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The Dogfather Dog Training

Michael Burling - Head Trainer

- NDTF - Cert III in Dog Behaviour and Training
- Australian Council for Private Education - Animal Behaviour
- Open Colleges - Pet Obedience Trainer
- Accredited Obedience Instructor Level IV The Dogfather Dog Training
Michael Burling - Head Trainer / Owner

- National Dog Training Federation - Cert III in Dog Behaviour and Training
- A

ustralian Council for Private Education - Animal Behaviour Studies
- Open Colleges - Certificate of Pet Obedience Trainer
- Obedience Instructor - Accredited Level IV

Nationally Accredited & Awarded
Professional Dog Training Solutions
2014 Winner Master Dog Breeders and Associates National Canine Trainer

๐—œ๐˜'๐˜€ ๐—ฎ ๐—ท๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐˜† ๐˜๐—ต๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด...Having and sharing an amazing lifestyle with a trained dog is more than the following. Just doing...
11/11/2024

๐—œ๐˜'๐˜€ ๐—ฎ ๐—ท๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐˜† ๐˜๐—ต๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด...

Having and sharing an amazing lifestyle with a trained dog is more than the following.

Just doing puppy preschool ๐Ÿ’โ€โ™€๏ธ

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Just booking a one-off session ๐Ÿ™…

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Just doing a 5 week pet dog course ๐Ÿคทโ€โ™‚๏ธ

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Just watching a few YouTube videos ๐Ÿคทโ€โ™€๏ธ

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Just watching The Dog Whisperer box set ๐Ÿคฆ

What it is, is continuing to learn, to evolve, to be coached, to develop your skillset, and to progress throughout the time we share with our dogs giving them the best version of ourselves. There's a lot of reasons why we don't offer single sessions, and there's also a reason why our average client retention rate is about 2 to 3 years.

๐˜ฝ๐™ช๐™ฉ ๐™ฉ๐™๐™š ๐˜ฝ๐™€๐™Ž๐™ ๐™ง๐™š๐™–๐™จ๐™ค๐™ฃ ๐™ž๐™จ, ๐™’๐™€ ๐™’๐˜ผ๐™‰๐™ ๐™๐™Š ๐™Ž๐™ƒ๐˜ผ๐™๐™€ ๐™๐™ƒ๐™€ ๐™…๐™Š๐™๐™๐™‰๐™€๐™”...

This is Wilson the Whippet, he's currently making amazing progress working through quite severe on-leash reactivity towards other dogs.

We're pretty sure his mum gets it. The T- Shirt๐Ÿ‘• says it all. As does the appropriately selected Black โšซ๏ธN Black training attire!

๐—ž๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ฝ ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—ธ๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ฝ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—บ...

๐—ฌ๐—ข๐—จ'๐—ฅ๐—˜ ๐—”๐—ช๐—˜๐—ฆ๐—ข๐— ๐—˜! ๐Ÿ‘Š๐Ÿ’ฅ

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๐—ง๐—›๐—˜ "๐—Ÿ๐—ฎ๐˜‡๐˜†-๐—š๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐˜‡๐—ฒ๐—ฟ" ๐Ÿ„๐Ÿ‚๐Ÿ„๐Ÿ‚๐Ÿšซโš ๏ธ๐—ง๐—จ๐—ฅ๐—ก๐—” "๐—•๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐˜€๐˜-๐—˜๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฟ" ๐Ÿฆ ๐Ÿ“๐Ÿฅฉ๐Ÿฅš๐Ÿ—๐Ÿ’ฅโ‰๏ธ ๐—›๐—ผ๐˜„ ๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐˜„๐—ฎ๐˜† ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚ ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐—ณ๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐—ฑ๐—ผ๐—ด ๐—ฝ๐—ผ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜๐—ถ๐—ฎ๐—น๐—น๐˜† ๐—ธ๐—ถ๐—น๐—น๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ถ๐—ฟ...
10/11/2024

๐—ง๐—›๐—˜ "๐—Ÿ๐—ฎ๐˜‡๐˜†-๐—š๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐˜‡๐—ฒ๐—ฟ" ๐Ÿ„๐Ÿ‚๐Ÿ„๐Ÿ‚๐Ÿšซโš ๏ธ
๐—ง๐—จ๐—ฅ๐—ก
๐—” "๐—•๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐˜€๐˜-๐—˜๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฟ" ๐Ÿฆ ๐Ÿ“๐Ÿฅฉ๐Ÿฅš๐Ÿ—๐Ÿ’ฅ

โ‰๏ธ ๐—›๐—ผ๐˜„ ๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐˜„๐—ฎ๐˜† ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚ ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐—ณ๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐—ฑ๐—ผ๐—ด ๐—ฝ๐—ผ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜๐—ถ๐—ฎ๐—น๐—น๐˜† ๐—ธ๐—ถ๐—น๐—น๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ถ๐—ฟ ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ผ๐—ฑ ๐—ฑ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ?

๐Ÿ“– In about 95% of the new training programs I design, one of the key factors to success lies in building food drive so we can increase motivation and strengthen new behaviours through reinforcement. A large percentage of the dogs we train arrive on day 1 with low food drive, even after we tell people "DON'T feed the dog on the day of training". ๐Ÿคทโ€โ™‚๏ธ

๐Ÿ”ฌIt's been a keen observation of mine, especially in the past 5 years, to better understand how I can get more out out of my own dogs, and in doing so pass this information on to my clients and their dogs. There's a few really important tips, they are things I do here with our dogs, and since making these adjustments my dogs have become a team of total "Beast-Eaters".

