Developing Canines

Training session with Hazel and her owners 🐾

Hazel has been struggling with some reactivity towards dogs and people, so we’re working on helping her and her owners navigate these situations with more clarity and confidence.

We started with some in-home structure and boundaries to help Hazel better understand expectations and practise impulse control, before heading out for a walk. We worked through some techniques with her owners to help Hazel in more distracting environments, while also giving them clear guidance on how to communicate with her.

They’ve done such a great job with her so far, and Hazel surprised her owner with how well she did! I’m really looking forward to seeing her progress 🙌

I’ve been a little quiet on the socials lately, but definitely haven’t been quiet behind the scenes!

I’ve been very busy getting to know all my new clients and their dogs and have really enjoyed settling into working with so many different dogs and their individual needs.

We’ve been working through a lot of reactivity cases, confidence building, basic obedience and most importantly, helping owners better understand their dogs and feel more confident in how to support them.

Just wanted to say a big thank you to everyone who has trusted me with their dogs and followed my guidance. It’s been so lovely seeing the dogs progress and watching owners become more confident along the way.

I’m definitely going to get back into the rhythm of posting more and sharing some of what we’ve been working on.

I hope everyone has had a lovely weekend!
Happy training 🐾

Meet Addi 💜

She had her first Day Training with us today. We will be teaching her how to navigate the ‘scary world’, build confidence, work through her reactivity and help her live a more balanced lifestyle.
Looking forward to seeing her bloom 🌸

Meet Ziggy 💙

We had a private training session with Ziggy and his owners to work through some separation-related behaviours in the home. When his owners prepare to leave, Ziggy becomes unsettled and tries to stop them by jumping up, vocalising and nipping at them.

Our session focused on giving him clearer structure and boundaries within the home, helping him learn how to calm himself and refocus and introducing the bed command as a safe, consistent place for him to settle when his owners are leaving.
We’re looking forward to hearing about Ziggy’s progress as his owners put everything into practice at home. 🐶

…and yes thats his on his bed 😂😍

Little Miss Zena had a private training session with her owners, showing off everything she’s learnt so far!

We worked with her owners on how to continue her training at home and how to best manage her day to day so she can keep progressing and building on all the great work she’s already done.

She did SO well and was absolutely pooped by the end. But she was very happy to have all her favourite people together! 🥰😉

Eli & Madeline enjoying a shady break 🌳☀️

Meet Luna 🥰

She started our Day training yesterday! We spent the time getting to know her, building a relationship and seeing what motivates her most.

We will be working on her general obedience and manners and most importantly a place to put all her puppy energy 🥳

Meet Goose 🫶
Gooses owner came to us with concerns around his reactivity, but we quickly discovered that this is due to frustration on lead as he is a sweet boy that just wants to play.

Goose is a retired racing Greyhound and has only been with his owner 3 weeks so he hasn’t had much exposure to the real world. We discussed the importance of giving him appropriate outlets that are specific to his breed, while also helping him learn how to navigate his new life.

We worked through some recall and showed him we can have a good time through play.

His owner did an amazing job today and Goose was such a sweet and goofy boy, he was a pleasure to work with🥰

We’re looking forward to seeing him again!
Good boy, Goose! 🐾

Private training session with Luna and her owner 🥰

Today we focused on clear communication and creating more structure at home, particularly when having visitors, as well as building duration and reliability with her bed command.
We finished the session with some engagement work outside, helping Luna stay connected with her handler.

Luna will now be joining our Day Training service to continue building on what she learnt today. We’re looking forward to seeing her again and watching her confidence and progress grow! 🐾