Doggie School

06/05/2024

Dates for the next course of group classes. I am away the weekend of the 15th June so we will run for 9weeks but will only actually have 8 classes. Once I know who will be joining I can give the times through. Groups catered for;
Beginner, Adolescent and Advanced.
01/06
08/06
15/06 – SKIP
22/06
29/06
06/07
13/07
20/07
27/07
Please message for prices and more information.

29/04/2024

27/02/2024

🐾 Save the date 🐾

29/12/2023

From our pack to yours, pleaseremember to keep your babies safe and secured Old Years Eve, some humans are twatterpuses🙃

24/12/2023

merry christmas and happy howlidays, don't forget santapaws is NOT a chew toy 🙃

07/12/2023

A crazy, foreign concept 🤯

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23/11/2023

🐾 Save the date and come join the fun!! 🐾

04/11/2023

I often get contacted to help with dog behaviors that a troublesome to owners. In most instances these behaviors are because of boredom or the breeds drive/trate and lack of exercise. This cannot be trained away. We can mitigate as much as possible. But at the end of the day if you as owner don't do put in the work or understand what you adopted/bought, there is fairly little we can do to "fix" the dog. A beagle is going to bark, a jack russel is going to dig, a labrador is going to mouth (and destroy everything), a german shepherd is going to heard...........this is what they were bred to do, these are trates that come naturally to them. Dogs who are not exercised enough are also going to bark, dig and destroy things but will generally stop this if you give them enough mental and physical stimulation. Pop us a message and find out what your dog's trate/s are and how you can honor it. It will make your dog's (and your) life a lot easier and a lot more fun.

29/10/2023

🐾 We are taking in December bookings. Please contact S.P.C.A 064 404419/081 477 4395 or email [email protected] to make your booking. Remember vaccination cards to be up to date and flea and tick treatment to be done. We look forward to seeing you 🐾

08/08/2023

So True!

31/01/2023

Method K9 deserves all the credit for raising this very very controversial topic. We hear this ALL the time, and it an incredibly dangerous mentality to carry around. It puts everyone at risk. One of the reasons pitbulls are in jeopardy today. Before them it was the Rottweiler and before the Rottweiler, the GSD. Educate yourselves, educate yourselves, educate yourselves.

31/12/2022

Keep them safe tonight. Pack protects pack. Have a spectacular 2023, from our pack to yours, may your year be filled with nose boops and window art.

24/12/2022

Merry Christmas. It is a time to appreciate the important things like family. Remember to our dogs, pack is family.

25/11/2022

Thank you to Doggie Lodge Swakopmund and Doggie School for sponsoring Pako magaziens to Moses van der Byl School. Thank you Mr Kamati for motivating the children! Happy faces before their holiday :-)

20/11/2022

Want to rant a little about the topic doing it's rounds on Facebook as well as the petition to ban the breed. FIRST there are no bad dogs only BAD humans and SECOND there are no bad breeds there are only BAD breeders. There are factors to consider when getting any dog breed and it starts with you;
* Do I know what the breed I am getting, or have I done my research
* Can I be what the breed needs by setting boundaries
* Can I answer what drives the dog (hunting, herding, guarding etc) or am I going to chuck it in a yard and only take it out when I have time.
*Is the breeder reputable and NO KUSA registered breeders are not reputable, do your homework, they are a database only!!! Reputable breeders do health checks, temperament checks and normally keep your puppy till they are between 8 and 10 weeks old. Your puppy comes with a contract and bloodline i.e is registered with the specific breed's federation.
You will pay upwards of N$10 000.00 per puppy. This is because the breeder has spent a lot time, effor and money to make sure your puppy is healthy and stable.

If you aren't prepared to pay that, then wait for the breed to be available at a rescue, don't buy cheap dogs, adopt!!!

Taking all of the above into consideration and what I see daily on the dog groups in Nam and SA no wonder the Pitbull breed is on the ban list. The breeders are breeding them to be aggressive because that is what the public wants. They feel their social system is failing them and they have zero faith in the police.

The problem is it's too late to turn back the clock, too many of these dogs are with backyard breeders already. And a backyard breeder is ANYONE not doing what reputable breeders do. YOU are the reason dogs land up in the SPCA's, fighting rings, rehomed continuously or PTS. It's starts with you!!! The amount of terriers and terrier crosses waiting to be rehomed (and you can set your watch by their age between 7 - 18months) and PTS in this country is staggering (jack russels, pitbulls, bullterriers staffies etc.)

So as much as I hate to say it, the dogs don't deserve to have been failed this way and since the government and local authorities can't and won't do anything, the breed will be banned. And then you can thank the backyard breeders and owners simply leaving their dogs in yards day after day building up frustration until one day they get out and it's over.

And it won't stop at the Pitbull.