โš ๏ธ Firstly know this: having Judo and Ace join us has given me a fantastic opportunity to put into place what I preach with the feeding routines we practice, and in doing so I have noticed a BIG shift in their food drive since they first arrived. Ask anyone who meets our boys about their food drive and motivation to work for rewards, it's off the hook!

๐—ฆ๐—ผ ๐—ต๐—ผ๐˜„ ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐—ป ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚ ๐˜๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ป ๐—ถ๐˜ ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ฏ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐˜ ๐—บ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ผ๐—ฑ ๐—ฑ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—บ๐—ผ๐˜๐—ถ๐˜ƒ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐—ฑ๐—ผ๐—ดโ‰๏ธ

1. Create a variable feeding schedule. Too often people feed their dogs at a set time of day, out of a bowl, and bowl feed at least once or twice daily. This is the best way to go about creating a "Lazy-Grazer".

2. Make your dog an opportunistic eater, food that arrives randomly, in different ways is great to get your dog more interested in the value of food. It could be a random portion of premium dog roll cut into cubes used for a 5 minute training session in the morning. Maybe a random chicken carcass turns up later in the evening, or a scatter feed they have to forage for at a time of day food normally isn't available. Doing THIS will give your dog's metabolism a good kick up the butt. And it makes them take what's on offer not knowing when the next meal will be available...

3. DON'T starve your dog to build food drive - doing that is really poor advice. It decreases performance in training because the dog can't maintain endurance. Food is fuel and it's vital for stamina. What you can do is intermittent fasting, and by that I mean hold out on them a little longer than usual. Maybe reduce the evening meal and load up for training the following morning or later that day.

4. Change it up โžก๏ธ ๐Ÿฅฉ๐Ÿ–๐Ÿ—๐Ÿ“๐Ÿ๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿ„!!!
Now if you have a dog that has a sensitive stomach this can be hard, but it doesn't mean you have to only feed 1 type of food or treat in a lot of cases. Slowly introduce new foods, flavours and have a mixed bag in your treat pouch. If for medical reasons you must, then... you must. BUT so many dogs eat the same boring dry brown little pellets EVERY SINGLE DAY, and their owners rock up to training with same little Kangaroo, Liver or Chicken ball treats over and over. Add some variety, and know what sends them "bonkers"๐Ÿ’ฅ ๐Ÿคธโ€โ™‚๏ธ๐Ÿ’ฅ๐Ÿคธโ€โ™€๏ธ๐Ÿ’ฅ. For us, in training, it's Prime 100 dog roll Turkey, Salmon and Wild Boar, the boys froth over those flavours in particular.

5. Never feed to the point of excess or abundance. I have always found most dogs will eat until they are over-full. It's our job to always keep the food on offer a bit lean and scarce. A fit, lean and healthy dog is always going to be better to train, easier to motivate and happier.

So, if you are struggling with food drive, here's a starting point for you and your dog. Remember, like anything, what you put in is what you get back. Feed a premium diet to your dog, and they'll love you for it and definitely train harder!

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07/11/2024

๐—ช๐—ต๐—ถ๐—น๐˜€๐˜ ๐—ถ๐˜'๐˜€ ๐—ผ๐—ธ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐˜€๐—ฎ๐˜† ๐˜„๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐˜€๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐˜๐—ต๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ฆ๐—›๐—ข๐—จ๐—Ÿ๐——๐—ก'๐—ง ๐—Ÿ๐—ข๐—ข๐—ž ๐—Ÿ๐—œ๐—ž๐—˜...

๐—Ÿ๐—ฒ๐˜'๐˜€ ๐—ป๐—ผ๐˜ ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ด๐—ฒ๐˜ ๐—ต๐—ผ๐˜„ ๐—ถ๐—บ๐—ฝ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐˜๐—ฎ๐—ป๐˜ ๐—ถ๐˜ ๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐˜€๐—ต๐—ผ๐˜„ ๐˜„๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐—ถ๐˜ ๐—ฆ๐—›๐—ข๐—จ๐—Ÿ๐—— ๐—Ÿ๐—ข๐—ข๐—ž ๐—Ÿ๐—œ๐—ž๐—˜!

This video was sent to me by clients who were celebrating their Cocker Spaniels birthday (Happy Birthday Lottรจ ๐ŸŽ‚). On the same day that they invited their fellow Cocker friends to join Lottรจ for a play at the park, another social group of Doodle Dogs had arranged the same thing.

๐™๐™๐™š๐™ง๐™š ๐™ฌ๐™–๐™จ ๐™ค๐™ซ๐™š๐™ง 50 ๐™™๐™ค๐™œ๐™จ ๐™ž๐™ฃ ๐™ฉ๐™๐™š ๐™ฅ๐™–๐™ง๐™  ๐™ฉ๐™๐™–๐™ฉ ๐™™๐™–๐™ฎ...

๐˜ผ๐™ฃ๐™™ ๐™๐™š๐™ง๐™š'๐™จ ๐™ฌ๐™๐™–๐™ฉ ๐™ž๐™ฉ ๐™ก๐™ค๐™ค๐™ ๐™š๐™™ ๐™ก๐™ž๐™ ๐™š ๐ŸŽฅ

THIS is happy and healthy socialisation, and THIS IS WHAT IT SHOULD LOOK LIKE! ๐Ÿ‘

I have no idea who owns that cool AF chocolate Labradoodle ๐Ÿ˜Ž who cruises past at the end, but that dog looks like a bloody legend! ๐Ÿค™โœจ๏ธ

I couldn't Lโค๏ธ VE this type of breed appropriate, and soundness in temperament, type of social activity for dogs.

