Positive Paws

Positive Paws Dog Trainer- Behaviour consultant At Positive Paws we strive to create the best possible relationship between you and your canine friend.
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we use the most upto date science based methods to ensure we are providing the best possible service. We offer 1 on 1 sessions, to help you understand the reasons for your dog’s behaviour. From puppy socialisation and the basic commands, to the more complex cases such as anxious, aggressive and reactive behavior. Our aim us to get the best results for you and your dog. Every breed has a different

need! We work with all sizes, shapes and ages. No challenge is too great, and no dog is a problem not worth helping.

Atlas is on our puppy program. The cutest button to finish off 2024. ❣️
21/12/2024

Atlas is on our puppy program.

The cutest button to finish off 2024. ❣️

Thank you so much for your feedback! ❤️
01/12/2024

Thank you so much for your feedback! ❤️

We were referred to Positive Paws and Divina by our breeder, and I'm so grateful we made the trip from Waiheke. We have a Rhodesian Ridgeback who can get anxious around other dogs, and through our day training session, we learned how to better interpret both her body language and that of other dogs. Davina provided clear guidelines on how to keep her and others safe, while also offering creative ways to boost our dog's confidence and make training fun. Davina's expertise and deep understanding of dogs make her the best dog trainer we've worked with so far.

26/11/2024

Bella struggles with novel people generally.

Her owner has been working with us for a few months now, and we have had great growth.

However, she also has some medical stuff going on.

She needs a steroid injection in her spine.

Due to lots of medical intervention to diagnose this, she has become somewhat hesitant to allow vets to examine her.

Her owner has done a fantastic job in preparing her for the sedation.

Now she has a good understanding of what the context of this exercise involves, Todd has continued to generalise this to allow optimum success.

AKA Yin and Yang 😆
25/11/2024

AKA Yin and Yang 😆

Today, we had the gorgeous Coco, and her owners come over from Waiheke Island for the day. Coco has sadly been in a few ...
24/11/2024

Today, we had the gorgeous Coco, and her owners come over from Waiheke Island for the day.

Coco has sadly been in a few incidents, where she was charged and bitten by off leash dogs.

Given that the owners live on an island, we spent the day focusing on skilling the owners up, building Coco confidence through reliable strategies, and teaching them how to advocate for Coco around off leash dogs.

We also spent time putting these in to play with my personal dogs to create real-life scenarios. While this initally put Coco under stress, it gave the owners the confidence to know how to work her through behaviours.

We also encountered many off leash dogs throughout the day and had great success working her through it.

We had a lot to pack in to one day, but both Coco and her owners gained a lot of confidence and clarity.

Super day for all.

Slip leads back in stock! These are just some of the colour's we have. If you ve been waiting for the order, or have bor...
16/11/2024

Slip leads back in stock!

These are just some of the colour's we have.

If you ve been waiting for the order, or have borrowed one of mine, now is your time to hit me up to get your very own 😊

We love Cornwall park!
16/11/2024

We love Cornwall park!

For all the dogs out there, welcome to Cornwall Park! Cornwall Park is a dog-friendly on-leash park, we love seeing you out strolling about. The main thing to remember (and to remind your humans) is that we are an on-leash park. This means that the minute you step into Cornwall Park, or jump from yo...

14/11/2024

Thank you for entrusting us with Maxi.

He is such a fun boy to work.

And you are a pleasure to coach as a team.

Christmas!! 🌲🎅🎁Yes, you read it right, Christmas is just around the corner.For the remaining of this year we are filling...
21/10/2024

Christmas!! 🌲🎅🎁

Yes, you read it right, Christmas is just around the corner.

For the remaining of this year we are filling fast so if you have been thinking about taking the plunge please be mindful we don't have much left, we do have availability to fit in 𝗮 day-train program in November and 𝘀𝗼𝗺𝗲 1-2-1 coachings.

Also friendly reminder for our current client base to also to let me know if you wish to book anything for new year.

