Doggologue Behaviourist & Puppy School

21/01/2024

Our Kuils River puppy class members are growing in confidence. They enjoyed some nose work, practised some casual loose lead walking and then had a short play session.

14/01/2024

Our first puppy class of 2024 started yesterday. A big welcome to everyone:
Handre and Nicolize with Krummels the Labrador Boxer cross, Elda and Christiaan with Zoey the Belgian Shepherd, Anja and Michael with Benji the Jack Russell, Michelle and Kobus with Posh the Boston Terrier, and Chris and Gemma with Biscuit the Yorkie. Posh and Benji enjoyed an energetic play session after class.

09/01/2024

13 January is "back to puppy school" day for me. If you have a new puppy that will still be under 4 months old on 13 Jan, come and join in. Vaccination requirements applicable. Classes are at De Kuilen Primary School on Saturday afternoons. R980 for 6 classes. Whatsapp 0836734624. Booking is essential. New intakes every few weeks.

22/12/2023

Wishing all clients and friends, furry and not furry a Happy Festive Season. Doggologue will be opening again for puppy classes and consultations mid January 2024. Enquiries are welcome any time.

10/12/2023

Thanks to Carla for sharing your pics of yesterday afternoon's puppy class. .

10/12/2023

Yesterday was our graduation day for the last puppy class of 2023. Well done to Lynette with Rottweiler Lexy, Elizabeth and Bertus with Border Collie Laska, Celester with Chihuahua Kiko and Roger with Mixbreed Wolfe.

08/12/2023

Top up stock of Kongs has arrived. Still selling for same prices as January 2022. These prices will only be maintained until the end of December. Send a WhatsApp if your dog would like one. 0836734624.

03/12/2023

Puppy class for the 3 L's: Lexy, Laska and Loki. They enjoyed some nose work with buckets, and conquered the challenge of sitting in their basins.

26/11/2023

Exploring, learning, playing. Our puppy class pups had a great time yesterday afternoon. We included an introduction to muzzles and recovery cones. Introducing your puppy to these items slowly and positively just incase they are ever needed helps to prevent or reduce the stress of suddenly having to wear one of these if they are ever necessary in future.

19/11/2023

Puppy class week 3. All the puppies are doing so well and growing in confidence. Our class topics included a discussion and exercises to help prevent resource guarding.

15/11/2023

Happy customer Pablo enjoying a frozen Kong on a hot day. The filling: pellets, yoghurt, blueberries, peanut butter and mince. Thanks to Suzy for the pic.

12/11/2023

Kongs are a great way to keep your dog occupied and provide an alternative to eating every meal out of his bowl. They can be filled with all kinds of tasty delights including or excluding your dog's regular food. Here is Riley enjoying a Kong filled with left over braai meat, sweet potato, raw beef mince and plain yoghurt, and topped with training treats. The time lapse from the photo where he gets the Kong to the last photo was 1 hour 10 minutes, and he was still busy for quite a while after the last pic. Stuffed Kongs can be frozen to provide an even longer duration of entertainment for your dog. I have a range of Kongs available for sale.

12/11/2023

Our new puppy group completed week 2. A big welcome to our new class members: Genevieve and Alexandra with Minpin cross Wolfe, and Celester with Chihuahua Kiko. A highlight of week 2 is having the puppies enjoy various nosework activities which can be used to make meal times more interesting and to keep puppies busy. We have a variety of Kongs, snuffle mats and snuffle balls available to purchase.

12/11/2023

Yesterday was puppy class graduation day for Lindie and Staffie Comet, Grace, Sebastian and Audrey with Golden Retriever Bas, Brydan and Jillian with Boerboel Evie and Suzy with American Bully Pablo. The class had a recall challenge: doing a recall between bowls of treats without stopping for a snack. Well done to Evie for your perfect recall. And well done to everyone for doing so well with your puppies.

05/11/2023

Thank you to COAPE International for the info on preparing your pets for fireworks. Today is Guy Fawkes day, Hopefully this is not much of a thing anymore, but it is still good to be prepared just in case.

Fireworks prep.

Credit - COAPE International

05/11/2023

Welcome to Doggologue Puppy School to all the new puppies:
New class members are
Laura and Wayne with Golden Retrievers Cody and Riley,
Lynette and Chadley and family with Rottweiler Lexy,
Elizabeth and Bertus with Border Collie Laska,
and Ilke and Ezra with Jack Russell Loki.

05/11/2023

Our week 5 puppy class members enjoyed doing some nosework with buckets.

29/10/2023

It is important to prepare your puppies for the unexpected, like possibly having to wear a recovery cone or a muzzle. We include desensitising to these items in our classes. We start by letting the puppies take treats out of the wide side of the cone because some puppies are scared to put their faces through narrow openings.

22/10/2023

Saturday afternoon is puppy class time. Our gorgeous puppies learnt to exchange chewies instead of guarding them. Thanks to Lindie and Suzy for sharing pics of Comet sleeping and Pablo just chilling after class.

15/10/2023

3 new puppies and their families joined the Kuils River puppy class yesterday afternoon. A warm welcome to Brydan and Jillian with Boerboel Evie, Charlene and Matthew with German Shepherd Storm and Suzy and Johan with American Bully Pablo. All puppies enjoyed a good sniff session. Using different feeding toys, whether bought or improvised at home is a great way to keep canine minds occupied. I have a range of Kongs, snuffle mats and snuffle balls available.

15/10/2023

Bas the water boy having fun.

08/10/2023

Well done to Staffie Zippo with Renée and Boerboel Riley with Gerhard and Liesel for completing your puppy classes and also for not missing a single class. You and your puppies did so well.

08/10/2023

Welcome to the gorgeous puppies and their families in our new puppy class intake. We have Staffie Comet with Lindie, 2 Golden retrievers: Zoey with Louise and Lea, and Bas with Janine and Sebastian, and Pomeranian Sheldon with Nienie and Wiaan.

01/10/2023

And now... to introduce the website. www.doggologue.co.za A big thank-you to Jared and his team at Deep Thought Media for my website and logo.

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01/10/2023

Yesterday our puppy class had a walk in Jack Muller/Danie Uys District Park - Boston where the puppies had a chance to experience a different environment and new challenges. Well done Riley and Zippo. 🐾🐾
We have a new intake on Saturday 7 October.