๐—ง๐—›๐—œ๐—ฆ ๐—œ๐—ฆ ๐—œ๐—ง!!! ๐Ÿ‘Š๐Ÿ’ฅ

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๐—ฃ๐—น๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐—ฃ๐˜‚๐—ฝ๐—ฝ๐˜†/๐——๐—ผ๐—ด ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐——๐—ผ๐—ด ๐—ฃ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ธ๐˜€, ๐—ฎ ๐——๐—ผ๐—ด๐—ด๐˜† ๐——๐—ฎ๐˜†๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ, ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐˜€๐—ถ๐˜๐˜‚๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜€/๐—ถ๐—ป๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜€ ๐˜„๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ๐˜† ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐—ถ๐—ป๐˜๐—ผ ๐˜€๐˜‚๐—ฏ๐—บ๐—ถ๐˜€๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—ฎ...
06/11/2024

๐—ฃ๐—น๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐—ฃ๐˜‚๐—ฝ๐—ฝ๐˜†/๐——๐—ผ๐—ด ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐——๐—ผ๐—ด ๐—ฃ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ธ๐˜€, ๐—ฎ ๐——๐—ผ๐—ด๐—ด๐˜† ๐——๐—ฎ๐˜†๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ, ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐˜€๐—ถ๐˜๐˜‚๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜€/๐—ถ๐—ป๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜€ ๐˜„๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ๐˜† ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐—ถ๐—ป๐˜๐—ผ ๐˜€๐˜‚๐—ฏ๐—บ๐—ถ๐˜€๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ด๐—ผ ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ๐—น๐—น๐˜†-๐˜‚๐—ฝ ๐—œ๐—ฆ๐—ก'๐—ง ๐—ฆ๐—ข๐—–๐—œ๐—”๐—Ÿ๐—œ๐—ฆ๐—”๐—ง๐—œ๐—ข๐—กโ€ผ๏ธ

It's no different to dropping your kid off at school and watching the Bullies steal their lunch money.

If you think it's ok, don't be surprised when your dog eventually fights back. If you won't protect them, there's not a lot of options left on the table.

๐—ฆ๐—ง๐—ข๐—ฃ ๐—”๐—ก๐—— ๐—ง๐—›๐—œ๐—ก๐—ž ๐—ช๐—›๐—”๐—ง ๐—ฆ๐—ข๐—–๐—œ๐—”๐—Ÿ๐—œ๐—ฆ๐—”๐—ง๐—œ๐—ข๐—ก ๐—ฅ๐—˜๐—”๐—Ÿ๐—Ÿ๐—ฌ ๐—œ๐—ฆโ‰๏ธ

Because I'm getting sick of hearing people tell me that it is this...

๐—”๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ณ๐—ถ๐—ฟ๐˜€๐˜๐—น๐˜†, ๐˜๐—ต๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ธ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ถ๐˜'๐˜€ ๐—ผ๐—ธ๐—ฎ๐˜†...

๐—”๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐˜€๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ฑ๐—น๐˜†, wondering why their dog is now displaying fear based aggression and defensive reactivity on-leash.

๐—ฆ๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—น๐˜† ๐—ถ๐˜'๐˜€ ๐—ป๐—ผ๐˜ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฑ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—ฝ๐˜‚๐˜ ๐˜๐˜„๐—ผ ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐˜๐˜„๐—ผ ๐˜๐—ผ๐—ด๐—ฒ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฟโ‰๏ธ

๐—ช๐—ถ๐˜€๐—ฒ ๐˜‚๐—ฝ ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—น๐—ธ๐˜€โ€ผ๏ธ ๐Ÿคท

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๐—ช๐—ต๐—ผ ๐—ฑ๐—ผ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐—ป'๐˜ ๐—น๐—ผ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ ๐—ฎ ๐˜€๐˜‚๐—ป๐˜€๐—ฒ๐˜ ๐˜๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐˜€๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป...Checkout the very handsome Charlie caught chilling after working on stays a...
05/11/2024

๐—ช๐—ต๐—ผ ๐—ฑ๐—ผ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐—ป'๐˜ ๐—น๐—ผ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ ๐—ฎ ๐˜€๐˜‚๐—ป๐˜€๐—ฒ๐˜ ๐˜๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐˜€๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป...

Checkout the very handsome Charlie caught chilling after working on stays at the Riverway.

๐—ง๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ธ๐˜€ ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐˜€๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ฝ๐—ถ๐—ฐ ๐—•๐—ฒ๐—ฐ ๐—ถ๐˜'๐˜€ ๐—ฎ ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ฝ๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ!

If you've got a good sunset pic of your dog feel free to share it in the comments โฌ‡๏ธ . โฌ‡๏ธ . โฌ‡๏ธ

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๐—๐˜‚๐˜€๐˜ ๐—ฎ ๐—น๐—ถ๐˜๐˜๐—น๐—ฒ ๐—ฏ๐—ถ๐˜ ๐—ฝ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฑ ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—บ๐˜€๐—ฒ๐—น๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐˜€! Indi Rose is racking up the reps and this time it was Judo๐Ÿฅ‹ who was put through h...
04/11/2024

๐—๐˜‚๐˜€๐˜ ๐—ฎ ๐—น๐—ถ๐˜๐˜๐—น๐—ฒ ๐—ฏ๐—ถ๐˜ ๐—ฝ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฑ ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—บ๐˜€๐—ฒ๐—น๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐˜€!

