K9Luva Training and High Needs Home Stays

K9Luva Training and High Needs Home Stays Professional Dog Trainer with extensive experience training dogs with behaviour and/or psychological challenges.

Provides Home Stays for difficult/High Needs canines on a one to one level. Training is tailored to your dogs individual needs.

19/09/2025

Success - 3 dogs all interacting appropriately.
Same day, all 3 dogs have now had the appropriate introductions and management and after only an hour or so they are happily hanging out, doing their own thing and behaving very appropriately. None of the 3 are even really fazed by the 2 big dogs in the exercise area. Not bad for 3 dogs, different ages & breeds, and all with a history of 'behaviour problems'.

Yesterday my dogs all got a special treat - a nice fresh bone.Seed was so excited and although I thought he might just l...
19/09/2025

Yesterday my dogs all got a special treat - a nice fresh bone.
Seed was so excited and although I thought he might just lick the bone. Oh no....Seed might not have any front teeth, poor vision and his legs have a mind of their own, but don't let that hold this old boy back from something he wants!

18/09/2025

Here is another video of Rascal meeting another new doggo.
I have been working with Piper for a few weeks to help with her anxiety, separation stress and reactivity. Lots of work has been done with both dogs in individual training. Today Piper was having her first trial day stay. As Rascal is way more confident and 'pushy' than Piper, managing the introduction well is super important.

12/09/2025

Puppy socialisation.
Very rarely do I have boarding dogs, from different homes, that are appropriate to let interact together.
Luna (FT) adult and Rascal 6mths old are both here for an extended stay.
Luna used to be hyer excited around other dogs, now is quite selective.
Rascal just thinks he can scream and yell if he can't get to her (or anything he wants LOL), so... they have been sharing the same area in separate housing, interacted with me in the presence of the other dog for several days, then Rascal has been out with Luna several times on lead and not allowed any direct contact with her (Luna doesn't want it) and when he could get to her, was extremely rude and just launched himself at her.
So until he was able to NOT do this on lead AND be responsive to me and use his brain, he was on lead. This is their 2nd off lead time together and it went awesome!

WOO HOO! Thanks to an incredible donation, Seed's first lot of surgery has been covered and we are only $1000-$1500 off ...
11/09/2025

WOO HOO!
Thanks to an incredible donation, Seed's first lot of surgery has been covered and we are only $1000-$1500 off the amount required to complete his much needed dental work.
My plea for help is; if I have been able to help you out with your dog at some point, perhaps you could manage $5 or $10 towards his surgery.
https://givealittle.co.nz/cause/caring-for-end-of-life-hospice-dogs
I know there are A LOT of folks out there that love dogs, especially the oldies so please help me achieve the goal of being able to support dogs like Seed that have earned love and comfort in their final years.

08/09/2025

Introducing the extremely handsome Tahi.
His owners reached out for help after Tahi began to show some human and dog reactivity. Tahi has reached adolescents and it is messing with his brain.
His owners love him dearly and are doing an amazing job with helping Tahi get through this challenging time .
Last night I got the most amazing feedback - see below
Hi Francine just wanted to give you a little update that you didn’t ask for ahaha

Tahi did really good over the weekend with our little get together at our house. We gave him his own area (outside + in our room) but he could still see inside the main house through the sliding doors. He was AMAZING with my little siblings. And when our house got full with heaps of guests he did SOOOO GOOD.

Ofc everyone knew to ignore him and not to go outside or into our room. We trained/played with him to keep him occupied while people were over. We are so proud of him.

We are so grateful for you, you have taught us sooooo much in just two sessions (+ our many messages 🫣). This visit would’ve been very different if we didn’t get your help.

08/09/2025

Seed is such a hero, he has recovered extremely well from his 1st surgery and the next (and final) lot is in 2-3 weeks. Seed appreciates all those generous donors who have contributed to his surgery costs so far.
https://givealittle.co.nz/cause/caring-for-end-of-life-hospice-dogs
He has 'bonded' with Bruno mostly as they just don't really care about each other and just hang out. Seed has also decided he likes a good brush in the evening (excuse my messy house!)
He has also claimed Bruno's crate as his own when he wants rest time (quite often!) and has a bed beside ine at night

01/09/2025

3 WEEKS & 3 DAYS!
That's how long I took to integrate my 3 dogs to Seed.
One of the most important things I learnt about dogs is how in integrate new dogs.
It's a slow process, depending on the needs and nature's of each dog and giving everyone the time they need to aclimate to the new life.
Think of it like this: you adopt a child from a different culture/country, don't know the language, diet, rountine, likes & dislikes and probably the child feels extremely overwhelmed, confused and scared. Would you expect everyone to get on immediately and send them to school the next day??

30/08/2025

Building confidence and resilience in nervous dogs.
Desh is just so darn cute and loving his confidence building work that I just wish I could work with him everyday!

30/08/2025

Today Mayhew and Seed had there 1st direct contact interaction.
Mayhew was very enthusiastic so he had to moderate himself somewhat but Seed was quite interested in getting to know Mayhew first before it was playtime. They both resolved this pretty quickly so next time Mayhew won't be so full on with Seed.
https://givealittle.co.nz/cause/caring-for-end-of-life-hospice-dogs

29/08/2025

Lovely little Desh has been doing awesome and is confidence is growing everyday.
He still is a little unsure about a lot of things but now he and Mum have a stronger, trusting relationship and now Desh loves learning.

29/08/2025

https://givealittle.co.nz/cause/caring-for-end-of-life-hospice-dogs

It's day 3 post surgery for Seed and he's doing great! Has fully recovered from the anaestethic and loving his soft food diet.
He is still very bothered by his mouth due to the remaining rotten teeth so looking ahead to when those rotters can go!
Seed and I would like to say how super grateful we are for those generous supporters who have donated to his GiveAlittle page.

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Maungakaramea
Whangarei

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