Don’t Dread The Dog Canine Education

24/01/2025

Day trains now available.
Drop your dog off in the morning. Pick them up in the arvo with some new skills or they’ve just had a fun day out with a trainer.

The days activities are tailored to your dog, their skill level and your goals.
From obedience, recall, loose leash walking, environmental socialisation, in home manners, out of the home manners.
At the end of the day, we will run through the things your dog learnt so you can keep up with the training at home. Along with a video diary of all the fun things your pup got up to.

If you’re interested, shoot me an email [email protected] and I can send you more info.

Half day - $90
Full day - $150
One way pick up/ drop off + $15
Two way pick up/drop off + $30

17/01/2025

I freaking LOVE camping with my dog.

With some trips booked and long weekends coming up I wanted to share some info about camping with your dog.

It’s the adventuring, watching him explore new smells, new locations. It’s the long walks, splashing around in rivers (Gus doesn’t swim), the zooms and the all important camp fire chill sessions with yummy food and dirt on absolutely everything I own.

To achieve a peaceful existence around the camp site, even with other dogs. I built a solid foundation consisting of:
- Basic obedience, including a solid recall and long downs.
- Boundaries, including a tie outs, crate and place bed. - An off switch, so the boy rests after a stimulating day of activities.
- And play, to improve our bond, and to build play drive in new environments.

Before I even thought about taking Gus camping. I made sure these foundations were solid at home, out on bush walks, at cafes, breweries, you name it, I trained it.

It’s incredibly unfair to expect him to keep his s**t together in an environment as stimulating as the bush on a camping trip without training those foundations and teaching him about what is required and the accompanying expectations.

If you are thinking about going camping with your dog, have a think about what your behavioural expectations are and ask yourself…

Can my dog meet those expectations or will I be constantly arguing, correcting or getting frustrated at my dog?

Hit me up for some camping tip, tricks, helpful products I love, or if you want to get started on training your camping dog, get in touch!

11/11/2024

Genetic fulfilment.
You will often hear me say this during a consult or training session.
When our dogs are having a hard time, and yea our dogs are the ones having a hard time, I will often ask you what do you do with your dog to fulfil their genetic drives?
Think about the type of dog you have, what were they bred to do, use the google and search ‘what was (insert breed) bred to do

23/10/2024

I got a logo!

Big thanks to for bringing this all together ❤️

19/09/2024

SOLD OUT

Hey DDTD Fam,
I am excited to announce I will be running another 5 week Social Responsibility Skills workshop each Friday from 18th October to the 15th November.
Over 5 weeks you will learn some of the skills required to trial in a GRC Dog sports SR test. Then on the 5th week, we will have a modified mock trial where you get to test out what you've learnt.
There are only 5 spots available so if you're keen get on it!
I will post the booking link tonight, it's $100 for the 5 weeks.
If you have questions reach out!

09/05/2024

Last night the Blue Mountains and Penrith got a taste of GRC Dogsports.
Myself and a few of the GRC Sydney club members met up with the Animal Wellness and Behaviour crew and clients in Penrith and we ran through some of the fundamentals of GRC.
We ran through some of the components of the Social Responsibility test, some of the dogs got to try the Mill and the Spring Pole, with great and hilarious success.
The AW&B crew and their clients have some really great dogs!
Can't wait to see what happens next. Stay tuned for some photos 😁

07/05/2024

This weekend Gus and I had the privilege of going to Melbourne to attend the Pros & Cons seminar by Pat Stuart. Hosted by Refine Your Canine.
Pat is one of the best dog trainers in the world, both for Sport dog training and pet dog training.
We got to see some amazing dogs demonstrate Pat's pros and & cons concepts.
He taught us the importance of taking a step back and focusing on the basics. There's no value in working on step 10, when step 1 sucks.
I love attending seminars, both in person and virtual. I love networking with fellow dog people, learning and upskilling, testing and talking through concepts, and asking questions.

04/04/2024

https://wildhunde.com/blogs/news/5-common-myths-about-playing-tug-and-why-they-aren-t-true

All I can say is GO PLAY WITH YOUR DOG ❤️

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