How to teach a puppy to walk nicely next to you
Preventing unwanted behaviours is always better and more effective than trying to cure or modify them when they do (and they will) arise....
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How to build trust with a nervous dog
This is our new foster dog, Jasper. He's quite nervous of new people and has a tendency to bark when meeting or seeing strangers. Before...
The First Things to Teach any Dog
We get lots of enquiries asking for help with some pretty serious and challenging issues. We can't simply say NO don't do that and expect...
Teach your puppy a sit and stand using luring
One of the very first skills we teach any dog that we work with is to LURE. Luring simply means getting a dog to enthusiastically follow...
How to stop your puppy biting and mouthing people
One of the most common and normal problems new puppy owners face is the relentless puppy mouthing. It can be quite a shock. We cuddle...
Happy Vet Visits!
Puppy Survival Tip! Puppies are little sponges, they're constantly taking in information and making associations about what is safe or...
Ankle Biters!
Puppy Training Tip Puppies explore the world and play using their mouths, much in the same way that human babies explore and play with...
Over-tired Monsters!
Puppy Survival Tip Puppies need a lot of sleep, between 18-20 hours a day at 8 weeks old! And similar to human babies, if they haven't...
How to teach your dog to follow a moving target
Following on from the last video where Sunrise learned a nose touch, in this video the Poodle demonstrates how to turn that touch into a...
How to teach your excitable dog to ignore other dogs
One of the biggest problems we see out and about is out of control dogs rushing over to see people or dogs whilst the owner is a fair way...
Teach Your Dog Scent Work - Step Two
This video shows you the second half of the indication training. You've got your dog interested in the coin on the ground, and they're...
Teach Your Dog Scent Work Step One
How to teach the indication. In this first video, we're looking at just getting the indication started. This is separate from the dog...
Teaching your dog to nose target
G'day gang! In this short session myself and Sunny show you how to teach your dog to touch your hand with their nose or as us dog...
How to stop annoying behaviours
A lot of the things dogs do are a bit annoying for us. Especially if they do them all the time. Barking, jumping up, pulling etc....
Building Reinforcers
Positive reinforcement isn’t just about treats. It’s about implementing things that are actually reinforcing as opposed to just...
How to teach a dog to drop a toy
Hey team! Video tutorial for you on how to teach your dog to drop a toy using the two toy method. Steps: 1. Have 2 identical toys so that...
Adira - teaching a lie out - session 1
This is the very first session of teaching Adira how to hold a sustained lie out for later use in cooperative care. It's messy, as first...
Adira - teaching a chin rest - session 1
Quick and easy way to teach a chin rest which can be used to cooperative care and veterinary situations later down the track. I've broken...
Teaching Impulse Control with Toys
Video request by Ginny Potts! We talk a lot about building impulse control using toys, and how when we play with toys with our dogs it...
Building engagement and desensitising young Larry
This is Larry, he's very friendly, but too friendly - to the point where he wants to run off and say hello to everybody. Larry's owner...