Milton (springer spaniel) is staying with us for 3 weeks. He has been previously attacked by a staffie and has developed and understandable fear of certain dogs. We want both dogs to be comfortable and willing participants in any interactions. Our goal when introducing dogs is to first aim for indifference or at least calmness and an ability to comply and respond to cues at a comfortable distance. If either dog shows too much interest or too much avoidance we simply won't all

Some dogs will come predisposed to to love toys or a ball. That's very handy and it means we don't have to do as much work to get them involved with playing with us.

Creating a reliable recall is one of if not the most important thing to teach any dog. It gives them more freedom and allows them to...

In this video that was intended for a mentee, I show how I work Capa in new and challenging environments. Capa is 15 months old in this...

Here are the same two video of what an intro to people in the house looks like with the pup.

We've had terrible weather here in NZ over the last few days and even weeks in some parts of the country. Going outside has just not been on the menu..

A dog obsessed with their toys is a dog trainers dream! But in order for it to be useful in training, there needs to be some skills that com

In this video we look at a simple way of teaching dogs how to wait.

Any dog trainer will tell you that one of the biggest contributors to success with training any dog is consistency. But a common thing we seem to find is that people just don't know what they should be training on a consistent basis.

This is a breakdown of body language between two dogs meeting for the first time.

Nala stayed with us for a few weeks and one of the things we wanted to work on was her desire to play and interact with us.

In this video we have 5 'friendly' dogs. None of them have a history of any aggression towards other dogs.

When thinking about 'positive reinforcement' try thinking of something to use as a 'treat' that isn't actually food related.

If there was one bit of advice I'd offer to any new dog owner, it would be to play more with your puppy. Simple, right? Maybe, but ...

In this session we start teaching Elvis a contextual cue. A contextual cue is something that happens within an environment that signals to the dog that when that happens they should do something.

Elvis is a young Chesepeake bay retriever and he has come to us due to his jumping. He is only 16 months and weighs 33kg. To resolve this...

In this video we break down how we started teaching Boots how to walk next to us without pulling our arms out of our sockets.

Here is an unedited 10ish minute session. The goal of the session was to create a positive association with the bed whilst trying to get...

We should play more or as much as we can with our puppies and dogs.

Mo has a very strong desire to chase animals, especially small ones.