Indi Rose is racking up the reps and this time it was Judo๐Ÿฅ‹ who was put through his paces whilst participating in a "Lifeskills 4 Lifestyle" class.

๐™‘๐™€๐™๐™” ๐™‹๐™ง๐™ค๐™ช๐™™ ๐™๐™ง๐™–๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™š๐™ง ๐™–๐™ฃ๐™™ ๐™๐™–๐™ฉ๐™๐™š๐™ง/๐˜ฟ๐™ค๐™œ๐™›๐™–๐™ฉ๐™๐™š๐™ง...

Judo๐Ÿฅ‹ is A LOT OF DOG, but one quality I absolutely love in him is his ability to self-regulate his drive and enthusiasm around young children and the elderly. It's a beautiful thing!

๐—œ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ธ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ถ๐—ฟ ๐˜€๐—บ๐—ถ๐—น๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐˜€๐—ฎ๐˜† ๐—ถ๐˜ ๐—ฎ๐—น๐—น ๐Ÿ˜Š

๐—ง๐—ต๐—ฒ๐˜† ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐—ถ๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐—ถ๐˜! ๐Ÿ‘Š๐Ÿ’ฅ

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๐—”๐—ป๐—ผ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—ฆ๐˜‚๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฝ๐˜‚๐—ฝ ๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜€ ๐—ท๐˜‚๐˜€๐˜ ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ป ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—น๐—ถ๐˜€๐˜ ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐—ฎ๐˜„๐—ฒ๐˜€๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ฒ ๐—ฝ๐˜‚๐—ฝ๐—ฝ๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐—ฐ๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜๐—น๐˜† ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐˜๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด...Gypsy started her formal pha...
04/11/2024

๐—”๐—ป๐—ผ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—ฆ๐˜‚๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฝ๐˜‚๐—ฝ ๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜€ ๐—ท๐˜‚๐˜€๐˜ ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ป ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—น๐—ถ๐˜€๐˜ ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐—ฎ๐˜„๐—ฒ๐˜€๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ฒ ๐—ฝ๐˜‚๐—ฝ๐—ฝ๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐—ฐ๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜๐—น๐˜† ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐˜๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด...

Gypsy started her formal phase of learning this morning and what a great way to start the week it was. This lovely little lady is starting life with so many positives including a beautiful temperament, great genetics, and an eager to please attitude.

๐™Š๐™, ๐™–๐™ฃ๐™™ ๐™จ๐™๐™š ๐™ฆ๐™ช๐™ž๐™ฉ๐™š ๐™ก๐™ž๐™ ๐™š๐™จ ๐™๐™š๐™ง ๐™›๐™ค๐™ค๐™™ ๐™จ๐™ค ๐™จ๐™๐™š'๐™จ ๐™จ๐™ช๐™ฅ๐™š๐™ง ๐™ฉ๐™ง๐™–๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™–๐™—๐™ก๐™š!

As always, foundations first, but beyond that we could see Gypsy heading into a future Assistance Dog role. She's definitely got all the attributes shining through from such a young age.

๐—ง๐—ต๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐—ฏ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐˜€๐˜‚๐—ฐ๐—ต ๐˜„๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ณ๐˜‚๐—น ๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐˜๐˜€, ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ๐˜† ๐˜๐—ฟ๐˜‚๐—น๐˜† ๐—ฑ๐—ผ ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฝ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜ "๐—บ๐—ฎ๐—ป'๐˜€ ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜ ๐—ณ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฑ" ๐Ÿ™‡

๐—ช๐—ฒ ๐—น๐—ผ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ ๐—ฎ ๐˜„๐—ฒ๐—น๐—น ๐—ฏ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐—Ÿ๐—ฎ๐—ฏ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ๐—ผ๐—ฟ! ๐Ÿ‘Š๐Ÿ’ฅ

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๐—–๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ด๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐˜๐˜‚๐—น๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜€ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐—ข๐—ฐ๐˜๐—ผ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—ž๐Ÿต ๐—”๐—บ๐—ฏ๐—ฎ๐˜€๐˜€๐—ฎ๐—ฑ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐—”๐˜„๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฑ ๐—ช๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ป๐—ฒ๐—ฟ...๐—œ๐˜'๐˜€ ๐—ง๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—บ ๐—Ÿ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ป๐˜† ๐Ÿ†โœจ๏ธConnor and Lenny are now a certified Assi...
31/10/2024

๐—–๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ด๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐˜๐˜‚๐—น๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜€ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐—ข๐—ฐ๐˜๐—ผ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—ž๐Ÿต ๐—”๐—บ๐—ฏ๐—ฎ๐˜€๐˜€๐—ฎ๐—ฑ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐—”๐˜„๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฑ ๐—ช๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ป๐—ฒ๐—ฟ...

๐—œ๐˜'๐˜€ ๐—ง๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—บ ๐—Ÿ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ป๐˜† ๐Ÿ†โœจ๏ธ

Connor and Lenny are now a certified Assistance Dog team. This comes after working with Mike since Lenny was a little puppy way back in April 2021. These guys are now members of our ๐™“๐™‡๐™8 ๐™Š๐™›๐™›-๐™‡๐™š๐™–๐™จ๐™ ๐™‹๐™ง๐™ค๐™œ๐™ง๐™–๐™ข and have worked through every level of our progressive training platform.

