Ocean Paws Dog Training

16/02/2025

🎓🐾 Senior Puppy Graduation - Morpeth! 🐾🎓

A HUGE congratulations to Bonnie, Buddy, Maggie, and Trixie! 🎉🐶 This superstar group of clever pups (and their amazing hoomans) absolutely smashed their Senior Puppy skills each week and graduated with five stars all around! ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

Wishing you all many happy adventures ahead! 🐾✨ Thank you for letting me be part of your journey—it was truly awesome! 💛

🎊 Congrats, everyone! 🎊

🐶 Next Senior Puppy Class:
📅 Saturday 1st March at 11am
📍 Morpeth
📲 To register, visit: www.oceanpawsdogtraining.com.au/book-classes

13/02/2025

Happy Valentines Day Everyone!! 🐕🌴🥰

I hope you all have a glorious day with your furries !!

LOL always been my fav 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

11/02/2025

🐾 Baby Puppy Sessions with Angus – The Springer Spaniel 🐾

Oh, what an absolute joy it was to work with the adorable Angus and his truly wonderful family! 💛🐶 From the very start, his wonderful hoomans were dedicated to setting him up for success, focusing on enrichment, alone time training, recall, lead walking, confidence building, socialisation, toilet training, nipping, and all the important foundational skills to help him grow into a happy, confident pup.

Sessions like these are really very special—being part of a puppy’s journey, and watching them grow into incredible, sweet happy pups is something I cherish deeply. 💕🐾

Angus, you are one lucky pup to have such a loving family! Wishing you all the happiest puppy adventures ahead! 🐶✨💛

10/02/2025

About the Belly Rub!!

Does your dog really want a belly rub? Here is some great advice and insight from one of our experts Jen from Pet Perspective.

Thanks so much Jen for the awesome video and wonderful advice 😀🙏!!

09/02/2025

🎓🐶✨ Baby Puppy Grad Time - Morpeth! ✨🐶🎓

Congratulations to Leo, the sweetest Golden Retriever 🐾💛, and Peggy, the fun-loving GWP x Poodle 🐶🎉! These superstar pups graduated with flying colours and had the best puppy play sessions too! 🐾🐾

Wishing you both endless puppy adventures ahead! 🦴🐕 Thank you for letting me be part of your journey—it’s been an absolute joy! 🥰

Congratulations, little pupstars! 🎊🎈🐾

Our next Baby Puppy Class starts on Thursday 13th Feb at 6pm and we have one spot left. To find out more or to register simply go to: https://www.oceanpawsdogtraining.com.au/book-classes

09/02/2025

🎓🐶✨ Baby Puppy Grad Time - Morpeth! ✨🐶🎓

Congratulations to Leo, the sweetest Golden Retriever 🐾💛, and Peggy, the fun-loving GWP x Poodle 🐶🎉! These superstar pups graduated with flying colours and had the best puppy play sessions too! 🐾🐾

Wishing you both endless puppy adventures ahead! 🦴🐕 Thank you for letting me be part of your journey—it’s been an absolute joy!

Congratulations, little superstars! 🎊🎈🐾

Our next Baby Puppy Class starts next Thursday 13th Feb at 6pm and we have one spot left. To find out more or to register go to: www.oceanpawsdogtraining.com.au/book-classes

08/02/2025

Amazing !! 😁🐕🙏

For those of you who want to know how our dogs pick up on our emotions, here it is!!

I think our dogs are truly incredible... and know so much than we think!! 😀

I NOSE HOW YOU FEEL
One of the most incredible things about dogs is their ability to recognize and respond to our emotions, but just how do they know how we’re feeling?

They may not understand the emotion we are feeling, but their brains are wired to understand whether that emotion makes them feel safe or not.

From an evolutionary perspective; for their survival, it was and still is, important for dogs to know which humans were safe to be around and which were not.

Dogs recognize the different chemical scents we produce through our skin or breath, our facial expressions or body language and our tone of voice.

Although we’re not aware of it, we emit different scents when experiencing positive emotions compared to when we experience negative emotions. Dogs have an amazing ability to recognize these different scents.

