Four Happy Paws

22/12/2024

Extending my warmest wishes for a safe and memorable Christmas celebration with your loved ones.

Thank you to all my clients for your support this year. I look forward to catching up with you and your fur family in 2025.

12/12/2024

Let's have some Friday fun!
What's your pet's Christmas name?
My pets are Holly Elf 🐕 & Merry Bell 🐈

06/12/2024

✌️❤️🐾

02/12/2024

Mental enrichment for your dog is so important! Now is a great time to find your dog a cool enrichment toy for Christmas!
Check out Kiwi Canine for some ideas, they have a fantastic selection!
https://kiwicanine.co.nz/collections/store-toys

01/12/2024

This giving Tuesday Companion Animals NZ are asking for donations to support desexing and microchipping funds, which go to shelters in need around the country.This last financial year alone, CANZ provided $180,000 in grants to support desexing and microchipping for animals in need. But that’s not all—every pet helped with these grants is also registered on the New Zealand Companion Animal Register.

If you can donate please follow this link
https://companion-animals-nz-give-them-a-great-start.raiselysite.com/

🐾❤️

25/11/2024

Reward based, positive reinforcement training for the win!

22/11/2024

As a professional certified dog trainer, I prioritize continuously learning.

This week I finished the Karen Pryor Click to Calm online course. I started this one back in April, 7 months ago!

This course has given me some amazing extra tools to help my clients with dogs that are either reactive or mildly aggressive. I have already been using some of these skills to help my clients.

My main motivation is to improve my clients and their dogs lifes. And this course gives me some awesome extra resources to continue to do that, with up to date, force free, positive methods.🤩

18/11/2024

Every dog has their own preferences - what are your dog's favourite kinds of rewards?

14/11/2024

➡️ My latest blog post is now available!

I have recently observed a significant increase in the number of new pet owners seeking assistance with their puppies' anxiety when left alone.

If you know someone who is considering getting a puppy, or if you already have one, I encourage you to share this information with them.

Developing a puppy's confidence when left alone is a crucial skill that is often overlooked until it becomes a problem later on.

Read our blog post for more information:

Bringing a new puppy into your home is exciting and rewarding. These playful companions bring so much joy but need careful nurturing to grow into confident and independent dogs. One of the biggest challenges many new puppy parents face is separation anxiety, which can lead to behavioural problems if...

11/11/2024

TUESDAY TIP!
Reward the behaviour you want to see more of and ignore the behaviour you want to see less of.

04/11/2024

TUESDAY TIP!

28/10/2024

The dominance theory is very outdated. But there are still many trainers out there that will use these methods. They might include things like the alpha roll, scruffing, forcing your dog to wait while you walk through doors first, eating before them and staring at them until they break eye contact first.
These things should be avoided there are much kinder ways to train your fury friend!

25/10/2024

✌️❤️🐾
Anyone else?!