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I provide training for humans who want to start off right with their new puppy, humans who want to compete in dog sports with success, or humans who need help with their dog's behaviour, whether in public or at home.

16/06/2026

Another client achievement!

Belinda and her young Rottie Nyah recently earned their Tricks Starter title, with 3 beautiful passes of 59.5, 59 & 58.5 out of 60, for two 2nd places and a 3rd place!

She then backed it up with a win in Obedience CCD at a club competition ❤️

Congratulations Nyah and Belinda 🐶

14/06/2026

Congratulations to clients Bree and Lottie who entered Rally Novice yesterday and came first with a perfect score of 100!

Juno couldn't compete for admin reasons but was happy to carry Lottie's prize for her like the good little Mini-Me she is 😂

04/06/2026

Compare the pics.... The overall state of dog training in the world is, well pretty sub par at best. I'll get a video done of this lovely girl, but her owners struggled for years (YEARS!!) with this "aggressive" behaviour towards other dogs. Yes they've been to other trainers, in fact she was originally training as a service dog but was washed from the program because other trainers couldn't fix this. The dog is not even truly aggressive 🙃

The pics are in order - treats at the ready, how the owners have been taught to do it...The second she sees Pip, boom, all bets are off. She's in a front attach harness, marketed as being gentle yet effective.... It's pulled all the way around on the dog and as you can see, isn't effective at anything. Last pic, no treats required, just a dog who is interested in what the owner has to say now.

Anyone want to hazard a guess how much time passed between the first pics and the last one?

It's very frustrating working in an industry where the owners have put in the work, the hours, they've slogged it out with "solutions" for literal years, and the result is the first pics, they're not referred on to a different type of trainer and they're very often told that's as good as it gets.

I'm here to tell you if you've been told that, or you feel like you're hitting your head against a brick wall, there is better help out there.

19/05/2026

My what big feet you have!

Lucky they belong to Max the Silly Sausage and not someone scary 😂 and yes, I did nearly end up on my bum post snapping the second pic 😂

11/04/2026

This, all of this! A great simple explanation of why I work with dogs and owners the way I do.

For our reactive puppers - Teaching an alternate behaviour - cool - however just because you learn English doesn't mean you forget French and won't choose to speak it. Teaching the dog what to do - also cool. But not the full answer. And most of you with reactive dogs have probably heard me say "I don't care what the dog does, as long as it's not the undesired behaviour". Let them choose and reward a good choice, punish the poor choice (and remember kids, punishment is not abuse and there are many many ways to make a behaviour unappealing).

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03/03/2026

All dogs need off leash freedom (and I don't mean a run in the fenced dog park mosh pit, ever). I mean dogs going on adventures, camping, hiking, walking places other dogs can't be trusted not to run off, unfenced freedom to be a dog and run.

Of course that comes with conditions - Off leash freedom means a dog who is trustworthy to stay with you when there's other dogs around whether they're on leash or off, means a dog who has a fail safe recall including when there's prey animals around, means a dog who can control themselves with minimal input from you as their owner.

I first met Indi just after she came home, she was 4 months old and her owner wanted to do things right with her. We did quite a few consults up until she was 12 months old, then just sporadic ones to tweak and polish things like recall and leash walking, house manners including front door manners when visitors arrive etc. She's now heading for 3 years old and we're seeing the investment in her training pay off in spades. She's a bouncy excited girly and her owner has worked hard with her to bring out her best qualities. She came to see me last week about polishing the last part of her excitement when seeing people and dogs coming towards her on a walk and I captured this awesome video of her showing what true off leash freedom and control looks like. She's under a "loose leash walk" command here, but you'll notice there's no leash, barely any command, there's a dog behind the gate who is desperate to meet her and Pip and Juno running loose, and alpacas in the paddock behind her. And I'm being a loony trying my best to distract her with my antics 😂 Off leash freedom is worth the work it takes. Always 🐾

19/02/2026

It's feeling like it's been all Puppy Days here since I've been back from my break! We've had three beautiful Lil Rock Staffordshire Bull Terrier puppies come for consults from their latest litter, now 12 weeks old - Red Boy Oscar, Blue Boy Doug and Purple Girl Cali - I did a puppy assessment at 6 weeks old on this litter to help their breeder place them in the right homes and so far so good! They're all well adjusted and learning how to puppy without their mum and siblings. It's very fun to see the genetics coming through with all three pups being very similar in some ways but having their own special spark too. Their owners are enjoying them and have made a great decision to engage my services early in the pup's lives, before problems start 💖 Looking forward to seeing these guys grow and change and become their best little selves!

15/01/2026

For any clients looking to do Snake Avoidance Training - the best and most reliable results come from using live snakes and an E collar under competent instruction. If you live on acreage or regularly walk in snakey areas and your dog enjoys chasing/catching lizards, birds etc, this training may be useful.

Contact Dog Education Centre directly to book in if you are interested in teaching your dog snakes are to be given a wide berth, whether a human is in the picture or not 🐍

05/01/2026

It's beach days again! Which means melty weather ☀️ and other possible catastrophes 🔥

This time of year is always tricky for me - hot weather means I try and schedule consults early AM and late PM after the bite is out of the weather - this means your consult may change at short notice if the weather is too hot, or the fire danger is too high (hot, windy, never my favourite conditions).

We also cut our paddocks at the farm for hay which means lugging in 100+ bales which takes time and our hay contractors come when they come - this might mean short notice cancellation if your consult falls on Hay Day.

I'm also taking 3 weeks off shortly, starting 20th Jan until Tues 10th Feb. I will return messages over this time.

Thanks for being flexible and understanding over summer, it's not my favourite time of year but soon it'll be over and beautiful autumn and winter again 😂

Pic of the happiest Beach Girl Pip thanks to Wildpups Photography 💖

01/01/2026

Two of my favourite Sheps, Willow and Max enjoying some down time at the farm. Any guesses as to who used to be very frustrated and aggressive towards other dogs? I really need to dig out the before videos of that!

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