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07/11/2024

Pukekura park adventures ❤️

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05/11/2024

Tips & Tricks to surviving fireworks season 🎆

✨️ Use a large hoodie, heavy blanket, thunder coat, or something like it and wrap your dog.
✨️ Cuddles! Lots of love
✨️ If your dog is crate trained, pop them in their crate with a blanket over top so they feel safe and secure
✨️ Gentle pats & kind words
✨️ Treats (if your dog isn't too scared to take them)
✨️ Loud TV, music, or white noise to drown out the noises

Fireworks season is upon us...

It's a time of disagreement and heated discussion across Aotearoa. Animal welfare advocates are trying to ban the public sale of fireworks due to the stress and death it causes annually to animals. Horses especially don't take to Fireworks very well and can often be spooked.

Consider your furry neighbors before you start your at home Fireworks. Give them a chance to prepare and do what they need to do to keep their animals safe. It goes a long way and is really appreciated by animal owners. Also, remember to pick up your rubbish when you're finished.

Animates currently have a petition going if you're interested in stopping the private sale of fireworks.

https://pawprintpetition.co.nz

Take care this season! Whether you are taking part in fireworks or holding down the fort at home 🧡💥

30/10/2024

Bully Breed Bash! 💪🐾

I noticed over the last few years while working with bully breeds that there seems to be a tragic trend of owners feeling too afraid to socialise their dogs or take them out in public spaces. It became clear that owners are in need of a confidence boost.

Bully breeds are some of the sweetest, most smoochy, emotionally intuitive dogs around when they are socialized correctly from a young age. There are so many factors to the breed, and their reputation is a double-sided coin.

On one side, some are considered the 'nanny dog' while others are labeled as dangerous and menacing. The way that some of these breeds are wired is to read emotions in spaces. If they are then trained or starved to fight, then you are going to get raw powerful rage from these dogs. On the flip side, if these dogs are raised in a loving environment, they can be some of the most sensitive caring beings.

Bully breeds have a rich history, to say the least! They were originally bred for bull baiting, a sport in which dogs were pitted against bulls in a brutal contest of strength and endurance. Once this practice was outlawed in England, breeders turned their attention to developing dogs that were better suited for other purposes. When socialized and exposed to new environments, bullies can be beautifully natured companions to families or individuals. When abused and used, these dogs can be violent and dangerous.

It all comes back to us. Humans.
How we breed them, train them, and treat them.
It all factors in. We need to acknowledge their rich history and use it to our advantage, understanding them more.

I decided to start a small walking group with some of my previous class attendees. We had our first walk on Saturday, and it went amazingly! I was so proud of both the dogs and the owners! Well done, team! 👏

My goal is to equip owners with confidence and understanding of their bully breeds so we don't repeat the same mistakes generations of humans have been making with bullies.

For more information on Bully breeds, check out the link below: 👇

✨️https://shop.bullymax.com/blogs/news which-dogs-are-bully-breedssrsltid=AfmBOopW-AVM5L-iDaaJJrM

29/10/2024

Another masterpiece fine art Pic of Aurora 🎨

Thanks so much!

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29/10/2024

A FEW MORE SPOTS LEFT!

ENROLEMENTS NOW OPEN!

Registerations for our intake are now open!

Positive Force Free Training 🫶

This is the first run of our new and improved curriculum. I can't wait to share it with new class members.

Classes avaliable:

Puppy Class (10wks - 5mths)
6x weeks of 1 hour sessions

Course includes:
- Socialisation, safe play & playstyles
- Leash Handling Skills
- Engagament exercises & games
- Dog safety & body language
- Desensitisation & Exposure sessions
- Clicker/Marker Training
- Mat/placement work (stay)
- Toilet training/marking
- Canine development
- Recall basics
- Enrichment
- Cooperative care & successful vet trips
And more!

Adolescent Class (6mths - 2 years)
6x weeks of 1 hour sessions

Course includes:
- Socialisation & how to make dog friends
- Engagament exercises & games
- Focus on handler with distractions
- Leash handling & loose lead walking
- Longline & recall training
- Mat/placement (stay) mastered
- Cooperative care & successful vet trips
- Body language & dog safety advanced
And more!

If you'd like more information or to enrol please email Gabrielle at
📨 [email protected]

17/10/2024

Another fantastic round of Puppy & Adolescent courses!

We had a lot of amazing progress and wins all round for some of our more anxious or excitable pupils.

The shift from week #1 to week #6 was incredible in both classes.

It was lovely to see some friendships forming between class mates. I can’t wait to see if these continue long term.

Well done team!

Enrolments for our October courses are NOW OPEN!!!

For more info please email Gabrielle:
[email protected]

16/10/2024

Just a grubby puppy sitting on a bench 😍🥰

📷📸 pointerandhoundphotography

09/10/2024

ENROLEMENTS NOW OPEN!

Registerations for our intake are now open!

Positive Force Free Training 🫶

This is the first run of our new and improved curriculum. I can't wait to share it with new class members.