A dog's sense of smell is incredibly powerful and far superior to ours. Dogs have +/- 300 million olfactory receptors in their nose, sometimes more depending on the breed, compared to +/- 5 to 6 million in humans. In addition to this, the part of their brain that processes scent is around 40 times bigger than ours.

Dogs also recognize our facial expressions and body language. Just like we might stay well away from or not want to interact with someone who looks really angry and be more drawn and responsive to a happy, relaxed looking person.

Tone of voice – more info on this in my previous post.

Dogs can be such a comfort to us when we need emotional support or aren’t feeling well, but some of our emotions many have a negative effect on them.

Working with or interacting with a dog when we’re feeling angry, stressed, frustrated or having a bad day is not a good idea. It’s far better to wait until we feel more relaxed and calmer.

Dogs have rich emotional lives – just as we should try to be aware of their emotions, also be aware of how our emotions may affect them.

06/02/2025

🐾 This Dog—Bear!! 🐾

I had the absolute pleasure of completing Bear’s annual Public Access Test recently, and what a ⭐SUPERSTAR⭐ he is—passing with flying colours! 🎉👏

I’ve known this little guy for a few years now, and his happy face, boundless energy, love for his mumma, and pure joy at being out and about has never changed—it’s just something else! 🥰🐶✨

Bear, you are truly special, and I have so much love for you! 💙 May you continue being your awesome self, and I can’t wait to see you next time! 🐾💫

05/02/2025

🐾 The Amazing Ned! 🐾

I had the absolute pleasure of working with Ned and his wonderful hoomans on some common adolescent behaviour challenges—Loose Lead Walking, Recall & Focus Work—to help him navigate the world with more confidence! 🦮✨

Being the clever boy he is, Ned absolutely smashed it! 🎉 On a long line, his lead walking improved significantly, he checked in with his owners more, stopped pulling, and felt much more comfortable exploring his surroundings. Giving him the freedom to choose how to cope made all the difference and is such a great confidence builder! 🙌

We also practiced recall, which improved significantly, and worked on redirecting some of his herding triggers. 🐄 (Still working on the cows, LOL! 😂)

But as with all behaviour change, it takes time, patience, consistency & working at our dogs' pace. When we slow down and set realistic expectations, the results speak for themselves! 💪🐶

Huge thanks to Ned & his amazing family! It was such a pleasure working with you all! See you around! 🐾💙

04/02/2025

🚨🐶 Hey Everyone! Quick update on the Feeding Stations! 🚨

Stock is running low—we currently have:

🦴 4 Large: 1️⃣ Pink, 1️⃣ Blue, 2️⃣ Grey
🦴 2 Medium: Both Grey
🦴 1 Small: Grey

If you're interested, please PM me for details! 📩

Huge thanks to everyone who has purchased & supported local—YOU ROCK! 🤩🙌

🛍️ 🐾 ❤️

03/02/2025

🐶✨ Catching up with this lovely lady for her yearly PAT—and she passed with flying colors! ✅🎉

Such an amazing, chilled-out pup—love this girl! ❤️ See you next time, Vibe! 🐾🥰

02/02/2025

🎉 Our First Baby Puppy Graduation for 2025! 🎓🐶✨

A HUGE congratulations to Ebony, Frankfurt, Missy, Oakley, and Teddy! 🏆⭐ You’ve all been such super clever pups, and we are so grateful to have been part of your journey! 🐾💛

A special big thank you to Amy, our amazing puppy instructor too! 👏🐶

Wishing you all many happy puppy adventures ahead! 🎾🐕🎉 Congratulations! 🎊🎈🐾

17/01/2025

🌟 Stay Safe, Everyone! 🌟

With this wild weather over the last couple of days, many consults, first assessments, and classes have had to be postponed. A huge thank you to my amazing clients for your patience as I work through rescheduling you all over the coming days and my Baby Puppy and Senior puppy clients. 🐾💕

Your safety and the safety of your pups is my top priority. 🛡️🐶 I hope you're all staying safe and dry during this crazy weather. 🌧️🌬️

Wishing you a great weekend with your fur kids and I look forward to seeing you all next week! 🌈😊

