Manners For Paws

Manners For Paws Creating harmony in the home with effective communication, motivation, patience and consistency! Sharon :)

Manners for Paws is a personalised dog behaviour and training service located in the Inner Western suburbs or Melbourne, owned and operated by Behaviour Consultant and Certified Separation Anxiety Trainer, Sharon Nelson. Using rewards based dog training, we’ll help the humans and paws of your family learn to communicate with each other more effectively and help you recognise what motivates your do

g to want to learn and in turn, provide you with the behaviours you want. My goal is to help you and your dog live a life of harmony, calm and respect for each other. Dog training can build a loving and lasting bond with you and your dog, help build confidence, resilience and problem solving skills and allow your dog to be a happy member of your family. It's never too late to commence your training journey and I look forward to helping you along the way because 'you can' teach an old dog new tricks! :)

Happy Training!

Lovely to meet this girl and her Dad today.Seeking help for dog reactivity, our first session is always about foundation...
30/05/2026

Lovely to meet this girl and her Dad today.

Seeking help for dog reactivity, our first session is always about foundation behaviours. Markers, decompression exercises, turns and lead skills.

Before we can start working on the real problem, both the owners and their dogs need to understand foundations first.

She’s motivated to train and did really well in this session.



🧡🤍💙 THANK YOU!We’re so grateful for the kind words our clients share after we’ve worked together.The dedication to their...
22/05/2026

🧡🤍💙 THANK YOU!

We’re so grateful for the kind words our clients share after we’ve worked together.

The dedication to their dogs anxiety and training is amazing and we’ve loved the privilege of being able to help 🫶

We’ve had a dry spell but the girl is back!Today gaining her remaining two passes to qualify for her Rally Masters Title...
09/05/2026

We’ve had a dry spell but the girl is back!

Today gaining her remaining two passes to qualify for her Rally Masters Title! 🫶

Couldn’t be prouder!

This little guy is doing so well with his alone time training, achieving just over a minute without any stress signals.I...
06/05/2026

This little guy is doing so well with his alone time training, achieving just over a minute without any stress signals.

It’s a massive win for him, he can escalate pretty quickly and sometimes has a bit of a hissy fit and knowing when it’s a tantrum versus anxiety is critical for his success and ability to progress.

We try and take a holistic approach to training by helping owners work on demanding behaviours from their dogs, to try and build more independence and confidence. We find this is an integral part of the process.

We had a great final session with Margot today, who finished her six pack with us.They have been doing the work and it s...
01/05/2026

We had a great final session with Margot today, who finished her six pack with us.

They have been doing the work and it shows!



🧡🤍💙 THANK YOU!We’re so grateful for the kind words our clients share after we’ve worked together.The dedication to their...
14/04/2026

🧡🤍💙 THANK YOU!

We’re so grateful for the kind words our clients share after we’ve worked together.

The dedication to their dogs behaviour and training is amazing and we’ve loved the privilege of being able to help 🫶



We finished up our package with Lenny today. So much to unpack with this little dude and much learning for us all.Fear b...
04/04/2026

We finished up our package with Lenny today. So much to unpack with this little dude and much learning for us all.

Fear based flight responses, lack of early socialisation from a young puppy making it hard for him to process change and adapt at a normal rate and comfortably.

We hope to hear his progress soon.



Another bitter sweet moment when our programs come to an end.We have loved working with this gorgeous family and Willow ...
03/04/2026

Another bitter sweet moment when our programs come to an end.

We have loved working with this gorgeous family and Willow is just the best girl. She nailed her alone time training, we can’t be more proud of her and her hoomans.

Progress doesn’t usually happen this fast but they followed the steps and learned to understand their dog and her needs and the results speak for themselves.

There are always regressions in training, progress isn’t linear, so we review the data and make adjustments where needed and continue to support our dogs.

We look forward to hearing her progress as they keep up their good work! 🫶

We had a great live session with Willow today, achieving just over two hours of comfortable alone time.She even got up t...
21/03/2026

We had a great live session with Willow today, achieving just over two hours of comfortable alone time.

She even got up twice to some noises outside but was able to resettled herself again which is just amazing!

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Civic Parade
Altona, VIC
3018

Opening Hours

Wednesday 10am - 2pm
Thursday 10am - 2pm
Friday 10am - 2pm
Saturday 9am - 2pm
Sunday 9am - 1pm

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