๐˜“๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฏ๐˜บ ๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด ๐˜ง๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฎ ๐˜ข ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฑ๐˜ถ๐˜ต๐˜ข๐˜ฃ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฃ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ ๐˜ธ๐˜ฉ๐˜ฐ ๐˜ฑ๐˜ถ๐˜ณ๐˜ฑ๐˜ฐ๐˜ด๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฃ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ๐˜ด ๐˜ง๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ง๐˜ถ๐˜ต๐˜ถ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง ๐˜ˆ๐˜ด๐˜ด๐˜ช๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ค๐˜ฆ ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜›๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜ฑ๐˜บ ๐˜‹๐˜ฐ๐˜จ๐˜ด. ๐˜๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ด ๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜ด๐˜ฐ ๐˜ธ๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ฌ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜จ๐˜ฉ ๐˜ข ๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜จ๐˜ช๐˜ค ๐˜ฅ๐˜ฆ๐˜ท๐˜ฆ๐˜ญ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฑ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต ๐˜ฑ๐˜ญ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ, ๐˜ธ๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ค๐˜ฉ ๐˜ช๐˜ด ๐˜ธ๐˜ฉ๐˜บ ๐˜ธ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ๐˜ฅ๐˜ข๐˜บ ๐˜ค๐˜ฆ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฃ๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ด ๐˜ง๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ต๐˜ข๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ค ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ถ๐˜ญ๐˜ต ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ฎ๐˜ช๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ.

๐—ง๐—ต๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜๐—ถ๐—ป๐˜‚๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐Ÿญ๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿฌ% ๐˜€๐˜‚๐—ฐ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜€ ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฒ ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜ƒ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ฑ๐—ผ๐—ด๐˜€ ๐˜„๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ธ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ด๐—ต ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐—ฝ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—ด๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜€๐—ถ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ ๐˜๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ฝ๐—น๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—บ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ป ๐—ด๐—ผ ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—ฝ๐—ฎ๐˜€๐˜€ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ฃ๐—”๐—ง ๐—ง๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜. (Something we are very proud of!).

A special mention goes out to the amazing Denise (Connor's mum) for all your support and contributions to the training. And for just being an all-around bloody legend! ๐Ÿ‘Š๐Ÿ’ฅ

๐—ช๐—ฎ๐˜† ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—ด๐—ผ ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—บ...

๐—ช๐—˜ ๐——๐—œ๐—— ๐—œ๐—ง!!! ๐Ÿ™‡

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30/10/2024

๐—›๐—ผ๐˜„'๐˜€ ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐—ฑ๐—ผ๐—ด๐˜€ ๐—น๐—ฒ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—น ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฐ๐˜‚๐˜€ ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ฎ๐˜๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐˜๐—ฎ๐—ถ๐—น ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ถ๐—ฟ ๐˜๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด?

Not to be out done by Jazzy & Frankie, here's Katie and Ozai showcasing some lovely work. With the trial season done and dusted for our ๐—–๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ฝ ๐—–๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐˜„ it's now time to break everything down and be super critical of where things can be sharpened up.

We are so blessed ๐Ÿ™Œ to have an amazing team of people and dogs who allow us to push for perfection and who demonstrate what we are passionate about. Mike's Private Coaching Platform is stacked full of highly skilled handlers and dogs unleashing their full potential.

Training dogs to a high standard ๐—œ๐—ฆ๐—ก'๐—ง ๐—”๐—•๐—ข๐—จ๐—ง ๐—–๐—ข๐—ก๐—ง๐—ฅ๐—ข๐—Ÿ...

๐—œ๐˜'๐˜€ ๐—”๐—Ÿ๐—Ÿ ๐—”๐—•๐—ข๐—จ๐—ง ๐—–๐—ข๐—ข๐—ฃ๐—˜๐—ฅ๐—”๐—ง๐—œ๐—ข๐—ก! ๐Ÿ‘Š๐Ÿ’ฅ

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26/10/2024

"๐—ฃ๐—น๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฒ ๐—ฅ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ ๐—ฅ๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐—น๐—น" - ๐—ง๐—ถ๐—บ๐—ฒ ๐—ง๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ฎ๐—น โฑ๏ธ

@ ๐™“๐™‡๐™8 "๐™Š๐™›๐™›-๐™‡๐™š๐™–๐™จ๐™" ๐™‹๐™ง๐™ค๐™œ๐™ง๐™–๐™ข

What does it mean when you have amazing clients who invest a lot into their dogs training?

It means we get to do lots of ๐—–๐—ข๐—ข๐—Ÿ ๐—ฆ๐—ง๐—จ๐—™๐—™ with our dogs!

๐™ƒ๐™š๐™ง๐™š'๐™จ ๐™จ๐™ค๐™ข๐™š ๐™ค๐™› ๐™“๐™‡๐™8 ๐™‹๐™ง๐™ค๐™œ๐™ง๐™–๐™ข ๐™จ๐™ฉ๐™ช๐™™๐™š๐™ฃ๐™ฉ๐™จ ๐™ฅ๐™–๐™ง๐™ฉ๐™ž๐™˜๐™ž๐™ฅ๐™–๐™ฉ๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™œ ๐™ž๐™ฃ ๐™ฉ๐™๐™š ๐™‹๐™ก๐™–๐™ฉ๐™š ๐™๐™–๐™˜๐™š ๐™๐™š๐™˜๐™–๐™ก๐™ก ๐Ÿ

The current record up and back is 5.4sec...

