Kat's 4 Dogs - Sunshine Coast

27/03/2025

Come on Ari, where’s our amazing Italian food?

25/03/2025

It’s a very proud moment when a once highly reactive dog can walk with other dogs along the Noosa River.

Bypassing many dogs along the way.

Big Kona the French Mastiff (Dogue de Bordeaux) it a very powerful girl. There were many behaviours that had to be worked on first at home which started 14th Feb 2025 on our first consult. 25th March 2025 is our 4th session and here we are with HUGE progress in only 40 days.

We have a different dog. There is still work to be done but these results are fantastic in a short period.

If you have a dog with any behavioural problems and you are not working on your relationship first, don’t expect results.

If your focus is purely obedience, treats and excuses, don’t expect result.

The owner of Kona have been held accountable by me and they have done what was needed to get to this point, it only gets better from here. They must continue to follow my program and their dogs lives open up.

They will get to enjoy their dogs much more and have a stronger relationship all round.

Just for the record, all reactive dogs have many other behavioural problems that are directly connected. This is why you MUST work holistically.

23/03/2025

Great pack walk for some of my dogs on the reactive program.

20/03/2025

If you have been told by a dog trainer that your dog will always:

~ Be a biter
~ Be a barker
~ Always escape
~ Always be reactive
~ Be aggressive
~ Be anxious, nervous, fearful
~ Be excited
~ Chase cars, bikes, birds

and they still are…..

GET A SECOND OPINION!

You have used a trainer that isn’t capable of helping you.

Also remember, behavioural problems are behavioural problems. Don’t get fooled by the old saying, IT’S JUST THE BREED.

19/03/2025

Dog agility equipment for sale.

- wobble platform walk over $500 plus GST
- Large A Frame $600 plus GST
- Small box A Frameb$100 plus GST
- Zig Zag wall over $500 plus GST
- Adjustable height wall over $600 plus GST
- Off the ground ladder walk over $300 plus GST
- Ground conditioning ladder $80 plus GST
- uneven plank walk over on ground $100 plus GST
- Seesaw Adjustable Height $200 plus GST
- Weave Pools - Free

For more information PM me.

12/03/2025

After both myself and my dogs were put it a position of fear by a person that instilled fear with rage and tantrums. Watching my boy Romeo shake in fear I believe it’s important for people to sign this petition.

Make Domestic Violence a Crime Every Time!

Help make a difference for people and animals to feel safe.

There is no room for any human or animal to be put in a position of fear from domestic violence. I urge people to get on board and sign this petition.

Queensland Parliament welcomes all visitors. Find out how to visit the public gallery, take a tour or learn about parliament at one of our educational programs here.

12/03/2025

A response to yesterday’s post about fearful dogs.

For anyone who has a dog that struggles with fear, insecurity, or timidity — I’d ask you one question:

Is the story you tell yourself and others about your dog helping or harming?

The stories we think and share have power. They shape our beliefs, which shape our actions, which shape our outcomes.

The dog you believe is a traumatized victim will almost certainly not be pushed out of their comfort zone, or held to high and healthy behavioral standards. Which means they’ll never have the opportunity to become all that they could, or live a life as rich and healthy as they should.

They’ll almost certainly languish in the unhealthy space of the sad, heartbreaking, in-need-of-sheltering-victim — and will become precisely what we’ve decided to see them as — not because that’s all they are or all they can be, but because that’s what we’ve made them into.

I prefer to see fearful, insecure, timid dogs — regardless of known or assumed stories — as creatures who are anxious to grow, find more confidence, and shed the fears they need not carry in order to live their very best and biggest lives — but who know not how to do so alone, and thus depend on us to see them for what they could be rather than what they currently are. Which means that crucially, we need to find the healthy, selfless, emotional courage to lead them through the dark and uncomfortable spaces they currently exist in and guide them to whatever brighter possibilities they could enjoy and embody.

Sadly, far too many choose stories which only serve the one telling them, and destroy the one they’re told about.

