At approximately 40kgs with enough strength to easily drag his ‘fur mum’, Christine, down the street, Bosco’s recent aggressive and excessive dominant behaviours around other dogs and humans were nothing short of a worry. My first impression of a dog that would soon become such a gentle giant was ”wow, what a huge puppy!”. I… Continue Reading
In many cases, like the ones I have shared in the recent weeks on this blog, my clients and their humans-in-training cruise through their courses with very few hiccups. However, it is never realistic to expect this to happen in every case, and Daisy was the perfect example of how we can still find success… Continue Reading
Ever since I bought my house in Buderim 8 years ago, various neighbourhood dogs have had barking problems. None of them bark when their owners are home of course, so I doubt they even know. But that jarring bark disturbing a lovely peaceful area gets me quite annoyed, which is probably how Molly’s neighbours started to… Continue Reading
When I first met Bonnie, you would never guess how this adorable, cuddly little Bichon Frise was changing her fur-mum’s life for the worse. After a recent move, Bonnie started barking incessantly whenever she was left alone. Lynne, her owner, was forced to immediately limit her outings and social groups. Just getting out of the… Continue Reading
Eight weeks ago, Oscar’s vet was pressing the idea of Euthanasia. Over his short life, his aggression had escalated to a completely unmanageable state with it all coming to a crisis point after he’d once again attacked the groomer multiple times, and had to be put under a General Anaesthetic to clip him. “Oscar was… Continue Reading
In this article, I am going to cover a very simple test you can do at home to work out which way you are training your dog. But first, lets get a solid understanding about what it means to train a dog to fail. Case in point. Jenny, with her lovely Border Collie, Max. On… Continue Reading
One of the best things about spending more than half a lifetime developing humane techniques to solve dog behaviour problems, is watching the reactions on our clients faces when they see how simple changing a dogs behaviour can actually be. The human reactions that is, clearly the dogs above have been photoshopped! 1. Jumping… Continue Reading
“Where did you learn all this?” Usually, this is one of the first questions I am asked when I start working with a client. While there is a lot of theoretical study that one needs to complete to be competent in a job like this, I will always insist my greatest teachers have been… Continue Reading
Before I get into one of my favourite topics, we’re going to do a little exercise in learning a different language. How does this apply to dog training? Observe very closely and see if you can figure out what’s going on here. I’d like you to have a look at the following image. A square.… Continue Reading
Last week as I sat down to pat a very tiny dog with a very big problem, I found myself listening to a story from little miss Millie the Schnauzer which explained a lot of the problems she had been having with aggression. No, I haven’t managed to teach dogs to speak english yet, which is… Continue Reading
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