Board and trains are booked until the end of Feb next year, however are taking new bookings for March now.

With lighter evenings and summer just around the corner, if you want to enjoy those evening strolls with your dog,
DM 📧𝙥𝙤𝙨𝙞𝙩𝙞𝙫𝙚-𝙥𝙖𝙬𝙨@𝙤𝙪𝙩𝙡𝙤𝙤𝙠.𝙘𝙤𝙢

Obligatory group photo with our current board and train, Frida ❤️
19/10/2024

Obligatory group photo with our current board and train, Frida ❤️

This year hasn't been smooth sailing for myself, we have faced some challenges with our personal dogs and my health. Rec...
09/10/2024

This year hasn't been smooth sailing for myself, we have faced some challenges with our personal dogs and my health.

Receiving messages from clients on my birthday make this last year that bit easier. 🙏

As always we are hugely greatful for our client base and the relationships we have made along the way, dog and human.❤️

"𝙃𝙖𝙥𝙥𝙮 𝙗𝙞𝙧𝙩𝙝𝙙𝙖𝙮 𝙛𝙤𝙧 𝙮𝙚𝙨𝙩𝙚𝙧𝙙𝙖𝙮 𝘿𝙖𝙫𝙞𝙣𝙖, 𝙄 𝙟𝙪𝙨𝙩 𝙬𝙖𝙣𝙩 𝙩𝙤 𝙨𝙖𝙮 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙝𝙖𝙫𝙚 𝙢𝙖𝙙𝙚 𝙖 𝙢𝙖𝙨𝙨𝙞𝙫𝙚 𝙞𝙢𝙥𝙖𝙘𝙩 𝙞𝙣 𝙢𝙮 𝙡𝙞𝙛𝙚 𝙖𝙡𝙤𝙣𝙜 𝙨𝙞𝙙𝙚 𝙤𝙛 𝙋𝙖𝙗𝙡𝙤, 𝙪𝙣𝙙𝙚𝙧𝙨𝙩𝙖𝙣𝙙𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙝𝙞𝙢, 𝙪𝙣𝙡𝙤𝙘𝙠𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙨 𝙡𝙞𝙛𝙚 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙡𝙚𝙖𝙙𝙚𝙧𝙨𝙝𝙞𝙥 𝙞𝙣𝙨𝙞𝙙𝙚 𝙢𝙮𝙨𝙚𝙡𝙛 𝙝𝙖𝙨 𝙗𝙚𝙚𝙣 𝙢𝙖𝙨𝙨𝙞𝙫𝙚 𝙛𝙤𝙧 𝙢𝙮 𝙨𝙚𝙡𝙛 𝙚𝙨𝙩𝙚𝙚𝙢. 𝘼𝙘𝙝𝙞𝙚𝙫𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙧𝙚𝙡𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣𝙨𝙝𝙞𝙥 𝙗𝙮 𝙬𝙤𝙧𝙠𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙖𝙩 𝙞𝙩 𝙞𝙨 𝙧𝙚𝙖𝙡𝙡𝙮 𝙖 𝙡𝙚𝙨𝙨𝙤𝙣 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙄’𝙫𝙚 𝙖𝙥𝙥𝙡𝙞𝙚𝙙 𝙩𝙤 𝙨𝙤 𝙢𝙪𝙘𝙝 𝙞𝙣 𝙢𝙮 𝙡𝙞𝙛𝙚 𝙣𝙤𝙬. 𝙔𝙚𝙖𝙝 𝙟𝙪𝙨𝙩 𝙢𝙖𝙨𝙨𝙞𝙫𝙚 𝙧𝙚𝙨𝙥𝙚𝙘𝙩 𝙛𝙤𝙧 𝙬𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙙𝙤 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙬𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙖𝙧𝙚 𝙧𝙤𝙡𝙚 𝙢𝙤𝙙𝙚𝙡𝙡𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙩𝙤 𝙬𝙤𝙢𝙚𝙣, 𝙬𝙤𝙢𝙚𝙣 𝙬𝙞𝙩𝙝 𝙗𝙞𝙜 “𝙨𝙘𝙖𝙧𝙮” 𝙙𝙤𝙜𝙨, 𝙬𝙤𝙢𝙚𝙣 𝙧𝙪𝙣𝙣𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙗𝙪𝙨𝙞𝙣𝙚𝙨𝙨𝙚𝙨 𝙬𝙞𝙩𝙝 𝙠𝙞𝙙𝙨. 𝙄𝙩’𝙨 𝙟𝙪𝙨𝙩 𝙨𝙤 𝙘𝙤𝙤𝙡 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙥𝙧𝙤𝙗𝙖𝙗𝙡𝙮 𝙝𝙖𝙫𝙚 𝙣𝙤 𝙞𝙙𝙚𝙖 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙩𝙧𝙞𝙘𝙠𝙡𝙚 𝙙𝙤𝙬𝙣 𝙚𝙛𝙛𝙚𝙘𝙩 𝙩𝙤 𝙮𝙤𝙪𝙧 𝙘𝙡𝙞𝙚𝙣𝙩𝙨 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙥𝙚𝙤𝙥𝙡𝙚 𝙞𝙣 𝙮𝙤𝙪𝙧 𝙡𝙞𝙛𝙚. 𝙄 𝙝𝙤𝙥𝙚 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙝𝙖𝙙 𝙖𝙣 𝙖𝙬𝙚𝙨𝙤𝙢𝙚 𝙙𝙖𝙮 𝙬𝙞𝙩𝙝 𝙮𝙤𝙪𝙧 𝙬𝙝𝙤𝙡𝙚 𝙘𝙡𝙖𝙣, 𝙛𝙪𝙧𝙧𝙮 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙝𝙪𝙢𝙖𝙣. 💛"

