Kaizen K9

24/04/2025

Lest we forget

24/04/2025

I love this

“I Want a Protection Dog” — We Hear It All the Time

But most people misunderstand what IGP is really about.

It’s not about making dogs aggressive. It’s not about turning them into weapons.

IGP dogs are clear-headed, stable, and in control—even under pressure.
They’re not liabilities. They’re not unpredictable.

The truth is—in today’s world, if I truly felt unsafe, I’d get a fi****ms license, take a self-defense course, maybe install metal bars on the windows.

But IGP?
It’s not about fear.
It’s about control, connection, and building something with your dog—not against the world.

📸 Eclectic Shots

23/04/2025

Here we go again Australia!

If you have done NePoPo®️ Silver and want to get your Gold qualification, here is your opportunity to do the new NePoPo® Gold school with Ben Geurts here in Perth Western Australia.

Ben has been training dogs for 26 years. His foundation in training is Military Working Dogs and then moved into police dog training, culminating with being employed as the Canine Capability Advisor for the WA Police Canine program for five years.

Ben has also trained numerous dogs for Military and Police Special Forces units.

Ben has also been involved with the dog sport Schutzhund since 2004 and training companion dogs including behavioural modification for difficult dogs since 2015. Ben was recently awarded Grand National Champion at last year's WDFA IGP National Championship with his dog Stan.

Come and learn NePoPo ® from a trainer with diverse experience, hands on, training many dogs to do many things. And get your New Gold certification at the same time!

Support Australian made and owned!

Contact us for more information!

22/04/2025

Stanley

19/04/2025

Due to popular demand we have added a beginners Noseworks class with Jess on Wednesday evenings starting the 30th April 6pm to 8pm.
If you have completed your initial consultation and are interested in giving Noseworks a try please jump on our booking system quick as spots will fill fast.

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Looking forward to seeing you all next term!!

17/04/2025

Kaizen K9's PD Max fighting drugs in Perth! We are commited to our detection dog program. Providing detection dogs for Military and Policing units. Our new batch of labrador puppies are training hard. Stay tuned for more information.

13/04/2025

These are good...

12/04/2025

THE SURFER

Last year, on recommendation from Kellie (thanks very much mate), Lauren Grossman Sellwood from Paws On Film contacted us and asked if we could help with a film. We jumped at the chance.

The trial rehearsals went well with director Lorcan Finnegan and his team being happy with what they saw.

We went to work establishing the behaviours they were after and in March last year we took some friends, some family, and three dogs down to Yallingup for the filming.

The filming couldn't have gone any better. All three dogs, Stan , Shred , and Kaiser all performed their roles above expectations.

I think it would be fair to say, Lauren and the crew from the Surfer were very happy with the product we produced. Working on the film was a thoroughly enjoyable experience. The entire crew and cast were professional, helpful, and welcoming to us in spite of our relative inexperience in this field.

We would like to extend a huge thankyou to our good friends Joe Macaco Branco, Michelle Harding Michaels and Ben Allen for their help during filming. Thanks also to Andrew Sweetman and Lorraine Sweetman for looking after Maximus throughout the shoot, we couldnt have done it without you!

And thanks to our excellent staff for their hard work while we are away working on projects like this.

Special thanks to Lauren from Paws on Film for taking a punt on us and your assistance. Your guidance throughout the process was invaluable.

We had a lot of fun and hope to do more in the entertainment industry. Stay tuned as we have some other projects due to be released shortly.

The Surfer will be released in Australia, 15 May 25.

Make sure you watch it and keep an eye out for our dogs!

10/04/2025

Ivan is absolutely correct. We need to change the narrative.

Drugs should be studied closer and looked to be heavily restricted or banned, not training tools. These drugs rarely provide any assistance and typically do more harm.

That is what the scientific evidence suggests and that has been my experience in 26 years within the dog training industry.

We regularly see medicated dogs who are lethargic, melancholy, and still explode around their triggers. When the medication is reduced, always under veterinary supervision, the dogs frequently improve immediately.

Only when the dogs heads are clear, can we begin behaviour modification.

If you take your dog to the vet and your dog is nervous, that is normal. It shouldn't be normal to recommend these drugs so readily for almost everything. Unfortunately in recent years that has become the case.

Our advice, if your vet recommends these types of medications on your first visit. Get a new vet. If your vet disparages dog trainers who approach behaviour modification with a view that includes positive reinforcement, conditioning principles and also some punishments, get a new vet.

Vets aren't dog trainers and typically know very little about behaviour modification. Like dog trainers know very little about doing surgery on a dog.

You wouldn't take my advice on how to do internal fixation on a broken leg and you shouldn't take a vets advice on how to deal with aggression, nuisance barking, fear biting, not coming when called, pulling on leash etc etc.

The narrative needs to change.

These drugs and how they affect the dogs brain, short and long term, is not fully understood. They are dangerous. They are over prescribed. They do more damage than good. They should be banned.

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Here’s the absurd part:
The same SSRI is prescribed for aggression, separation anxiety, leash reactivity, fear of strangers ...
How is that even possible?
One pill to treat everything?!
It DOES NOT work, because these are training and relationship problems, NOT serotonin deficiencies.
What’s more intrusive,
A properly used training collar that gives instant clarity,
or daily medication with side effects like lethargy, emotional dullness, agitation, and even long-term dependency?
Time to flip the script:
Ban the drugs before you ban the tools.

09/04/2025

Puppy Detection Training

Puppies learn very fast. This is a puppy we bred and started a couple of years ago. Came up in conversation recently so we thought we'd share it again. She was a very fun little bitch.

05/04/2025

Huge Thanks to New Eden Creations for supporting Ironside Dog Sports upcoming IGP trial.

If you haven't checked them out already do yourself a favour, you'll find something for everyone!

04/04/2025

Problem Solving

I was hosted by the Military Police and RAAF doggies in Townsville this week. Delivering our problem solving seminar. It was great to work with such a professional, dedicated and hard working group of handlers!

It was also great to see and work with three of our old dogs, now working with the Army MP's. Torki, Buddy and Max.

Thanks very much guys and look forward to seeing you next time.

02/04/2025

If you can fight through the sultry tones of Michael Ellis this is a great vid!

02/04/2025

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