Yes, empathy is a double-edged sword — it can be a tool of great healing or great harm — it all depends on the emotional motivations of the one who wields it.

09/03/2025

After being with a narcissist for 28 years this make me laugh 😆

09/03/2025

And it’s not a trip to Bunnings if he doesn’t destroy his pig when he gets home.

09/03/2025

It’s not a trip to Bunnings without buying a pig for my boy.

26/02/2025

Well this has been done so well, what can I say!

25/02/2025

Dog Training Equipment for sale.

- 2 x tunnels plus 6 sand bag weights
- wobble platform walk over
- Large A Frame
- Small box A Frame
- Zig Zag wall over
- Adjustable height wall over
- Off the ground ladder walk over
- Ground conditioning ladder
- uneven plank walk over on ground
- Seesaw Adjustable Height
- Weave Pools

I’d prefer to sell as a package. All this equipment makes an amazing obstacle course .

If you are interested in the package please PM me.

All in good condition.

20/02/2025

Amazing to see all the dogs out for coffee this morning.

Amazing social exposure.

If you want to be able to take your dog out for coffee, lunch etc call me. I can help you make it happen.

0488 908 048

Let’s open your dogs world to new adventures.

19/02/2025

The poo performance by Romeo.

😂💩😂

14/02/2025

If there was one concept I could get owners to truly devote some serious time to contemplating, understanding, and implementing, it would be this.

All the major, truly problematic, quality-of-life impacting behaviors you’re dealing with now were once tiny little moments of seeming insignificance to you — but which were anything but insignificant to your dog.

Whether it was the bolting out of the crate like a maniac; the jamming through the front door dragging you with them; the pulling and zig-zagging on walks; the not-so-intense “curious” and “playful” staring and barking at other dogs on walks; the following you endlessly through the house and never learning to be alone and always being pet and talked to; the chaotic and constant motion in the house with whining and barking and no ability to settle; the over-the-top charging of the door every time someone approached; the tense and quiet body language (and maybe even low growling) when you approached your dog when they had a favorite toy or food, or you dared to sit too close to them on the couch or bed; the “innocent” jumping up on you or others in a pushy and impolite fashion; the fairly taught commands that were consistent blown off when incompatible with the dog’s desires… and on and on.

All of the above typically start off as something fairly mild and seemingly benign — and slowly, moment by insignificant moment, allowance by insignificant allowance, push by insignificant push the snowball of truly problematic behavior begins to form. And soon enough you have something truly life-impacting on your hands — and because it all occurred so slowly, and so incrementally, you scratch your head trying to figure out how you and your dog got here.

But for the trainers out there, they know exactly how you both got here. Because sadly, they’ve seen this pattern over and over and over.

And that’s why, if you’re working with someone experienced and wise, you’ll hear them pushing you over and over to learn to re-see the small moments for what they really are: the gateways to either your dog’s best, or your dog’s worst.

PS, and if you want to know how we undo all this and retrain your dog — and how you can do the same — simply reverse this process. See every small inappropriate moment and interaction as profoundly important, and respond accordingly. Wise and experienced trainers don’t try to tackle your dog’s worst stuff in its worst moment or presentation, no, they go after all the small moments which have unhealthy flavors to them and build relationship leverage and momentum there. And with diligence and consistency, they manage to slowly melt the snowball that you’ve created via allowance, and build another one that’s healthy, enjoyable, and safe.

13/02/2025

😂😂😂

So true and so funny at the same time.

21/01/2025

I want my dog to be motivated by me, his leader. My dog works for me, he should want to please me if I’m doing a good job.

We all like to please the boss right.

No need for food/toys or anything else.

True motivation will only come with good leadership, rules and boundaries.

If you are wondering why going to classes is getting you nowhere, I suspect you’ve been purely directed down the obedience path.

80% leadership
20% obedience

🟰 results.

Who you are as a human is the most important part if you really want a well balanced dog.

Anyone can teach a dog tricks.