09/10/2024

Obey and Emily came to us with 0 confidence after some events had sadly caused trauma.

Emily was very concerned about off leash dogs approaching Obey, for understandable worry of another fight unfolding.

We made some great growth and she is now smashing walking around Cornwall Park by passing dogs with no reaction.

It was a pleasure to be part of their growth and we wish them all the best as they continue their journey together ❤️

This year has not been my year with my personal dogs.I want to take a moment to thank all my client base for being so am...
27/09/2024

This year has not been my year with my personal dogs.

I want to take a moment to thank all my client base for being so amazing this past month.

With the loss of Bugsy, schedules had to be moved around a lot, and my client base made this effortless.

Sadly, it kept coming. The last few days, Albie took a turn for the worse as well as my van breaking down.

I want to express my appreciation to some amazing, selfless friends, that spent their time picking me up from vets when needed, calling specialists, coming at stupid o clock to bring remedies, listening to me ball my eyes out, holding the buisness and generally being around amazing.

You know who you are!

It really does take a village.

Thankfully, the boy is on the up, the van is still unknown, and I am left with so much gratitude for the people I surround myself with.

We thank you all for your patience and hope this next month looks a bit brighter.

20/09/2024

Super proud of Mila and her owners, it's was only 6 weeks ago she was reactive to absolutely everything in the environment, she would pull like a train and was quite frankly a bit of a mess.

Her owners never thought they would be able to walk through a market.

Hard work pays off!

And here we are.

What a turn around.

Great work team!

*** position filled, thanks for all those that inquired*****𝗝𝗼𝗯 𝗼𝗽𝗽𝗼𝗿𝘁𝘂𝗻𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝗣𝗮𝗿𝘁 𝘁𝗶𝗺𝗲 𝗽𝗼𝘀𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗮𝘃𝗮𝗶𝗹𝗮𝗯𝗹𝗲.• We are lookin...
18/09/2024

*** position filled, thanks for all those that inquired*****

𝗝𝗼𝗯 𝗼𝗽𝗽𝗼𝗿𝘁𝘂𝗻𝗶𝘁𝘆

𝗣𝗮𝗿𝘁 𝘁𝗶𝗺𝗲 𝗽𝗼𝘀𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗮𝘃𝗮𝗶𝗹𝗮𝗯𝗹𝗲.

