Gippsland Dog Training

07/04/2026

25/01/2026

Hi I recommend Ruth for ond on one dog training in the Latrobe Valley
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Fun. Focus. Connection. Making Dog Training Fun for All Involved.

01/11/2025

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Many dogs travel well in cars but there's a number of laws you must follow to ensure their safety and comfort.

31/08/2025

Late Tuesday night Molly our golden retreiver 16wo pup started vomiting clear frothy saliva looking fluid, vomiting every 30min so I didn’t sleep much. She ended up on a drip for 2 days with a very sore tummy. Initially suspected a foreign body or blockage but nothing on xray except solid poo so e***a was given which worked so that meant they didn’t go into surgery with her. 😓
She came home Thursday evening. Poor puppy has had a rough week too!
I’ve come to the conclusion that out of everything she could have been chewing that would have made her so sick is that it was a Dragon tree plant we had outside for repotting 🤦‍♀️😭
These plants have nasty stuff called saponin that causes awful gastric upset.
She’s well enough to give Whiskey our male 16wo pup, a good rough & tumble but a bit off her food.
There’s various types of dragon trees so I’ll put those in comments for people’s info.
Also very toxic to cats.

11/08/2025

Absolutely. More importantly 4 on the floor as my 1st desired behavior.
I guess many people think it makes the dog stationery & safe. But that’s not necessarily so.

Sit, Sit, SIT! There definitely a place for teaching Sit to dogs, but could everyone lighten up & be more thoughtful about why you’re ordering your dog to sit for everything! 🤯

The other thing to consider is how realistic is your request & are you setting your dog up to repeatedly fail just so you can “correct it? That’s not fair or reasonable training & is very outdated. I see this all the time at the dog park - a high distraction environment which is not ideal for training.

Miss Audrey was ordered to sit by a random delivery guy today 🙄 Yeh, nah! 😂

22/07/2025

Rachael Morris of Gippsland Animal Osteopathy paid us a visit today to treat our senior dog Tess & Sage mother of the recent litter. Both girls needed their treatment as both gad areas of restriction & soreness
She also checked over the pups 5 too, all fine there.

Gippsland Animal Osteopathy

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07/07/2025

Seriously this should not be needed and if your pup learns to toilet on this it can make achieving outside toileting very hard. Best to start as you want the end result, toilet them outside & on the surface you want them to go on.

06/07/2025

This is a repost(ish) but well worth repeating. Many of you have heard me harp on harness fit time and again. Having spent decades evaluating harness fit in working dogs of all types with thermal imaging (as well as having years of working and active dog experience combined with a strong biomechanics knowledge base) using front-clipping or "Gentle Leader" type harnesses only guarantee more structural stress in active dogs that makes for more work for me and other chiro/sports med colleagues. PLEASE only use harnesses that fit with proper ergonomics! [NOTE: I've tweaked the English & syntax in the added-on description below so it might read a little differently.]

"All dog owners should know this fact! A harness like this is a terrible injustice to your pet!! AVOID USING THIS TYPE OF HARNESS !

In a dog's forward movement, a harness with a tape that crosses its chest from side to side hinders it in the same way humans would bother going hiking with an elastic band holding their arms. Physiological movement of the front extremity is prohibited. Just like rubber would inhibit the pendular movement of our ARMS.

Thanks to the "Study of Canine Movement at the University of Jena", we now know that in the dog, the center of rotation of the front limb is at the top of the scapula, but in the human the center of rotation in the arm is in the shoulder (head of the humerus). Jena's study demonstrates, among other things, the importance of scapular movement for dog locomotion. Now we understand the importance of taking into account the free movement of the dog's shoulder when choosing a chest harness.
That means there SHOULDN'T be bands across the scapular (orange) area, and they shouldn't cross the chest side to side either.

From the point of view of biomechanics and physiotherapy, it is recommended not to choose getting harnesses that have a strap that goes through the chest laterally, or that have straps that touch or press the scapula.

Always lean towards harness models with ERGONOMIC design, to allow maximum freedom of movement for your dog, improve his well-being and safety during his walk.
Source : REAL CEPPA"

23/06/2025

My family & I are currently raising these gorgeous golden retriever pups. Expressions of interest & puppy family/people interviews are happening. You can message on here with enquiries.