Dog Challenge

24/01/2025

Welcome to training Simone

14/01/2025

Meet August, he is a 7 month old Maltese and recently joined our private training program. This boy has energy for days! After our lesson we received such a heart-warming message from his family.

"Thanks so much for yesterday, we definitely learned so much and August had tons of fun too. He fell asleep right after you left 😂"

04/12/2024

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20/11/2024

13/10/2023

We are always so grateful for our sponsors Ricky Pet Products thank you so much for your ongoing support. Our puppies are going to love all the spoils 😊

31/03/2023

We currently offer private dog training lessons, customized to accommodate your schedule and your dog/pup's level of training.

Puppy Training
Adult dog obedience
Clicker training
Scent work
ManTrailing
K9 Enrichment
Confidence building

For more information 083 360 5839

29/08/2022

**Important Notice**

With a very heavy heart, we at Dog Challenge have decided to stop all our group classes, including Puppy Classes.

I have been given the opportunity last year to join forces and go into partnership with a elite K9 missing pets search and rescue unit. The very first of its kind in South Africa.

We will still be available for Private one on one lessons.

We would like to thank each and every one for their support, kindness and love.

A SPECIAL thanks goes to Muldersdrift Animal clinic for allowing us to be able to run our classes at their practice. We started there in 2008 and became part of the furniture. Thank you for everything!

Palm Gardens Veterinary Clinic thank you for allowing us to run our classes at your practice for the past year.

Last but not least, Hill’s Pet Nutrition thank you for making the puppy classes a success. We could not have done this without your support!

A huge thanks goes out to all our sponsors over the years. We truly appreciate you.

09/08/2022

And look at us ... we are such smart boys.Jnr class

09/08/2022

Another awsome graduation congratulations little muffine ... wishing u all the best is the great big world

31/07/2022

All in a days work ... Saterday puppy and jnr classes ... from socialising to obidinace

31/07/2022

Congratulations on our graduates. Its was a pleasure getting u ready for the great big world .

16/03/2022

If you have ANY dog behavior problem, the first step is simple. STOP Feeding your dog from a food bowl! Food is so valuable for modifying your dog's behavior, but not if you dump it into a bowl and walk away.

Download this document, sign the Pledge, and start harnessing the power of your dog's food today!

We can show you how to work MAGIC with your dog's food, but only if they care about it. If your dog eats their food, for free, with zero effort, from a bowl, they're not going to care very much about your food and you've lost the magic.

You can use food to teach your dog to feel calm and confident in any situation, and perform behaviors on cue, promptly and reliably. We can even show you how you can USE YOUR DOG'S FOOD TO GET THEM TO TRAIN THEMSELVES when you are busy or away!

But not if you feed your dog from a bowl.

Sign up for our free course: Six Simple Steps to Solve Your Dog's Behavior Problems to learn more: https://dunbar.info/6steps

09/03/2022

What should socialisation look like? Well. Hopefully with a well researched owner, the first part is easy. The first part is calculating what is possible. With thorough research and an experienced breeder this comes under ensuring the puppy is correct for the home. Who the puppy is gives you a clue as to what is possible and appropriate and ethical. A rural bred stock guarding Tibetan mastiff is unlikely to make a good candidate for an easy cafe/urban family pet to take to the dog park. For many individuals of this breed that reality would never be comfortable and shouldn’t be attempted.

If the owner has not had the benefit of plenty of research and a decent breeder whose given the right puppy for their lifestyle then we as professionals can helped work out the parameters of what is going to be realistic and appropriate for the puppy.

However, it’s not necessary for every dog to be socialised in every environment. Dog trainers often get stuck on this idea of blanket socialisation. I don’t put too much emphasis on taking my sports bred mondio malinois puppy to dog parks or to chill and watch kids playing unless I’m working her. I want to be able to work her around these things but I’d never expect her to relax around them or to play with strange kids or dogs. I don’t need that and she doesn’t need that. Countryside dogs don’t always require city training and vida versa.

Each socialisation is and should be different based on what’s possible and fair for that dog (genetics and early puppyhood dependant) as well as realistically what’s needed to help the puppy fit in with the life they’re going to have. The whole process choice should be about selecting the right hand for the glove and doing everything to enhance confort and longevity: choosing appropriate dogs and the creating resilience and training for comfort all based on the life they’re personally going to live.

17/02/2022

Healthy Hound are the only company in SA to use tracking dogs to find missing pets. Fourways, Gauteng We have some costs that we could use help for. We are exc

16/02/2022

IMPORTANT
Copied from another source

:There is a movie coming out on Feb 18 called "Dog". It stars Chanum Tatum and a highly trained Belgian Malinois. It's a road trip/buddy movie.

People are going to see this film and many will want their own Belgian Malinois. This is not going to end well for this breed.

A highly trained Malinois is a work of art. So is Michelangelo's statue of David but I don't necessarily want it in my living room.

This breed can be amazing in the right hands but they require a lot of everything. If you are considering getting a Malinois, please, first go meet some Malinois of all ages at your local rescue.

Be honest with yourself about the amount of time that you have to dedicate to training one of these dogs. Not the person that you want to be but the person that you are right now. Sitting on your ass and reading this post.

If you are still determined to get one. You can stem the inevitable tidal wave of Malinois that will be surrendered to the shelters by sourcing your dog in one of 3 places:

Your local shelter
A local Malinois rescue
A real, ethical breeder (researching one is hard work but an ethical breeder will prove their dogs and require that you return the dog to them if you can't keep it)

DO NOT get a Malinois from the guy down the street. Don't help backyard breeders line their pockets. Pure bred doesn't equal good breeding.

If you see the popularity of these dogs sky rocket and think you can make a quick buck by breeding some. May all of your financial ventures fail one after another.

From the bottom of my heart, I love this breed. I know what's coming and so do the shelters and rescues."

10/01/2022

Johannesburg, 6 Januarie 2022 - 'n Soekspan wat met behulp van opgeleide snuffelhonde verlore troeteldiere opspoor, het veral nou ná die feestyd hul hande, e...

25/12/2021

Merry Christmas!!

Thank you for all the support and love! We appreciate you!

Also thank you to all our sponsors.

Have a blessed day and be safe.

From the Dog Challenge team xx