• We are looking for someone to join our team twice a week, on a Wednesday and a Friday from 08.30am -2.30 pm.

• This is not a novice position!

• We are looking for someone with experience handling dogs.

•You will need to be a fit, confident handler, have good communication skills and be able to work independently as well as in a team setting.

》Requirements.

- Getting dogs prepped for working, get them out of crates, leashed up, muzzled should they need, warm them up proir to myself working them. These are basic things that need to be done independently.

• Greeting clients, make them feel welcome.

• Working one of my personal dog if I need a demo or stooge dog.

• Punctual, being on time is a must.

• Cleaning dogs crates/areas.

• Walking a group of dogs comfortably.

• Pick up/drop off dogs

• Have common sense. (This a a big one)

• Have a great learning ethic

•Clean driving license (Be able to drive our van)

While working with dogs can seem very attractive, this is not a job where you get to love on dogs all day. These dogs are in for behaviour modification due to issues.

This is a role to be taken seriously.

This would be a great opportunity for someone who's keen to further their education with understanding behaviour.

You will work along side a great supportive team who are extremely passionate about developing dogs.

While we have a lot of fun, we do not have room for error.

Please only apply should you meet the criteria.

Please send CV and a bit about yourself and why your think you would be a good fit to
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Bella struggles with novel people generally. Her owner has been working with us for a few months now, and we have had great growth. However, she also has some medical stuff going on. She needs a steroid injection in her spine. Due to lots of medical intervention to diagnose this, she has become somewhat hesitant to allow vets to examine her. Her owner has done a fantastic job in preparing her for the sedation. Now she has a good understanding of what the context of this exercise involves, Todd has continued to generalise this to allow optimum success.

This video was taken for a friend who struggles with her dog being aversive to its head being touched. As the dog is a show dog, having his head and teeth checked is required. Sadly, we didn't get to see them, so we did a video with Reebs, who has never done this exercise, to give them something to start work on in the interim. The reel would only let me share a certain amount of the video, so we have put the important parts to view for anyone with a head shy dog that may find this useful.

Super proud of Mila and her owners, it's was only 6 weeks ago she was reactive to absolutely everything in the environment, she would pull like a train and was quite frankly a bit of a mess. Her owners never thought they would be able to walk through a market. Hard work pays off! And here we are. What a turn around. Great work team!

𝘞𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘨𝘦𝘵 𝘮𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘢𝘨𝘦𝘴 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴! 𝘛𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘵𝘦𝘢𝘮 𝘩𝘢𝘴 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘴𝘰 𝘪𝘯𝘤𝘳𝘦𝘥𝘪𝘣𝘭𝘺 𝘧𝘢𝘳! 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘣𝘢𝘤𝘬 𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘺 𝘪𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘥𝘰𝘨 𝘪𝘴 𝘦𝘹𝘵𝘳𝘦𝘮𝘦𝘭𝘺 𝘯𝘦𝘳𝘷𝘰𝘶𝘴, 𝘦𝘯𝘷𝘪𝘳𝘰𝘯𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘴𝘦𝘯𝘴𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘦, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘦𝘹𝘵𝘳𝘦𝘮𝘦𝘭𝘺 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘥 𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘮𝘦𝘯. 𝘚𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦𝘴, 𝘸𝘦 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘱𝘶𝘴𝘩 𝘵𝘩𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩 𝘣𝘦𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘪𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘴, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘵𝘦𝘢𝘮 𝘪𝘴 𝘢 𝘤𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘳 𝘦𝘹𝘢𝘮𝘱𝘭𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘴𝘩𝘰𝘸𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘶𝘱 𝘸𝘦𝘦𝘬 𝘪𝘯 𝘢 𝘸𝘦𝘦𝘬 𝘰𝘶𝘵, 𝘳𝘪𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺 𝘸𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘯 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘪𝘵'𝘴 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘶𝘭𝘢𝘳𝘭𝘺 𝘢𝘯 𝘦𝘯𝘫𝘰𝘺𝘢𝘣𝘭𝘦 𝘦𝘹𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦. 𝘞𝘩𝘪𝘭𝘦 𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘢𝘭𝘸𝘢𝘺𝘴 𝘯𝘦𝘦𝘥 𝘢 𝘭𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘭 𝘰𝘧 𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘢𝘨𝘦𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵, 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘴𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘺 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘢𝘭𝘸𝘢𝘺𝘴 𝘣𝘦 𝘢 𝘯𝘦𝘳𝘷𝘰𝘶𝘴 𝘯𝘦𝘭𝘭𝘺, 𝘩𝘪𝘮 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘰𝘸𝘯𝘦𝘳 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘯𝘰𝘸 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘰 𝘦𝘯𝘫𝘰𝘺 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘪𝘮𝘱𝘭𝘦 𝘱𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘶𝘳𝘦𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘸𝘢𝘭𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘰𝘨𝘦𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 ❤️ "𝗛𝗶 𝗗𝗮𝘃𝗶𝗻𝗮, 𝗷𝘂𝘀𝘁 𝘄𝗮𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗼 𝘀𝗮𝘆 𝘁

