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09/06/2026

Here’s a portion of a critique that a participant received following their track at my most recent bushland tracking workshops.

These workshops are much more than simply sending a track layer into the bush and hoping for the best.

We take a systematic approach to tracking, combining practical application with the lessons and principles used by successful real world police dog handlers.

Here it is, guys. Dates and locations for the End of Season Tour📍 Coombell, NSW — 5 July📍 Coombell, NSW — 19 July📍 Tin C...
08/06/2026

Here it is, guys. Dates and locations for the End of Season Tour

📍 Coombell, NSW — 5 July
📍 Coombell, NSW — 19 July
📍 Tin Can Bay, QLD — 1–2 August
📍 Clarence Town, NSW — 10 August
📍 Lederderg, VIC — 15–16 August
📍 Stanley, VIC — 19–20 August
📍 Southern Highlands, NSW — 22–23 August
📍 Lithgow, NSW — 26–27 August

Only 4 working spots are available at each location.

If you’ve been thinking about attending a workshop, don’t leave it too long. These events tend to sell out quickly.

Tickets go on sale at 8:00pm tonight on the Summerland Dog Training website.

If you don’t want to miss out, make sure you secure your spot as soon as tickets are released.

See you out on the track.

Paul

🚨🚨🚨 Next round of workshops announcement just around the corner, this time our southern friends in Victoria are getting ...
05/06/2026

🚨🚨🚨 Next round of workshops announcement just around the corner, this time our southern friends in Victoria are getting some love.

This will be our last Bushland tour for the year so make sure you don’t miss out.

Keep your peepers peeled over the next couple of days to find out where and when 😊

04/06/2026

Read your dog correctly, and the track becomes easier.

Read them incorrectly, and problems follow.

02/06/2026

Highlights from the first Southern Highlands Workshop 🐕🐾

01/06/2026

How to know if your dog is tracking 🐕

When one door closes another one opens.These sell out fast so don’t miss out.
31/05/2026

When one door closes another one opens.

These sell out fast so don’t miss out.

27/05/2026

One thing I realised while doing this 5km track was just how much harder operational tracking is as a police canine handler.

In training, you usually have definites. You know there’s an end point. You know the track layer exists within a certain distance. Deep down, you know the work is eventually going to pay off.

But operationally, you don’t have those certainties.

You don’t know how far the track goes.
You don’t know if you’re minutes behind or hours behind.
And sometimes, you don’t even know if you’re still on the right track.

That uncertainty is mentally exhausting.

Especially when you’re dealing with someone desperate to escape. Someone willing to crash through thick bush, cross creeks, cover huge distances and do whatever it takes to get away.

Operational tracking isn’t clean or pretty either.

You get scratched up. Leads get tangled. You get exhausted. You’re fighting terrain, weather and your own mindset while trying to trust what your dog is telling you.

And that’s what really stood out to me doing these longer tracks again.

The mark of a good dog team is the ability to keep pushing through adversity and continue grinding toward the end goal even when nothing feels certain.

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