Take The Lead

09/03/2025

Beautiful day for some mantrailing looking forward to our session today…

One of our favourite things to do…

27/02/2025

My socials will be very slow for the next few days whilst I am away 😁😁
But I will be back soon with some new exciting classes for you 😁 I have been cramming in lots of new learnings to offer you all!

21/02/2025

Finally some man trailing time…

Princess cant wait!!

01/02/2025

Love this post!

27/01/2025

Dont forget to book your spot!

Puppy Classes starting on Saturday Evening the 8 Feb 2025!

Did you get yourself a New Years Challange? Join one of our puppy classes to get you and you pup started on the right track for their future.

From Toilet trouble to Meeting and Greeting we cover it all.

2 Separate Groups ---
Group 1 - 10 - 16 Weeks
Group 2 - 16 Weeks - 6 Months

For More Information, Please drop me a message.

23/01/2025

Puppy Classes starting on Saturday Evening the 8 Feb 2025!

Did you get yourself a New Years Challange? Join one of our puppy classes to get you and you pup started on the right track for their future.

From Toilet trouble to Meeting and Greeting we cover it all.

2 Separate Groups ---
Group 1 - 10 - 16 Weeks
Group 2 - 16 Weeks - 6 Months

For More Information, Please drop me a message.

18/01/2025

Princess having a quick lie down while she waits for her turn..

17/01/2025

Maggie Says Please Don’t leave your pets in the car when it is hot, like today in Wellington.
Even 5 min in this heat with slightly open windows is far too long, try it!!!!

16/01/2025

I love this Happy Old Face…

I hope you’re all this happy today!!!

13/01/2025

Dear NZ dog trainers and enthusiasts..

You have such limited resources to good instructors especially when it comes to dog sports…

And even more so in wellington, yet your all so against joining up to make more of the industry..

Am I missing something here?

There is so much opportunity for growth in the industry yet so much passive aggressive behaviour between trainers..

Why all work against each other when you can work together… Forget training techniques, im looking at sports and lack of accessibility to it..

Looking more and more like my dream is a 1 man team as supposed to a team of great trainers offering sports.

17/12/2024

Who remembers sweet Mishka that I posted a little while back…

I was asked to help with a few behavioural issues before Mishka went to his new home in Auckland..

One of the issues was his response to new people, he was rather insecure about new people and so would appear aggressive.. His reaction to dogs outside of home was similar…

Well, his mom’s hard work paid off, just look at Mishka loving life and confident with his mew humans and fur friends…

But most importantly I meed to highlight and show some huge respect to Jane for not just making him someone else’s issue, but for putting in the tome and effort to ensure that he had a great transition in some unfortunate circumstances.. The world needs more owners like you… I know it was super hard to have to say goodbye to your boy, but i hugely respect that you ensured it was all about him until the end!

Mishka, I was certain your were going to bite me when i met you, but look at you now! I wish you all the best and many happy adventures in your new home..

17/12/2024

This!!!!! 💕❤️💕

09/12/2024

Good morning everyone, if you messaged me yesterday between 11 and 7 please could you resend me your message…

I had a phone incident and have lost contacts and more…

08/12/2024

The dog training industry is one of the most confusing, contentious, and crazy-making places for a struggling owner to navigate.

The messaging from so many using intentionally emotionally triggering and intentionally vague (so it’s as emotionally triggering as possible) language choices like “pain”, “fear”, “stress”, “hurt” and attaching these words and their expected accompanying feelings to training approaches and certain tools — is no accident.

The goal is to either scare owners away from exploring all their options, or to shame them so deeply if they are using them that they either A/ stop using them, or B/ don’t dare to share their positive experiences with anyone publicly for the fallout and condemnation they know they’ll receive.

The amount of owners who tell me they hide their training tools under bandannas, or with covers that are sold publicly (because the social pressure/shaming is so well known), or simply stop using tools that actually helped them and their dogs experience a better life — would boggle your mind.

Or perhaps if you’re one of them, it wouldn’t.

Here’s the deal. You get one very short life with your dog. To spend it struggling, frustrated, annoyed, stressed, or brokenhearted — with their and your freedom and quality of life limited — because of the voices and opinions of those whose priorities are their own personal extremist agendas, and their own toxic take on empathy, care, and kindness… would be truly heartbreaking.

Once you truly realize that the people screaming for you to not explore training or tool options which they don’t approve of DON’T CARE about you or your dog’s happiness or your quality of life together — that’s it’s always and only been about them and their feelings and that they very clearly want you to live your life according to how they feel — even if it comes at the extremely high cost of you and your dog, and the millions of other dogs and owners struggling and suffering unnecessarily… perhaps you’ll decide to ignore the screaming voices and instead listen to your own; doing what’s best for you and your dog… not according to what some emotionally-driven extremist says you should do, but instead what your own eyes, ears, and observable reality are working desperately to tell you.

Become your own leader. Be courageous and unapologetic for the choices YOU’VE determined are best for you. Your dog, and your quality of life together depends on it.