That's ๐—™๐—”๐—ฆ๐—ง ๐Ÿƒโ€โ™‚๏ธ โœจ๏ธ๐Ÿƒโ€โ™€๏ธโœจ๏ธ๐Ÿƒ

๐™๐™๐™–๐™ฃ๐™ ๐™จ ๐™›๐™ค๐™ง ๐™—๐™š๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™œ ๐™–๐™ฌ๐™š๐™จ๐™ค๐™ข๐™š ๐™ฉ๐™š๐™–๐™ข! ๐Ÿ‘Š๐Ÿ’ฅ

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25/10/2024

๐—œ ๐—ท๐˜‚๐˜€๐˜ ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐˜‚๐—ด๐—ต๐˜ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐—น๐—ถ๐˜๐˜๐—น๐—ฒ ๐—ด๐—ฒ๐—บ ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ ๐ŸŽฅ

Friday arvo vibes during a client session after a big week courtesy of Judo and his current work attitude...

๐™Ž๐™š๐™ง๐™ž๐™ค๐™ช๐™จ๐™ก๐™ฎ ๐™—๐™ง๐™ค? ๐Ÿคฆ

Well, it looks like Ace is getting employee of the month and not you! ๐Ÿคทโ€โ™‚๏ธ

๐—›๐—ฎ๐—ฝ๐—ฝ๐˜† ๐—ช๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ธ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฑ!

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๐—ข๐—ฏ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ฒ ๐—ฑ๐—ผ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐—ป'๐˜ "๐—ณ๐—ถ๐˜…" ๐—ฒ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜†๐˜๐—ต๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด...๐—•๐—จ๐—ง ๐—œ๐—ง'๐—ฆ ๐—” ๐—š๐—ข๐—ข๐—— ๐—ฃ๐—Ÿ๐—”๐—–๐—˜ ๐—ง๐—ข ๐—ฆ๐—ง๐—”๐—ฅ๐—ง! If there's one clear and common denominator between...
24/10/2024

๐—ข๐—ฏ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ฒ ๐—ฑ๐—ผ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐—ป'๐˜ "๐—ณ๐—ถ๐˜…" ๐—ฒ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜†๐˜๐—ต๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด...

๐—•๐—จ๐—ง ๐—œ๐—ง'๐—ฆ ๐—” ๐—š๐—ข๐—ข๐—— ๐—ฃ๐—Ÿ๐—”๐—–๐—˜ ๐—ง๐—ข ๐—ฆ๐—ง๐—”๐—ฅ๐—ง!

If there's one clear and common denominator between all of the dogs we assess, whether it's for aggression, reactivity, anxiety, nervousness or fear based behaviours, it's that ALL these dogs are lacking a solid foundation in obedience.

Obedience plays a key role in the management of our dogs, and it's an important part in building clear and consistent pathways for communication. The process of training and teaching dogs skills also helps to strengthen our bond and relationship.

๐™๐™–๐™ง ๐™ฉ๐™ค๐™ค ๐™ค๐™›๐™ฉ๐™š๐™ฃ ๐™ฌ๐™š ๐™จ๐™š๐™š ๐™ฅ๐™š๐™ค๐™ฅ๐™ก๐™š ๐™˜๐™ค๐™ฃ๐™จ๐™ฉ๐™–๐™ฃ๐™ฉ๐™ก๐™ฎ ๐™ฉ๐™š๐™ก๐™ก๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™œ ๐™ฉ๐™๐™š๐™ž๐™ง ๐™™๐™ค๐™œ ๐™’๐™ƒ๐˜ผ๐™ ๐™‰๐™Š๐™ ๐™๐™Š ๐˜ฟ๐™Š ๐™จ๐™ž๐™ข๐™ฅ๐™ก๐™ฎ ๐™—๐™š๐™˜๐™–๐™ช๐™จ๐™š ๐™ฉ๐™๐™š๐™ฎ ๐™๐™–๐™ซ๐™š๐™ฃ'๐™ฉ ๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™ซ๐™š๐™จ๐™ฉ๐™š๐™™ ๐™š๐™ฃ๐™ค๐™ช๐™œ๐™ ๐™ฉ๐™ž๐™ข๐™š ๐™ž๐™ฃ ๐™ฉ๐™š๐™–๐™˜๐™๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™œ ๐™ฉ๐™๐™š ๐™™๐™ค๐™œ ๐™’๐™ƒ๐˜ผ๐™ ๐™๐™Š ๐˜ฟ๐™Š!

Freedom should always be based on education, and having a trained dog allows for a much better quality of life given the places you can go and enjoy together.

๐—›๐—ถ๐—ด๐—ต ๐˜€๐˜๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฑ๐˜€ ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐—ผ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ฒ ๐˜๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ถ๐˜€๐—ป'๐˜ ๐—ฎ๐—ฏ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐˜ ๐—ฐ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด "๐—ฅ๐—ผ๐—ฏ๐—ผ๐˜๐˜€" - ๐—ถ๐˜'๐˜€ ๐—ฎ๐—น๐—น ๐—ฎ๐—ฏ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐˜ ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—บ๐—ผ๐˜ƒ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ณ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐˜ ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ฏ๐˜‚๐—ถ๐—น๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—ผ๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป!

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๐—ง๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐——๐—ถ๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ป๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐——๐—ผ๐—ด ๐—ง๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐—ฟ...๐Ÿ’ ๐—œ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐—ด๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฒ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜!!!This is a topic that I have wanted post about for a long time, especial...
22/10/2024

๐—ง๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐——๐—ถ๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ป๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐——๐—ผ๐—ด ๐—ง๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐—ฟ...

๐Ÿ’ ๐—œ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐—ด๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฒ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜!!!

This is a topic that I have wanted post about for a long time, especially because it's something I've witnessed (and worked with) many times over all these years.