Classes avaliable:

Puppy Class (10wks - 5mths)
6x weeks of 1 hour sessions

Course includes:
- Socialisation, safe play & playstyles
- Leash Handling Skills
- Engagament exercises & games
- Dog safety & body language
- Desensitisation & Exposure sessions
- Clicker/Marker Training
- Mat/placement work (stay)
- Toilet training/marking
- Canine development
- Recall basics
- Enrichment
- Cooperative care & successful vet trips
And more!

Adolescent Class (6mths - 2 years)
6x weeks of 1 hour sessions

Course includes:
- Socialisation & how to make dog friends
- Engagament exercises & games
- Focus on handler with distractions
- Leash handling & loose lead walking
- Longline & recall training
- Mat/placement (stay) mastered
- Cooperative care & successful vet trips
- Body language & dog safety advanced
And more!

If you'd like more information or to enrol please email Gabrielle at
📨 [email protected]

22/08/2024

I had the pleasure of walking Farley for a couple of months. 🌸🌷

Unfortunately, due to family commitments, I had to stop walking dogs for a season. I took these photos on our last walk together. It was an emotional walk and I wanted to make sure the dogs finished well on a high note.

I first met Farley when he and his owner enrolled in my adolescent class. Farley was a big bundle of excitment and at first struggled to contain himself. After a few weeks and some excellent training from his mum, he began thriving! His engagement and desire to work is incredible and is a testament to the training he received.

I reinforced the training that his owner was already doing at home out on our walks. Walking him with my dog Aurora was challenging for him to start with as Aurora is trained to walk and not interact with other dogs. Farley initially wanted to play and he learnt pretty quickly that he had to earn Aurora's trust. On our last walk I allowed them to have a short on leash play. Once Aurora had enough she let him know by walking away and sniffing the ground. Farley who on our first walk would have tried to annoyed her into interacting with him, left her alone and respected her space. It really was a shift!

Farley is fantastic and one of the goodest of goodest boys!

I truly miss walking him.

22/08/2024

Some cute shots of our July-August class graduates! 🎓

We still have a few spots left in our adolescent course! If you'd like more information or to enrol please email Gabrielle

📨 [email protected]

06/08/2024

It's that time again, intake for our August classes are NOW OPEN! 🐾🐕

Start Date: Sunday 18th August 2024

Location: The Hounds Hangout, New Plymouth

Puppy Classes (Age: 10 weeks - 6months)
6 weeks × 1 hour sessions
Course cost $150

Content includes:
- Socilisation
- Basic Obedience
- Introduction To Canine Body Language
- Clicker/Marker Training
- Cooperative Care & successful vet trips
- Desensitisation & Exposure
- Leash Handling Skills
- Safe Play & Play Styles
And more!

Adolescent Classes (Age: 6 months - 2 years)
6 weeks x 1 hour sessions
Course cost $215

Content includes:
- Basic Obedience
- Indepth Canine Body Language
- Clicker/Marker Training
- Emergency procedures
- Leash Handling Skills
- Engagement Exercises
- Reactivity, Thresholds & Trigger Stacking
And more!

To enrol email Gabrielle:
[email protected]

10/07/2024

Morning walk in the Wellington frost with this wild blue fox ❄️🩵🤍

30/06/2024

Thank you to those who came to our 'Reactivity Workshop' a few weeks ago! 🩵

27/06/2024

Just a few of our May/June Puppy & Adolescent class graduates!!! 🩵

If you haven't enrolled already, we have a few spots left for our June/July courses.

Email Gabrielle at [email protected] for more information to enroll

25/06/2024

Puppy & Adolescent Classes 🐕

New Plymouth

Register now for June/July intake! 🗓️

Start date: Sunday 30th June (moved out a week)

Force Free Positive Training with qualified Canine Trainer & Behaviour Consultant Gabrielle

- Dogs aged 10 weeks - 2 years qualify for these courses (Check out age appropriate courses)
- 6 week course (1 hour sessions + resources )

Course content includes: 📖📚

- Socialisation tips & tricks
- Playstyles
- Cooperative care
- Successful vet trip tips & tricks
- Enrichment
- Clicker/marker training
- Body language & Reactivity
And more!

Email Gabrielle for more information
📧[email protected]

18/06/2024

What we have coming up this month!

Reactivity Workshop THIS SATURDAY!

Puppy & Adolescent Classes 🐕

New Plymouth

Register now for June/July intake! 🗓️

Start date: Sunday 23rd June

Force Free Positive Training with qualified Canine Trainer & Behaviour Consultant Gabrielle

- Dogs aged 10 weeks - 2 years qualify for these courses (Check out age appropriate courses)
- 6 week course (1 hour sessions + resources )

Course content includes: 📖📚

- Socialisation tips & tricks
- Playstyles
- Cooperative care
- Successful vet trip tips & tricks
- Enrichment
- Clicker/marker training
- Body language & Reactivity
And more!

Email Gabrielle for more information
📧[email protected]

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