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Monday Pack πŸ₯°
10/02/2025

Monday Pack πŸ₯°

Friday Pack πŸ€—
07/02/2025

Friday Pack πŸ€—

Thuesday Pack πŸ₯°
06/02/2025

Thuesday Pack πŸ₯°

Tuesday Pack plus Timi!
04/02/2025

Tuesday Pack plus Timi!

Thursday Pack πŸ’š
31/01/2025

Thursday Pack πŸ’š

Wednesday Pack πŸ€—
29/01/2025

Wednesday Pack πŸ€—

Tuesday Pack 🀩
28/01/2025

Tuesday Pack 🀩

Homestays & Monday Pack πŸ₯°
27/01/2025

Homestays & Monday Pack πŸ₯°

Help support our industry by having your say!
20/01/2025

Help support our industry by having your say!

Link is on our website - www.pdwa.co.nz

Auckland Council is proposing harsh and blanket regulations for all dog owners and the dog walking industry without talking to the very people these rules will impact most: professional dog walkers.

The proposed rules would limit any dog walkerβ€”professional or notβ€”to handling a maximum of 6 dogs with only 3 allowed off-leash at a time.

We are asking for your support to urge the council to:

- STOP the implementation of these new rules.
- Consult with the Professional Dog Walkers Association and other stakeholders to develop practical, data-driven solutions.
- Work with P.D.W.A to create a licensing agreement for professionals. Our aim is to set standards and enforce best practices.
- Focus on education for all dog owners
- Address the real issues, such as roaming dogs and excessive barking, which make up the majority of complaints.

Why Support Professional Dog Walkers?

- We ensure dogs are healthy, happy, and well-behaved members of the community.
- We reduce stress on families who cannot always meet their dogs’ daily needs due to work, family, health, or other commitments.
- A well-exercised dog is less likely to exhibit problem behaviours that could impact neighbours or public spaces.

Let’s work together for fair regulations that truly address the needs of our community.

Please sign this petition to stand with Auckland’s professional dog walkers and ensure our voices are heard!

Link is on our website - www.pdwa.co.nz

Friday Pack 😍
17/01/2025

Friday Pack 😍

Wednesday Pack in Millwater πŸ™Œ
15/01/2025

Wednesday Pack in Millwater πŸ™Œ

Meet Henry! This handsom young chap is looking to join pack walks once a spot becomes available so we have started teach...
15/01/2025

Meet Henry! This handsom young chap is looking to join pack walks once a spot becomes available so we have started teaching him some fundamentals 😍

Thursday Pack!
09/01/2025

Thursday Pack!

Tuesday Pack πŸ₯°
07/01/2025

Tuesday Pack πŸ₯°

Hello 2025! Monday pack 😍
06/01/2025

Hello 2025! Monday pack 😍

Festive Friday πŸŽ„πŸŽπŸŽ€
20/12/2024

Festive Friday πŸŽ„πŸŽπŸŽ€

Merry Christmas from Friday pack! Enjoy the holidays and I look forward to seeing all the dogs again in the new year πŸ₯°
20/12/2024

Merry Christmas from Friday pack! Enjoy the holidays and I look forward to seeing all the dogs again in the new year πŸ₯°

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Rio had another Walk & Train session today. We went to the local park and worked around some distractions. We focused on longline work to start with, building his engagement on me instead of all of the environmental stimuli. Then we worked on his loose lead walking and finished off with some play!

Positive Verbal Markers The clearer we can make our communication system with our dogs the less confusion and frustration they will have. Positive and negative verbal markers communicate to our dogs when they are doing right or wrong. Here is a short clip showing how to condition your positive verbal markers. I choose to use "yes" and "good". "Yes" means they are free to access the reward regardless of what command they were in. The dog comes to the reward. "Good" means continue to do the behavior I have asked for and you will get a reward or the reward is coming soon. This helps us with duration in behaviors for example a sit stay. The reward comes to the dog. Classical conditioning (associative learning) of these verbal markers only works if you say the word and then follow through with the food reward, as opposed to doing them at the same time, which is what we naturally want to do. It is actually quite difficult to do these separately and takes a bit of practice! Once you have conditioned these markers you have charged the battery so to speak. The more you say "yes" or "good" without following through with a reward the charge on the battery slowly reduces. This can be a really fun and quick training session to do with your dog when you feed them. You can choose whichever words or word you want as long as you are consistent with the word and the tone of your voice! Happy training ✌

Nemo building confidence with the obstacles 😍 He even did them by himself at the end 🀣 Excuse my commentary and laughing - we were having way too much fun!

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