๐˜ž๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ ๐˜บ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ ๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ท๐˜ฆ ๐˜ข ๐˜ฑ๐˜ข๐˜ด๐˜ด๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ง๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ ๐˜ด๐˜ฐ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ, ๐˜ธ๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ท๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ต ๐˜ฎ๐˜ช๐˜จ๐˜ฉ๐˜ต ๐˜ฃ๐˜ฆ, ๐˜ช๐˜ต'๐˜ด ๐˜ด๐˜ฐ ๐˜ช๐˜ฎ๐˜ฑ๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ต๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ต ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ง๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ด ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ด๐˜ถ๐˜ณ๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜บ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ณ๐˜ด๐˜ฆ๐˜ญ๐˜ง ๐˜ธ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ฉ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฐ๐˜ด๐˜ฆ ๐˜ธ๐˜ฉ๐˜ฐ ๐˜ด๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ ๐˜บ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ณ ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ถ๐˜ด๐˜ช๐˜ข๐˜ด๐˜ฎ. ๐˜‹๐˜ฐ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ต ๐˜ง๐˜ฆ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ๐˜ด ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ณ ๐˜ฑ๐˜ข๐˜ด๐˜ด๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ, ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ง๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ต ๐˜ฑ๐˜ข๐˜ด๐˜ด๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ช๐˜ด ๐˜ต๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ฅ๐˜ฐ๐˜จ๐˜ด!

But sometimes, as dog trainers, we find ourselves presented with people who just don't share that passion. ๐—ง๐—ต๐—ฒ๐˜†'๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐—ป๐—ผ๐˜ ๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐˜‚๐˜€๐—ฒ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ๐˜† ๐˜„๐—ฎ๐—ป๐˜ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ, ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ๐˜†'๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐—•๐—˜๐—–๐—”๐—จ๐—ฆ๐—˜ ๐—ง๐—›๐—˜๐—ฌ ๐—›๐—”๐—ฉ๐—˜ ๐—ง๐—ข ๐—•๐—˜...

And the largest portion of people who make up this group are?

Almost always... ๐——๐—œ๐—ฆ๐—œ๐—ก๐—ง๐—˜๐—ฅ๐—˜๐—ฆ๐—ง๐—˜๐—— ๐—ฃ๐—”๐—ฅ๐—ง๐—ก๐—˜๐—ฅ๐—ฆ!

๐—ฆ๐—ผ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐˜†๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ฒ ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐˜ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐˜„๐—ต๐—ผ ๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐˜„๐—ฎ๐—ป๐˜๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ถ๐—ฟ "๐——๐—ถ๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ป๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐—ฃ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐˜๐—ป๐—ฒ๐—ฟ" ๐˜๐—ผ "๐—ด๐—ฒ๐˜ ๐—ถ๐—ป๐˜ƒ๐—ผ๐—น๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ" ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ฝ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜€ ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐˜๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ฑ๐—ผ๐—ด, ๐—ณ๐—ถ๐—ฟ๐˜€๐˜ ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐—ฎ๐—น๐—น ๐—ฎ๐˜€๐—ธ ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐˜€๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ณ ๐—ช๐—›๐—ฌ?

โ–ช๏ธWhy would you want someone to do something they have zerO interest in?

โ–ช๏ธWhy would you want your dog to spend time with someone who doesn't enjoy training them?

โ–ช๏ธWhy would you expect doing this to result in actually achieving results?

โ–ช๏ธAnd why would you inflict this on your nominated dog trainer, who LOVES what they do?

Over the years I have had the displeasure of spending time with people who clearly don't want to do dog training. Knowing that, and trying to make it through a consultation is agony.

๐—ฆ๐—ผ ๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ'๐˜€ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด...

If you're thinking of involving a family member, partner, husband, wife, boyfriend or girlfriend in the process that is dog training โฌ‡๏ธ . โฌ‡๏ธ . โฌ‡๏ธ

โžก๏ธ ๐— ๐—”๐—ž๐—˜ ๐—ฆ๐—จ๐—ฅ๐—˜ ๐—ง๐—›๐—˜๐—ฌ'๐—ฅ๐—˜ ๐—œ๐—ก๐—ง๐—ข ๐—œ๐—ง โœ”๏ธ

โžก๏ธ ๐—”๐—ก๐—— ๐—ก๐—ข๐—ง ๐—™๐—ข๐—ฅ๐—–๐—˜๐—— ๐—œ๐—ก๐—ง๐—ข ๐—œ๐—ง โŒ๏ธ

๐—•๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐˜‚๐˜€๐—ฒ ๐—ถ๐—ณ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ๐˜†'๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ป๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐—ถ๐˜ ๐—ฑ๐—ผ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐—ป'๐˜ ๐˜„๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ธ.

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"๐—™๐—น๐—ถ๐—ฝ ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐—–๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—ฐ๐˜€ ๐—ถ๐—ป๐˜๐—ผ ๐˜€๐—ฝ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐˜๐˜€ ๐—บ๐—ผ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ, ๐—ด๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ฏ ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐˜๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜€ ๐—ฝ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฐ๐—ต, ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ด๐—ฒ๐˜ ๐—ž๐—ฎ๐˜€๐—ฎ๐—ฟ ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐˜ ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐—ต๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐—ฐ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฒ ๐—ธ๐—ถ๐—ฑ๐—ฑ๐—ผ... ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚'๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐˜‚๐—ฝ..."๐‘ฐ'๐’๐™ก ๐™ฃ...
17/10/2024

"๐—™๐—น๐—ถ๐—ฝ ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐—–๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—ฐ๐˜€ ๐—ถ๐—ป๐˜๐—ผ ๐˜€๐—ฝ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐˜๐˜€ ๐—บ๐—ผ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ, ๐—ด๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ฏ ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐˜๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜€ ๐—ฝ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฐ๐—ต, ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ด๐—ฒ๐˜ ๐—ž๐—ฎ๐˜€๐—ฎ๐—ฟ ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐˜ ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐—ต๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐—ฐ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฒ ๐—ธ๐—ถ๐—ฑ๐—ฑ๐—ผ... ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚'๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐˜‚๐—ฝ..."

