๐๐ ๐ค๐ ๐๐๐๐ง๐๐จ๐จ๐๐ค๐ฃ, ๐ก๐ค๐ค๐ ๐๐ฉ ๐๐๐ข ๐ฃ๐ค๐ฌ! ๐If you watch carefully, you can see his struggles and he is pushing himself here. โโโVery important message at the end of video for some to read.โโโ Enjoy, please share your thoughts and give Diesel a like!
**Board and rehab Video** Willow is a gorgeous GSD girl that like many dogs born in covid, did not get enough socialisation. She was very nervous and unsure of us when she arrived and although had worked with other trainers, she was dog aggressive too. She is thriving in our program, we are so proud of her.
We are so excited to share a sneak peak of our newly upgraded training room! Check it out! ๐คฉ๐คฉ๐คฉ
Our indoor training room is an extremely important resource we have here at K9Pro. It allows us to remove the world from many dogs concerns and just focus on learning. It is temperature controlled by air conditioning and wall and ceiling insulation, 22 degrees all year round. No windows, no distractions or unexpected events interrupting training. Some dogs need to decompress here so we can started. Our room gets a lot of use, full every day, all day, every week. This Christmas break we stripped our room for new flooring. 50 - 60 hours plus a week is hard on the flooring. We have chosen an industrial floor this time and we will report back on how it goes. We want to provide our clients the best professional set up we can!
When the sun is shining, we must take advantage and Miss Rey decided it was time to have some happy snaps with Tayla! ๐
The rehab progress of Max the WL GSD who came to us dog and human aggressive.
For those who asked, here is the full interview Bec (and Blaze!) did on the The Morning Show on Channel 7 yesterday, discussing whether we should ban "dangerous" breeds and other important dog training topics ๐ถ
Check out Dave and Lexi! Dave has been training with us with his Border Collies for some time, and wanted to step it up with his next dog and try his hand at dog sports. Lexi is from Lifesong Border Collies and they make an awesome team! Their heel work is coming together thanks to Dave's hard work, Steve's Training in Drive program ๐ and Bec, Dave's coach!
We have been so busy, we haven't had time to make the before and after video's people so much love to see. Toko is a special case, we just had to share...
What's for dinner tonight at your place? Herzhund Good Golly Miss Molly sure has it good in her home with her specially prepared meal of mince, K9 Power Puppy Gold, egg and a chicken wing ๐๐ฉโ๐ณ
Our G Litter of Labs are nearly ready to go to their new owners. This clip shows a snippet of one of our development programs the pups go through to help them be more confident, robust and resilient.
Porky is a 6 year old Maltese X. He has bitten people multiple times. He resource guards people, toys, furniture, space, food etc. He is territorial and dog aggressive. It is common for dogs to display these behaviours when they are brought into a home and allowed to cohabitate with owners with very little education or rules and boundaries. We will work on helping Porky better understand the best way to interact with people and dogs.
When dogs come to us, we often talk about, "first we form a bond / relationship with them. This video shows how. It is not a DIY or instructional video, because every dog is different, but this is what Ryder needed to learn to trust. Ryder was an amazing dog that gave his all. He made amazing changes, his owners are equally amazing for not giving up on him.
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