We help owners understand their dog’s temperament and behaviour at a deeper level. We focus on strengthening the bond and relationship between human and dog, guaranteeing that the dog’s basic needs are met and then we address specific issues and/or behaviour problems.
We believe that without a strong bond based on trust and a positive relationship between dog and human as well as the basic needs fulfilled (for each dog), successful training and behaviour modification will not be possible.
We also believe in real life everyday "training/management" of our dogs and we are passionate about ensuring dogs have an opportunity to live their best life and embrace their inner canine so we help owners know and better understand their dog's true nature.
We see our dogs as the bestfriends and life companions that we choose to share our lives with. But these friends need our help to understand how our crazy (human) world works and what is expected of them.
We like to see things from a positive perspective and we definitely enjoy celebrating the small achievements in life and in our training.
Our mission is to work effectively with humans to help their dogs live a happy and well balanced life and we are proud supporters of the #IGNOREMYDOG campaign (Find out more on their FB page).
We are passionate about educating people and training dogs.
Get in touch to find out more: [email protected]
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Meet The Trainer:
Patricia is originally from Portugal where she grew up surrounded by dogs, cats and all sorts of farm animals. Her passion for animals started at a very early age and her childhood dream was always to work with pets full time.
She lived in Australia for over 8 years where she worked as an English Teacher and which triggered her passion for teaching and made her realise how education in general has such an important role in people's lives and society.
But it was in 2014 that everything changed! Patricia (and Graydon) adopted Dexter, a little brindle Staffy x who had been at the pound for too long and needed to urgently be pulled out of death row. Dexter needed help but what Patricia didn't know at the time was that he would be the one helping her the most. With all the issues that a pound dog can have (reactivity, fear aggression, lack of obedience), she was determined to understand him better and find ways to meets his needs, guide him, help him feel calmer, trust her to make decisions and most importantly live a happy life as the loving dog he is.
Patricia has been involved in animal welfare, rescues and dog training for over 7 years but only for the last few years she has been able to fully pursue her passion. She also uses her experience in education and her people training skills to help people understand their dogs and their needs a little bit better.
Since March 2018 Patricia worked as a dog trainer and behaviour consultant for ThinkDog by Hannah Sadgrove in South Auckland but she relocated to Hamilton in 2019 and this is where she is now assisting local dog owners in their journey with their loving pets.