Ps.. Someone extra happy that im home lol 🥰🤣🐕

06/01/2025

🎉🐾 Good Morning Everyone! 🐾🎉

We hope your festive season was filled with love, laughter, and plenty of fur-kid joy! ❤️🐶 If your home was anything like mine, there’s probably a lovely layer of furry hair highlights decorating your floors right now—lol! 😅✨

I’m super excited to kick off the new year tomorrow! Starting today, I’ll begin responding to all the calls, texts, online inquiries, and Facebook messages that came through during the break. Your patience is greatly appreciated as I work through these over the next few days. 🙏📞💻

I can’t wait to reconnect with all our amazing clients and your adorable fur-kids 🐕❤️, and I’m looking forward to meeting our lovely new clients in the weeks ahead!

Here’s to an amazing 2025 filled with wagging tails, training wins, and happy many doggo adventures! 🥳🐾 See you all soon!

Warm wishes,
Penny and Tama ✨

31/12/2024

🎉🐾 Happy New Year from Ocean Paws! 🐾🎉

Wishing all of our amazing Ocean Paws clients a very Happy New Year! 🥳🎆

Thank you for your incredible support throughout this year. 🌟 It has been a wonderful, busy year filled with meeting so many amazing new clients and reconnecting with those I have the pleasure of working with regularly. 🐕💛

Here’s to 2025 bringing you everything you wish for—and many happy wagging tails! 🐾✨

💖 Happy New Year, everyone, and I look forward to seeing you all in 2025!

📞 Contact us at 0413 000 030
🌐 Visit us at www.oceanpawsdogtraining.com.au

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25/12/2024

🎄🎅 Merry Christmas from the Ocean Paws Gang! 🐾🎁

Wishing you a joyful day filled with love, laughter, and cherished moments with your family and fur kids. 🐕🐾 We hope Santa brought you everything you wished for (and lots of doggy kisses too!). 💖🐶

From all of us at Ocean Paws, including Tama 🐕, Khaleesi 🐈, and myself, we hope your day is as special as you are. 🌟

🎅 Merry Christmas, Everyone! 🎁🎄

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23/12/2024

🎄 Quick Tips to Keep Your Dogs Safe This Christmas 🎄

1️⃣ Decorations Safety: Keep ornaments, tinsel, and fairy lights out of reach to avoid chewing hazards. 🧑‍🎄✨
2️⃣ Tree Stability: Secure your Christmas tree to prevent it from toppling if your dog bumps it. 🎄🐾
3️⃣ No Toxic Treats: Avoid giving chocolate, mince pies, or anything with raisins to your pup. 🍫🚫🐕
4️⃣ Gift Wrapping Caution: Dispose of ribbons and wrapping paper—these can be dangerous if swallowed. 🎁🛑
5️⃣ Visitors & Calm Spaces: Provide a quiet area for your dog to retreat to if things get too busy and overwhelming for your dog. 🛋️💤
6️⃣ Supervise with Candles: Keep lit candles far away from wagging tails. 🕯️🔥
7️⃣ Limit Table Scraps: Stick to dog-safe treats and avoid fatty or spiced foods. See below for more on this 🍗🚫🐶

Stay festive and lets keep our dogs safe! 🎅🐾

23/12/2024

🌴Its Senior Puppy Graduation time and our last class for 2024 🌴 🥳

I was so blessed to end the year with this awesome group of Senior pups and their lovely hoomans. We had Charlie the Cavoodle, Cookie the Groodle, Larry the Golden Retriever, Nancy the Mini Dachshund and Teddy the Cocker Spaniel. ☺🐕🙏❤️

Despite the challenges we had with the weather and it being so hot, this clever group of senior pups still did so well learning their new pup skills each week. Whilst the class ended up being quite the Puppy Party at times lol, this groups social skills and growth in confidence to interact and play was just awesome to watch, and you all deserve gold stars!! ⭐️⭐️We also had a wee pup crush develop between Cookie and Larry which was just so sweet to watch.. 🥰😍🐕🦮

Thanks again for being such a wonderful group to work with and thanks for making the last class of 2024 the best ever!! 😊🙏

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year🎅🎄😊