๐‘ฐ'๐’๐™ก ๐™ฃ๐’†๐™ซ๐’†๐™ง ๐™›๐’๐™ง๐’ˆ๐™š๐’• ๐’”๐™–๐’š๐™ž๐’๐™œ ๐™ฉ๐’‰๐™š๐’”๐™š ๐™ฌ๐’๐™ง๐’…๐™จ!

It's been 10 years in the making, 6 years of having my little girl sit on the sidelines watching, learning, and asking non-stop. "When can I train in classes dad?"

๐‘ณ๐˜ผ๐‘บ๐™ ๐™‰๐‘ฐ๐™‚๐‘ฏ๐™ ๐‘พ๐˜ผ๐‘บ ๐™ƒ๐‘ฌ๐™ ๐™ˆ๐‘ถ๐™ˆ๐‘ฌ๐™‰๐‘ป...

Proud father, and proud Dogfather, is an understatement. My little girl was a superstar amongst some of our OGs in our "Lifeskills 4 Lifestyle" class. And to share this special moment with Kasar just made it all the more amazing.

๐‘พ๐™–๐’š ๐’•๐™ค ๐™œ๐’ ๐‘ฐ๐™ฃ๐’…๐™ž ๐™๐’๐™จ๐’† ๐ŸŒน

And a special mention to our clients (and your dogs) for your awesomeness too!

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14/10/2024

๐—Ÿ๐—ผ๐—ผ๐˜€๐—ฒ-๐—Ÿ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ ๐—ช๐—ฎ๐—น๐—ธ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐Ÿพ

Check out Ollie, one of a number of our recent ๐™Ž๐™ช๐™ฅ๐™š๐™ง๐™ฅ๐™ช๐™ฅ๐™จ ๐™‹๐™ช๐™ฅ๐™ฅ๐™ฎ ๐˜ฟ๐™š๐™ซ๐™š๐™ก๐™ค๐™ฅ๐™ข๐™š๐™ฃ๐™ฉ ๐™‹๐™ง๐™ค๐™œ๐™ง๐™–๐™ข graduates showcasing his beautiful leash manners and highly attentive behaviour.

Like the other young dogs and puppies on our program, we don't need to address leash pulling or leash-reactive issues...

๐—•๐—˜๐—–๐—”๐—จ๐—ฆ๐—˜ ๐—ฃ๐—ฅ๐—˜๐—ฉ๐—˜๐—ก๐—ง๐—œ๐—ข๐—ก ๐—•๐—˜๐—”๐—ง๐—ฆ ๐—–๐—จ๐—ฅ๐—˜!

Having training systems and a step-by-step approach to developing puppies is important. As is educating owners/handlers to develop their training/teaching skills, which obviously accelerates learning.

This was Ollie's first time at the Riverway, but it certainly wasn't a fluke that he was so well behaved, so focused, and so confident.

๐—ง๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ฏ๐—ผ๐˜๐˜๐—ผ๐—บ ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฒ ๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐˜„๐—ฎ๐˜€ ๐—”๐—Ÿ๐—Ÿ ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ผ๐˜€๐—ฒ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด๐˜€ ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐˜‚๐˜€๐—ฒ ๐—ต๐—ฒ'๐˜€ ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ป ๐—ฆ๐—ข ๐—ช๐—˜๐—Ÿ๐—Ÿ ๐—ฃ๐—ฅ๐—˜๐—ฃ๐—”๐—ฅ๐—˜๐——...

๐—”๐˜„๐—ฒ๐˜€๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ฒ ๐˜„๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ธ ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—บ! ๐Ÿ‘Š๐Ÿ’ฅ

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13/10/2024

๐—ง๐—ผ ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐˜† ๐˜„๐—ฒ ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐—ท๐˜‚๐˜€๐˜ ๐—ง๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐——๐—ผ๐—ด๐—ณ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐——๐—ผ๐—ด ๐—ง๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐Ÿพ

But behind the scenes Mike's other passion is his birds. If clients have noticed he's looking a little tired at the moment it's because he's become another type of "father" - he's having a very successful breeding season!

๐—”๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜'๐˜€ ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐˜‚๐˜€๐—ฒ ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐—ต๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐—น๐—ผ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—™๐—ถ๐—ณ๐—ฒ ๐—–๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐˜† ๐Ÿ’›๐Ÿฅ

This hobby runs generations deep in Mike's family, and these beautiful little birds are his other passion, and of excellent pedigree.

๐—›๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ'๐˜€ ๐˜„๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐˜€๐—ฝ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐˜๐—ถ๐—บ๐—ฒ ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐˜€ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐—ต๐—ผ๐˜‚๐˜€๐—ฒ๐—ต๐—ผ๐—น๐—ฑ, ๐—ถ๐˜'๐˜€ ๐—ฎ ๐˜๐—ถ๐—บ๐—ฒ ๐˜„๐—ฒ ๐˜„๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ฒ ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐˜„ ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ณ๐—ฒ...

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