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!

We had a great catch up with this girl today.Working on some lead skills, engagement exercises and impulse control to fo...
10/12/2025

We had a great catch up with this girl today.

Working on some lead skills, engagement exercises and impulse control to food fun!

She’s making nice progress!



Another bitter sweet moment when a program finishes and we’ve been working with puppy Eevee and her gorgeous family.Our ...
10/12/2025

Another bitter sweet moment when a program finishes and we’ve been working with puppy Eevee and her gorgeous family.

Our live was full of calm and loads of information for us and her family. By far our longest absence and it was a great opportunity to see how Eevee handles waking from a nap and being alone.

This can be challenging for puppies, still learning about frustration and tolerance and it can also be hard for older dogs.

Well, Miss Eevee nailed it, she slept, she toileted herself, she slept, she ate from her bowl, she slept and slept, she was amazing.

While we find most dogs tolerate alone time training when not confided, her family have been working on pen and crate training and leaving her confined with access to the dog door for periods during the day. This is a great skill for puppies to learn and this worked well for her alone time training, she loves her pen and crate and finds this space to be her safe place and a very positive experience.

So happy for the family, Eevee is doing so well!

We had a great catch up session with Mae.Her training is progressing nicely, consistency and exposure is important for h...
10/12/2025

We had a great catch up session with Mae.

Her training is progressing nicely, consistency and exposure is important for her future growth.



It was lovely to meet this gorgeous boy in person yesterday.We’re helping his folks with some noise sensitivity issues a...
10/12/2025

It was lovely to meet this gorgeous boy in person yesterday.

We’re helping his folks with some noise sensitivity issues and will be referring them to a VB for a more holistic approach to his training.

It takes a villlage!



🧡🤍💙 THANK YOU!We’re so grateful for the kind words our clients share after we’ve worked together.The dedication to their...
03/12/2025

🧡🤍💙 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 had a great catch up session with Nebula!Today we introduced a clicker and worked on some door knocking exercises.Loo...
03/12/2025

We had a great catch up session with Nebula!

Today we introduced a clicker and worked on some door knocking exercises.

Looking forward to catching up again next session to see their progress.



03/12/2025

We had a great live session with Eevee this week, we ended up calling Mum back just over the 1 hour mark, she nailed 1 hour and 7 minutes of comfortable alone time.

Well done

If only I could sleep this comfortably and soundly 🤣
03/12/2025

If only I could sleep this comfortably and soundly 🤣

There are some gorgeous eyes in there somewhere!We had a great catch up session with Mae and her folks today. Introducin...
29/11/2025

There are some gorgeous eyes in there somewhere!

We had a great catch up session with Mae and her folks today. Introducing calming exercises, smartening up her lead skills and some engage/disengage drills.

She did really well, it’s now down to exposure, consistency and practice.



Finishing our programs is bitter sweet - we have loved working with Ace and his folks, on his alone time training and hi...
28/11/2025

Finishing our programs is bitter sweet - we have loved working with Ace and his folks, on his alone time training and his progress is coming along nicely.

What comfortable alone time looks like for each dog is individual to your dog. There will be regressions but we remain constant and keep putting one step in front of the other.

Ace has a lot of noise fears, he suffers in silence and it can be heartbreaking to see. Together with alone time training, we’ve been providing some strategies to help Ace cope better with the noises in his home.

Looking at his gut health and a visit to their Vet to assess his medication, we target his health and behaviour holistically - it truly takes a village!

Looking forward to hearing their progress reports in the future.

🧡🤍💙 THANK YOU!So grateful for reviews from happy clients. We do our best to help dogs and their families and this team w...
27/11/2025

🧡🤍💙 THANK YOU!

So grateful for reviews from happy clients. We do our best to help dogs and their families and this team were wonderful to work with 🫶





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Civic Parade
Altona, VIC
3018

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

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