Junie owners were kind enough to supply us with a "before" working with us video, and we have provided the "after" After doing months of training, doing what they thought was the right way, they soon realised it wasn't working. If you're not getting good growth on your training, you need to re look at why? Whether that be more consistency, a different approach, and skilling up, the list goes on. The content of the information you provide your dog determines the outcome. Training is a progressive journey. Things can always get better. Only ypu can make that happen. Each dog is case by case. It's not a case of one size fits all. Behaviour is complex. •Be open to learning. •Seek professional help if needed. •Set yourself goals. Predominantly, you are the only ones that have to live with your dog. The years are short, make them enjoyable ones.

Small group this am, working on their reactivity, all three dogs have very different motives to why they react. However all worked super well around each other.

Cuba You may recognise her from a previous board and train 18 months ago. Cuba has come to join us 1 x a week to maintain her work and exposure. Her main struggles are reactivity with men and small dogs. While she has made immense growth from where she started, she still can have her moments. You can see at the start of the video when a guy approaches, how I work through it. Cuba is a classic example of how food can create arousal in some dogs. She loses all ability to self-regulate when rewarded with food. Movement, fulfillment through play and vebal praise are more suitable to work with in this case. Sometimes less is more.

Today we started Junie. 🤍 Junie is what I would call hypersocial, she really struggles with containing herself around people and dogs. She is a current client who has been having owner coaching, however there's a few things we needed to tidy up, and for that we needed to utilize longer time frames to hang out with her, in the situation she's struggles. So today was her first day of her exposure day train program. I look forward to sharing her progression with you all.

While the weather this am wasn't the best, we definitely caught the best of it. Another successful, Saturday morning maintenance walk.

We had a few changes happening around here lately. Many of you will know Maddison Hare. She has done some wonderful work with many dogs during her time spent here at Positive Paws. I would like to take the time to wish her well on her new career path and thank her for her hard work over the past two years. Always bittersweet losing a team member. However, as we close one book, we open another. We are very fortunate to welcome Todd to the team. Todd comes with a wealth of knowledge and experience with high drive dogs, having a very successful career with his personal dog in IGP. He brings a whole new set of skills and advantages to the table. He is very passionate about the behavioural side and is currently studying at uni tec in Auckland, becoming a certified trainer. We are excited for this new chapter starting.

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At Positive Paws we strive to create the best possible relationship between you and your canine friend. We use the most up to date modern science-based methods to ensure we are providing the help possible. We offer a range of services such as behavioural assessment to help understand the reason for your dogs behaviour, 1-2-1 sessions, training walks, day training and board and train. From puppy socialisation and the basic commands, to the more complex cases such as anxious, aggressive and reactive behaviour. Our aim us to get the best results for you and your dog. Every breed has a different need! We work with all sizes, shapes and ages. No challenge is too great, and no dog is a problem not worth fixing.