Passionate dog enthusiast and hobby dog trainer sharing training resources and Toby's favourite force-free tips to help reshape his brain by teaching concepts and life skills through games. I've been very lucky to have had 4 dogs in my life over the last 30 years – Bobbie, Rubi, Gracie, and Toby. I am a dog owner, I’m passionate about dogs, I am Toby’s mama and trainer, and my hobby is dog trainin
g and behaviour. I am not a professional dog trainer nor am I running training classes – just tips, ideas, advice, sharing great resources. I became a certified Dog Behavioural Training Instructor with Delta Society Australia in 2005; developed, implemented and facilitated the dog training orientation for RSCPCA volunteers and ran private dog training classes in Australia from 2004-2006. For the next several years, I focused on my completely unrelated business career and enjoyed life with my beautiful dog Rubi. I adopted Toby in 2019 and he's lead me down a path of learning more about behaviour and related challenges with his anxiety, fear and leash reactivity. I sought help from a local trainer, Toby's vet, a vet behaviourist, and various online resources. I finally found Absolute Dogs (based in the UK) in January 2021 and started taking online course. I completed the Pro Dog Trainer course in December 2021. I continue to take various Absolute Dogs courses, some of which are promoted on my page. I am affiliated with Absolute Dogs (because of all of the courses I’ve completed) and I do receive commission, which helps me pay for more courses! I'm hardly an expert, but I do have a few tips, tricks, and ideas up my sleeve, which I though I would share for those who ask.
